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Chapter 3 The Mysterious Beasts
Everyone packed up their things.
“Perhaps we should bring the scrolls with us,” Baji suggested, holding the scriptures they got from Sidhu,
“It may come in handy.”
“Take it if you want to, but it isn’t edible,” Wukong joked sarcastically.
His ally ignored him. Then he stared in confusion. “That’s strange,” he said, “What is this?”
“What?” asked Wukong, looking at the scriptures. He then froze. There was a picture of a beast with a head
and body of a lion, another head of a goat, and a tail of a snake. Wajing saw it, too.
“Probably some sort of tricks,” he said, trying not to worry.
“Hey, guys! Time to go!” called Xuanzang.
Chapter 4 Welcome to Greece
The journey was smooth. No demons pounced at them, and Xuanzang no longer had to worry. They
walked for miles and grew exhausted.
“Hey, look! It’s a city!” Baji cried happily, pointing at a crowd of people under the hill.
Even Xuanzang was delighted to see it. Wukong jumped down to take a closer look. The people’s attire was
strange as every wore white robes.
“Excuse me,” Wukong said to a woman, “Can you tell me what place this is?” Seeing him, she screamed in
fright, and the citizens spoke in a strange language Wukong had never heard before.
“They’re so rude!” he said to himself, “Have they ever seen a monkey before?”
“I guess they’re not afraid of you,” said Wajing, who came down to join his friend.
There was a loud rumbling noise. Xuanzang and the others turned around, finding themselves face to face
with a woman with the body of a snake, accompanied by the lion Baji seen in the scriptures! Wukong
sprang into action. He took out his iron rod, whacking both demons violently. Unfortunately, the monkey
king was no match for them. The woman dodged, grabbing Xuanzang and Baji and vanished.
Wukong was about to chase her when the goddess Guanyin called out to him, “Wukong! I’ve got
something to tell you!”
Wukong desperately said, “Sorry, but there’s no time for talking. Those demons captured my master and I
must save him!”
“You’re now in a country called Greece,” Guanyin said, “The clothes people wore are togas. The woman
whom you fought is Echidna, Greek mother of monsters. Her lion is known as a chimera.”
Wukong nodded, “So how can I defeat her?”
Guanyin replied, “You must find the Pegasus, a winged horse, and kill the chimera from the sky. Also, here
are some language pills,” she said, giving Wukong a gourd, “Have your friends take one each and you will
be able to speak in different languages.”