| 184 The chest appears as black as night inside, a dark void from which no light escapes. Suddenly the blackness is broken by a soft cold laugh, a mocking jeer that rises swiftly from the darkness within. As you watch a mist boils up from the chest, its form growing and strengthening as it goes, its now visible shape gaining in size and substance. Horrified by the apparition that is materialising before you, you step back and await a possible attack. It comes quickly. The ghostly form solidifies into the flesh and bone of a Berserker, a mindless creature especially designed for the defence of magic artifacts. The Berserker is fully two and a half metres tall, unamoured and protected only by a loincloth and a vicious sword as long as its arm. Its red glowing eyes widen as it notices your presence and it slowly steps forward, then raises its sword and charges.
| The Berserker has a combat value of 28 and an endurance rating of 18. If you are victorious over the Berserker turn to section 20. If you are defeated by the Berserker then it is here that your journey ends. Hopefully you will have more success in a later life.
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