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You intone the words of the Brotherhood Spell Silence and direct its energies at the sniper. He blows his horn but no sound emerges. Thinking that it is blocked he tries instead to shout a warning, but again without effect. Suddenly he panics when he sees you approaching. He loses his footing and tumbles backwards from his perch to land heavily upon the exposed roots of the tree. You hurry to his body and discover that his neck has snapped. To your disappointment, you also discover his blowpipe and horn are both useless, having been damaged in the fall.

Quickly you hide his body in the undergrowth, and then you move deeper into the jungle, guided and drawn by the strange noise.

Turn to 51.