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You enter the passage, but you have covered less than fifteen yards when you see something which forces you to a halt. A group of figures clad in hooded orange robes are walking towards you from the opposite end of the passage. The leader wears silver bracers on his wrists and he carries a silver staff which he levels at you the moment he sees you and Banedon in the tunnel ahead.

Instinctively you dodge aside; it is an instinct that saves both your lives, for without warning a radiant bolt of energy leaps from the tip of the creature's staff and comes hurtling along the passage to explode in the chamber behind. Hurriedly you turn and run from the group as the leader makes ready to launch a second bolt.

Pick a number from the Random Number Table.

If the number you have chosen is even (0, 2, 4, 6, 8), turn to 113.

If the number is odd (1, 3, 5, 7, 9), turn to 42.

Text copyright © 1991 Joe Dever.
Illustrations copyright © 1991 Brian Williams.