| 411 The battle is a violent and bloody one but by a blessing of the gods you have survived it. Looking about the darkening cavern you can see the three hulking bodies of the dead Jotun Warriors lying scattered and still. This is the first time you have ever fought the Hordim and thankfully you have lived to tell the tale. You have not survived unscathed though. The battle has left you battered and with a nasty wound to your left shoulder, the result of a glancing blow that knocked you cleanly to the floor. It was only luck that saved you from the follow-up blow that should have crushed your skull. The Morg are nowhere to be seen. As the battle raged the Morg looked on, a sense of expectation that here might be an opportunity for torture once the Jotun had finished with you. This was one day that they would be disappointed. When the last of your foes had fallen they disappeared like smoke into the many tunnels and crevasses of the mine. You do not believe they will stand in your way as you make your way back to the surface. Turning to the way out you survey the scene one final time. These were fine warriors, certainly not the slavering brutes you had been led to believe. It is a pity that it was necessary to kill them but it was their lives or yours, and you have a quest to complete. One that you must return to immediately. The way back to the surface is straightforward. Following the smoke you retrace your steps to the main entrance and then back out onto the plain. Luckily Pallenten has remained close, it takes only a short whistle to bring her to your side. Without delay you remount and point her towards the waiting mountains.
| Turn to section 370.
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