12. Outwit the hundred-headed snake
"Thank you, humans, for your advice.
"Now, you're done."
After biting off its own snake head again and again, the eighty-seven snake felt that its destructive power was skyrocketing every second, and it was 10 times more powerful than ever!
Nothing can stop it!
All of the ninety-headed serpent's head was raised together, ready to tear the two humans to shreds.
"Huh? What about the two humans? The ninety-four-headed snake was confused.
The ninety-six-headed snake looked around.
Behind it, the golden apple on the sacred tree is gone!
A little farther away, Subway and Russell were running away on their horses.
Apparently, Subway and Russell stole the golden apple while it tore off their own heads, picked up nine snake heads from the ground, put them in bags, and ran away.
"Let's run! Just bring back all nine snake heads and golden apples, and you're done! On the horse, Russell shouted to Subway.
"Humans, you stand still!" The ninety-nine-headed serpent shouted and chased after it.
"Run quickly, or you will be overtaken by a hundred and one snakes." Look at me fighting horses! "Subway is constantly stabbing the horse with a spur to drive the horse faster.
"How can two horses outrun me?" The One Hundred and Three-Headed Serpent considers itself a mythical creature, but it will not be thrown away by two horses, and will continue to accelerate, running faster and faster.
However, no matter how the one hundred and four-headed snake runs, the distance between it and the horse is only getting farther and farther.
Seeing that, the two humans were about to disappear from his sight.
Only then did the one hundred and six-headed snake realize that it now had too many snake heads, which seriously slowed down its speed, and it was sluggish when running, where could it catch up with Russell and Subway on horseback.
In this way, Russell and Subway returned to the king's palace.
They gave the king all nine heads they had severed from the Hydra, along with the golden apple, to complete the second mission.
[Hydra mission complete!] 】
"Time is running out, set off to challenge the Sphinx and complete the third mission."
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At the same time, in another dream.
In the first few minutes, Shiro had successfully used lamp oil and flames to stop the regeneration of the Hydra, successfully killed the Zero-Headed Snake, returned to the palace, and completed the second mission.
Now, the progress of the White and Nanami teams is still a little faster than that of Russell and Subway!
They had already come to the Sphinx and answered the Sphinx's first question.
While waiting for the monster to ask the next question, Shiro recalled some fragments outside his dream, and said coldly to Nanamido:
"Woman, you should feel honored.
"If it weren't for the fact that my little brother happened to be away, if it weren't for a fool who turned down my invitation to form a team, I wouldn't have partnered with you casually.
"If it weren't for me, you would never have been able to pass the level so easily and make it to this last hurdle."
In the dream, he was no longer restrained, revealing the truest side of his character, and his words revealed undisguised arrogance.
Although Shiro was unable to realize that he was participating in a test during the dream, he vaguely remembered some information that impressed him outside of the dream.
For example, the exam information provided by my brother to him.
For example, he was impressed by the scene where Subway and Russell challenged him.
"Yes, thank you." Nanami nodded, not denying Shiro's words.
The Sphinx opened its mouth again:
"My next question is ......"
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"It seems that as long as there are no accidents in the white team, there should be no suspense about winning the championship." In the office, a middle-aged woman with gold-rimmed glasses and a straight face, codenamed Onyx, commented.
If there are multiple teams that can clear the test of three missions, then the team with the shortest time to clear the game will be the first place!
"It's true, and Team White and Nanami are the most likely to win the grand prize I've prepared. However, until the last minute, everything is not a foregone conclusion, and anything can happen. The young male teacher, codenamed Opal, said.
"At this point in the exam, it's unlikely that there will be major changes." Black Amber said helplessly.
She hopes in her heart that Russell, who is the hero of prophecy, will win the championship. But he and Subway's team are already significantly behind, and it is almost impossible to overtake.
The only chance to win the championship was when the White and Nanami teams made a mistake and lost in the third level.
However, the Sphinx's test is actually the easiest of the three levels. Shiro was able to clear the first two levels, and it is impossible to fail here.
Forget it, even if it's the second place, the reward is very rich, but you can't get the mystery prize...... Black Amber muttered silently.
Moreover, Russell is a magical genius who can change the wrong ritual into the correct version, and when he actually enters the school and masters the extraordinary ability, he will definitely perform even more amazingly! Why bother with the results of an entrance exam?
Obviously, at the beginning, she felt that as long as Russell could pass the entrance exam normally, she would be satisfied, and there was no need to force the first place.
When did your expectations get so high?