Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2009 9:45 pm
I need help for an ingenious way to solve a puzzle for a novel I'm writing. Here's the run up to the puzzle:
How would the knight and wizard get past the swinging blades?
The knight looked down the long stone corridor and narrowed his eyes, may be it was the long slits either side of the wall, or perhaps it was the shaft of sunlight streaming in from high above that made him suspicious. He held up his left hand over his right shoulder which told the wizard to stay where he was then moved his hand down to his sword , which he pulled out slowly.
Moving forward slowly, he quickly waved his sword between the first two slits, then quickly took two steps back, when nothing happened he moved forward again and waved his sword between the first two slits, again nothing happened. Thinking for a second he turned his sword downward and stabbed it into the floor and crouched, nothing.
"Throw me the backpack."
The wizard removed the backpack and heaved it toward the knight who caught it and placed it on the ground. Removing the rope from around his shoulder he tied one end to the backpack and wound the other around his wrist. Stepping back from between the first two slits the knight grabbed the backpack and flung it across the floor down the corridor.
The backpack skidded and bumped along the ground and passed through the shaft of light, almost immediately there was a mechanical clicking sound and four large double-headed axes swung across the corridor from inside the slits, two from the left and two from the right chopping the rope and just missing the backpack, they disappeared back into the slits with a whirring sound and a click.
The knight straightened himself and stuck out his chin thoughtfully. Placing his hand over it and tapping his lips with his forefinger he turned to the wizard then back to the corridor...
How would the knight and wizard get past the swinging blades?