20demayo Chapter 28: The play begins
Chapter 28: The play begins
Chapter 28: The play beginsNoctis’ eyes widened as he immediately reeled himself in and moved his body once again with all his remaining strength.
’What in the name... name of is all... is she doing..?’
Feeling the urgency, Noctis moved once again.
Moving a little forward and down, Noctis pivoted his body and went straight toward the surface, steeling his heart and desperately controlling his body to not move on reflex.
To his immense relief his thinking was proven true as with a splash of water, this time Noctis finally came out of water as he landed upon the very surface of the water, hard and ice-cold as he took large breaths as if his lungs were on fire.
In between he coughed out the icy water as he trembled and quivered intensely.
Teeths chattering his body fell upon the surface in a fetal position, his hands between his thighs and head arched towards his chest, as he tried to
They say it measures eight cubits across.
We have been along my own path to reach the meeting place, where the two roads kiss, measuring it to be three cubits.
Tell me this; how much do we have to walk before meeting my friend?
Help us; traveler for We must know before they leave."
Noctis frowned deeply at the situation. He could hear and see properly yet felt as if all his senses had been deprived of any stimulus. He felt like drowning again all of a sudden.
But he focused on the more pressing problems. Likely it was just an illusion, which meant he was still on the bridge, still at a position while the black shadow kept moving.
He couldn’t move right now so he had to get rid of this illusion.
The riddle he had been presented likely held the key to it.