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By the time the black-haired Dragonborn left the human-faced sphinx, the sky had changed from grayish-white with reddish-brown edges to a deep grayish-blue, and soon it would turn cobalt blue and black, and as the light dimmed, the temperature of the desert would drop rapidly, and in the middle of the night, it would drip into ice - Kremar was certainly not afraid of this, his fire elemental attendant had been summoned, and it was prostrate on Kremar's shoulder, not only bringing him warmth but also intimidating the beasts and monsters that were about to move- There are many creatures in the desert that are accustomed to hunting at night, although they are not so quiet during the day, among them there are desert giant spiders that play an important role in the reproduction of spider-eaters, they do not build webs, but hide under shallow layers of sand, and wait for prey to appear, or catch them with chelicera, or bite with their upper and lower jaws, or shoot a viscous silk ball from their tails to stick to their prey, and there are also giant wolves, the giant wolves living in the desert around Grenada are different from the winter wolves that the souls of the other world have seen in the Far North Sea, although their body length is comparable to that of winter wolves, but their bodies are much thinner, and their fur is not heavy enoughThey have mottled spots on their bodies and long hairs around their ears and snouts - hairs that make them sensitive to the direction of wind and humidity in the air, but they are similar to winter wolves in that they will not let go of their prey that falls into their sight even when they are full.

Needless to say about the other, more "small" and "gentle" creatures, a man walking alone in the desert may receive more eager gaze than any archduke or king, but the heat radiating from him makes the intelligent monsters hesitate to stop, and the ordinary beasts have their own instincts, especially when they see a red serpent, perhaps dazed by hunger, suddenly leap up from behind the dunes and spray venom at the human. Along with her venom, it turned into a dazzling fireball in midair.

"Well," said the otherworldly spirit, "I hope we don't disturb the one we are looking for." The fire elemental attendant, the little red spider slapped its chelicera in surprise, it was clear that it had not expected this, and the slight frustration and remorse were transmitted to his master's mind through a trembling telepathy, and the spirit of the other world immediately reached out and stroked the little spider's head, "No, I didn't blame you," it explained, "I was just worried that he would think we were his enemies." ”

The emotion conveyed from the interconnected thoughts was quicker and more realistically soothed by the fire elemental attendant than words, rubbing its master's fingers like a kitten cub, and then contentedly creeping on the short white robe, which the careless might think was a delicate rune collar pin, its eight eyes shining in the darkness like coals that had not yet burned completely.

The soul of the other world stopped and estimated the distance it had traveled. The Sphinx's intelligence ensures that they don't misestimate distances, and their faction ensures that they don't lie, even if the leader of the Sphinx doesn't want to see a member of their species become a human mount. The place they were talking about was not far from where Cremar was, maybe only a few hundred feet, and the flames could alarm creatures hundreds of miles away, and if there was indeed a male-faced sphinx inhabited there, he should indeed spot them.

The galaxy of mortals and spellcasters had crossed the sky, but its starlight was always so obscure in Grenada, so that the desert was covered with a shallow and ambiguous red light, and the sand dunes were undulating, casting shadows and shadows, and then they heard sand flowing down from the dunes, and Sisso's voice caused the black-haired dragonborn to stop immediately, and the temperature of the little spider suddenly rose, and its claws pierced into Cremar's skin.

The tallest of the dunes trembled, and the sand slid down from them, and in a moment the eyes that could discern even the faintest light made out the true face of the dune—a male-faced sphinx, larger than the leader they had seen before.

Before the otherworldly soul could say anything, the male-faced sphinx suddenly opened its eyes, his eyes glowing like all nocturnal animals, and in the darkness they looked like floating flames - he raised a claw and made a gesture that was common to both planes, "Silence." He said in sign language, and then continued back to his original posture, staring motionlessly at a certain place.

This gave the soul of the other world a chance to observe him well, the little spider crawled out of the master's shoulder socket, grabbed his hair and climbed to the top of his head, the change of light made the soul of the other world surprised to find that it was a male sphinx that was almost completely black, the shiny black fur was not a little variegated, smooth like silk, only the tips of the claws and eyes were of different colors, and the tip of the tail was a little red, as if someone took his tail and dipped it in cinnabar powder.

The Otherworldly Soul sat down cross-legged beside him, they didn't seem to care much about time anyway, not to mention that this huge body could keep out the wind and sand, but it was very boring to sit in silence, so the Otherworldly Soul took out salted olives, almonds, and savory scones, and since everything it ate was as if it were either topped with spices or poured with honey and syrup. These two foods that he personally supervised can at least balance the sweetness and saltiness of this body.

Boom boom.

Cluck.

"I said," said the male-faced sphinx, after a long period of patience, "don't believe the nonsense of the bards. ”

"How?"

"No intelligent creature will be attracted to some novel food, and will not be willing to become a slave of mankind for a little food. The black male-faced sphinx glanced unhappily at the scones in the hands of the humans, the kind of scones he had eaten, they were not at all delicious, they were damp like mud, hard as stones, and mixed with all sorts of messy things, and he sneezed several times when he smelled them. Although today's scones don't smell so bad, and the smell is monotonous, it becomes extraordinarily pure and intense because of the monotony, like grease, but not like the grease of goats and gerbils. There were also some nutty and salt smells, he glanced at them slightly, and those things looked as lackluster as scones, yes, just a little tempting, nothing more.

He's just a little curious, maybe he can taste it, but it's just a taste, he's definitely not like those stupid animals in the bard's long poems, just to eat roast meat or cream and make a contract or something, if you put your paw on a human neck, he'll give everything he can, even his children's parents.

"Did I disturb you?" said the otherworldly spirit, apparently less sensitive to the black male-faced sphinx, he put away the food, the smell was immediately cut off by the dimensional bag, and the male-faced sphinx turned his head regretfully: "Yes," he said, "you disturbed me." He said earnestly, "I'm enjoying my silence." ”

"Uh, excuse me?"

"It doesn't matter," said the sphinx, "that cloud has changed shape," he pointed to the otherworldly spirit, "it's no longer what it used to be." ”

"What did it look like?"

"It's a lot like the butt of one of my favorite female sphinxes," the male sphinx said lamentingly, "and its shape is so realistic that I even want to lean in and sniff it." He looked at the sky: "And now it's like a pile of bird's dung." As he spoke, he grimaced a disgusted expression.

"I'll say," continued the male-faced sphinx, "you've made the right choice, the bird's heads aren't a nice thing, they're like an orc's beep-beep...... , or the kind of beep-beep...... Beep...... Beep"

- I said, the soul of the other world said that I have been in this plane for a while, but this is the first time I have encountered a word that needs to be silenced, and it is in ......

- It was from his mouth that the lich said that we had no doubt that we had met a rather special male sphinx before we needed the help we could strive for.

These were minor issues, though, as the lich was concerned that the male-faced sphinx seemed to know what they were trying to do, and since he wasn't showing hostility, they still had a chance.

"Don't be surprised," said the male-faced sphinx, "before you arrived, my dear darling came and told me about you. While the soul of the other world was trying to guess who this so-called good baby was, he continued: "Of course, the damn bottomless abyss, you seem to have scared him, and as far as I am concerned, he almost plugged his tail in the beep...... Beep inside, and I guess he was ...... before he came to see me Ah, what a damn beep-beep, deserving beep-beep-beep baby who got a stone wet and got wet, I said, he's not very fit to be a leader, he lacks some self-motivation and determination, but my wife and her sisters don't think much of it, well," he shrugged very humanly, "look, look, he's just going to his balls when there's something big going on—I should probably break his face in the final duel, so we can all get better." Beep!"

"He's Your ......"

"Son, that's right. The black male-faced sphinx said, scratching his ears with the tips of his claws: "He is my son, I am their former chief, I must say that I am still quite competent, but my wife is angry at some of my actions...... But I don't think that's a big deal, although my sister and I hehehe, and her niece hehehe, and her friend hehehe, and her gerbil he, I haven't at least ever been with her mother, and I swear I'm still in love with her, but unfortunately she doesn't seem to want to forgive me. ”

We don't want to, said the otherworldly soul - we still have time, and he said to the lich, should we try to find a dragon, or a lizard?

The lich doesn't speak.

"Don't you want to say something?" said the male-faced sphinx, "you should say something, Your Highness, after all, my little darling made this decision solely because of the bad news you brought to you." ”

"If it weren't for the bad news I brought," said the Otherworldly Soul, "then they would have even greater bad news." ”

The male-faced sphinx nodded understandingly, "But I don't want to thank you, so be it - and I don't think the bigger bad news can be any worse - yes, they migrate, but where can they go." While we can live in the desert and rocky fields, the wings of the red dragon will only continue to be the shadow of more places, and they will leave here today, there tomorrow, and somewhere else...... One day, they will find themselves with nowhere else to go, and they will have enemies and enemies around them - if others think the same way as them. ”

"But if they stay here......"

"He didn't even think about resisting. "He's like a urine full of yellow water, and it can't stand the touch—which is terrible for a leader." ”

"So what would you do if it were you?"

The black male sphinx looked at him and did not answer the question: "What do you think the people of Moses will do?" He said, "Do you think they will run away?" He raised one of his front paws and propped his jaw like a human: "They can't leave their spider-eaters, they can't leave the spider-eaters, they're just outcasts who are nothing, they can't even sprinkle seeds in the ground." They were either reduced to food for wild beasts, or they died of starvation. ”

"Well, if they don't run away," said the sphinx, "what else can they do?" he curled his lips, "they can only go and find the man who seems to have good intentions towards them, and become a weapon and cargo in his hands, right...... Like the not-so-interesting question you left us, it was also placed in front of Moussa, and although there was only one answer option, it seemed quite correct. ”

The otherworldly soul was silent for a moment, while the male-faced dragonborn waited patiently, just as the black-haired dragonborn waited for him, but unfortunately he didn't have scones and nuts, but before he could start tapping the tips of his claws, the caster nodded, "I admit what you said," the black-haired dragonborn said calmly, "but it's not that there is no other choice, the point is, will you make that choice?"

The male-faced sphinx gave him a meaningful look, "No." He stood up, the shadow of his body looming over Cremar, "But it would still be infuriating to pick out a less stinky one from the rotten eggs and eat it, do you say? )