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You send three of your men into the valley with orders to scout the highway and its forested borders for bandits. Before the scouts leave, you remind them to report back within two hours.

You are hungry and you must now eat a Meal or lose 3 ENDURANCE points. In spite of their fatigue, your men are now alert and ready for action, for it has been over three hours since your scouts departed and not one of them has yet returned.

If you wish to send three more scouts into the wooded valley, turn to 206.

If you wish to wait until dawn before you investigate their disappearance, turn to 330.

If you decide that it is far too dangerous to stay here, you can still ride east towards the town of Eshnar by turning to 92.

Text copyright © 1985 Joe Dever.
Illustrations copyright © 1985 Gary Chalk.