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You draw an Arrow and take aim in the direction you can hear the beast approaching from. It sounds as if it is no more than twenty metres away when you release the straining bowstring and send the Arrow streaking into the fog. The shaft has travelled barely a few metres when it ignites with a flash and is instantly transformed into a line of glowing splinters which float away on the mist.

As soon as the Arrow passed beyond the perimeter of the protection of your Platinum Amulet, it was subjected to the true temperature of this domain: a temperature which reduced it to glowing embers in less than a second.

Suddenly, with a deafening roar, the unseen beast is upon you. You drop your Bow and unsheathe your weapon as it tries to rake you unmercifully with fang and claw.

Zarthyn: COMBAT SKILL 48 ENDURANCE 50

If you win this combat, turn to 90.

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