Mystic Dominator

After a riddle question and answer session that was almost a formality.

Caterina just arrived from outside, and the Sphinx also began to tell the news she could provide:

"Harmono's secret treasure was originally hidden in the center of the city."

"But this huge monster has eroded the entire city together with the earth. Now there is only sea water under it. Even if you try to move it away, it will be useless."

"The only way to obtain the treasure right now is to enter this monster's body and bring the thing out."

After telling this secret, the Sphinx fluttered its wings to the ground.

Its entire body was no longer willing to move at all, completely refusing to communicate.

[The wise adventurer solved the Sphinx’s sinister riddle! 】

[However, after receiving the reward for successfully challenging the challenge, the situation did not improve when faced with the secret truth! 】

[Perhaps this road leading to monsters is simply a road to destruction! 】

The voice-over sounded at the same time, proving that the information provided by the Sphinx was completely correct, and also made clear the dangers of Ronald and his subsequent journey.

Katarina has adapted to the rules of this maze.

So this time she didn’t pay too much attention to the voiceover, but asked Ronald directly:

"Ronald, how did this guy become like this?"

"I see that you didn't do anything excessive to her. You couldn't have been frightened by me, right?"

"Let's go out and talk." Ronald did not answer directly, but first dragged Catalina out of the house.

Wait until you reach the streets of Sphinx Village.

Seeing that the situation was suitable, Ronald continued to explain:

"Riddles and questions are very important among the sphinx community."

"According to past legends, there were even cases where the Sphinx was so ashamed that someone else solved the riddle, and then chose to commit suicide by jumping off a cliff."

Catalina raised her eyebrows:

“Forcing people to commit suicide by jumping off a cliff—then you are truly a pure evil person.

"

Ronald immediately retorted:

"If humans fail to guess the Sphinx's riddle correctly, they will eat them."

"..."

"Then pretend I didn't say anything." Catalina chose to take back her previous evaluation.

After receiving the news, there was nothing else to deal with on Sphinx's side, and Ronald and the two quickly chose to leave.

Based on the information given by the Sphinx, they began to search around the dust beast's body, looking for a way to get inside.

The journey was uneventful.

There are no terrifying life-threatening monsters around the dust beast, and the obstacles that hinder its progress are not the maze, but at most a few trees and streams. Ronald and the other two could cross easily without spending too much effort.

I searched like this for half an hour.

Catalina felt a little bored around the dust beast's white body that never changed, so she began to talk to Ronald:

"Ronald, if it were in reality, walking into the body of a dust behemoth would definitely be a fool's errand that would lead to death."

"By the way, do you remember what the voiceover said before?"

"Courage and wisdom, these two qualities can break through the test of the maze."

Ronald nodded slightly.

As the more experienced of the two, he naturally began to share his views:

"In reality, this kind of thing is unthinkable. But in the world of "Labyrinth Picture Book", this kind of thing becomes completely feasible. I still remember that when I was in Springs, I also entered the labyrinth world once .”

"At that time, there happened to be a statue in the square, and it kept complaining about the treatment it received - how is this a situation that would be encountered in reality?"

Catalina was very curious about Ronald's description.

After asking about what she had seen in the maze for a while, she turned the topic back to the main topic and helped analyze the current situation herself:

"We have now spent three hours since we were thrown into the tree by the giant eagle. Considering the restrictions given at the beginning of the game, at least there should be plenty of time."

Ronald continued Catalina's words:

"But as I said at the beginning, the difficulty of this maze is definitely not low."

"Now that the best time factor is in our favor, it means that this maze is definitely challenging in terms of structure and adventure difficulty."

Catalina didn't care at all about the so-called danger.

Even after Ronald emphasized, she still had a strong smile on her face:

"Challenging... I quite like this."

"I just don't know what form this thing will take..."

Catalina's words came to an abrupt end just as she began to speak.

Because not far ahead, the dust beast's body showed obvious arc changes.

This obvious change contrasts with the huge volume of the salon itself.

Even if there is no way forward, there must be very noticeable changes!

And for Ronald and Catalina.

This means that after nearly half an hour of exploration, they will finally discover something new!

"..."

However, facing the scene before them, neither of them spoke.

They speeded up their walking speed in tacit understanding, and the atmosphere around them became tense at this moment. Even because of the "Maze Picture Book", some lines that aggravated the atmosphere appeared out of thin air.

Keep going.

The changing body trend of the dust beast is also becoming more and more obvious.

This is a body slope that lowers toward the side, extending to the ground after about a hundred meters.

Then...then Ronald and Catalina were stunned.

When they passed through another clump of trees, the changing part of the dust beast appeared in front of them. They originally thought it might be part of Sharon's body, or perhaps an eating or excretory organ if they were lucky.

Although it may be unhygienic and dangerous.

But in the world of "Labyrinth Picture Book", this is also a good way to enter the inside of its body.

However, these speculations were wrong.

This limb, which is tilted toward the ground, is an organ used to nurture offspring and provide milk. There are many smaller white creatures on the ground, just waiting to be fed!

Staring at these little guys who have just been born, compared to the giant dust beasts, they are even worse than ants.

Catalina immediately broke the silence and started taunting:

"What, does this thing require us to help take care of the children?"

On the other side, Ronald was already frowning.

The rules of "Maze Picture Book" are generally to change the form of real things and then present them in this world. It is rare to make something out of nothing.

In other words.

The scene before them probably corresponds to reality.

[Dust Behemoth——Salon]

Perhaps after experiencing the crisis of being attacked by two people, he also realized that the situation was not good for him.

So while expanding its body crazily and invading the land.

It also secretly gives birth to offspring and prepares corresponding measures for the continuation of its own life form!