Chapter 46: The Sphinx
Act-46
opened the conversation with her appearance, and the topic was naturally led by Jiang Tian to her pitiful experience.
Since she wants to disguise herself as someone sent by "Ista", then she must have come to enlighten the shadow in her heart, Jiang Tian understands it this way.
As a result, Jiang Tian and Hephaestus talked with each other, which was a test of each other, and also meant to strengthen the mutual understanding between the two parties.
After all, Jiang Tian was a little interested in her experience. And Hephaestus also cherishes this rare person who can speak.
In the simple confrontation between you and me, Jiang Tian learned a part of the news about Hephaestus, her story, the captain had actually told before.
It is the tragic story of the elder brother who entered the underwater temple to seek medicine, but the younger sister was burned at the stake. But the captain did not finish the story, when he saw the angel come out, he knelt on the spot.
Jiang Tian heard the follow-up of the story from the mouth of Hephaestus.
As follows, when Hephaestus was burned at the stake by the bull-headed monster, a huge and holy angel suddenly appeared in the sky, and the angel hovered above Hephaestus's head and read the prophecy himself.
"God says, Forgive the sins of the innocent."
Hephaestus was saved, but she suffered burns all over her body, especially on the left side of her face.
Saved by God himself, she was soon favored by the bishops' conference, who jointly consulted the Pope to make her a saint in order to increase the influence of their Norwin Island in the North Sea, but the Pope has always held a forced objection.
But one day, he suddenly agreed. Even his attitude towards Hephaestus has changed greatly, and he used to hate him and want to tear him apart, but now he is doting on him and holding it in the palm of his hand for fear of falling off.
Since then, Hephaestus has been staying at the Palace of St. Versailles, occasionally coming out as a saint to brush her face, harvest a wave of faith, and show her presence.
After listening to Hephaestus' story, Jiang Tian quickly discovered the biggest doubt in the story.
This pope who has suddenly changed his attitude!
It is only when people are greatly stimulated and threatened that they may instantly change their personality and the way they deal with others.
But the attitude of the pope in the story before and after is simply two extremes!
Is it a great irritation or threat? Or just just change someone?
Jiang Tian is more inclined to the latter.
However, regarding the true identity of the Pope, it is obvious that he has stepped into another minefield in Hephaestus's heart, so no matter how Jiang Tian knocks on the side, he will not get a positive response from her.
As for the test proposed by the Pope, Hephaestus did not know anything.
After playing a few simple games with Hephaestus, Jiang Tian walked to the servant next door and lay down with more doubts, waiting for the test that the Pope said.
However, until the middle of the night, the stars were shining in the sky, and Jiang Tian didn't feel anything strange happening.
The so-called "test will officially begin after everyone answers in the room" "Whatever, why doesn't it apply to him?"
Could it be that because he was in the wrong room, he didn't need to be tested?
Hmm, why do you have a pitiful feeling of being excluded inexplicably?
Thinking so, Jiang Tian slowly fell asleep.
……
"Jiang Tian, you're finally here."
Jiang Tian, whose head was still a little dizzy, opened his eyes and saw Luo's iconic bear-eared hat.
But before he could ask what the situation was, he was pulled by Luo Qiang and walked into an arch with a bull's head hanging on the frame.
When he entered the door, Jiang Tian opened his mouth again and was about to ask a question, but found that Luo next to him and the door behind him had disappeared together at some point.
Looking at the quaint wall surrounded by a height of thirty meters, Jiang Tian's heart was full of doubts.
Jiang Tian still vividly remembers that after playing with Hephaestus, he fell asleep in a servant's room. But when I woke up, why did I come to this strange place where there are high walls on three sides and only one side has a road?
What's going on?
It took about five seconds for a bold conjecture to emerge in Jiang Tian's mind.
Is this what the Pope said about the test of salvation?
But he was brought here in an instant, and Luo was taken away in an instant, did this Pope eat the fruit of the door? Or is it something else that can be spatially transferred?
Or is it the environment he is in now...... Is it fake?
Now, everything is blank.
Jiang Tian glanced at the only corridor, took a deep breath, and walked in.
It's not his style to wait, he wants to find out for himself.
After walking for about ten minutes, turning several forks in the road in a row, and walking through several dead ends, Jiang Tian understood what the structure was here.
It's a huge live-action maze!
It's just that in this labyrinth, Jiang Tian hasn't encountered monsters and traps for the time being, and he doesn't know if they will appear later.
In this way, after walking for nearly an hour in a row, Jiang Tian came to a dead end again.
It's just that unlike other dead ends, here, there is actually a ten-meter-high gate, and there is a lion man in golden armor in front of the gate.
Jiang Tian has played a lot of games, and he also understands this kind of setting similar to the magic tower.
Once you defeat the monster and find the key, you'll be able to enter the door, which contains a treasure or a staircase to the second floor.
He was ready for battle, intending to shoot the knight, who looked like a lion, by sniping at a distance.
But just when his hands were already deformed, the lion knight in front of the door spoke: "Little brother over there, I'm a peace-loving Sphinx, I don't fight, as long as you answer the right three questions about me, I'll let you in." What do you think? Pretty cost-effective, right? ”
Three questions? What the heck?
Jiang Tian remembered that Egyptian mythology was still a myth, which recorded a sphinx named the Sphinx, and when he met adventurous people, he also asked them a question, and if they were right, they would be eaten by him.
It's hard to ask a single question, let alone answer three questions correctly.
Jiang Tian didn't plan to answer the question, he was also ready to implement his first plan.
Shoot the lion knight.
"You want to kill me and go in, right?" The lion knight seemed to hear Jiang Tian's inner thoughts, and he sneered and said, "It's useless, in the rules of this dream realm, only by answering the questions to me can you be considered to have passed." Everything else won't work for me. ”
Jiang Tian didn't believe in evil, and fired several shots at the lion knight one after another.
But the lion knight did not dodge or dodge, and allowed the bullets to hit him. But something happened that made Jiang Tian stunned, the few bullets he had just fired actually stopped an inch before he was about to collide with the lion knight.
No matter how fast its muzzle velocity is, no matter how strong its penetrating power is, it seems that an inch in front of the lion knight is an absolute realm that cannot be seen or touched, and it will always resist Jiang Tian's attack.
As if he had expected Jiang Tian to attack, the coldness on the lion knight's face deepened, and he continued: "Now start asking questions, if you can't answer the correct answer to the question within thirty seconds, then, I will eat you bite by bite!" ”