Chapter 335

In an instant, the air around him solidifies, binds him tightly, and then pushes him forward. Time and movement became extremely slow. He watched in horror as the man ran straight into his chest. Nothing can slow down the impact. His ribs creaked as if he had been hit by a sledgehammer.

He groaned, but the man who suppressed him could not allow him to dodge and pushed him forward with all his strength. Hit the labyrinth tree wall, the branch pierced his skin, his body seems to have been torn, pain throughout the body, let him feel like he hit the meat grinder.

A few seconds later, they walked out of the hedge.

Hoffa touched the wound on his chest with trembling fingers. When he raised his fingertips and saw the blood dripping from above, his golden pupil was full of disbelief.

"Miller

Through the dense vines and branches, Hoffa, stuck on the wall of the maze, looked at the man under heavy pressure and screamed.

Although he has the same appearance as alasto Moody's, the fierce momentum and flying skills are not what alasto moody can have. There is no doubt that he is miller who protected himself from leaving.

But at the moment, his one eye was almost completely covered with white, his pupil contracted into a small point, and all around his eyes were burnt black. He looked very fierce.

"Miller, what did grindevo do to you?"

Hoffa was very anxious to see him like this.

The man in front of him didn't answer. He couldn't help but lift Hoffa up. His arm was surrounded by a flame. The flame burned all over Hoffa's body in the blink of an eye, and the high temperature devoured him.

Looking at his former friend's appearance that he was about to eat, Hoffa did not dare to hold him up. He immediately entered the ghost walk, and he disappeared from Miller's hands.

Miller grabs the air, takes back the flame and turns it into a Firebird, flying around his arm. And his other arm turned out dozens of pieces of ice, constantly flying around his arm.

"Ten, nine, eight, seven..."

ten seconds passed.

Hoffa walked away from the ghost, stood at a distance and looked at Miller, shouting: "wake up, it's me, you see clearly, I'm your good friend!"

"You don't have good friends." Miller's voice was icy.

Can speak...

Hoffa's arms crossed and his heart sank. Miller was originally a part of grindevo's spirit, but he had been imperceptibly influenced in Miranda for so many years, which had changed a lot. But no one knows what happened after he met grindevo. If he wanted to kill himself again, he would not be able to do so with his present ability It's his opponent.

"You abandoned your former friend with your own hands."

Miller pointed with one hand.

The ice in his hand turned into a huge snowstorm, which swept Hoffa and made him almost unstable. The edge of the ice turned into a meat grinder, almost tearing him apart. The blood mist dyed the white Blizzard red.

In the blizzard, Hoffa's hands were folded.

Boom!!

The stones on the ground rose high, forming one stone cage after another, which bound Miller. Then Hoffa clenched his fists, the stone turned into steel, and Miller was wrapped in a solid steel cube.

In less than two seconds, however, the steel cube turned yellow.

Bang!!

The cube is burned into molten iron. Miller strides out of the molten iron and reaches for another one. The blizzard turns into an ice crystal giant behind Hoffa and catches him.

"Do you want to trap me in the same way that you bound my sister, Bach? It's not easy after 50 years."

With that, the ice giant's body burned with a blue flame, which directly burned into Hoffa's bone marrow and almost destroyed his spirit.

"Miranda!"

Huo FA, who was wrapped by the fire, suddenly looked behind Miller, showing an expression of ecstasy, "what's the matter with you?"

Miller's face was so fierce that he couldn't help looking back.

In a moment of distraction, Hoffa breaks the ice giant's fingers with both feet, breaks away from its control, and quickly pulls away from Miller. The ghost disappears in his sight.

Miller, who is aware that he has been cheated, turns his head. He raises his hand to snap his fingers. The ice giant and the Firebird disappear at the same time. At the same time, a thick fog spreads around him.

Hoffa ran fast, trying to distance himself from the fog. He didn't dare to touch the fog. Years of magic experience told him that it was Miller's exploring magic. As long as he touched the fog, he would feel his position like a flying insect falling into the cobweb.

However, he was not very fast when he was watching the medicine. Moreover, the labyrinth road is very strange. Sometimes he still runs forward, but if he turns a few more corners, he runs back.

The huge maze not only confused Miller's direction, but also his own direction. Soon, the surging fog behind him followed.Ten minutes later, he got closer and closer to the fog controlled by Miller.

As soon as he saw that he was about to be touched by it, the situation became more and more critical.

All of a sudden.

Suddenly something stuck out between the labyrinth hedges and caught him by the arm. He looked down, and it was a huge lion claw growing on the wall of the maze that caught his arm.

What?

I didn't wait for Hoffa to wonder for a second.

I'm sorry!

The sharp claw pulled him hard towards the hedge, and then the plants that made up the maze opened to both sides, and he was dragged into the maze.

Just as he was dragged into the tree, the thick fog swept past the place where he had just stood.

Dense and sharp branches and vines ran across his face, and he had to close his eyes to avoid being blinded by something.

I'm sorry!

As fast as he could get in and out, he came through the hedges of the maze.

Pooh, Pooh, Pooh!

Hoffa spits out the leaves and fingers stuck in his mouth and opens his eyes after making sure that no branch is likely to blind him.

He appeared in an open space in the maze. The open space was round, which was different from the maze outside. The moonlight came down from the sky, which made the place look quite open.

What's more strange is that in the middle of the circular open space sits a strange looking creature.

Its body is like a lion, but it has a woman's head with a high nose and long almond eyes. From the human aesthetic point of view, she is a beauty with exotic customs.

But only in the upper body.

Its lower body is a lion, but its lower body has huge claws. The sharp claws on the claws glitter in the moonlight, which is frightening. It has a long yellow tail and a tuft of hair on the tip of the tail, which keeps swinging.

It's a Sphinx.

Hoffa recognized the creature, and Harry had met it in the original, and was asked a riddle by this guy. But he didn't think that he would be saved by a Sphinx. What does it want to do? Let him guess?

"Oh, hi, how are you."

Sphinx lay on the ground, like a resting lioness, with a strange and ethereal voice asked: "how do you feel?"

"It hurts a little..."

Hoffa muttered and patted the branch on his arm: "where is this?"

"In the maze, of course." Sphinx replied with a shrug: "ask as you know it."

"Who put you in?"

Hoffa couldn't help asking him how strange the creature was.

"Who put me in?"

Asked Sphinx.

"Yes, is it grindevoir? Or some other wizard? "

"Oh, my master?"

Sphinx shook his head: "there are many monsters in the maze, man-made, natural, foreign, local, but I'm not alone. I am free. "

"You are not?"

Hoffa looked at the Sphinx and, indeed, it looked very relaxed.

"Of course not. I'm a monster in the maze. My relationship with the maze is like a pond and a fish. As long as there is a labyrinth, there will be my existence. It doesn't matter whether it is a man-made labyrinth or a natural labyrinth. I like the labyrinth. Here I can find the value of existence. "

Sphinx said: "but of course, ordinary people don't have the chance to see me. They are too stupid. Meeting them will lower my intelligence.

But once in a while, there will be one or two smart guys coming in. At that time, I will talk with the people who enter the maze and ask them some questions. If that person's answer doesn't satisfy me, I will eat them. "

With that, the labyrinth wall made of vegetation next to him was rustling again, and another man came in. He was tall, wearing a hairy brown cloak, with a hawk hook nose, his eyes were sinister, and his hands were over his knees.

It's victor Krum.

Another contestant in the top three competition.

"Hey, who are you?"

Victor Krum stumbled to his feet and yelled at Hoffa in half baked English, "is this your monster?"

Sphinx looked at Hoffa. "Do you know him?"

Hoffa nodded slowly.

"But he doesn't seem to know you."

"Sphinx said with a smile:" do you think he is a fool, or limbs developed, simple mind

Hoffa didn't answer this question. Although he probably knew the answer, Krum over there had already pulled out his wand and looked very alert.

Sphinx turned his head and looked at Victor Krum: "Hey, young man from the north, tell me - what always laughs, what never sleeps, what wears borrowed clothes and accompanies you half your life."

Victor Krum pointed his wand at the Sphinx and exclaimed, "only if you win can you get through here. Is the trophy right behind you?""Answer my question, young man."

Sphinx said lazily.

"Smash it all!"

Victor Krum waved his wand. A magic spell rushed out of his wand, but disappeared after touching the body of Sphinx.

Sphinx quietly flicked his finger, then turned from static to static, just like a lioness preying on gazelle, and jumped up in an instant. The fast Hoffa didn't respond. Waving his magic wand, Victor Crum was turned upside down in the blink of an eye. His wand was thrown away and rolled to Hoffa's feet.

"That's not the answer."

Sphinx shook the legendary seeker's thigh, face to face, said irresistibly.

"Do you know the answer?"

"Monster..."

Krum hung upside down, staring angrily at Sphinx, as if his eyes could spit fire.

"It seems that I don't know. You don't seem to like to use your head."

He sniffed the thighs of Victor Krum, as if he was sniffing some delicious food: "it's really strong, you must be delicious..."

after that, he opened his mouth, and his delicate lips, which used to be as tender as a young woman, widened wider and wider, exposing his teeth, which were extremely sharp. Like a real lion, he was big enough to kill Victor Krum How much of your head goes in.

At this moment, Victor Crum's face turned white with fear. His teeth trembled slightly and he didn't speak.

"The moon."

A voice from below, interrupted the Sphinx cannibal behavior, it a Leng, rather displeased bowed his head.

Hoffa looked anxiously at Victor Krum, stepped forward and said again, "the moon."

"The answer is accurate, but that's not your question."

Sphinx carrying young man, coldly said: "the person who answers the wrong riddle will be eaten by me, will disappear in the maze, this is the rule."

"It's also important to pay attention to a first come, then come, I'll come first." Hoffa said, "why don't you respect me? Ask him questions first."

Sphinx was stunned, and the look in Hoffa's eyes became strange. One man and one beast looked at each other for a long time. Finally, Sphinx took the lead in relying on his eyes, and his mouth returned to its original shape.

"It seems not right now... You're right, now I have more important guests..."

it lifted up its huge lion paw and threw Victor Krum out of the labyrinth, just like garbage.

Then, Sphinx straightened his claws and stood up solemnly, just like its famous sculpture in Egypt, its voice changed from ethereal female voice to rumbling roar:

"as time goes by, as a servant,

from Hera who first met IDA mountain,

wandering in the labyrinth of zaglios.

After enduring her dark and vicious curse,

finished her bloody red feast,

held high the flame of wisdom and knowledge,

I was finally free,

named after Sphinx, the priest holding the code,

villains and hypocrites, I can see at a glance,

the powerless and the immoral are invisible in my eyes,

If anyone can If it's enough to solve my puzzles,

then I will give him some small help,

however, only real heroes are qualified to solve my problems. "

He flicked his sharp paw, gently scratched it from Hoffa's chin to his heart with the tip of his machete like claw, and licked his lips: "are you?"

"What are you going to ask me?"

Hoffa stepped back, dodged the sharp claws of Sphinx and asked sarcastically, "four legs in the morning, two at noon and three at night?"

"Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ~"

Sphinx laughed happily in a very pleasant voice:

"as we all know, I asked Oedipus this question, but it was only one of my ten million questions. In fact, everyone's problems will be different. You're not Oedipus. Naturally, I won't ask you the same questions as him. "

"Come on then."

Hoffa shrugged with confidence: "I'm Ravenclaw. There's no riddle in the world that can stop me."

"Naturally, I know the rules of your college."

Sphinx's eyes sparkled mischievous light: "so I'm not going to treat Oedipus or anyone else with a simple riddle to let you pass."

"Oh?" Hoffa picked an eyebrow unexpectedly: "what do you want to ask me?"

Sphinx moved slowly, and it made a graceful circle around Hoffa, looking up and down at him:

"I want to ask you, why do people build mazes? Guess what. "

"Why build a maze, of course, is to trap people in it." Hoffman said of course."Why do you keep people in a maze?"

"If you want to trap people, why not just make a cage?" Sphinx asked

The problem became more difficult. Hoffa frowned, touched his chin in front of the hand of the Sphinx for a few turns, and pondered for a long time. He stopped and said slowly:

"it's too direct, and... People outside can see the cage. People outside can't see the maze. Or, it's hard to see. "

"So."

Sphinx lay on the ground and looked at him with a smile.

"So what's locked in the maze is something that can't be seen by people outside. It's something that can't be seen. You can't let people outside see it, and you can't let things inside go out. "

Hoffa said slowly, with a more dignified tone.

"A fairly accurate summary."

Sphinx licked his paw. "But what is the dirty thing? There's nothing new under the sun. It doesn't seem strange what happens in this world

"Crime."

Hoffa thought for a moment and replied, "society generally isolates criminals with prisons and cages.

But if criminals want to hide their crimes, they will build a maze instead of a cage. Because they don't want to be seen. "

"Very close, Sphinx immediately asked:" but, what is crime? "

It said with a smile: "at the time when I was born, my mother was eckardna, and my father was her son, othughes, a two headed dog. It seemed normal for people at that time to do so.

But today, it's almost the act of a madman. "

After a pause, Sphinx said: "five thousand years ago, it was normal for people to fight violence with a tooth for a tooth, an eye for an eye. Murderers would be respected, but now killing is forbidden.

Five hundred years ago, under the control of the church, it was a crime to drink in this land. Now, wine can be bought everywhere.

One hundred years ago, it was normal for women all over the world to marry at the age of 15. But now, it is a crime to take a woman at the age of 15.

Then, may I ask the wise Ravenclaw what is a crime and what is a disgrace

The question became more and more acute. Sphinx pressed him step by step. Hoffa's forehead was dripping with sweat. His brow was locked and he thought for a long time. He replied:

"different times have different rules. That's the product of times and environment. You can't set the past time to the present. It's against the law of time. It's too one-sided."

"Isn't the rule a lie?"

Sphinx chuckled, with a teasing expression.

Click!

Hoffa's eyes suddenly widened, and he stepped back as if struck by lightning.

Sphinx's words opened the veil of his soul, and countless broken pictures flashed in front of him. It was the moon on the Black Lake 50 years ago, the madness of nihilistic dragon and grindevo, and reckless self destruction.

But in the twinkling of an eye, he thought of agraia and Chloe, the God of nightmares, the secret place of death, and his promise to others.

He looked at Sphinx's Almond like eyes, some insight appeared in his heart, and finally shook his head: "no, rules are not lies."

"Oh? I'd like to hear more about it. "

Sphinx looked curious.

Hoffa took a few steps on the ground and raised his head: "no matter when and where the rules exist, the moment the old rules are destroyed, new rules will be born. Even in the most barbaric times, there are the jungle. Even in the most primitive time and space, there are death and rebirth. Even in the most chaotic universe, there are beginning and end. What drives the planet Operation, what is controlling the electric flame, what is controlling the birth, aging and death, those are the rules.

If you want me to say that rules are not lies, rules are rules, and rules are the most powerful force in the world. "

Sphinx fell down and held up his head with his claws:

"but isn't it very free to have no rules, and isn't it very pleasant to break the rules?"

"But there will be a lot of monsters."

Hoffa looked at Sphinx. "Just like you."

Sphinx snorted, "so are you going to stick to the rules now?"

"I've been blinded by nothingness, but yes, I will." He said firmly.

"I'm satisfied, humming, humming ~"

in the night, Sphinx laughed in a very strange voice. He propped up and put his huge lion claws on Hoffa.

Huge magic flow, strong wind, the bushes in the labyrinth blowing rustle sound, leaves dance wildly.

Tiny dots of light seeped out of Hoffa's body. They were tiny water mist. They were the septic agent Nicole lemme had injected into his body.

Under the moonlight, Hoffa's wounds healed quickly, and a huge and sharp momentum rose in the maze. Under the effect of that momentum, the moonlight was dyed a touch of bright red, becoming a blood moon worthy of the name.After helping Hoffa clear the blood poison in his body, Sphinx made way for him, bowed his head and said, "you are a real warrior. Go and find the secret in the labyrinth."