"Agh... Agh... Agh..." Adam breathed heavily as he watched the disintegrating golden particles fly before his eyes.
Ten golden spiders were smashed against his needle in just a second and a half. Their speed was tremendous, but that short period of time seemed too long for Adam.
He felt the impact passing through his body with each thrust, and if he had taken a step back, lost his balance, or dropped his needle, it was quite possible that one of the golden spiders would have passed through him, piercing him like a high-speed projectile.
But what made Adam frown was not the spiders or the spiral crystals, but the trial.
"Shit, so everything obeys the rules until it doesn't?"
Alexia understood this too as she stared intently at the platform where only three glowing sockets remained. All the others had gone out, and only a few seconds separated them from failing this trial.
