### 164

Your Magnakai skill makes you particularly alert to the deadly missile screaming towards your chest—suddenly everything seems to be happening in slow motion. You pull away from the bolt just in time, and the quarrel merely grazes your shoulder. (You lose 2 ENDURANCE points.) You see your attacker hurl the crossbow to the ground. From within the closed helmet of black steel a voice shouts out: ‘Die, Northlander!’

The warrior charges out of the Denka Gate with an axe held high in his hand. You cannot avoid him and must fight him to the death.

Armoured Assassin: COMBAT SKILL 24 ENDURANCE 26

Due to the speed of this attack, you cannot make use of a Bow. However, if you have the Magnakai Discipline of Animal Control, you may add 1 point to your COMBAT SKILL for the duration of this fight.

If you win the fight, turn to 28.