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The two guards draw themselves upright and grip the hilts of their tarnished swords nervously as they watch you approach.

‘What d’you want?’ growls the larger of the two, his green, piggy eyes glinting through the slits in his rusty helm. ‘I’ve been summoned,’ you say with conviction, praying that your bluff is good enough to fool them. ‘They want to see me straight away.’

The porcine guard swivels his eyes, blinks at his comrade, and whispers something you cannot make out.

If you have the Magnakai Discipline of Invisibility, turn to 308.

If you do not possess this skill, turn to 259.