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You throw yourself to the ground to avoid the deadly shafts but one pierces your left arm and knocks you back several feet. You fall awkwardly, cracking your head on the hard stone floor, and opening a jagged gash above your eye: lose 8 ENDURANCE points. Blinking away the blood, which is streaming down your forehead, you grit your teeth and stagger to your feet. The sergeant yells, ‘Take him!’ and all six of the soldiers unsheathe their weapons and run at you. You cannot evade this combat, and because the corridor is narrow, you must fight the guards two at a time.

Tower Guards 1 and 2: COMBAT SKILL 17 ENDURANCE 29

Tower Guards 3 and 4: COMBAT SKILL 18 ENDURANCE 32

Tower Guard and Sergeant: COMBAT SKILL 20 ENDURANCE 32

If you defeat the pair of Tower Guards, Sogh will fight by your side and you may add 2 to your COMBAT SKILL for the duration of the subsequent combats.

If you win the combats, turn to 177.