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As you crawl from under the body of the Elix, you see the desperate struggle still raging in the chamber. Two of your men lie dead, their throats torn out by the ferocious beasts. Another is pinned beneath an Elix, his sword thrust into its side. The other ranger has reached the stairs and is desperately hacking at the head and neck of an Elix whose teeth are sunk into his foot.

There is no sign of the guards; they have been knocked backwards into the well and have fallen to a watery doom.

If you wish to help the ranger who is pinned to the floor, turn to 178.

If you wish to help the ranger who is fighting at the bottom of the stairs, turn to 245.

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