Chapter 699 (1/2)
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This is a Sphinx.
Magic part class level: XXX. Sphinx in Egypt is a sphinx with a human head.
For more than a thousand years, it has been used by witches to protect their precious items and secret places. Sphinx is a very intelligent animal. He likes riddles and word puzzles. It usually becomes dangerous only when the things it guards are threatened.
It has the body of a big lion: huge claws, a long yellow tail; and the head is the head of a woman.
As Harry approached, the Sphinx turned her eyes and looked at him. Harry raised his wand hesitantly.
She didn't squat down, but walked back and forth between the two sides of the road, keeping Harry from moving forward. Then she spoke, in a low, hoarse voice. ”You're so close to your goal that the nearest way is to pass through me.”
”Well, then, will you please give way?” Harry asked, but he knew what the answer would be. It's just that Harry felt like he was weak enough to ask.
”No,” replied the genie, continuing to walk up and down there, ”unless you can solve my riddle. I'll let you go. If the answer is wrong, I will attack you. If you don't answer, I'll let you go, and I won't hurt you. ”
Harry cried to himself.
It's Hermione's best at guessing. She's not good at it. But he thought again and again, if the riddle is too difficult, he won't answer it, so that he can safely leave here and find another line.
”Well,” Harry replied, ”let's work out the question.”
The Sphinx squatted down in the middle of the road and recited aloud, ”please think of a person who often hides his identity. He always lies when he doesn't tell the truth. What is the best thing to fill, but in the middle of the middle and the end of the end? Finally, if you can't find out the difficult words, what will people say? Please string together and answer this question. Which animal do you not want to kiss? ”
Harry listened, his mouth wide open. ”I can listen once Can you slow down? ” He tried to ask.
Sphinx blinked, laughed, and read the poem again.
”Which means that all the clues together are equal to the animal I don't want to kiss?” Harry asked again. She just smiles mysteriously. Harry thought that was equivalent to saying ”yes.”.
So Harry thought hard. There were a lot of animals he didn't want to kiss. The first thing he thought of was the ”windmill monster”. But it can't be the answer. It seems that he has to try other clues
”The man who hides his identity,” Harry murmured, his eyes fixed on the genie, ”this man is a liar Well It could be He's a liar. No, don't worry. This is not my answer! A spy, a spy? First of all Can you give me the next clue? ”
Sphinx read the last few lines of the poem again.
”The last thing to mend,” Harry muttered, ”well, I can't think of it The middle of the middle Can you repeat the ending? ”
Sphinx read the last four lines again.
”The sound of finding difficult words,” Harry murmured, ”er That is, er. Yeah, yeah! It's the sound of ”Er!” The genie laughed at him.
”Spy, er, spy, er,” said Harry, walking up and down, repeating the words, ”animals I don't want to kiss By the way, it's spiders
(editor's note: in English, ”spy” is ”spy”, ”Er” is ”Er” and ”spider” is ”spider”. ）
the genie is smiling. She stood up, stretched her forelegs, and went aside to let Harry pass. Thank you Harry said in a hurry. He didn't expect to be so powerful. He went on.
He's getting closer and closer to the middle of the maze, but he's still not sure The wand told him that he was on the right path now. As long as he did not encounter any major difficulties, he might win
There are several paths ahead.
”Give me directions!” Harry said to the wand. “Poineme！”
The wand turned and stopped to point to the path on the right.
He ran down the road.