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The staircase seems to continue forever, coiling its way upwards through the solid rock, but eventually you arrive at a landing from which a tunnel stretches into darkness. You are about to enter, when your basic Kai instincts alert you to a shallow step that crosses from one side of the tunnel to the other. A closer look reveals the step to be a perfect square of marble that covers the first ten feet of the tunnel.

If you wish to prod the marble slab with a weapon to test for a trap, turn to 183.

If you wish to jump across the slab into the tunnel beyond, turn to 127.

If you decide to enter the tunnel by walking across the slab, turn to 277.

Text copyright © 1986 Joe Dever.
Illustrations copyright © 1986 Gary Chalk.