HP Magic Biography

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This is a Sphinx (Sphinx).

Ministry of Magic classification level: XXXX. The Egyptian sphinx is a human-headed sphinx.

For over a thousand years, it has been used by wizards to guard their precious objects and secret places. The sphinx is a very intelligent animal that loves riddles and word puzzles. It usually only becomes dangerous when what it guards is threatened.

It has the body of a large lion: huge claws, a long yellowish tail; and the head is that of a woman.

As Harry approached, the sphinx turned and stared at him. Harry raised his wand hesitantly.

Instead of crouching down and jumping at her, 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 was low and hoarse, You are very close to the goal, and the shortest way is to pass through me.

Well, can you step aside, please? Harry asked, knowing the answer he'd get. However, Harry felt that he was really weak to ask such a question.

No, the female monster replied, continuing to walk back and forth, unless you can solve the riddle I posed. If you can answer it, I will let you pass. If you answer wrong, I will attack you. If you don't answer, I will Will let you go, don't hurt you.

Harry groaned inwardly when he heard that.

Guessing riddles was Hermione's forte, but she was not good at it. But he thought about it over and over again, and if the riddle was too difficult, he would not answer it, so that he could leave here safely and find other routes.

Okay, Harry replied, come up with the question.

The Sphinx squatted down in the middle of the road, and chanted loudly: Please think about a person first. This person often hides his identity, his actions are so secretive, and he always lies when he doesn't tell the truth. Then think about what will love you the most, but he is in the middle. The end of the middle and the end? Finally, what is the sound that people always use when they can’t find out the birth word? Please string them together and answer this question. What kind of animal do you not want to kiss?

Harry listened, mouth hanging open. Can I listen to it again...slowly? He tried to ask.

The Sphinx blinked, smiled, and read the poem again.

So all the clues add up to animals I don't want to kiss? Harry asked again. She just smiled mysteriously. Harry thought that was tantamount to saying Yes.

So Harry started to think hard; there were a lot of animals he didn't want to kiss, and the first thing he thought of was Wind Monster, but this couldn't be the answer, it seemed that he had to try other clues...

The man who hides his identity, Harry muttered in a low voice, keeping his eyes on the monster, this man is always lying... um... maybe... a liar. No, don't worry, this is not my answer! One, A spy? Think here first... Can you give me a clue?

The Sphinx read the last lines of the poem again.

The last patch, Harry muttered, well, can't figure it out... the middle of the middle... can you repeat the end?

The Sphinx read the last four lines again.

The sound that is often made when looking up new and difficult words, Harry murmured, Uh...that's uh. Yes, uh! It's the sound of 'uh'! The female monster smiled at him.

Spy, uh, spy, uh, Harry walked around, repeating the words over and over again, an animal I don't want to kiss... by the way, a spider!

(Editor's note: In English, spy is spy, er is er, and spider is spider.)

The female monster was smiling all over her face at this time. She stood up, stretched her forelegs, and stepped aside to let Harry pass. Thank you! Harry said hurriedly, he really didn't expect that he would be so powerful. He kept going.

He was getting closer and closer to the center of the maze, but he was still not sure... The wand told him that he was on the right path now, as long as he didn't encounter any major difficulties, he might win...

There are several trails ahead.

Show me the way! Harry ordered to his wand. Poineme!

The wand spun around and stopped, pointing down the path to the right.

He ran on this road.

After a while, Harry saw a light ahead. Less than a hundred yards away, the Goblet of Fire was shining on the pedestal.

That's the point, after all that's been going on...

In fact, he was lucky, at least he didn't touch anything. But, can it really end so peacefully?

Compared with Fleur or Krum, what Harry experienced seemed a little too little. He didn't do much at all except clear some small dark creatures.

Harry felt a little uneasy. Perhaps his biggest test was the sphinx level. The sphinx is a very powerful magical creature, and the place she guards is no less than a treasure guarded by a dragon. , but Harry answered the Sphinx's question,

In this way, Sphinx will not attack him, she just guards an intersection.

So, the test of the maze is like this?

Undeniably, Harry's nervousness never left, especially when he saw the Goblet of Fire not far away, Harry's nervousness became even stronger.

Just run over and grab it with your hands.

It's that simple.

Harry regained his composure, and just as Harry was about to run over, a black figure jumped out and ran forward.

It looked like Cedric would arrive before Harry.

Cedric was running towards the trophy at full speed, and Harry knew he couldn't keep up with him, Cedric was taller than him, with longer legs... Suddenly Harry saw a huge thing rushing out from the hedge on his left, walking straight down the intersection. run over.

The monster was running so fast that Cedric almost ran into it. At this time, Cedric's eyes were only focused on the trophy, and he didn't see the monster rushing towards him...

Cedric! Harry yelled, tearing his throat desperately. On your left! Be careful!

Cedric turned his head to see that he just flew over in time and missed the monster, but because of his haste, Cedric tripped over the vines on the ground.

The wand flew out of Cedric's hand in an instant.

That's when the monster... a giant spider stepped onto the path and began to press on Cedric.

Stupefy (stunned)! Harry yelled hastily, and with a twist of Harry's wrist, a stun spell was cast out.

The spell struck the spider's massive, hairy body. But this blow seemed useless, like throwing a small stone, the spider got angry, turned around suddenly and ran towards Harry.

Stupefy! Stupefy! Harry kept yelling, but none of the spells worked... maybe the spider was too big and amazing, and normal spells didn't hurt it, but irritated it.

Harry glanced up, just in time to see the spider. Its eight black eyes gave off a menacing cold light, and several giant pincer-shaped stings were as sharp as blades, and it was about to pounce on it.

The spider lifted Harry up, and Harry struggled desperately, kicking it again and again, but Harry's foot was still caught in its jaws.

In excruciating pain, he heard Cedric shouting the Stunning Charm too, but his spell was also useless.

At this time, the spider opened its big sting again, and Harry raised his wand and yelled, Expelliarmus (expelliarmus)!

This time it worked.

The disarming spell forced the spider to let go of its pincers. Unfortunately, this release caused Harry to fall from a height of twelve feet, and immediately stepped over his already injured thigh.

Without thinking too much, Harry took his wand and aimed it at the spider's underbelly, and cast spells at the same time as Cedric.

Sectumsempra (Shenfeng Wuying)!

Stupefy (stunned out)!

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