I Became A Part Time Employee For Gods

I Became A Part Time Employee For Gods Chapter 110

#110. Riddle of the Sphinx (1)

Jaw.

Damdeok placed his hand on the gold-decorated doorknob.

Baekgureum, who was watching from behind, asked in a serious voice.

“But bro… are you smart?”

Damdeok looked back with a puzzled expression.

“what?”

“No… the gods here said that if you can’t solve the problem the Sphinx gave you, you will be eaten.”

His usual pony-like personality couldn’t hide his restlessness and anxiety.

Damdeok smiled and replied.

“so? If you can’t answer the question correctly, you’ll be hit by Sphinx! “Are you afraid of being eaten?”

“no?! It’s not that it’s scary, it’s that you can guess it right! Make a strategy before you go in! uh?!”

Damdeok giggled and looked at the guy.

How do you plan ahead when solving a riddle?

It was a ridiculous story.

“Just say you’re scared~ You’re scared of things like ghosts and ghosts~ Now that I think about it, if you had followed me when I was working part-time as Medusa, it would have been very embarrassing. “It’s a shame.”

“Miss, really… stop playing around!”

When the guy huffed again, Damdeok tapped his shoulder.

“Okay, okay. But what should I do? If you don’t get in here, there’s no other way. Or are you really going to search this wide pyramid one by one to find it?”

After searching up to the 333rd floor, the sun was already setting outside.

At least thanks to the address information, the places to visit are limited to Area A, but this is…

‘I never thought Area A would be this wide.’

In addition, Teotihuacan is said to have zones A to F, so it was more like a small world than a building.

“If you’re that worried, you just have to work hard. You’re a swordsman genius from the East. “Please show off your skills.”

Damdeok said that and opened the door without hesitation.

“Oh brother! a little! slowly…!”

The huge door opened relatively easily with a squeak

.

“Ugh dust.”

Dust was billowing through the cracks in the door, as if no one had been in or out for a long time.

I said that to tease Baek Gureum, but honestly, I was a little worried, so I only opened the door halfway.

“…It’s nothing, right?”

Damdeok stuck his head in, looked around the empty interior, and opened the door wide.

Aside from the sphinx, the room was clean.

The only thing special about it is the murals painted all over the room…

“…Be careful, bro. A curse might pop up from somewhere.”

“How does a curse come out? It’s not even a living creature. “Oh man, stay away.”

Damdeok took a step at a time, scolding Baekgureum, who had already clung to him.

A spacious, square stone room.

The dust flying around every time I took a step was no joke.

‘There were quite a few spider webs…’

It was definitely a room that had been abandoned for a long time.

“But didn’t those guys make eye contact with the Sphinx earlier?”

It was an empty room with nothing in it, but what caught my eye?

‘Maybe a mural?’

The murals that filled the room depicted heavily armed soldiers.

‘I can’t even see my eyes because I’m wearing a helmet… It’s hard to meet.’

After looking around for a while, Damdeok found something.

“Uh… that.”

Baekgureum’s gaze moved along Damdeok’s finger.

face.

A stone slab was seen slightly protruding.

“Anyone can see that it says, ‘Please press.’ right?”

“No no… bro. “I saw it in a movie, and if you press something like that, you die immediately.”

“You’re laughing. “Is this a movie?”

“Oh brother! We’re in a place that’s more like a movie than a movie! “You said it couldn’t be done?!”

“shut up. men and horses.”

Damdeok approached with great strides.

It was an outright suspicious slab.

Just as the system had told me about the gate core hack in the past, I thought it would tell me something if I looked closely at this, but unfortunately, nothing came to mind.

‘Hmm, I have no idea what it is.’

A stone tablet full of strange hieroglyphs that cannot be interpreted. The only way to find out what it was was to press it myself.

“Go first.”

As Damdeok tried to press down on the stone slab, the white cloud behind him frowned and screamed, like a work by Munch.

“No way!!”

“Oh, that’s really crazy.”

Damdeok grinned and tried to put strength on his hand on the stone slab, but

stopped abruptly.

“…Um no. just in case.”

Damdeok removed his hand and glared at the stone plate.

“Baekseol. “Come out.”

Anyway, I had a strong feeling that if I pressed the stone slab, something would pop out.

At least I had to make sure I was prepared for that.

“…Baek Seol?”

But it’s quiet.

Hercules’ lion skin must be very cozy.

In the past, he used to be so cute, but these days he’s stuck inside and doesn’t come out often…

“Hey! Snow White!”

When Damdeok shouted, only then was his dying voice heard.

– Will….

“What is it?” Why isn’t it coming out? “Come out quickly.”

– Will…

I think they say it’s scary.

what the.

Damdeok looked at Baekgureum, who was still doing Munch’s scream pose with a bewildered expression, and Baekseol, who was hiding behind his lion armor and only slightly sticking his head out.

“Are the Baeks the problem?…”

Damdeok clicked his tongue and shook his head.

Now that it’s like this,

“I don’t know. “Press.”

Damdeok pushed the stone slab and quickly stepped back.

Sigh.

A stone slab being sucked into a wall.

At the same time, a large vibration began to occur on the floor.

Coo coo coo coo coo coo.

“Ugh! I told you not to press it! I’m ruined because of you! “It’s ruined!”

“Oh, I’m more scared because of you, man! Why is this normally fine guy like this?!”

“Aaaah!!”

Damdeok left the screaming guy behind and concentrated his mind.

Baekgureum It seems like that guy was already wrong, so he had to come to his senses.

‘Ugh. ‘It’s so shaky.’

It was difficult to stand properly because of the vibration.

Damdeok opened his eyes even more.

I was clearly standing still, but my vision was shaking randomly as if I was dancing.

In addition, the bricks on the side where the slab was pushed began to be rearranged here and there.

Dudduddu! Dude!

Eventually,

“…what, was there another room inside?”

A narrow passage appeared in front.

The sphinx statue standing majestically in the middle of the space at the end of the passage was clearly visible.

But Damdeok couldn’t approach him right away.

Cooung. thud.

thud. Cooung.

A mural engraved throughout the room.

Soldiers were coming out of the mural.

“I knew it would be like this.”

I thought it was strange that no one was in the room from the beginning.

Seeing him raise his weapon with his red eyes shining, it seemed like it was time to fight.

“Baekseol.”

– will!

White White, recognizing the severity of the situation, quickly came out and transformed into a sword.

Damdeok grabbed Excalibur and cut down the guy who was just running towards him.

– Kaaak-!

A rough metal sound echoes.

‘Is your body made of rock? It doesn’t cut well…’

The guy who was staggering attacked fiercely again.

– Kaaak-!

– Kagaak-!

Even if I slashed with divine power, the attack did not work well.

However, when using powerful skills, the problem was that it was inside the pyramid.

‘If I use something like Wave Slash or Black Flower Penetration, this space will collapse…’

If it becomes known that the courier has entered the Sphinx’s room instead of delivering it and is causing this mess…

‘I’ve been careful all this time. ‘This is it.’

Is there no choice but to destroy them one by one using the intangible sword technique?

Even if it took a while, it was the only way to go.

But

“Huh?”

Damdeok’s eyes widened for an instant.

The road leading to the Sphinx’s room was gradually becoming narrower.

I guess there was a time limit.

“no!”

Even though I gritted my teeth and swung my sword frantically, the statues were shattered into sand and restored again, constantly running at me.

They seemed to be soldiers that someone had artificially created, not living creatures.

If you lose your concentration even a little, your attack will not go well, and if you

concentrate so hard that you barely break it, it will regenerate and attack you again.

‘driving me crazy.’

It was really crazy.

Coo coo coo coo coo.

The passage was already quite narrow.

‘You have to go in now!’

Damdeok used the wind sprint skill.

He ran zigzagly between the large soldiers, snatching two soldiers and trapping them just before entering the gap in the wall.

That’s it.

The narrowing wall stopped for a moment.

But even that is just for a moment

! puck!

As the soldiers turn to sand and scatter, the wall moves again.

But

shaaaaaagh –

the soldiers’ bodies are rapidly regenerating in the meantime.

That’s it.

The wall stopped again.

Damdeok smiled in remorse and began grabbing all the nearby soldiers and throwing them through the cracks in the wall.

“Hwaap!”

thud. Coogung. Coogugung.

That’s it.

Push! puck!

That’s it.

Push! puck!

That’s it…!

The walls were no longer closed.

Baekgureum, who was ignorantly driving his sword into the soldiers’ necks, looked blankly at Damdeok.

Damdeok waved his finger at Baekgureum a couple of times and leisurely went inside, stepping on the soldiers in the passage.

* * *

A small circular stone chamber.

A large stone statue of a sphinx lies in the middle of the room.

“Wake up.”

“Get up.”

“Open your eyes.”

“Move.”

“Erai-san!”

As soon as Damdeok and Baekgureum entered the room, they shouted several spells right in front of the Sphinx, but nothing happened.

“I guess you’re not scared anymore? “Are you a mantra and you speak well?”

When Damdeok asked, Baekgureum answered with a stern expression.

“Because I lost just now. “I have to win, even if it means waking up the Sphinx.”

Damdeok looked at that guy and shook his head.

‘Anyway, the competitive spirit is strange.’

The guy didn’t care and kept shouting spells to the Sphinx’s face.

“wake up!!”

“Hey man!!”

Damdeok stopped the guy who was fussing.

“Shh. “What did you hear just now?”

“What can I hear? “I’m afraid I’ll wake you up first…”

Baekgureum’s eyes widened slightly as he answered bluntly.

I heard it.

It must be now…

– Meow!

Their eyes slowly met.

“hey…?”

“yes…?

– Meow! Meow!

The cat’s cry gets louder.

Damdeok approached the direction where the sound was heard.

Inside the Sphinx’s body.

Upon closer inspection, there was an openable lid on the top of the body.

gulp.

Damdeok, who swallowed dry saliva, slowly approached the sphinx’s body and opened the lid, making a squeak

–

“I thought I was going to die from frustration!”

Some cat jumped out.

And not just one, but three….

“Wow, it’s such a breath of fresh air!”

“It’s the outside world!”

“I’m going to kill you!”

Yellow cheese cats that resemble desert sand.

It certainly seems like cats are purring and grooming each other…

“What kind of situation is this…?”

“Well… I’m glad it’s not a mummy or something…”

Damdeok and Baekgureum looked at the cats blankly.

“hmm? “You’re an outsider!”

“You guys are the ones who took us out!”

“You’re so kind!”

Damdeok, who was taken aback by the friendly attitude of the cheese cats, opened his mouth.

“By any chance… are you a Sphinx…”

No, right?

Probably not.

I thought and asked, but the cheese cats nodded as if it was only natural.

“It’s a sphinx! “I’m the first one!”

“I’m the second ping!”

“I’m the youngest!”

“The three together are a sphinx!”

Damdeok and Baekgureum couldn’t say anything with their mouths open.

“…If you put the three together, it’s ‘Sphinx’. Why is it ‘Sphinx’?”

The cats answered that question like a chorus.

“Spink is tacky! “The Sphinx is majestic and nice!”

Damdeok gave up thinking any more.

It was the same with the white clouds.

‘But if you look so cute, you might not get eaten…’

‘Right? Let’s just quickly ask and leave….’

After the two reached an agreement while whispering, they approached the cute Sphynxes(?) with a relatively light heart.

“Do you know anything about the pharaoh sleeping inside the pyramid? “I’d like to know the location.”

“Oh, just a question?!”

“Good!” “If you guess the problem we ask, we’ll tell you everything!”

“I’m ready!”

There was no tension at all.

To be honest, the visuals made me want to open a can of tuna and pat them.

Damdeok answered confidently.

“okay. “Tell me the problem.”

That was a mistake.

As soon as Damdeok accepts the conditions, the cats’ expressions harden and in an instant, all three transform into giant monsters.

[Crrrrrrr…!]

A mythical monster with the body of a lion, the face of a jackal, and the wings of a griffin.

Although it was different from the original appearance of the Sphinx, Damdeok and Baekureum were recognizable at a glance.

That’s a real Sphinx….

[You know what happens the moment you don’t get a question right, right?]

[How could you not know? The story about us is famous~]

[Kkkkk, it’s been a while since we’ve been able to feast. That statue is so cramped that it explodes…!]

[You gods don’t know how painful it is to be transformed into a cat, right?]

The monsters in front of me, giggling and cackling, were no longer cute cats.

ruined.

It was the first word that came to Damdeok’s mind.

‘The divine power I feel… is similar to that of Hephaestus.’

Divine power similar to that of the Supreme God.

It was said that if we fought, we would inevitably lose.

When Damdeok and Baekgureum were speechless due to the sudden situation, the first one suddenly walked forward.

[In return for taking it out, I didn’t eat it right away,

so please be thankful. Hehehe.] The distance was only slightly closer, but the feeling of flesh on my skin was enormous.

Baekgureum’s face, weighed down by the force, turns pale.

[ The title effect is activated!]

[The status abnormality ‘Fear’ is neutralized!]

Damdeok was able to survive with the title effect, but that was all.

‘If I do this wrong…’

Cold sweat broke out on my back.

My fingertips also tremble slightly.

Not one, but three such monstrous sphinxes.

If, by chance, they fail to answer the question here…

‘they will die without moving.’

This was real.

Damdeok opened his eyes wide.

No matter what happens, no matter what! I had to get the problem right.

[Kkeuk, the eyes are nice. Then let’s get started right away. For the first problem, let’s try it lightly… with math.]

At the word math, Baekgureum’s expression became infinitely darker, but Damdeok’s expression on the other hand brightened.

‘I am confident in math.’

It was a subject that I stayed up all night studying during my school days when I had no talent.

‘I was even ranked first in the whole school among talented kids.’

There were so many solutions to most problems that I had to memorize them all.

Gigi geek. Gigi geek.

First, he started writing problems on the floor with his claws.

Damdeok watched the scene with a confident expression.

[Now solve it.]

The first person who had finished solving the problem put his big paw away.

Problems written in detail on a hard slate.

Damdeok’s eyes opened wide.

———————–

7×2=455

5×4=91

8×3=555

7×5=242

10×1=999

10× 4=?

———————–

Damdeok’s eyes shook violently.

‘…I have no idea?’