“Stating the obvious.”
[One more thing.
Riddles using what is wagered in the bet are forbidden.
You must not give a riddle using alchemy knowledge, and I cannot give a riddle using the sacrifices I possess or this place.]
“Let’s do that.”
[Lastly, you must not give a riddle containing the same content or theme as the one given by the opponent.]
“That’s obvious too.”
Once all the conditions were met like that, a system message made the [Challenge] judgment.
-The Riddle [Challenge] begins!
-According to prior agreement, the right to the First Attack is given to the sphinx!
[This is the first riddle.]
The sphinx said.
[I settled in this tower and have lived by either performing absorption on the sacrifices’ knowledge alive, or actually eating them.
How many sacrifices have I eaten in total during that time?]
-A riddle has been proposed!
-Remaining time: 59 seconds…
-Remaining time: 58 seconds…
-Remaining time: 57 seconds…
Hyeon-jun asked while laughing inwardly.
“Isn’t that a bit of a foul?”
[Hehe.
Why is that?]
“It’s a question that an outsider cannot deduce, isn’t it?”
It was not exactly known how many people in total had been offered as sacrifices, and the number of sacrifices the sphinx had directly eaten was even more ambiguous.
[That does not mean the riddle is invalid.]
It was as the sphinx said.
The core rules had been set verbally by Ulric and the sphinx earlier, and it did not violate those rules.
[A correct answer exists for this riddle, and I, the one who posed the question, know that answer for sure.
Since the answer is a natural number, it is not an impossible question to guess correctly, so this question is not a foul.
Hehehe.]
The sphinx was experienced.
Because it had done many Riddle [Challenge]s like this, it knew the ‘line’ judged by the system well.
It meant it narrowly avoided crossing the line of a foul.
The sphinx explained while mocking Ulric, and Ulric nodded.
“Correct answer.
561 people.”
-That is correct!
At that, the sphinx was astonished.
[H-how did you know?!]
“Just had a feeling it would be that.”
‘Because I memorized the original work.’
DKDF explained by dedicating thousands of characters to descriptions whenever a new place or concept appeared.
Naturally, it also explained the Tower of Sacrifice and the sphinx at length, and the exact number of sacrifices the sphinx had actually eaten was also stated.
That number was 561 people.
Hyeon-jun, who remembered that, got the correct answer.
“Then it’s my turn.”
[Ugh…]
The sphinx had a premonition of its defeat, and Ulric slowly recited a riddle.