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Your Arrow buries itself deeply into the creature’s throat and brings it crashing to the ground. Howling with pain, it rises unsteadily and looks at you with eyes that blaze like two fiery suns. It has suffered a near-fatal wound yet you sense it still possesses strength enough to rend you limb from limb. You draw another Arrow to your Bow but the sight is enough to break the creature’s nerve and, with a final shriek, it scrambles away up the ramp. You watch it disappear through the archway before you shoulder your Bow and turn your attention to the portal. You are anxious to examine its surface and find a way to open it.

Using your advanced Kai skills you are able to decipher enough of the runic text to discover the secret code which keeps it secure. Confidently you press a section of the surface and it moves inwards with an audible clunk! Moments later, the portal creaks open and you hurry through before it slams shut with a resounding boom.

Turn to 210.