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The water is becoming thicker, and the stench of the sewer gas increasingly more vile and nauseating. Suddenly the air becomes choked with thousands of tiny flies, and every time you gasp for breath you feel the thick fur of pulped bodies in your throat. The black specks build up like paste around your eyes, mouth and nostrils, and the sharp tangy taste in your mouth makes you retch. Lose 1 ENDURANCE point.

As if it answer to your prayers, an iron ladder appears from out of the gloom. It is fixed to the tunnel wall and leads up to a circular stone trapdoor in the ceiling.

If you wish to climb the ladder, turn to 31.

If you wish to ignore the ladder and press on along in the insect-choked tunnel, turn to 139.

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