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You leave Serocca's chamber and follow T'uk T'ron as he leads you out of the tower and along a busy street towards the city's main square. Three gleaming bronze chariots, each drawn by a team of strange, horse-like creatures called onipa, are ready and waiting to take you to Tolakos. With the Ookor captain you climb aboard the leading chariot and grab the hand-rail as its driver cracks his whip. The onipa surge forward and, in a cloud of thick dust, the chariots race out of the city and along a stony road that cuts through the centre of the valley beyond.

Three hours pass before you catch sight of a village on the road ahead. T'uk T'ron grins and points repeatedly at his open mouth. 'You want eat here?' he says, shouting to make himself heard above the incessant rattling of the chariot wheels.

If you wish to stop at the Ookor village for a meal, turn to 124.

If you wish to press on to Tolakos without stopping, turn to 258.

Text copyright © 1987 Joe Dever.
Illustrations copyright © 1987 Brian Williams.