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You turn the key and push open the iron door. Immediately, a loud hissing fills your ears, like steam escaping from a geyser. A cat-like creature leaps at you from out of the darkness knocking you to the ground; its eyes glowing with a green fire and its fetid breath scorching your face--it is an Elix! As you struggle to free yourself from its powerful fanged jaws, more of these creatures bound through the open door and attack your men. You cannot evade combat, and you must fight this beast to the death.

Elix: COMBAT SKILL 17 ENDURANCE 30

If you win the combat, turn to 127.

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