"Okay, okay......"

Although his expression was very shocked, the Sphinx still strictly adhered to his own premise.

So when Ronald said the correct answer, he quickly straightened his posture and then said with a dignified and beautiful expression:

"Adventurer, congratulations on answering my question correctly."

"Now as a compliment for answering two questions correctly at once, you can choose—or, now, I'll reward you for passing the Q&A. Or you can let me help you a little if the rules allow. ”

"How are you going to choose, adventurer?"

“……”

Hearing the reward offered by the Sphinx, Ronald lowered his eyes and immediately had an idea:

"I choose the latter, I need you to do me a favor."

"Please."

"You should know that there are quite a few evil pursuers in the rear, who are chasing the two of us. So I want you to ask them very difficult questions and help us buy us as much time as possible. ”

Hearing Ronald's request, the Sphinx looked very happy.

The monster guarding the labyrinth did not offer any additional conditions, and directly nodded and agreed to Ronald's request:

"Very good proposal!"

"Adventurer, you can trust me."

"Those guys who are chasing you guys will definitely not be able to pass my obstacles in a short period of time!"

“……”

"Roar—"

It was a very coincidental thing.

Just as the Sphinx's words landed, Ronald heard the sound of claws running on the ground and monsters roaring behind him.

Turn your head and look.

It was Shirakawa's predator who rushed out of the corner of the maze at this moment.

Even in the cartoon world built in "Labyrinth Picture Book", the terrifying shapes of these guys can still be glimpsed.

The hideous appearance of crawling limbs on the ground, the white skin covered in horrific spikes, and the large mouth with fangs could not even close properly.

See predators like this.

Ronald has no doubt about one thing - if it were in reality, ordinary people would encounter such a terrible guy, and I am afraid that there would only be one ending of being eaten alive.

“……”

"Nicole, let's go!"

Seeing that the other party was chasing after him with a hideous posture, Ronald grabbed Nicole's little thick hand, almost dragged the investigator girl, and crossed the seat where the Sphinx was sitting.

The Sphinx smiled and watched the two pass through, before turning to look at the predator who had just arrived:

"Little ones, wait a minute."

"I have a guessing challenge here, would you like to try it?"

Behind Ronald and Nicole, the Sphinx naturally obeyed the rules to stop Shirakawa's predators.

However, things were somewhat unexpected.

These terrible creatures don't have the higher intelligence to communicate with people. In the face of the Sphinx's blockade, they roared like real beasts and pounced on the guy in front of them.

"Presumptuous!"

To these guys who dared to challenge their own rules, the Sphinx roared angrily and pounced forward as the lower half of the lion's body.

There is no suspense about what happened to both sides.

The first predators to chase after them were strangled by this terrible monster almost in the blink of an eye.

Bang -

Soon, the sound of dense flesh and bones breaking sounded.

In just a few moments, there was only a puddle of wreckage left at the foot of the Sphinx, and there was no living creature left.

And after completing this unsuspenseful massacre in a matter of seconds.

The Sphinx slowly returned to his original position, then sat down in a dignified posture and turned his head to smile softly at Ronald who saw this scene.

“……”

Although the guy didn't speak, Ronald also read what it meant.

- Adventurer, I'm doing a good job, right?

“……”

Ronald nodded politely to the other before dragging Nicole and continuing to run deeper into the labyrinth.

Maintaining this state, the two of them moved forward for some distance.

was dragged around by Ronald for a while before Nicole suddenly woke up:

"Ronald, what the hell is the problem!"

"I don't understand your conversation at all, huh?"

Ronald immediately explained to Nicole:

"That was the Sphinx just now, originally a monster in mythology that stopped passers-by and killed people with riddles."

"As for its riddles, there are actually two of them, one of which is what animal walks on four legs in the morning, two legs at noon, and three legs at night. The answer, of course, is human, as this riddle alludes to human childhood, middle age, and old age. ”

"The second riddle - there is a pair of sisters, the elder sister gave birth to the younger sister, and the younger sister gave birth to the elder sister, the riddle is actually hinting at the law of day and night cycle of day and night."

It dawned on Nicole.

"I see, it's a good riddle!"

"The next time I get together with the people in the bureau, I can also use this question to test them."

Ronald looked back at Nicole.

The investigator girl now looked indifferent, and it seemed that she didn't pay attention to the urgent scene just now.

Facing this guy's big grin.

Ronald suddenly had some thoughts, so he continued:

"And one more thing, although this guy has a very beautiful face, he is actually a male."

"Huh? It's a man! Nicole's eyes widened as expected, and she quickly asked in disbelief. How can it be? It looks so beautiful, alas! ”

Ronald goes on to explain:

"Because at the end of the day, the Sphinx is a monster."

"If we don't answer its questions correctly, the fate of those predators just now will also befall us, and appearances are just things it uses to hide its evil."

“……”

Told the truth by Ronald.

Nicole's excitement at the mention of it quickly dissipated.

After walking in the labyrinth guarded by the Sphinx, the two continued to break the maze and trek south.

It turns out.

The Sphinx is very effective at deterring predators.

It took Nicole and Ronald a full day to finally make their way out of this incredibly large labyrinth. During this time, they did not encounter any additional disturbances, nor did they even hear the predators chasing after them.

The two breathed a sigh of relief and slowly walked towards the exit of this frost labyrinth.

And in this last moment.

Nicole looked back at the scenery behind her with some emotion:

"Ronald, I don't think I'll want to go through this maze again in my life"

“……”

Nicole said this with some emotion, but there was silence around her.

She couldn't wait for Ronald's response

When the investigator girl realized something and turned her gaze forward, she regained her understanding of what the two were facing.

Because it's right in front of them.

A stretch of water several kilometers wide blocked the two of them.

What's worse is that when the two try to swim through here, they find that the edge of the sea is protected by the rules of the game of "Labyrinth Picture Book".

Just walking on the edge of the water, they can't go on.

Not to mention swimming through!