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This is a "Sphinx" (Sphinx).

Magic Part Class Level: XXXX. The Egyptian sphinx is a human-headed sphinx.

For more than a thousand years, it has been used by wizards to guard their precious objects and secret places. The Sphinx is a very intelligent animal and loves riddles and anagrams. It usually only becomes dangerous when what it guards is threatened.

It has the body of a large lion: large claws, a long, yellowish tail, and the head is the head of a woman.

As Harry approached, the sphinx rolled her apricot eyes to stare at him. Harry hesitantly raised his wand.

She didn't crouch down and pounce, but kept moving back and forth between the two sides of the road, not letting Harry advance. Then she spoke, her voice low and hoarse, "You're close to your target, and the closest way is to pass me." ”

"So, would you please give me a moment?" Harry asked, knowing what he was going to get. It's just that Harry felt that he was really weak to ask such a question.

"No," replied the mobess, continuing to walk about there, "unless you can solve my riddle." Answer and I'll let you go. If you answer incorrectly, I will attack you. If you don't answer, I'll let you go and I won't hurt you. ”

Harry screamed in his heart.

Guessing is Hermione's forte, and she's not good at it. But he thought about it again and again, and if the riddle was too difficult, he wouldn't answer it, so that he could safely get out of here and find another route.

"All right," Harry replied, "let's get the question out." ”

The Sphinx crouched down in the middle of the road and recited aloud, "Think of a person first, who often hides his identity, acts secretly, and always lies if he does not tell the truth." And then think about what is the best thing to make up, but at the end of the middle of the middle? Finally, when you can't find a difficult word, what do people always say? Please string it together and answer this question, what kind of animal do you not want to kiss?"

Harry listened, his mouth wide open. "I can listen to it once...... Can you slow down?" he asked.

The Sphinx blinked, smiled, and read the poem again.

"So all the clues add up to an animal I don't want to kiss?" Harry asked again. She just smiled mysteriously. Harry thought that was the equivalent of saying "yes".

Harry thought about it for a long time, there were many animals he didn't want to kiss, and the first thing that came to mind was "Wind Monster", but that couldn't be the answer, and it seemed that he had to try another clue......

"The one who hides his identity," Harry whispered, his eyes fixed on the mobess, "this man always lies...... Well...... Probably...... It's a liar. No, don't worry, that's not my answer! One, a spy......? Can you give me a clue?"

The Sphinx reread the last few lines of the poem.

"The last thing to be repaired," Harry said, "well, I can't think of it...... The middle of the middle...... Can you repeat the ending a little bit more?"

The Sphinx repeated the last four lines of the poem.

"The sound I often make when looking up difficult words," Harry muttered, "uh...... That's uh. yes, yes, it's 'uh'!" the mob smiled at him.

"Spy, uh, spy, uh," Harry said as he walked around, repeating the words over and over again, "I don't want to kiss the animal...... By the way, it's a spider!"

(Editor's note: "spy" is "spy," "uh" is "er," and "spider" is "spider.") )

The female monster was smiling at this time. She stood up, stretched her forelimbs, and stepped aside to let Harry pass. "Thank you!" Harry said, he didn't expect to be so powerful. He continued on his way.

He's getting closer to the center of the maze now, but he's still not sure...... The wand told him that he was on the right path now, and that he might win if he didn't face any more difficulties......

There are several paths ahead.

"Show me the way!" Harry commanded into his wand. “Poine me ！”

The wand spun around, stopped, and pointed to the path to the right.

So he ran down the road.

After a while, Harry saw a light ahead. Less than 100 yards away, the Goblet of Fire was glittering on a pedestal.

That's the point, after so much going through......

In fact, he was lucky, at least he didn't touch anything. But can it really end so peacefully?

Compared to Fleur or Krum, Harry seemed to have experienced a little too little, and he didn't do anything at all except get rid of a few small dark creatures.

Harry's heart was a little unsettled, perhaps his biggest test was the Sphinx, the Sphinx is a very powerful magical creature, and the place she guards is no less than a treasure guarded by a dragon, but Harry answered the Sphinx's question,

In this way, the Sphinx will not attack him, she is just guarding an intersection.

So, that's the test of the labyrinth?

Undeniably, Harry's nervousness never left, especially when he saw the Goblet of Fire not far away, which made Harry's nervousness even stronger.

Just run over to it yourself and grab it with your hands.

It's that simple.

Harry froze, and just as Harry was about to run, a dark figure popped up and ran ahead.

It looks like Cedric will arrive before Harry.

Cedric was running at full speed for the trophy at this point, and Harry knew he couldn't catch up with him, Cedric was taller than himself and had long legs...... Suddenly, Harry saw a behemoth leap out of the hedge on his left, heading straight for the intersection.

The monster was running so fast that Cedric almost hit it. At this time, Cedric's eyes were only focused on the trophy, and he did not see the monster rushing straight towards him......

"Cedric!" Harry cried out as he desperately tore at his throat, "on your left!

Cedric turned his head to see that he had just in time to fly and rush towards it, not bumping into the monster, but in his hurry, Cedric tripped over the vines on the ground.

The wand flew out of Cedric's hand in an instant.

At this time, the monster ...... A giant spider stepped onto the path and began to push Cedric forward.

"Stupefy!" Harry shouted quickly, and with a flick of Harry's wrist, a stun spell struck him.

The spell strikes the spider's large, furry body. But the blow seemed to be useless, like throwing a small rock, and the spider became angry, and suddenly turned around and ran towards Harry.

"Stupefy!Impedimenta!Stupefy!" Harry shouted incessantly, but none of the spells worked...... It may be that the spider is too big and so amazing that ordinary spells don't hurt it, but it angers it.

Harry glanced up and saw spiders, eight black eyes glowing with an aggressive cold light, and several giant pincer-like stingers as sharp as blades, swooping down stupidly.

The spider lifted Harry up, and Harry struggled desperately, kicking it repeatedly, but Harry's foot was still caught in its large pincers.

In the midst of the pain, he heard Cedric shouting the spell of the Unconscious Charm, but his spell was equally useless.

At that moment, the spider opened its sting again, saying that it was too late and too soon, and Harry raised his wand and shouted, "Expelliarmus!"

It worked this time.

The Disarming Charm forced the spider to let go of its pincers, which unfortunately caused Harry to fall from a twelve-foot height, immediately stepping down his already injured thigh.

Without further consideration, Harry took his wand and aimed it at the spider's lower abdomen, casting a spell at the same time as Cedric.

"Sectumsempra!"

"Stupefy!"

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