After he said that, everyone stood up and ran to find their third turn. They are running to turn left. While running, Seventh was so close to the side that she turned her back on him.
"What's the problem?" Second queried.
His eyes narrowed, and he touched his butt. "There's something on my ass," He frowned like he was in pain or what. His butt must have been hurting from falling a while ago.
"Here," She held out her hand to him.
"It's okay, it'll go away too." He smiled at her, then he started walking and running.
At first, they all stopped running because of fatigue. It looks like they ran longer now than before. She bent down and got on her knees, catching her breath. She felt someone approaching her, it's First by the way. He was also panting, and she could even see a drop of sweat dripping down his forehead.
Third's tone of voice grew louder. They turned to where his index finger was pointing and saw a lot of black dots flying. Wait, black dots? Then they saw Seventh running, about 5 meters away from them. He ran with them a bit late, maybe because his butt is still in pain.
"Run! They're bees!" he shouted while running towards them.
"Run!" they shouted.
Second is aware that bees are scary, especially if they are in full force. There are many of them, and they are in clusters when they attack, but why would they attack them? Then it entered her mind that Seventh might have broken or disturbed their hives.
"Run!" Only then did Second shout when they were already running. Her brain processed slowly.
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"Duck!" Third ordered them. They bent down, covering their ears. It's a trend in their school that it is said that when there is a bee, cover your ears to prevent it from entering your ears.
"Ahhh!" Fourth screamed, and Aeith held her.
After a few seconds, they could no longer hear bees. They removed their hands and stood up.
"N-No more bees?" Fourth double-checked. Third nodded in response.
"Hey! What are you doing there? Why did the bees attack us?!" Aeith scolded her classmate, Seventh.
"When my ass ached, I clung to the beehive..." He admitted shyly.
So, that's the story behind the attack. He took something from the pocket of his tracksuit. "Here, the third card." Seventh handed it to Third.
Third took the third card. After everyone read it, he hid it for safety.
"I saw that card glued to the beehive," Seventh reported.
"Good one. Let's proceed to the next," Ninth cut the conversation out with a serious but determined face.
***
They continued walking until they turned left. With each turn they made, she is curious what would happen if they turned in the other direction and disobeyed what was written on the map.
"Be alert," the leader warned them, so they all watched every step they took.
It's just amazing but confusing at the same time because nothing bad happened to them after the bee attack incident They continued to run-walk-rest but nothing, really. This is their fourth turn. While looking around, something caught her eye that was something glowing glued to the top of the wall. She called them and pointed out the thing. And that confirmed the 4th card.
"How are we going to get that?" Fifth pondered pointing the card he was referring to.
The wall is also about 5 meters high, and the card is about 2.5 to 3 meters high, which means that two people need to climb on top of each other to get the card.
"Who is the tallest of you?" She inquired, so they all looked at her and themselves.
They lined up, and they observed them.
"It's Ninth," Sixth confirmed that Ninth is the tallest among them.
Ninth is the tallest, followed by First, Seventh, Fifth, and Third. Their height difference only matters about 2-3 centimeters.
The next thing she did was ask First and Ninth, "What is the weight of you two?"
"Not fully accurate. Probably uh… 59-60 kilograms," Ninth replied first.
"63" First answered.
Second doesn't know how they found out that, maybe some of their memories came back as well. And since they already knew why she even asked, First sat up and bent forward. Ninth sat on First's shoulder. Ninth removed the adhesive card from the wall promptly. The leader took it and showed it to them, then hid it again.
"Come on, we still have to find the 5th card," Third authoritatively commanded them. They obeyed his command and continued walking fast.
"Argh," She saw Ninth holding his right hand.
Seventh, and she approached him. "What happened?"
"Stop!" He prevented them from approaching him as he quickly blocked them with his left hand. "Everyone, stop walking." Everyone was stunned.
He took a piece of a branch that he had just found at his feet and seemed to be stabbing the one in front of him that they could not see. In an instant, the end of the branch was cut off, turned black, and smoky.
"What is that?" Sixth's eyebrows furrowed.
"There's an invisible barrier that can burn an object that touches it." She frowned at what Ninth discovered.
He pierced the barrier again, and within two seconds it became visible, silver as steel. It immediately became invisible after two seconds. That's why his right hand was red. He was burned.
"How the heck?!" Seventh's hysterical question.
"My hand penetrated the barrier, and then I got burned. I think there's a time pattern when this barrier disappears." Ninth reckoned.
"Let's observe and distinguish its time pattern." Third suggested.
Because of the invisible barrier that becomes visible at a certain time, they first sat on the maze's ground to rest and waited for the result of the time pattern when they could penetrate that barrier. Ninth and First were assigned by Third to figure out that time pattern. Third will be the one to carry orders. The remaining members will be responsible for answering the riddles. Third took the cards out of his pocket and laid them on the floor.
Death throe - 2 syllables
What are the first 2 letters of the words when pronounced?
Hay - a word of greetings or expression.
Remove the H, you will get the missing letter.
Carbon and Oxygen Chromatic color that produces a pleasant harmony to a chromatic painting.
Amond is the world where amond lies.
When you touch it once again, you'll die.
Hopefully, they can answer all these riddles on time.