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The Arrow flies true, but at the very last moment before impact, the Drakkar spins around to face the assembled soldiers, and your shaft shatters harmlessly upon the blade of his axe. For a few seconds he is stunned by the nearness of your attack, then suddenly he points to the grain tower and begins to scream like a madman:

'Up there! At the window! The arrow was fired from up there!'

Turn to 254.

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