MONSTER HUNTER - 13 DEMON KIDS
GIBSON VS SPHINX*

After a grueling flight, Satyr and a group of children who made it to level 7 in the game Maniac, finally arrived in a dry region with hot weather.

They speak in the language of mythology. Translation.

"Well, the desert!" exclaimed Timo with bulging eyes because he did not expect that.

"We're almost there. Get ready!" sahut Satyr.

The eyes of all the children narrowed to see a pile of hot sand that became the rolling hills and closed the green area they had just passed.

"Oh, there it is!" pekik Rex when he saw the figure of the Sphinx sitting inside a large building made of stone.

"Everyone, lookout! We're landing!" gibson said as he clasped his Elf sword tightly.

All the kids did the same thing. Rex and his comrades who had the ability to fly down slowly near the large building.

They looked around where there was only one building made of stone and the place was inhabited by the Sphinx.

"Woah ..he was huge," amazed Czar until his head looked up as he turned into a human again.

"Once upon a time we die" Ryan continued, and all the children standing in front of the Sphinx nodded with tense faces.

They were still keeping their distance from the large winged, human-headed figure of a woman, a lion-bodied who had sharp, pointed nails on her fingers.

"Look! Like I said, he did not move and his body was hard like a rock," said Satyr who now stands next to the greenish creature while patting his lion's arm.

But suddenly, "AAAAA!" nicolas shouted to the surprise of all the children as he saw Satyr's body being lifted up by one of the Sphinx's lion hands.

"In-he lives!" the cry of Aaron pointed until he stuttered.

"Hem, I remember you. You're coming again, Satyr. However, this time you brought a human. Good work, they will be my slaves and my food. Hem, hem, hem, hem," he's laughing like a deheman.

"We are not slaves and not your lunch! It's delicious!" exclaim Vadim angry.

The Sphinx stared at the group of human children including Rex who was still in the form of a dragon. His eyeballs moved towards Satyr who was trying to escape from that powerful grasp.

"Tell me your purpose in coming here" asked the creature who took Satyr as his prisoner.

"You are on one of the lists of mythological creatures that must be submitted to a black figure. We have to catch him and take you to him!" gibson replied loudly.

Practically, the eyes of the Sphinx widen instantly.

"Harghhah! Can't! I don't want to and I don't want to! You are no match for me despite being friends with Mythological Beings!" replied the Sphinx resisted violently and gripped the increasingly powerful Satyr.

"Armghhh!"

"Satyr!" call Kenta pale because the half-goat creature screams in pain.

All the children immediately went into standby position. The Sphinx is still in an unsteady sitting position with Satyr in grip.

"Strike him!" lazarus turned into Centaur.

The Sphinx looked surprised as the human children turned into Mythological creatures to attack it.

But, KLANG!!

"My Elf swords are broken!" tekik Timo was surprised who was still in a human form when his sword blade fell on the stone floor.

"His body is hard as a rock! Our weapons can't hurt him!" boas shouted doing the same thing as the Elf sword he slashed into the Sphinx's body, but did not scratch it in the least.

"Hem, hem, hem, hem," he laughs again like a man with a cough.

The kids look confused. Gibson, who was still standing in a human form in front of the Sphinx, narrowed his eyes.

"Everybody back! Stop the attack" Gibson insisted.

"What if a deal?" haggard Gibson.

Suddenly, the Sphinx smiled as it stretched its grip. Satyr's body looked weak and his breathing was wheezing.

"What do you want and have to sacrifice?" ask the Sphinx who made Satyr a guarantee.

"We're doing a puzzle match. If I can answer one of your questions, you must make one of your limbs as hard as a rock soft as ours" Gibson said.

All the children were silent and so was the Sphinx who looked at Gibson seriously.

"alright. However, if you can't answer my question, Satyr I'll eat, and so on from you one by one will be my meal" said the Sphinx, showing its fanged teeth.

The children swallow looks pale.

"Agreed."

"You're crazy, Gibson!" satyr cried out in panic because he was sacrificed.

The Sphinx smiled obliquely. "I just realized that you guys must be Earth kids following the Maniac game. And you, Satyr. You're the worst of all the mythological creatures in Hades prison. You even helped the human children to complete the mission. You can't be forgiven. You will die horribly at the hands of the prisoners for being considered traitors!" the Sphinx shouted sharply at Satyr who now looked tense from being threatened. "You're taking the wrong side, Satyr. You will accept the consequences" insisted the Sphinx.

Satyr was silent and seemed resigned to his destiny. Gibson and others worry about Satyr's condition if it is true he will die in Hades prison for siding with the human children on Earth. Gibson seemed to think hard like he was thinking about something.

"If I can answer all your questions, you should come with us to meet the black figure. Our number, not worth the number of your limbs. We were 14 kids with Satyr being 15. Your body consists of only 4 legs, a tail, a head, a pair of wings, and a body. Your two front legs can move with your head. The amount you offer is not comparable. Instead, voluntarily you come with us" Gibson pointed out.

Tensions between Gibson and the Sphinx. The children's lives are at stake, including Satyr's.

"Hem, agreed," replied the Sphinx showing its grin.

"Gibson ...," called Bara looking scared, but the leader of the group nodded reassuring his comrades if they were going to win.

"alright. Since you're guests and I'm the host, I'll ask you a question first" the Sphinx said.

"Wait!" scream Rex. Everyone turned their heads towards the green dragon including the Sphinx. "There must be a game referee so that no one cheats. I volunteered as a judge for this match" Rex said steadily.

"Hem, okay. That's not a big thing for me" the Sphinx replied calmly.

"Rules. My spear is a timer like a clock. When he moves, his sign of the questions given must be answered immediately. Once wrong in answering, considered to be dead and accept the consequences," said Rex who made his friends surprised.

"Whose side are you on, Rex?!" pekik Rangga glared.

"I referee. I am neutral and un-constructed. I think my rules are fair enough for two groups. How's it?" rex looked at Gibson and the Sphinx sharply.

"Again" answered both at the same time.

The other kids looked frustrated. They panicked for fear that Gibson would lose. In addition, they will be pulverized later. The hearts of the teenagers were pounding.

JLB!

Rex began to stick Lady Elf's wand on the sand. The shadow looks like the movement of the clock on the hot sand. All the children looked nervous as Gibson and the Sphinx looked at each other in focus.

"OK, start!" exclaimed Rex loudly as the movement of the shadow began to be seen.

The Sphinx shows a grin. Satyr closed his eyes as if resigned to his destiny.

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