The reptile-man rakes you with its claws hitting you twice (take 5 points damage). Before you can strike again, Roderick smashes the creature's skull with his mace. It drops to the floor, quite dead. The nauseating smell fades away immediately. Roderick turns to Salamdros, who lies dead on the floor, and utters several solemn words. He then motions toward the hole in the ceiling and says, "We must leave this place. Let us go." You scramble through the hole into a small, empty chamber. You see only one exit. Go to page 180.