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The tunnel grows darker and dirtier the further down it you venture. You are beginning to suspect that you have entered an abandoned passage when the unmistakable stench of decaying meat wafts past you on a sulphurous breeze. Then two misshapen creatures loom out of the darkness, and your stomach churns at the sight of their hideously swollen faces. Their eyes are slits, the lids sewn down against the putrid flesh of their cheeks by lengths of coarse, black thread. They stagger towards you, their hooked claws scrabbling the air and their long, snake-like tongues flickering from their lipless mouths as hungrily they savour the scent of your flesh.

Helgedad Ghouls: COMBAT SKILL 23 ENDURANCE 32

These creatures are immune to Mindblast and Psi-surge.

If you possess the Sommerswerd and wish to use it, turn to 208.

If you win the combat, turn to 280.