Zongman: Only My Hero Game

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The next day.

Hojo did not stop at Thebes.

He came here just to take a look at Megara's troubles, and now that it's resolved, it's time to continue on the road.

He waved goodbye to the people who saw him off at the gate of the city, and then led the horse towards Delphi.

Anna also followed him quietly.

By the way, she was still carrying that big bag.

At the same time, what happened last night also began to spread on the land of Greece.

The stories of heroes and gods are always everyone's favorite.

It's just that the relationship between the two is generally very friendly.

Either the gods helped the heroes, or the heroes gave back to the gods.

And the god who was violently beaten by people.

It is the first time it has appeared on this land.

And he was beaten up in full view

As soon as the story of Hojo and Dionysus spread, it immediately became the hottest thing in the entire Greek land.

Those bards also all adapted it into poetry.

Hojo's reputation is once again known in this land!

It's just that Hojo didn't pay much attention to those at this time.

At the beginning, he still cared about these reputations as a fledgling, after all, it involved tasks.

But after going through a lot, Hojo's mentality has changed.

Compared with the task, what you see along the way is the most important!

Hojo's current destination is the Temple of Delphi.

It is the place where Apollo, the sun god, is sacrificed, and it is also one of the most prosperous places for sacrifices on the land of Greece.

There are only a few places like the Parthenon in Athens, the statue of Zeus in Olympia, and so on.

The sun is always the most admired thing by people.

The same is true for the corresponding gods.

But when Hojo and Anna passed through the Thebes area, suddenly a huge sphinx with wings on its back stopped in front of them.

"Hi, travelers from afar, I'm the Sphinx."

Sphinx looked at Hojo and Anna with a smile.

Its body is about the size of a hill, at least two to thirty meters high.

It will fully occupy the road ahead.

Right now it's a one-way street next to a mountain.

Next to the road is an invisible cliff.

"Do you need me to answer the question before you can go there?"

Hojo naturally knows about Sphinx.

This is one of the most famous monsters in the land of Greece.

No one knows where it came from.

But this monster doesn't like to occupy a territory and then kill travelers at will like Hydera.

The Sphinx is a monster that appeared immediately after being active in the area of ​​Thebes.

It appears mostly in front of travelers.

Every time it appears, travelers will be asked to answer its riddles, and only if they answer correctly can they pass, and if they don't answer correctly, they will be eaten by the other party.

Compared with Hydera, it is a monster that prefers to show off its wisdom.

"Yes, you are really smart."

Sphinx said with a smile.

Hojo pressed down on Anna who was about to make a move, but he wanted to hear the riddle of the Sphinx in front of him.

If you can't answer it, it's not too late to do it.

"Okay, tell me."

Sphinx grinned and said:

"What animal walks on four legs in the morning, two legs at noon, and three legs at night? The time when it has the most legs is also the time when it walks the slowest and its strength is weakest."

"people."

Hojo happily gave the answer, and Sphinx couldn't help being a little shocked.

This was beyond its expectation.

Unconvinced, it posed another riddle:

"What grows first, then gets shorter, and finally grows longer again?"

"shadow."

"I am the black son of a white father. I am a wingless bird that can fly straight up to the clouds. When I was born, everyone who touched me cried. Once I was born, I will soon disappear into the air. Who am I? ?”

"cigarette"

"Because of the light, I lost the light. If someone gave me the light, I would help his feet. What am I?"

"torch."

The Sphinx was at the end of his skills, and sweat was oozing from its forehead.

It was just a few riddles that made it like this, which made Hojo a little puzzled.

And then the Sphinx said:

"You have successfully solved all my riddles. You are No.1 for countless years. You will be rewarded by the Sphinx!"

As soon as it finished speaking, a blue light spot appeared from its body and then fell into Hojo's body.

Hojo frowned, and he tried to find the blue light spot in his body, but he couldn't find it. The light spot seemed to be completely integrated with Hojo.

"What did you just say?!"

Anna flashed a sickle in her hand, and shouted at the Sphinx with an extremely dangerous expression.

The Sphinx sighed, and then said:

"My mission is done, it's time to die."

After all, it fell headlong towards the cliff on the side.

The huge body just fell down.

Then only a loud bang was heard.

There was an extra corpse at the bottom of the cliff.

Hojo and Anna looked at this scene with some strangeness.

The simple death of the Sphinx surprised the two of them.

"¨々Hojo-sama, are you feeling alright?"

Anna looked anxiously at Hojo and asked.

Hojo nodded to indicate nothing.

Anna felt a little relieved.

It's just that Hojo's brows didn't relax.

He was still surprised at the last sentence of Sphinx.

its mission?

Just for these two riddles?

Unable to figure it out, Hojo asked about the collection.

'What is the mission of the Sphinx? — Pick out heroes who can answer its questions. '

Hojo was speechless for a moment.

The other party's life is really so simple...

'And what's that blue spot of light? ——The key to the kingdom of shadows. '

Kingdom of Shadows?

Hojo was even more puzzled.

He has studied with Chiron for many years, and basically knows any secrets about Greece.

But this is the first time I heard of Kingdom of Shadows.

'What is the Kingdom of Shadows? —a place full of ghosts and the dead. '

Hojo frowned, isn't this the underworld?

　(Okay okay) 'What does it have to do with the underworld? ——The Kingdom of Shadows is another underworld. '

When Hojo heard this, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but a little curious and excited.

Another underworld... It's really getting more and more interesting...

On Mount Olympus at this time.

All the gods looked at the corpse of the Sphinx under the cliff with some frowns.

"About the origin of the Sphinx, does any of you know?"

"For this kind of thing, let's ask Goddess Hestia directly. If Goddess Hestia doesn't know, then we have no way of knowing."

Hestia shook her head with a slightly solemn expression.

"The Sphinx existed a long, long time ago, and I don't know where it came from."

The gods couldn't help being a little silent when they heard Hestia's words.

There are too many mysteries left on this land.

Even a god can't defeat them all...

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After Hojo and Anna passed the Sphinx incident, they continued towards Delphi.

Although the matter of the Sphinx made Anna still brood, but under Hojo's comfort, the girl put the Sphinx down for the time being.

It's no wonder that Anna is so worried, the main reason is that the actions of the Sphinx before and after are too weird.

Whether it's the blue light that appears after solving the riddle or the opponent's jumping off the cliff.

This made the girl very worried about Hojo.

But after seeing Hojo's calm face and even a smile on the corner of his mouth.

Anna gradually suppressed her worries.