### 41

A terrible growling follows you across the bleak shore as you race towards the high rock wall that is the base of Kazan-Oud. At first the sand felt comfortably warm, but now your boots have become unbearably hot.

A few yards ahead, a line of stepping stones rises out of the scorching black sand. The stones lead away towards a jagged fissure in the rock wall.

If you wish to leap onto the nearest stone slab, turn to 177.

If you choose to avoid the stepping stones and press on through the burning sand, turn to 104.