I Became A Part Time Employee For Gods Chapter 112
#112. The Sphinx’s Riddle (3)
There was a cold silence.
Soon after,
[Such insolence...! Aren’t you going to put this away?!]
The third big bared his teeth and cracked the iron sword pointed at him! I bit it.
The iron sword immediately shattered into pieces like millet cracks and scattered on the floor.
It was so fast that it was difficult to react.
‘this.’
Damdeok took a couple of steps back.
The third child was very excited.
[How dare you... how dare you point a sword at my neck?!]
The guy puffed out his fur and took a threatening stance.
It looked like a runaway locomotive that seemed ready to jump out at any moment.
It was an imminent situation, but Damdeok responded calmly.
“...Hey, I just gave the correct answer, why are you doing this? Surely the Sphinx of the world wouldn’t get angry because I pointed a sword at him while answering a question? “So shamefully.”
[what...? Fatal...?]
The third big grunted and glared at Damdeok as if he were going to kill him, but he couldn’t help but kick the ground when he heard that it was fatal.
Damdeok knew well the reason.
‘Because what I said was correct.’
What kind of being is the Sphinx?
Isn’t he truly a mythical being who lives in mystery and dies in mystery?
No matter how much Damdeok pointed his sword at himself, if it was part of the process of answering the question correctly, he probably couldn’t be held more accountable.
“Why are you doing that? “Are you saying what I said wasn’t correct?”
At those words, the faces of First Su and Second Ping darkened gloomily.
It was said to be the correct answer.
[Profit...!]
The third big growled, unable to contain his anger, and then suddenly jerked! He turned around and started hitting the wall.
Quang!
Passsss!
Quang!
Passsss!
Damdeok secretly breathed a sigh of relief as he watched the thick wall turn to powder in an instant.
‘Honestly, I was a little scared...’
Isn’t he a sphinx with divine power comparable to that of the highest god?
Pointing a knife at a guy like that and radiating serious intent to kill him was an act that could not have been done with ordinary courage.
‘Still, I’m glad I vented my anger on the wall like that.’
The small space of the stone chamber was gradually expanding due to the merciless attack of the third large.
Perhaps Hercules’ armor would have been shattered if he had hit him with that level of destructive force and speed.
[Stop, youngest.]
The eldest quietly stopped the third.
[I told you to stop!]
When the second ping stepped forward and blocked the third, the boy stopped huffing and slamming into the wall.
Calmness returned.
The sphinxes were not saying anything, but Damdeok knew.
‘You got the second question right....’
Now there’s only one question left.
The last question will probably be the most difficult one they think.
[The youngest. The last one is .]
As soon as the first one opened his mouth, the second one, Ping, also joined in.
[okay. That’s the lowest correct answer rate ever, so it would be better to stick with it.]
The corners of the Third Big’s mouth went up crookedly at those words.
Damdeok felt his heartbeat getting stronger again.
‘How many more stupid problems are you going to ask...?’
Angels and devils.
Just hearing the title is not unusual.
Baekgureum next to me continued to apply saliva to his dry lips.
‘They’re like cats fascinated by mysteries!’
No matter what happens, you have to get it right.
No matter how difficult the problem is, it must be...!
A strong will was planted in Damdeok’s eyes.
The third one giggled and opened his mouth.
[Last question.]
At the same time, the first Susu and the second Ping walked forward and stood.
‘what...?’
Because there was no hope in fighting in the first place?
What is this guy doing?
‘Why on earth are you staying still...!!’
It was a time when a silent cry echoed deep in my heart.
[10!]
At that moment when the sphinxes were excitedly shouting out numbers as if they were counting down to the New Year, the white clouds saw clearly.
The corners of Damdeok’s mouth, who had been quietly lowering his head, turned up with a grin.
‘Did you laugh...?’
At the same time that Baekgureum’s pupils got bigger, Damdeok slowly raised his head.
“Either angel or devil...”
He spoke so quietly that it was hard to hear.
The sphinxes deliberately put their hands and feet to their ears and spoke sarcastically.
[What?]
[Speak loudly! I can’t hear you at all!]
Damdeok continued speaking clearly in a slightly louder voice.
This time, everyone was quiet, so Damdeok’s voice rang out clearly in the stone room.
“Either angel or devil. Take me to where you are. “That’s my answer.”
The faces of the sphinxes began to rapidly freeze at the sight of Damdeok grinning.
* * *
Damdeok, Baekgureum, and even the new member Poppy. They were silently climbing the spiral staircase.
“Hyung, how did you get the last question right?”
“just.”
“just? Nonsense.”
“Sometimes what doesn’t make sense is more realistic.”
Damdeok smiled happily.
The stunned expressions on the Sphinxes’ faces when they answered the last question correctly!
It was truly a moment when pleasure enveloped my entire body.
Although they looked devastated, the Sphinxes were still a people who kept their promises.
They returned to their cute cheese cat appearances and told Damdeok the truth he wanted.
‘The place where the fourth guardian sleeps is on the 444th floor.’
The numbers were ominous.
But still, I was relieved to know the exact destination.
“You just guessed it right... No matter how much I think about it, I don’t know. He’s a really strangely lucky guy. “How on earth did you solve such a problem?”
White clouds were constantly chattering next to me.
Damdeok smiled.
‘I was lucky with the last question.’
There is no way to express it other than that I was really lucky.
A riddle that my late father used to tell me while he was alive. He was a father who enjoyed quizzing his son while sitting at the end of the bus, smoking a cigarette.
“Damdeok, angels and devils appear before your eyes... (omitted). “What would it be like if you were asked a problem like this?”
One problem I couldn’t answer correctly every time was,
“That riddle gave me a headache because I didn’t know the answer even if I died.”
Moreover, the father often got on the bus without giving the correct answer right away, perhaps because he found it cute to see his son groaning after asking riddles.
“I’m curious about the answer, Dad! “Tell me and go!”
“Haha, you can’t do that~ Son, you always have to find the answer yourself.”
While saying this, the father sat in the driver’s seat of the large bus and waved his hand.
At the time, I was angry at my father for leaving so quickly, but as time passed, my thoughts changed.
The answer to a riddle I heard so long ago remains so clearly in my memory...
“Hahaha! Isn’t my son a genius? “A seven-year-old thought on his own and got this answer right?!”
After thinking for days on end, he finally got the answer right.
‘For other riddles, he always gave me the answers when I got home, but not for that one.’
As soon as I heard the problem posed by Sphinx a little while ago, I
vaguely remembered my father laughing, saying that from now on, my son will be able to go to heaven under any circumstances.
Could it be that my father...
knew that this day would come someday?
Damdeok laughed bitterly.
‘That can’t be possible.’
Still, thanks to that problem, I was able to think deeply about my father for the first time in a long time.
That was the reason why he kept his head down for a long time instead of answering the question right away.
‘Thank you, father. Thanks to you, I was able to get the answer right.’
And Damdeok made a promise in his heart.
Whether it’s the war of the gods, whatever, the Gate, the Demon World, Pandora, Tartarus, whatever great things are coming in the future!
He said that he would inevitably protect this land where his mother breathes and his father sleeps.
‘These are the things I must accomplish since I have awakened as a god.’
As Damdeok’s eyes hardened, Poppy, who had already reached the end of the stairs, shouted with a bright face.
“older brother! “We’re there! We’re on the 444th floor!”