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Having defeated Anu and Anubelle, Howel, Howelle and Foxo are able to gain access to Sphinxette's Temple, where Foxo remarks that he's never seen so much fancy decorations in his life, even in Leslie's mansion back in Twilight Trail. Proceeding to the throne room, they come face to face with none other than Queen Sphinxette herself, self-proclaimed ruler of Sphinxy Sands. She demands to know what a pair of young whelps are doing in her throne room and orders Anu to explain. When he fails to show, Howelle politely, if somewhat nervously, explains that they KO'd him and Anubelle outside. This of course rouses the queen's anger, and she orders the pups to leave or face her wrath. To demonstrate her point, she has a pair of hanging cages lowered from the ceiling, containing a very much captured Present Night Guard and Selena, much to the pups' horror. Howel demands to know how she managed to capture them after failing for so long, and she replies with a simple "like this" before flicking a switch in her throne and opening up the floor beneath the pups. In a moment of cartoonish hilarity, they take a moment to realise they are no longer standing on solid ground, before abruptly becoming subject to gravity once more and falling into the floor. Being able to float, Foxo takes a moment to register his lack of falling, and decides it is probably better if he goes with the pups, and 'falls' down the pit after them.

The pups quickly regain consciousness, and find themselves separated into two cages, deep within the dungeons of the temple. Howel quickly panics as he cannot see a way out, but to his and Foxo's surprise Howelle is unfazed, and simply bends the bars outwards using her innate Bandanawolf strength. Howel explains that he completely forgot about that extremely convenient ability, and is able to free himself with similar ease. Foxo suggests that they find their way back up to the throne room, preferably avoiding any more floor pits as they do so. The pups then begin to ascend the depths of Sphinxette's Temple, avoiding a number of traps, solving several puzzles, and encountering a variety of enemies along the way.

Anuu and Aeronautanuu return from Sphinxy Sands, and are practically identical to their previous counterparts save an increase in stats and that their attacks are now slightly faster and deal slightly more stress. Alongside these the pups encounter two new enemy types. The first of these is the Mechanu, a mechanical Anu variant that is unusually resistant to fire due to its robotic nature. They also lack the teleportation and eye lasers of normal Anuu, meaning they attack quite differently. Their first attack is to open their heads up to reveal a powerful laser which fires a continuous beam. The Mechanu will then drive up and down the screen, causing the beam to sweep through the pups as it passes them, requiring anyone in the way to jump over the beam to avoid it. Alternatively, the Mechanu can attack by firing its beam laser and quickly spinning its head around horizontally, causing the beam to spin with it, requiring the pups to jump over the beam as it passes. As the attack progresses, the head will spin faster until it sparks and abruptly slows down, passing the pups much slower and requiring them to time their jumps more precisely to avoid being hit. If either attack hits, they can deal the 'Burning' status effect, and deals a decent amount of stress each time they hit.

The other new enemy type is the Selanu, a hybrid enemy that mixes the abilities of an Anu and a Seleno. Selanuu can attack by producing a copy of themselves and teleporting in front of both of the pups, with one Selanu in front of each pup, before they fire their eye lasers, either in succession or at the same time, requiring the pups to jump over the lasers to avoid them. Unlike many similar attacks, both Selanuu are very much real and must be avoided. The Selanuu can fire their eye lasers several times in a single attack. If this attack hits, it can deal the 'DEF-Down' status effect, and deals a small amount of stress each time it hits. Alternatively, the Selanu can attack by charging at the pups, requiring a targeted pup to jump over or on the Selanu to avoid or counter respectively. However, the Selanu will sporadically teleport around during the attack, either reversing its progress, switching targets or even changing direction. It can do this multiple times, making it easy for the pups to be thrown off. If this attack hits, it can trip a hit pup, as well as deal them a decent amount of stress.

Eventually, Howel and Howelle are able to return to the surface level and re-enter the throne room, much to Queen Sphinxette's disdain. She grumbles about the pups being almost as annoying as the duo, and prepares to use the trap door on them again when they quickly jump out of the way, once more compounding her annoyance. If her minions can't dispose of a pair of children, then she'll just have to do it herself, and she prepares to battle the pups...

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Having defeated Anu and Anubelle, Howel, Howelle and Foxo are able to gain access to Sphinxette's Temple, where Foxo remarks that he's never seen so much fancy decorations in his life, even in Leslie's mansion back in Twilight Trail. Proceeding to the throne room, they come face to face with none other than Queen Sphinxette herself, self-proclaimed ruler of Sphinxy Sands. She demands to know what a pair of young whelps are doing in her throne room and orders Anu to explain. When he fails to show, Howelle politely, if somewhat nervously, explains that they KO'd him and Anubelle outside. This of course rouses the queen's anger, and she orders the pups to leave or face her wrath. To demonstrate her point, she has a pair of hanging cages lowered from the ceiling, containing a very much captured Present Night Guard and Selena, much to the pups' horror. Howel demands to know how she managed to capture them after failing for so long, and she replies with a simple "like this" before flicking a switch in her throne and opening up the floor beneath the pups. In a moment of cartoonish hilarity, they take a moment to realise they are no longer standing on solid ground, before abruptly becoming subject to gravity once more and falling into the floor. Being able to float, Foxo takes a moment to register his lack of falling, and decides it is probably better if he goes with the pups, and 'falls' down the pit after them.

The pups quickly regain consciousness, and find themselves separated into two cages, deep within the dungeons of the temple. Howel quickly panics as he cannot see a way out, but to his and Foxo's surprise Howelle is unfazed, and simply bends the bars outwards using her innate Bandanawolf strength. Howel explains that he completely forgot about that extremely convenient ability, and is able to free himself with similar ease. Foxo suggests that they find their way back up to the throne room, preferably avoiding any more floor pits as they do so. The pups then begin to ascend the depths of Sphinxette's Temple, avoiding a number of traps, solving several puzzles, and encountering a variety of enemies along the way.

Anuu and Aeronautanuu return from Sphinxy Sands, and are practically identical to their previous counterparts save an increase in stats and that their attacks are now slightly faster and deal slightly more stress. Alongside these the pups encounter two new enemy types. The first of these is the Mechanu, a mechanical Anu variant that is unusually resistant to fire due to its robotic nature. They also lack the teleportation and eye lasers of normal Anuu, meaning they attack quite differently. Their first attack is to open their heads up to reveal a powerful laser which fires a continuous beam. The Mechanu will then drive up and down the screen, causing the beam to sweep through the pups as it passes them, requiring anyone in the way to jump over the beam to avoid it. Alternatively, the Mechanu can attack by firing its beam laser and quickly spinning its head around horizontally, causing the beam to spin with it, requiring the pups to jump over the beam as it passes. As the attack progresses, the head will spin faster until it sparks and abruptly slows down, passing the pups much slower and requiring them to time their jumps more precisely to avoid being hit. If either attack hits, they can deal the 'Burning' status effect, and deals a decent amount of stress each time they hit.

The other new enemy type is the Selanu, a hybrid enemy that mixes the abilities of an Anu and a Seleno. Selanuu can attack by producing a copy of themselves and teleporting in front of both of the pups, with one Selanu in front of each pup, before they fire their eye lasers, either in succession or at the same time, requiring the pups to jump over the lasers to avoid them. Unlike many similar attacks, both Selanuu are very much real and must be avoided. The Selanuu can fire their eye lasers several times in a single attack. If this attack hits, it can deal the 'DEF-Down' status effect, and deals a small amount of stress each time it hits. Alternatively, the Selanu can attack by charging at the pups, requiring a targeted pup to jump over or on the Selanu to avoid or counter respectively. However, the Selanu will sporadically teleport around during the attack, either reversing its progress, switching targets or even changing direction. It can do this multiple times, making it easy for the pups to be thrown off. If this attack hits, it can trip a hit pup, as well as deal them a decent amount of stress.

Eventually, Howel and Howelle are able to return to the surface level and re-enter the throne room, much to Queen Sphinxette's disdain. She grumbles about the pups being almost as annoying as the duo, and prepares to use the trap door on them again when they quickly jump out of the way, once more compounding her annoyance. If her minions can't dispose of a pair of children, then she'll just have to do it herself, and she prepares to battle the pups...