"I finally know where Mundungus keeps those illegal crucibles," Vivian said with a smile. Hermione said, looking at the variety of crucibles, "It looks like they're very popular here."
"It's not just crucibles, all illegal and dubious items are very popular here." Elwyn said.
The underground world's central trading area was a place to dispose of stolen goods.
The quality of the items sold here could not be guaranteed, but the price was very low, about a third of the normal price.
Not only that, the price could be negotiated, and there would always be people willing to buy it.
The only thing to be careful was not to be discovered by others when buying these items, as it was illegal.
So, the wizards here all wore hoods like Elwyn and the others, covering their faces.
Due to the current situation, this place was similar to Knockout Alley, and there was almost no one outside of the shops.
Seeing Elwyn and the others come over, many wizards came over and enthusiastically peddled their goods.
Other than daily miscellaneous items, there were also many strange things.
For example, there were cockroaches for sale, there were more than 20 species, and hundreds of them.
They were kept in carefully woven cages, constantly making rustling sounds as they crawled around in the cages, looking at it made one's scalp go numb.
The key was that this guy not only sold them, he also collected cockroaches …
Ron asked around in front of this stall for a long time, to find out the price of each cockroach.
If it was not for Hermione stopping him, he would definitely buy a few cockroaches back home.
This was because the shop owner told Ron that he could buy rare species of cockroaches from him to breed, and then he would collect the cockroach eggs or larvae for a certain price.
"This is a good deal, as long as you invest ten silver coins, you can earn a steady stream of money." Ron said, "Cockroaches have a strong reproductive ability, as long as you put them there, they will continue to reproduce. All I need to do is to sprinkle some bread crumbs on them every day. "
"That's a good idea." Hermione said sarcastically, "Are you going to raise them in your bedroom?"
"No, I can find an empty classroom."
"First, the professors won't agree to this. Secondly, you can't guarantee that this guy isn't lying to you. If you bring a bunch of cockroaches back and he doesn't pay you, what are you going to do? " Hermione said, "Lastly, doing this is really disgusting. I think Lavender will not dare to approach you after knowing about this."
Ron didn't know how to answer Hermione's question. He looked at Elwyn and Harry for help.
What was this guy thinking? Did he think that Elwyn and Harry would support him raising cockroaches?
"Hermione is right. There are a lot of scammers in this place. We must be more vigilant." Elwyn said.
Harry nodded. He was glad that Hermione stopped Ron. He didn't want to have a bunch of cockroaches in his bedroom.
To be honest, just the thought of it was disgusting …
Next to the cockroach merchant, a wizard was selling a pile of trash that he got from god knows where. He packed it up and sold it for only one copper nart. He confidently told them that someone had found jewelry and gold in it.
If they wanted to get rich, they could try it.
But the strange thing was that he couldn't explain it clearly. If he packed the trash himself, why didn't he find the jewelry and gold?
"It's all a bunch of scammers." Hermione concluded.
Perhaps this sentence was biased. The goods here weren't all scammers. There were a lot of real goods that could be bought as long as one had the money.
Moving forward, they saw a lot of vendors selling casting materials, magic products, and baby dark creatures.
These were the main products of the underground world. They were all illegal goods that couldn't be bought from the market. Among them, most of them were black magic products. Although the black magic products here were far less than the ones in Knockout Alley in terms of variety and quantity, the price was also much lower.
Moreover, there were a lot of things that were banned by the Ministry of Magic.
There was a minimum standard for the goods that could be sold in Knockout Alley, but there were no restrictions here.
Dangerous goods were not limited here. Even Muggle guns and weapons were sold here.
They were known as powerful Muggle weapons. If used properly, they could have the same effect as a killing curse.
The downside was that they could be easily restricted by other spells. The operation was complicated and required specialized training to use.
Guns didn't sell well. Dark Magi who could afford them could cast the Avada Death Curse at will.
If the law enforcement team from Mr. Weasley's department were to come here, they would confiscate most of the goods from the vendors.
Of course, the underground world had a strict warning system. It was even more likely that they wouldn't be able to catch anything.
By the time he brought his men down, the vendors had already received the news and ran deeper underground to hide.
On the walls around the central area, there were tunnels at regular intervals.
These tunnels were the entrances to other underground caverns. The structure inside was complicated.
Without a lot of manpower, resources, and time, it was impossible to find the hidden Magi.
This place had existed for a long time, and the Ministry of Magic didn't have the time to deal with them.
"Seriously, am I the only one who thinks this place is good? Everything is cheap, and they accept barter. "Ron said," We can buy things here when we start school... "
"These are illegal!" Hermione reminded, "And the quality is not guaranteed."
"That's their charm. The Mondungues made a lot of money from this place..."
"Alright, you two, we're not here to shop." Harry said quickly, "We need to find out the location of the werewolves' caverns before we can find Malfoy. Ask someone to find out..."
"Don't bother." Elwyn said, raising his wand high. "They're coming for us."
The owner of the bar must have tipped them off. Less than five minutes after Elwyn and the others came in, more than 20 wizards rushed out from the tunnel at the bottom, led by Greyback.
This was the first time Elwyn saw this werewolf since the attack a few years ago.
He was stronger than the other wizards. He had messy gray hair and a beard, and sharp yellow teeth. His face was full of abscesses and traces of corrosion. It was hard to tell his original appearance, which made him look particularly ferocious and scary.
He exuded a terrifying aura and a strange smell mixed with dust, sweat, and blood.
"Oh my god, it's the King of Werewolves, Greyback!" The wizards exclaimed. "Run!"
It was obvious that all the wizards were afraid of him.
Seeing Greyback, the vendors that gathered around Elwyn and the others quickly dispersed.
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