| 128 The Mutan's blood is fetid beyond belief, the thick liquid bubbles and burns into the stone as it wells up and drains away through cracks in the floor. After the long climb you have just completed the ferocity of this combat has left you exhausted. For a few moments you must rest. Breathing heavily you take the time to kneel before this strange creature and inspect its grotesque form. One look is enough. Its lifeless black eyes chill you to the bone and you quickly throw its cloak over its head. Picking up the creature's battle axe you discard your damaged sword and continue eastwards down the passage. (Record this new weapon on your character status sheet and add four points to your combat value, this will replace those points lost when your sword was damaged by the blue beam of light.) Some 20 metres further to the east the corridor turns abruptly northwards. A further 20 metres to the north this passage intersects with another larger hallway leading both to the east and west. It is like the hall you have just passed through, well lit and well kept. Here the hall is wider, with high vaulted ceilings. Rich tapestries line the walls, hiding the smooth cut rock behind. The floors are swept and relatively clean and a strange yellow light illuminates every corner. You retreat momentarily to the comparative safety of the darker passage to the south and ponder your next move.
| Turn to section 228.
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