Chapter 688 Fighting Together

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This is a "Sphinx" (sphinx).

Ministry of Magic classification level: XXXX. The Egyptian Sphinx is a human-headed sphinx.

For over a thousand years, it has been used by wizards to guard their precious belongings and secret places. The Sphinx is a very intelligent animal that loves riddles and word puzzles. It usually only becomes dangerous when something it's guarding is threatened.

It has the body of a big lion: huge claws, a long slightly yellow tail; and the head is that of a woman.

As Harry came closer, the sphinx rolled its almond-shaped eyes and stared at him. Harry hesitantly raised his wand.

She didn't squat down and pounce on him, but kept walking back and forth between the two sides of the road, preventing Harry from moving forward. At this time she spoke, her voice was low and hoarse, "You are very close to your goal, and the nearest way is to pass through me."

"Well, would you please give in?" Harry asked, actually knowing what answer he would get. However, Harry felt that he was too weak to ask such a question.

"No," the female monster replied, continuing to walk around, "unless you can answer the riddle I asked. If you answer it, I will let you pass. If the answer is wrong, I will attack you. If you don't answer, I will It will let you go without hurting you.”

After hearing this, Harry secretly screamed something bad.

Riddles were Hermione's specialty, but she was not good at it. But he thought about it again and again, and decided not to answer the riddle if it was too difficult, so that he could leave here safely and find other routes.

"Okay," Harry responded, "Come on."

The sphinx squatted down in the middle of the road and chanted loudly: "Please think of a person first. This person often hides his identity, moves very secretively, and always lies if he doesn't tell the truth. Then think about what is the best thing to do, but in the middle The end of the end of the middle? Finally, when you can't find a new word or a difficult word, what sound do people always make? Please string it together and answer this question, what animal do you not want to kiss? "

Harry listened, his mouth hanging open. "Can I listen...slowly for once?" he asked.

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

"Does that mean 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 "right."

So Harry started thinking hard; there were many animals he didn't want to kiss. The first thing that came to mind was the "Wind Monster", but this couldn't be the answer. It seemed that he had to try other clues...

"The person who hides his identity," Harry murmured, staring at the female monster, "This person always lies...well...maybe...is a liar. No, don't worry, this is not my answer! One, A spy? Think of this first...can you give me a clue? "

The Sphinx read the last lines of the poem again.

"The last thing to fix," Harry murmured, "Well, I can't think of anything...the middle...can you repeat the ending?"

The Sphinx read the last four lines again.

"The sound that is often made when looking up new and difficult words," Harry murmured: "Uh...that's uh. Yes, uh! It's the sound of 'uh'!" The female monster smiled at him.

"Spy, uh, spy, uh," Harry walked around repeating these words, "The animal I don't want to kiss... by the way, is a spider!"

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

The female monster was smiling all over her face. She stood up, stretched her forelegs, and stepped aside to let Harry pass. "Thank you!" Harry said hurriedly, he really didn't expect that he would be so powerful. He kept walking.

He is getting closer to the center of the maze, but he is still not sure... The magic wand tells him that the path he is taking is absolutely right. As long as he no longer encounters any big difficulties, he may win...

There are several paths ahead.

"Show me the way!" Harry ordered to his wand. "Poine me!"

The wand spun and stopped, pointing down the path to the right.

So he ran down this road.

After a while, Harry saw a bright light ahead. Less than a hundred yards away, the Goblet of Fire was shining brightly on its pedestal.

That's the point, after everything that's happened...

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

Compared to Fleur or Krum, Harry's experiences seemed a little too little. He did nothing at all except clearing out some small dark creatures.

Harry felt a little uneasy. Perhaps his biggest test was the level of the Sphinx. The Sphinx was a very powerful magical creature. The place she guarded was 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 will just guard an intersection.

So, this is the test of the maze?

It was undeniable that Harry's nervous mood never left, especially when he saw the Goblet of Fire not far away, Harry's nervous mood became even more intense.

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

It's that simple.

Harry calmed down, and just when Harry was about to run over, a black shadow jumped out and ran ahead.

It looked like Cedric was going to arrive before Harry.

Cedric was running at full speed towards the trophy, and Harry knew he couldn't catch up with him. Cedric was taller than him and had longer legs... Suddenly, Harry saw a huge creature emerging from the hedge to his left and walking straight along the intersection. Run over here.

The monster was running so fast that Cedric almost hit it. At this time, Cedric was only looking at the trophy and did not see the monster charging straight towards him...

"Cedric!" Harry yelled at the top of his lungs, "On your left! Watch out!"

Cedric turned around and rushed over just in time to avoid hitting the monster. However, due to his haste, 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 advance towards Cedric.

"Stupefy!" Harry shouted quickly, and with a twist of his wrist, a stupefy spell was shot out.

The spell struck the spider's huge, furry body. But this blow seemed useless, just like throwing a small stone. The spider became angry, turned around suddenly and ran towards Harry.

"Stupefy! Impedimenta! Stupefy!" Harry kept shouting, but none of the spells were useful... Maybe the spider was too big and magical, and ordinary spells did not hurt it, but irritated it.

Harry glanced up and saw the spider, its eight black eyes glowing menacingly and several giant pincer-like stings as sharp as knives pouncing towards it.

The spider lifted Harry up. Harry struggled desperately and kicked it repeatedly, but Harry's feet were still caught in its large pincers.

In the severe pain, he heard Cedric shouting the spell of the coma spell, but his spell was also useless.

At this time, the spider opened its big sting again, and soon after, Harry raised his wand and shouted, "Epelliarmus (Expelliarmus)!"

It worked this time.

The "Disarming Curse" forced the spider to loosen its claws. Unfortunately, this loosening caused Harry to fall twelve feet, and his already injured thigh immediately fell over.

Without thinking much, Harry picked up his wand and pointed it at the spider's underbelly, casting spells at the same time as Cedric.

"Sectumsempra!"

"Stupefy!"

…(To be continued)