Powerful Stunning Spell, Talent Secured

At night, nearly every shop in Diagon Alley had already closed, but Gringotts was still brightly lit.

After all, this was the center of wealth circulation for the entire wizarding world, holding the lifeline of its economy. To goblins, watching glittering gold coins enter the vaults was practically a pleasure.

Here, overtime was not only unpaid, but people even had to compete for the slots!

Ragnok and its companions were eagerly awaiting today's overtime roster.

After the frustrating incident involving Rhine, they desperately needed some overtime to soothe their resentful hearts.

But when the roster was announced, they did not see their names.

Among the disappointed, annoyed goblins, Ragnok and its companions' voices were especially shrill.

"Damn it!"

"Why has nothing gone right today?"

"I handled sixty-two fewer Galleons today than yesterday. It's all that little wizard Rhine's fault. He delayed me."

"I had a headache today too. That was his fault as well."

"And I didn't get overtime either. That's his fault too. He ruined all my luck!"

Ragnok could now declare in its heart:

Of all the wizards in the wizarding world, the one it hated most was Rhine.

What Ragnok found regrettable was that the wizarding world was no longer what it had once been.

Back then, goblins could still fight wizards and retained considerable strength to resist.

A century ago, there had even been goblin rebel organizations capable of invading Hogwarts and even laying hands on Ancient Magic.

But now, goblins could only obediently huddle inside Gringotts, not daring to make any inappropriate moves.

Otherwise, against a little wizard who had not even enrolled yet, Ragnok would have had a hundred ways to vent its anger.

"Damned wizards!"

While Ragnok simmered with fury, Rhine, outside Gringotts, noticed a change on the system screen.

Under his Enemy Relationship section, Xiao Sheng and Cao Bao, who had originally been coldly opposed to him, had somehow become exceptionally hostile.

The corner of Rhine's mouth twitched.

He had truly seen just how petty goblins were, and how deeply they hated wizards.

Damn it, I offended Ragnok during the day, and it's already nighttime, yet this hostile relationship can still deepen?

"Goblins really are pathetic."

"Trying to build friendship with them is harder than climbing to heaven. Becoming close friends is simply impossible."

"But offending them? You can easily reach the point of being exceptionally hostile."

"If I robbed their money, this relationship would probably go straight to a Never-ending feud."

Then Rhine's eyes turned cold.

"Fortunately, I'm not exactly a magnanimous person either."

Reaching the point of being exceptionally hostile with Ragnok and its companions was not a bad thing for Rhine.

If he beat them up a few more times, he could obtain the Exceptional Chess Path talent.

Though he had no idea what it was useful for and could probably only use it for socializing later, Rhine might not need it, but he could not afford not to have it!

Rhine waited silently in the night sky outside Gringotts.

At that moment, the goblins who had failed to secure overtime slots trudged out of Gringotts, intending to fill their stomachs.

Some goblins simply felt that a day without overtime was too bleak and Apparated straight home, planning to sleep until the beautiful tomorrow when they could work and count Galleons.

Ragnok and its companions had originally planned to do the same.

But just then, from the corner of their eyes, they caught a flash of golden light.

In an alley only visible from their direction, a Galleon seemed to have been lost by its owner. It lay at the alley entrance, beckoning to them.

Their goblin instincts immediately took over their minds.

The moment an ownerless Galleon was spotted by goblins, it had already been claimed.

The two goblins hurried over and snatched up the Galleon.

"How beautiful!"

Ragnok and its companions' eyes were filled with greed and burning desire.

"This must be heaven's compensation for our unlucky day."

But in the next instant, the two goblins suddenly felt a fierce gust stir above them, and a terrifying presence descended upon them.

They instinctively looked up, only to find their entire field of vision blocked by owl wings.

Suddenly, from amid the layers upon layers of owl wings, a figure descended from the sky. Two hands extended from beneath a fluttering black robe, seized the two goblins by the heads, and viciously slammed them into the ground.

In an instant, Ragnok and its companions seemed to have been struck by an overwhelmingly powerful Stunning Spell. Without making a sound, they lost consciousness.

Looking at the unconscious Ragnok and its companions sprawled on the ground, Rhine clicked his tongue. Even he had not expected it to go so smoothly.

A single gold coin had really lured these two goblins into the trap, letting him knock them out so easily?

It seemed that although goblins possessed innate magical talent, after all these years, they had long become creatures who only knew how to count money.

They were nothing like the goblins of the past, yet they still remained immersed in their former glory.

In short, weak yet arrogant!

At that moment, a notification appeared on the system screen.

You used despicable means to viciously beat Xiao Sheng and Cao Bao into unconsciousness.

You have obtained the Feast on Wind and Drink Dew talent.

Viciously beat Xiao Sheng and Cao Bao two more times to obtain the Exceptional Chess Path talent.

Claim reward now?

Rhine pondered for a moment.

Beat them up two more times?

Without the slightest hesitation, he gave Ragnok and its companions two more kicks, but the system did not react.

"Looks like all of this only counts as one time. Does that mean it has to happen again after some time for it to count?"

Having figured out how the number of beatings was determined, Rhine understood.

Now that the reward was secured, the anger in his heart had faded. Rhine pocketed the Galleon he had used to lure Ragnok and its companions.

He also swept away the several dozen Galleons Ragnok and its companions had been carrying.

"This trip wasn't wasted."

Only then did Rhine smile. He mounted the Owl Flying Sword once more and headed for his estate.

An hour later, Ragnok and its companions were discovered by the goblins of Gringotts and rushed to St Mungo's Hospital.

The healers at St Mungo's Hospital examined the injuries suffered by Ragnok and the other goblins. As they waved their wands, uncertain looks filled their eyes.

"They appear to have been attacked by an extraordinarily powerful Stunning Spell. Our counterspell has no effect. We can only wait for them to wake up on their own."

Hearing this, the goblins of Gringotts looked nervous.

Ragnok and its companions being unconscious was no big deal. That merely meant two fewer rivals for overtime.

But they had actually been struck by a Stunning Spell that even St Mungo's Hospital could not undo?

Could some wizard be planning to make a move against Gringotts?

No, they had to strengthen their defenses.

Meanwhile, Rhine, who had returned home, did not expect St Mungo's Hospital to make such a mistaken judgment. Nor did he expect Gringotts to accidentally "predict" that someone might try to storm Gringotts.

All of his attention was now focused on the Feast on Wind and Drink Dew talent.

"Come to think of it, aside from the Essence of Sun and Moon talent that I haven't obtained yet, this is the only talent I've seen that can assist with cultivation."

"I wonder whether a talent that can assist cultivation even in the Primordial world will work in this world?"

Anticipation appeared in Rhine's eyes.

"System, claim the Feast on Wind and Drink Dew talent."