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You raise your Staff and loose a bolt of white fire at the insect. Your aim is true, and the bolt sears into the head of the soldier Mantiz. The insect crumples and falls dead to the ground. The attack has cost you 2 WILLPOWER points.

Carefully, you advance and step over the smoking body of the soldier Mantiz. You enter the passage that it was guarding and soon come to two exits, one sloping downwards, the other sloping upwards.

If you wish to enter the upward-sloping passage, turn to 267.

If you wish to enter the downward-sloping passage, turn to 272.

If you wish to return the way you came, turn to 284.

Concept copyright © 1985 Joe Dever and Gary Chalk.
Text copyright © 1985 Ian Page.