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You insert the tip of your Dagger into the slot and instantly you are blinded by a flash of brilliant white light. A searing pain runs down the length of your arm and you are thrown backwards by this sudden release of energy: lose 4 ENDURANCE points.

Your Dagger has been reduced to twisted molten scrap by the sudden flash (erase this item from your Weapons List), but at least it has served its purpose. As the crackling noise of the electrical discharge gradually fades, you hear another sound, a grating squeal. Anxiously you watch as the great portal slowly swings open.

Turn to 343.