Chapter 29: An imposing task
’Alright let’s see here. There’s a circle, a line from the middle, probably a diameter, being intersected by a chord of 8 units in the middle. The distance from the centre to the point of meeting is 3 units. Since it’s a right-angled triangle with radius being the hypotenuse... Alright, simple enough.. 4, 16 and 3, 9, so 25.’
"You have to travel 5 units... cubits to reach them. 2 more if you reach the joint."
Noctis replied with an odd expression. He was being asked middle-school math sum in a fiction-esque illusion. Whatever to make of it.
"Impressive traveler. You may pass."
As soon as the voice stopped, several small black spiders and markings suddenly came out from nowhere enveloping the wasp’s body.
Hundreds of spiders stacked on top one another as the wasp’s body became completely buried under it.
Noctis saw with a frown on his face as soon the silhouette of the body shrank more and more until it disappeared quickly, along with the illusion.
Noctis messaged his forehead with his hands a little before jogging ahead as the shadow almost reached his position.
The spiders went back into oblivion as soon as the body was... digested, so he didn’t need to worry about it.
The web here was connected to two other paths going to either side, but since the giant spider ahead did not change its course, he too kept staring.
Some time after moving upon the bridge, he encountered another thing blocking the path.