<chapter 5>
“In Sastina City, there is a Grand Velodrome.
Within about half a year from now, a massive incident that has never happened before will occur there.
Describe that incident accurately.”
This was Ulric’s riddle.
-A riddle has been proposed!
-Remaining time: 59 seconds…
-Remaining time: 58 seconds…
The sphinx immediately raised an objection.
[Wait!
That is not a riddle!]
“Why not?”
[You are demanding a description of a future event.]
“And?”
[No one can predict the future!
Therefore, a riddle cannot be established!]
“Are you sure?”
Ulric smiled coldly.
Seeing that smile, the sphinx trembled with an ominous feeling, and a system message guaranteed it.
-There are no errors in this riddle!
-The riddle will continue!
-Remaining time: 38 seconds…
-Remaining time: 37 seconds…
What this meant was all too obvious.
Ulric truly knew what incident would happen in the Grand Velodrome within half a year.
[Could you possibly…!]
“Possibly what?”
[This makes no sense…!]
The sphinx had accumulated vast amounts of knowledge over hundreds of years.
So it was not easily astonished.
In other words, it had not experienced astonishment in the past few hundred years.
But now, it felt as if all the astonishment it had suppressed over the years was bursting out.
“Y-you know the future…!”
At that, Ulric smiled and said.
“Yes.
I know the future.”
The sphinx’s eyes widened.
[O-ooooooh…!!]
The sphinx had a seizure while standing.
It was a bizarre sight, but Ulric laughed as if it were a funnier spectacle than he had expected.
Hyun-jun, who was inside Ulric, shouted in ecstasy.
“Monster, who has gathered knowledge by exploiting others for so long!
You are helpless in the face of the future!
What have you been sucking up the sacrifices’ knowledge for all this time?”
Ulric mocked the sphinx, and the sphinx’s mind became even more confused.
[Aaaagh… Free… Then what happens to Free Will…!]
If it had absolutely no philosophical knowledge related to Free Will, this riddle would not have caused the sphinx such great pain.
However, because it was a sphinx that had lived for a long time, it suffered immense mental damage.
[Ah… Ah…]
The sphinx eventually fainted while standing.
-The Time Limit has expired!
-Because the sphinx failed to answer, it loses the Riddle [Challenge]!
-Ulric’s victory!
-Death comes to the sphinx!
Thud!
Rumble…!
The giant sphinx collapsed and died.
-Your level has increased!
-Current level: 14.
-You have cleared the Side Mission!
-You have acquired 10 points!
-Current Points: 30.
-A One-time Use Right for the [Roulette of Fate] has been provided!
-Would you like to use it now?
-YES/NO
Like that, the Side Mission Clear Reward also arrived.
“Can I put off this [Roulette of Fate] and use it later?”
-Of course you can use it later!
-However, it can only be used within the interior of the World of DKDF, and cannot be used on Earth!
It was a fairly important message.
Because it implied that returning to Earth was actually possible.
“I will use the [Roulette of Fate] right now.”
There was no reason to put it off.
Because acquiring abilities in advance was advantageous in terms of proficiency.
Pop!