However, the ritual Silent Doorway Adepts were performing didn’t look like any ritual spell he knew. Not that Zorian had witnessed all that many group rituals, but this was still…
He suddenly realized what was bothering him—the movements of the aranea weren’t nearly as synchronized as they should be.
“It’s not really a group ritual,” Zorian whispered back to Zach. “They are all performing the same ritual spell independently of one another. And then, when they’re done, they just start over and do it again and again.”
Zach stared at the fifteen aranea surrounding the gate for a few seconds before leaning towards Zorian again.
“Are you saying,” Zach asked him incredulously, “that they’re basically annoying the gate spirit into revealing itself?”
“Uh, no. That’s not what I was getting at,
