### 256

You draw your weapon and strike out at the phantoms, but your blows pass through them harmlessly. They howl with fiendish glee as they swirl around your head, whipping you with tendrils of darkness that writhe like thin black snakes from their filmy bodies. Every lash weakens your Psi-screen and you sense that if you are to survive this merciless assault you must quickly find a weapon to combat these fell creatures of the night.

If you possess a Bullwhip, turn to 168.

If you possess a Kalte Firesphere, a Torch and Tinderbox, or a Lantern, turn to 248.

If you possess none of these items, turn to 24.