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Alyss commands you to leave at once. The cocoon of light that surrounds her and the Moonstone is beginning to flicker with every blow it sustains from Kekataag’s mighty axe. You sense that she cannot maintain her shield for very much longer.

You heed her cry and race towards the swirling mouth of the Shadow Gate. But Naar is determined to launch one last desperate attempt to prevent you from escaping. You are within ten paces of the gate when two rubbery-limbed horrors emerge from the smoky walls and hurl themselves upon you.

2 Cryopedeans: COMBAT SKILL 38 ENDURANCE 32

If you win this combat, turn to 350.