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Your Kai Weapon tumbles through the air and strikes the Urgaroh squarely between its ghastly eyes. The force of the impact sends the creature somersaulting backwards to land in a twisted, untidy heap. You rush across the platform and tug your weapon from the Urgaroh’s skull. As the blade comes free, the body of the fell creature spontaneously ignites and burns fiercely, giving off a choking black smoke.

Above the noise of the wind that rushes through the shattered glass dome, you hear angry cries and the stomp of booted feet. The Drakkarim have regrouped and are storming the stairs once more, their numbers swelled by a score of Giaks and Hammerland bandits. Driven by instinct, you sheathe your Kai Weapon and pick up the Urgaroh’s crystal rod which lies near your feet; then you turn and rush to the head of the stairs. You can feel the evil power that is held within the rod’s slender shaft, but you are unsure how you may unleash it upon the enemy who are now racing up the stairs.

If you possess Telegnosis, turn to 298.

If you do not possess this Discipline, turn to 42.