Mangem's Paladin

Sphinx thought, "Should I leave those intruders alone?"

I don't think so. Intruders don't come to this labyrinth often. There are even fewer intruders coming from a maze to where the Sphinx is.

So Sphinx kept the labyrinth for a very long time, but only faced two intruders. At that time, Sphinx said he had eaten the blood and flesh of the wrong warrior.

It was an unforgettable stimulating experience for monsters living without anything to do in the dark.

I want to try that experience again.

So Sphinx wanted them to come to him and challenge him, but no matter how much he thought about it, it was unlikely.

‘Last time I killed a mysterious man. Now that the rest of them are out of the labyrinth, I don't know if the truth has spread between them on the ground. Then I won't even try to solve my mystery. ’

So if you want to make yourself challenged, you have to use your own hands. How do you do that?

Sphinx reminds me of a dead man. A nobleman on horseback crosses the forest with a bow, and the widespread drivers send deer and boar to the king. So that the king can kill them and feel the joy of sadness.

Sphinx did not know how he came up with such a civilized concept, a monster born of labyrinths. In any case, the concept was no longer familiar. Like I enjoyed it myself one day.

I continued to think of widely extended labyrinths. I recall the number of monsters there.

Forty-seven Kentaurus, mercenaries close to the cloth, and their few souls.

It was impossible for some heroes to deal with all of those monsters at once, and enough care was taken to prevent the intruders from being wiped out at once. The walls of the labyrinth blocked the sound from reaching beyond. Even if it made a loud noise, only the monsters at a certain point could hear it.

It's a kind of balance control. A design handcrafted by Pluto God who created the labyrinth.

So Sphinx himself decided not to kill the intruders himself with the bulk of those monsters. But it only plays a different role.

As a driver.

Sphinx roared mentally.

"I am Sphinx, the monster of God's trials. All the cursed gathered here will follow my command!

The cry spread very far, to the end of the labyrinth.

The movements of monsters in the maze have changed.

* * * * * * *

I thought it would be easier after killing Minotauros as a chaser. However, it was not.

Gunwook looked back. I saw a procession of monsters filling the passageway.

The end of the procession did not seem to be submerged in darkness, but the sound of their coming footsteps was sufficient to predict its magnitude. Usually, the number of monsters is proportional to the number of parties, but that was a complete disregard of the rules. It's too much.

“Shouldn't you have killed Minotauros? Now that the chaser's gone, are those sleepyheads coming after you?"

Shinabel cried out in Kim Jong-hmm's words.

“What are you going to do now that you've already killed him? Keep your feet moving! ”

They all did. It was clear that I could not fight that volume, so it was up to me to escape.

Fortunately, the monsters ran and did not come after them. They walk, and they only chase at the speed that the party can get away with. Even the horribly fast Centaurus was approaching on foot with other monsters.

Their intentions were clear. There's a mole.

I thought I shouldn't run away as I intended. So I deliberately ran in a different direction, and the hordes of monsters chased me more stubbornly.

How long did he run away? Suddenly, a mad bull comes running from the pack of monsters. It was an elephant-worthy monster that filled the passageway.

[LV.150 God-created bull]

Gunwook was defending the rear. Moreover, the swirling spear and the ice flare from behind penetrated the body of the bull.

Despite being so critically injured, the bull's rush did not stop. After all, Gunwook, who had to stop the rush, succeeded in stopping the bull.

“bitter · · · ·. ”

However, I had to heal the rest of those who were so powerful that I couldn't rest.

Other monsters continued to chase him from behind. Slow down, just walk. I had no idea why the bull just ran out of there.

“They're trying to harass us. ”

“It's the wrong way. Go the other way, okay? ”

It was a desperate situation, but in the meantime, everyone suffered too much to talk about the pain. You have to be productive in any situation to survive. Everyone knew that.

Discussions and discussions continued while fleeing monsters.

“What do we do? You want them to go the way they want you to? ”

“The trap will be waiting."

“You can't just run away like this because the trap is scary, can you? Pretend the final destination is already blocked. ”

“Why don't you just fight? The Dragon Transformation didn't have cooldown, but the Dragon Flame Breath had cooldown. How much time do we have? I think we can get through with that.”

“An hour? ”

I discussed it so much, and sometimes I kept running away fighting the running monsters.

The monsters in the labyrinth were much more powerful than the monsters in the basement that have fought so far. Gunwook defeated himself with superior combat skills when one or two of them jumped out, but it was not easy. I felt like I could die if I got hurt.

That struggle continued. As he continued to walk, Gunwook snorted and thought.

I thought it was a familiar situation and I should do this if it was an underground adventure.

‘I feel a little relieved now. ’

After defeating Minotauros, it was quite easy to move forward with only a few sleepers. At that time, Gunwook felt somewhat obnoxious.

I was reluctant from the fact that God's trials were too easy. Moreover, the defeat of Minotauros was due to the fact that the rate showed his strength and made him worthy of dealing with it. However, I thought it was irresponsible that he targeted Minotauros with information from the last world.

In the meantime, the difficulty suddenly increased, so it was a relief.

The feeling that this should be the case in the basement, the situation behind death, was rather reassuring.

Gunwook thought so far and was astonished at himself. I think it was yesterday when I was fighting monsters and having nightmares the next day. How did you get used to this?

In a few years, as the numbers above your head have changed, you may as well have changed.

I didn't know if I should like it or not. I didn't even have time to relax. Gunwook continued to march with a procession of monsters on his shoulders.

An hour later, when I thought I could run away and fight the monsters gathered here, I suddenly slowed down the pace at which the monsters chased me.

The group felt ominous, but continued to move forward to spread the distance. Then I confronted a monster. A giant monster with a lion's trunk on its head.

“Sphinx."

Kim Jong-hmm murmured, and the witch asked.

“Isn't it because of him that the monsters are slowing down outside? There's nothing urgent about this because I trapped the prey."

Gunuk looked at the room beyond Sphinx. According to Nahyeon-tae, that would not be the real boss room.

But now that the monsters we can't deal with are coming, the existence of that room seems very tempting.

‘You must have driven me here with this sentiment. ’

Gunwook decided to throw away his expectation that the monster would pass through because he was hit by a mystery. I assumed combat. Is it easy to kill?

Absolutely not. The envelope of Sphinx, which consists of an unidentified rock, also looks solid. Even a shotgun will bounce. If so, the interior?

While Sphinx was looking at himself as if he was not interested, Gunuk quickly cleared his mind. Then he whispered to the party members and told them the tactics they had just put in place, and they all agreed.

Then they all headed for Sphinx.

Sphinx asked.

“I test your wisdom. Answer my question. What are the names of the sisters who give birth to each other? He who answers incorrectly will eat. ”

Gunwook replied.

“The sun and the moon. ”

Sphinx laughed at the answer. I laughed very pleasantly and shouted.

“No, day and night! ”

Then Sphinx opened his eyes, and the matter strengthened everyone's body.

I didn't miss that opportunity. Sphinx swings his front foot and catches the body of the wrong Gunwook.

I put it right in my mouth and chewed it.

The next moment, Sphinx panicked when the contents of his mouth were not chewed. It was too rigid.

Meanwhile, the members of the party were not embarrassed by the situation in which the tanker was eaten. It was a tactical situation. And those who had never been defeated by monsters had no hesitation in running against the enemy they had never seen before.

The witch pulls out the staff and shouts.

“Kill him!”

In response to that spell, the meteor dropped and the ice pellet was fired. However, those deadly and powerful spells did not cause much damage to Sphinx's body.

This was also expected. So now the witch was a tanker. Can't make significant strikes, but can ignore difficult attacks repeatedly to draw attention.

Meanwhile, Gunwook moved in Sphinx's mouth.

“Chew."

Caused a body wrapped in a protective shield.

I didn't see the situation outside my mouth, but I was able to anticipate it. Sphinx must be trying to hurt a witch. Then you will not be able to concentrate all the power in your mouth.

I set the window vertically as hard as I could believe. So I succeeded in forcing him to open his mouth.

It was not for him to escape. Gunwook shouted at his companion who had become visible again.

“Hmm!”

Kim Jong-hmm immediately turned into a dragon. The direction of flight was where Gunwook was.

Sphinx's mouth.

The dragon's head is dug into Sphinx's agary.

At that moment, Sphinx figured out what he was up to. A famous combination of dragons and flames, isn't it?

The king looks like a hunter. Sphinx, who was so judgmental, was furious and cried out mentally.

Come and help me!

A powerful psychic wave moves the monsters of the maze. Gunwook could only hear the monsters approaching.

To stop them, Gunwook leaves a spear and leaves Sphinx's mouth.

I ran and shouted.

“God!”

Incarnation spell. The cooldown of spells already written has been reset at the same time as the power of divine spells is increased. Thanks to this, I was able to rewrite the shield spell.

I placed that spell on Kim Jong-hmm, who turned into a dragon.

More powerful shield spells didn't even go awry with Sphinx's fierce grip. Thanks to this, the head of the dragon surrounded by the shield was not cut off from the mouth of the Sphinx.

In the meantime, the dragon was burning the fuel in his stomach.

At that time, the sound of monsters' feet sounded loudly on the other side.

The monsters approaching were about to enter this scene in an instant. It's an unreasonable situation to break into a battle with the Named Mob, but you can't complain about that in this game.

Gunwook holds the sword and shield and blocks the passage. All sorts of monsters were coming your way.

Gunwook did not stand still in his place, but pushed the ground and ran out.

“Come on, La! ”

During the battle, Kim Jong-hmm emitted a fire. The dragon flame that burned everything became a pillar and erupted.

The fire passed through Sphinx's neck, and in an instant, the heat filled Sphinx's body.

The robustness of Sphinx was truly great. Even the lungs that caught the fire did not melt.

But the air in it burned all over, and it soon meant death.

Sphinx whispers, and with the final power, he silences Agari.

Kim Jong-hmm, whose shield disappeared, was strangled and killed.

With him the Sphinx also fell.

Subsequent work was handled by two supporters. Shinabel memorizes the Rapid Resurrection Spell and saves Kim Jong-hmm's life, then runs with the witch to help Gunwook. The witch ran and shouted.

“Are you okay?”

Luckily, it looks fine. Gunwook is stepping on the corpses and fighting the monsters. When the witches joined forces, it was too soon to defeat them all.

The witch smiles and murmurs as she looks at the bodies around her.

“Less than I thought. Are these the only ones here? ”

He shook his head.

“No, it was a lot more, but I just left these guys scattered. ”

“What, did the Sphinx control the monsters? What kind of boss is this? ”

“Maybe."

The pursuit of the monsters was stopped. Thanks to you, I can't take a breath.

Gunwook was healed and headed to the place where Sphinx was. Sphinx slits his throat and spits something out.

Drop-items. The four men who were carrying items while exhausted found something mixed there.

At first I thought it was a quest item or an ingredient item. However, it was not an item as it did not enter the inventory.

It was a real bone. The shells, which had been immersed in vinegar for a long time, were as dim as ever. I don't know if Shinabel made a resurrection spell, but of course, the remains were not resurrected.

Gunwook closes his eyes and mutters.

“Is it the remains of a Nahyeon-tae Sub party member? ”

I had to give him a funeral. I put the remains in a sack in my inventory. Then he headed to the room that Sphinx was guarding.

Ends