### 38

Quickly you recite the words of the Old Kingdom Spell Shield and circle your right palm before your face.7 The spell has only just materialised when the speeding bolt strikes and penetrates your magical barrier, ripping through it with a splash of livid green sparks. The bolt is deflected away from your face, but it strikes you in the shoulder and you are knocked back by the force of its impact: lose 2 ENDURANCE points.

If you have survived this wounding, turn to 287.

#### Footnotes

[7] This section is unreachable and superfluous since it is equivalent to Section 301.