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You unsheathe your weapon and wait with bated breath as you listen to the beast approaching. It sounds as if it is more than thirty metres away when suddenly, with a deafening roar, it drops through the fog and lands upon you. Desperately you fight to defend yourself as it tries to rake you unmercifully with fang and claw.

Zarthyn: COMBAT SKILL 45 ENDURANCE 50

If you win this combat, turn to 90.

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