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As you run towards the ladder, the dreadful screams of your dying men claw at your ears, as they are eaten alive. You stop and stare back into the tunnel. The Stoneworm is now barely twenty feet away and is slithering towards you at a terrifying pace. You know that you will never reach the ladder in time to escape. In desperation, you raise your weapon and prepare for combat. The creature is immune to Mindblast.

Illustration II—The Stoneworm slithers towards you at a terrifying pace.

Stoneworm: COMBAT SKILL 15 ENDURANCE 38

If you win the combat, turn to 321.