I Became A Part Time Employee For Gods

I Became A Part Time Employee For Gods Chapter 111

#111. Sphinx’s Riddle (2)

[This is the first problem, so allow plenty of time… 1 minute! I will give it to you. Kukkk.]

First, he was very happy with his face.

The same was true for the second and third children on either side.

[You can never solve this in 1 minute.]

[Am. I can’t solve it.]

They giggled at each other and started scanning the flesh(?) of Damdeok and Baekgureum.

[I think the guy on the left is still not that big?]

[The guy on the right has a much better physique. I’ll use that guy!]

[What are you talking about! It has three mouths! We must share equally!]

As if the outcome was obvious even without looking, the Sphinxes began to engage in a terrible argument.

In front of those predators, Damdeok and Baekgureum were sweating profusely.

White Cloud with a serious face opened his mouth.

“Do you know the answer…?”

“…no.”

Damdeok answered weakly and began to think over the questions written on the floor.

———————–

7×2=455

5×4=91

8×3=555

7×5=242

10×1=999

10× 4=?

———————–

Sometimes I think I know…

Sometimes I don’t think I know…

If you think this way, it won’t work that way.

If you think like that, this won’t work.

It was difficult to find a clear answer.

It was a fundamentally different problem from the math problems I studied hard in school.

There’s no way I could guess it within the 1 minute time limit while being this nervous…

[30 seconds left. Kukkk.]

The Sphinxes are now drooling and looking at such a duck.

Drip.

Only the sound of saliva falling echoed quietly in the small room.

‘driving me crazy.’

Thump thump thump.

Damdeok’s heart began to beat violently.

The numbers written on the floor were all mixed up and spinning before my eyes.

Baekgureum, who is constantly swallowing dry saliva next to him, probably feels the same way.

[20 seconds!!]

The first child started counting down cheerfully, as if he was about to explode a gun.

My breathing becomes difficult.

What do we do?

how should…!!

It was a time when Damdeok’s tightly clenched fists were dripping with sweat.

[Poppy: Brother! I’m done with delivery! Where are you! I’m going to help you!]

A message from Poppy.

okay. He only took one cube, so it was almost over.

‘Then what are you doing! We’re stuck here now!’

How can I help you?

If Poppy came this way, these guys would only get bigger.

[You don’t know the answer at all?]

[It’s over. It’s over.]

[Ugh. Good, good.]

The sphinxes began to surround Damdeok and Baekgureum.

[Keke! Now the 10 second count begins!]

[10!]

[9!]

[8!]

‘Damn it! This is what happened…!’

Feeling like he was grasping at straws, Damdeok sent a photo to Poppy’s message that appeared before his eyes.

Meanwhile, the sphinxes were busily wiping their drool, as if they were enjoying a feast in their heads.

[5!]

[4!]

[3!]

[2!]

[Alright, I’ll eat it!]

The moment the sphinxes approached from all directions with their mouths wide open, Baekgureum gritted his teeth and pulled out his sword, and Damdeok’s eyes widened.

bang!

Suddenly Damdeok hit the floor and shouted.

“answer!! 846!!”

The movement of the sphinxes stopped for an instant.

The first person who raised a problem blinked his big eyes.

[What…?]

I could clearly see the fangs fiercely embedded in his open mouth.

Damdeok slowly got up.

And then he spoke firmly.

“answer. “It’s 846.”

As Damdeok said that, his gaze was directed at the system message, but the sphinxes actually thought that Damdeok was glaring at them.

[…cheeky. Explain. You have to solve the problem to get a perfect answer.]

The first person said that with an expression of disbelief.

Damdeok began to recite the message as it appeared in the system window.

The solution Poppy sent was like this.

First, the value of subtracting the two numbers is fixed at the end, and then

10-4=6.

What if the sum of the two numbers is multiplied by the previous value, 6?

10+4=14 ‣ 14×6=84

Finish by placing the multiplied value in front of the last fixed number ‘6’.

It was such a simple answer.

Damdeok’s voice became more and more confident as he explained the solution.

‘This is absolutely correct.’

When I solved the other calculations in the same way, I got all the correct answers.

Moreover, among the Sphinxes, the first one who had a problem was looking at him with a face that said, ‘That’s ridiculous, there’s no way he could guess this quickly…?’

[…what. Did you really get it right?]

[…You got this right in 1 minute? Are you a math genius?]

[I can’t do that. The second problem is more difficult…]

[Gather together! The next problem is one that you will never get right…!!]

The sphinxes rush to the corner with angry faces and start bickering among themselves.

Baekgureum, who watched the scene from beginning to end, looked at Damdeok with an expression of wonder.

“Wow, you’re amazing… Are you good at fighting and smart? “He’s a complete fraud.”

“A fight. “Tell me that he is excellent at swordsmanship and martial arts.”

“Either that or that… Anyway, it’s amazing…”

Damdeok smiled at the guy who was looking at him with a blank expression and turned his attention back to the system window.

[Poppy: Brother! how is it? That’s the correct answer, right?]

‘Papi, this guy is great, isn’t he?’

It was truly amazing.

How was it possible to solve such a complex problem right away?

Of course, after learning the solution method, it was a simple rule calculation…

In any case, Damdeok was truly shocked by the intelligence that did not match the guy’s large size at all.

‘I can’t help but ask why.’

Damdeok asked how he was able to solve the problem so quickly, and Poppy’s answer was surprising.

[Poppy: Huh? How? Of course… Ah, I didn’t tell you my full name.]

Full name?

Messages appeared one after another before Damdeok’s eyes as he tilted his head.

[Papi: My full name is ‘Papyrus.’ People call me the ‘oldest math book’… but in fact, I am the ‘god of math.’]

Damdeok’s mouth opened slightly.

Poppy is the god of math.

This was something I had never thought of.

‘A big mafia-like guy was the god of math…’

The sphinxes are still buzzing in that corner.

The corners of Damdeok’s mouth rose strangely.

Maybe…

the next question will be easier to answer…?

* * *

The Sphinxes, who had been discussing the problem among themselves for quite some time, spoke solemnly as if they had made a great decision.

[…So the second problem is not a math problem.]

The moment Damdeok heard those words, he made a shit-chewing expression.

‘I thought it would be easy.’

I thought that with Poppy, the ‘god of math’, I would be able to solve the remaining problems with ease…

‘That medicine means they won’t go to math from the next problem onwards. It’s a stupid sandfish.’

Poppy’s role as a math god was limited to the first problem.

Damdeok glared at the sphinxes.

‘What on earth are we going to do for the next question?’

Their faces were overflowing with confidence.

Seeing that he was smiling so unpleasantly, it seemed like he had come up with a very clever problem.

‘What. ‘Why are they doing that…’

It was a time when anxiety was creeping in.

The third king searched the sphinx statue they were trapped in and took out an old sword and threw it to them.

Clunk –

Damdeok stared at the sword that had fallen at his feet.

‘knife? Throw a knife at me for making a problem?’

The second ping came forward.

[Kkkkkk. Now on to the second problem! First, pick up that sword!]

Damdeok picked up the old iron sword with a disapproving look on his face.

[Now, I’ll explain this just once. Listen carefully. We’re going to eat you soon… As you can see, you are ‘two’ and our mouths are ‘three’, right?] [Please

answer how I should cut your body into equal parts with that knife so that we can share it equally. That’s the second problem. [Kkkkkkk.]

As soon as they heard it, Damdeok and Baekgureum’s expressions became frowning.

This meant solving problems by imagining cooking yourself.

‘You’re kidding me.’

‘Cruel bastards.’

Seeing the expressions of Damdeok and Baekgureum that suddenly hardened, the eldest and third children began to help out as if they were excited.

[However, the sword can only be used once!]

[Just assume that the masses of the two of you are the same and solve the problem. So, without considering things like height or physique, all you have to do is divide it equally with a single cut.]

[Keuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu us us! We should be able to taste the same parts equally?]

[Time limit: 1 minute! Start!]

The Sphinxes were busy talking excitedly among themselves.

“Oh my… Mr…”

Baekgureum swore softly.

“Brother, can’t you just hit me?”

“That’s nonsense. The difference in physical strength is significant. “You will be killed.”

“Then what about running away?”

“That’s also impossible.”

“Miss, then what should I do? “Does this make sense?”

“….”

That was correct.

It was truly a bizarre problem.

‘By using the sword just once, those three can share the food between us equally…’

The problem itself was extremely unpleasant, but the level of difficulty was also extreme.

When I was young, I used to solve a lot of questions: ‘Split the pizza equally between Cheolsu and Younghee.’ Isn’t this a problem on a different level from other similar issues?

I asked Poppy just in case, but he only answered that he had no idea about this problem, even if he was a rookie at math.

I don’t know how to divide numbers up to decimal points, but I can’t divide objects exactly…

Slurp –

Damdeok sat down on the floor and drew two drawings.

And I started trying various things with the old iron sword.

No matter how you divide

it,

three people cannot share it equally with two people.

Baekgureum, who was watching Damdeok’s actions, also sat down and started racking his brain.

[30 seconds left!]

The Sphinxes were almost in a festive mood.

He seems to think that he will definitely be able to eat fresh meat this time.

Damdeok gritted his teeth.

‘Damn it… there must be a right answer…’

The Sphinxes wouldn’t have given a problem without an answer.

That’s probably the last bit of pride for guys who like to cause problems.

‘Then there is definitely a correct answer…’

I looked at the shiny mouths of the three Sphynxes and the Slingman drawn on the floor.

uh…?

Damdeok’s eyes, which were staring intently, sparkled for an instant.

[Kekeke!! Now 10 seconds!! The countdown is on!]

[10!]

“Correct answer.”

With Damdeok’s answer, the stone room instantly became quiet.

The sphinxes were looking at Damdeok with eyes that said that could not be possible.

[Correct answer…?]

[Correct answer…?]

[What correct answer…?]

Damdeok stood up silently, holding his iron sword like a cane. There was a faint smile on his lips.

“Brother, really…?”

Baekgureum, who was solving a problem next to me, widened his eyes.

The skinny man under his feet had already been split into more than a hundred pieces.

Anyway, that persistent guy.

Damdeok slowly approached the sphinxes with a smile on his face.

[Really… you… found the answer to this problem?]

Ping, the second person who raised the problem, asked as if he couldn’t believe it.

Damdeok

walked right in front of the sphinxes, who were looking at him with distrust, and swung his iron sword over his shoulder.

“okay. I found out the answer. Just use the knife once and let the three of you split the two of us equally. “The key here is that we have to share the food ‘equally’ between the two of us, right?”

gulp.

The sphinxes swallowed their saliva.

[That’s right! So the correct answer is… what is it?]

[Don’t waste time, speak quickly! What on earth is the correct answer…!!]

Cheok.

Damdeok’s sword was pointed at the third king who used evil.

The uvula to be exact.

A sword aimed at a vital spot.

[What is this…? Are you using the dragon because you want to die right away…?] A

low growl escaped from between its jagged fangs.

A thick murderous feeling that seemed as if it would tear Damdeok to pieces at any moment filled the room.

“Ugh.”

Baekgureum pulled out his sword as if he was fed up. It was an instinctive action caused by fear.

But Damdeok didn’t even move. Instead, I just stared straight at the tip of the knife pointed at the guy’s neck.

From the tip of Damdeok’s sword, a deadly force as strong as his own was coming out.

[ The title effect activates the momentum ‘Fear’!]

Damdeok said with a grin.

“Correct answer. Reduce your mouth by one.”