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You draw back your Arrow until the feathers are touching your lips; then you let slip the straining bowstring. The shaft whistles through the trees towards the brigand leader’s back and hits him squarely between the shoulder blades with a loud thok! He screams and throws his arms wide as he crashes face-first to the ground.

His henchmen spin around and see you. They bellow commands to their underlings and at once the angry brigands begin to close in on your position from all sides. You retreat into the trees and head back the way you came, anxious to retrieve your horse before the brigands find him. You are within a stone’s throw of Bracer when suddenly you are confronted by more than a dozen bandits, hungry for revenge. They attack in a frenzy and you are forced to fight all twelve at once.

Vakovarian brigands: COMBAT SKILL 46 ENDURANCE 56

You may evade this combat after six rounds by turning to 35.

If you win the fight, turn to 188.