Hogwarts Card Drawer

Cronos didn't know how many walls he crossed, he couldn't remember. But what is certain is that he is getting closer and closer to the center of the maze.

Finally, when he was walking on a long and straight path, he found movement again, and the light of his wand was shining on the extremely strange monster.

At first glance, Cronos thought that Dumbledore had moved the Sphinx in Egypt. But when Cronos took a closer look, he realized that it was a sphinx, Mr. Newt had told him.

Sphinx originated from Egyptian mythology and is also common in West Asian mythology and Greek mythology. It is described as a winged monster, usually a male.

But the one in front of him was obviously a female sphinx. Its body resembles a huge lion with huge claws, a long yellow tail, and a hair on the tip of the long tail.

When Cronos approached, the Sphinx rolled her apricot eyes and stared at him. Cronos raised his wand hesitantly. She didn't squat down and pounced, but she kept walking back and forth between the two sides of the road, preventing Harry from moving forward.

At this time she spoke, her voice low and hoarse, "You are very close to the target, and the nearest method is to pass through me."

"A riddle?" Cronos said first.

"Hmm!" Sphinx hummed a gas from his mouth.

Cronos knew that the problem was really not because he knew the original, but the riddle of the Sphinx was also famous in his previous life.

In Greek mythology, Herapis Sphinx sits on a cliff near Theba City, stops passing passers-by, and asks them with riddles taught by the Muse. Those who fail to guess will be eaten by it.

The riddle is: "What animal walks on four legs in the morning, two legs at noon, and three legs at night? When he has the most legs, it is also when he walks the slowest and has the weakest physical strength."

Oedipus guessed the correct answer, and the answer was "people". The Sphinx was so ashamed that he jumped off a cliff and died (in other words, he was killed by Oedipus).

According to Apolodorus, the Sphinx was born to Ecardna and her son, the two-headed dog Othuus. The human face of the Sphinx symbolizes wisdom and knowledge.

"Okay," Chronos responded, "let's ask the question."

The Sphinx squatted down in the middle of the road and chanted aloud: "I am the white son of the black father.

I am a wingless bird and can fly straight up.

When I was born, everyone who touched me cried.

Once I am born, I will disappear soon. "

"Please string together and answer this question. What kind of substance is this?" Cronos listened, his mouth wide open.

Cronos was directly numb when asked by Sphinx. He would never guess riddles at all, let alone such abstract riddles.

"Can you give me a hint?" Cronos pleaded.

The Sphinx did not speak, but placed a huge paw on his chin and made a move like a meditator.

"Your name is Cronos, right?" Sphinx asked suddenly for no reason.

"Yeah!" Cronos nodded without knowing it.

"Is your reputation very famous? I can hear your name in Egypt." Sphinx said.

"Co-author, you really came from Egypt?" Chronos murmured, but he also had to admire Dumbledore's ability to find such a monster from Egypt.

"I heard them say that you are an alchemist." Sphinx continued, "Then I will give you a hint. This mystery has a lot to do with alchemy."

"What kind of hint is this?" Cronos roared in his heart, alchemy involves so many things, are you kidding me here?

Cronos looked up at Sphinx again, and found that her emotional eyes were looking at Cronos playfully, as if he said he liked to see people and was stumped by his own puzzles.

No way, Cronos began to walk back and forth on the trail. He began to think about the mystery that Sphinx said just now. He knew that the mystery of this question was the same as when he made the Sorcerer's Stone. They are all abstract descriptions. The more incredible you think, the more likely it is to be correct.

"Black father, white son?" Chronos murmured the first sentence of the mystery. The black matter in alchemy has gone too much. It goes up to the animal's grub, crow's feathers, down to the dead bark of the book, and the black soil in the ground. He counts even the coal buried deep in the ground.

"Wait, coal? I was talking about coal just now!" Cronos thought.

Coal is black. After burning, it will produce white smoke. The smoke will float, and it will dissipate soon. And when people’s eyes touch the smoke, don’t they just shed tears?

"Smoke, it must be smoke." Cronos shouted and said the answer.

The female monster smiled at this moment. She stood up, stretched her forelegs, and stepped aside to let Chronos pass.

"Thank you!" Cronos said hurriedly, never expected that he would be so good. He continued to move forward.

He is getting closer and closer to the center of the labyrinth, but he still has to... the magic wand tells him that he is on the right path. As long as he doesn't encounter any major difficulties, he may win. NS…

There are several paths ahead, "Give me directions!" Cronos said to the wand, and the wand turned and stopped to point to the path on the right. He ran down this road. After a while, I saw a bright light ahead.

Less than a hundred yards away, the "three strong cups" are shining on the pedestal. When Cronos was about to run over, a dark figure jumped out and ran forward.

"Krum?" Cronos exclaimed as he looked at the shadow. He almost forgot, there are others in this game.

But Cronos was not in a hurry, just when Krum reached out to touch the top three cup. Cronos saw a behemoth rushing out of the hedge on his left, coming straight along the intersection. The monster ran so fast that Krum was about to hit it. At this time, Krum's eyes were only on the trophy, and he didn't see the monster rushing straight forward.

Krum looked up and saw the spider just in time. The eight black eyes gave off an aggressive cold light, and several giant pincer-like stings were sharp as blades, just stupidly pounced.

The spider lifted Krum up, Krum struggled desperately, kicking it constantly, but Krum's foot was still caught by his tongs. The wand was also dropped to the ground.

Cronos felt that he should end the farce, he banged twice, and two coma spells were shot out. Although Krum fainted, another curse was bounced off by the fluffy hair of the eight-eyed spider.

The spider seemed to be irritated, and he dropped Krum and crawled towards Cronos.

Cronos shook his head and reached out to touch Snake on his left wrist. Snake jumped to the ground instantly, becoming more than ten meters long, and roared at the spider. Then Cronos saw the eight-eyed spider curled up in fright, motionless.