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You press yourself to the wall of the staircase and draw upon your Kai camouflage skills to keep yourself hidden. Then you call out to the guard, in a gruff Eldenoran accent, and command him to come at once to your assistance. At first the gaoler looks confused for he believes the lowest level of Skull-Tor is empty, but when you repeat your command he suddenly comes running along the corridor in response. In his haste he fails to see you, and as he scurries past, you strike him a blow to the back of the head which sends him tumbling all the way to the bottom of the stairs. When you are certain that he is unconscious, you hurry along the torchlit corridor and race up the steps towards the next level of this grim enemy fortress.

Turn to 98.