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U ARE AT THE EDGE OF A SWAMP. THE.WALKIN
G HAS BECOME EXTREMELY DIFFICULT.AS YOUR
 FEET SINK IN THE MIRE WITH.EVERY STEP. 
THERE APPEARS TO BE A HUMAN.SKELETON HAN
GING ON A LARGE TREE TRUNK..TO THE S....
 GORN SCOWLS AT THE GRINNING SKELETON...
. HE POINTS WARILY AT A LARGE JEWELED.RI
NG ON IT'S BONY FINGER.... FOUL SMELLING
 GASES SWIRL UPWARDS FROM.THE SWAMP. A L
ARGE SNAKE LIES LEISURELY.COILED AROUND 
A TREE OVERHEAD....<GORN> FIRST WE KILL 
THE DRAGON THEN.I'LL TAKE YOU SNAKE HUNT
ING.... DUE W ARE SOME CRUMPLED RUINS.SU
RROUNDED BY DENSE VEGETATION. THE.REMNAN
TS SUGGEST A ONCE GREAT.CIVILIZATION....
 PILES OF CRUMPLED STONE LAY HEAPED.ABOU
T THE FLOOR. SUNLIGHT TRICKLES IN.FROM N
UMEROUS HOLES IN THE ROOF. GORN.NERVOUSL
Y EYES THE IMPENETRABLE SHADOWS.AROUND T
HE RUIN WALLS..... A SLOW WIND MOANS SOF
TLY THROUGH THE.TREE TOPS. THE FOREST DO
ESN'T SEEM.QUITE SO DENSO.MA.M..........
.C_._AAK._..K_.MO HAVE BEEN RECENTLY.OCC
UPIED. A FLIGHT OF WORN STAIRS THAT.LOOK
 CENTURIES OLD LEAD DOWN INTO UTTER.DARK
NESS..... THE ROAD CURVES FROM THE N TO 
THE W..THE FOREST GROWS RIGHT UP TO THE 
EDGE.OF THE ROAD.... VERY LITTLE SUNLIGH
T MANAGES TO FILTER.DOWN. THE DENSE FORE
ST SEEMS TO STRETCH.ENDLESSLY IN ALL DIR
ECTIONS.... YOU ARE NOW DEEP WITHIN THE 
FOREST..BEFORE YOU IS A PIT, DEFINITELY.
MAN-MADE, AND OBVIOUSLY VERY OLD.... A L
ARGE VINE GROWS DOWNWARD INTO THE.PIT...
.. THE PIT IS DEEP AND DARK. SOMETHING A
T.THE BOTTOM IS GLINTING FROM THE.OCCASI
ONAL SUNLIGHT.... SUDDENLY, LIZARD MEN L
EAP FROM THE.SHADOWS AND COME CHARGING T
OWARDS YOU..IN A BLUR OF SPEED, GORN UNS
HEATHES HIS.SWORD AND PREPARES TO MEET T
HE.CHALLENGE...<GORN> WHAT'S IT TO BE CH
IEF, RUN OR.FIGHT?... THE BOTTOM OF THE 
PIT IS FILLED WITH.TREASURE. GOLD IN HEA
PS, JEWELED.SWORDS, FLASKS OF EXOTIC MUS
K AND BRASS.CLAD CHESTS.... GORN SUDDENL
Y SNAPS ERECT. FROM THE.HOLES ALOMG THE 
BASE OF THE WALLS.SLITHER FORTH HORDES O
F GREAT HOODED.COBRAS, BEARING DOWN FAST
 UPON YOU..<GORN> YOU BETTER MAKE UP YOU
R MIND..FAST, WE DON'T HAVE MUCH TIME!..
. GORN SLASHES MADLY AT THE COBRAS,.KILL
ING THEM BY THE DOZENS, BUT THERE.ARE JU
ST TOO MANY. WITHIN SECONDS THEY.ARE COI
LED ABOUT YOUR LEGS AND WAIST,.STRIKING 
REPEATEDLY. YOUR LAST CONSCIOUS.SIGHT IS
 THE WRITHING-SLITHERING HEAP.THAT USED 
TO BE GORN, THE KING'S.CHAMPION.......<G
ORN> I HAVE WEALTH ENOUGH. IT WOULD.ONLY
 SLOW US DOWN.... THERE IS AN OLD RUG IN
 THE CHEST.... THE LABEL ON THE RUG READ
S "ABDUL'S.NEW AND USED RUGS (ANOTHER FL
Y-BY-NIGHT.COMPANY)."... THE DOOR SWINGS
 INWARD SILENTLY. A.BEAUTIFUL RED HEADED
 WOMAN APPEARS AT.THE THRESHOLD WRAPPED 
IN A LONG HEAVY.CLOAK. STRANGE AND ENTIC
ING ODORS WAFT.FROM THE OPEN DOORWAY....
. AFTER STARING BRIEFLY AT BOTH YOUR.HAN
DS AND GORN'S, SHE WHIRLS ABRUBTLY.AROUN
D, HER LONG HAIR SWIRLING ABOUT.HER SHOU
LDERS, RETREATS THROUGH THE.DOORWAY AND 
SLAMS THE DOOR SHUT..... AFTER STARING A
T GORN'S HANDS SHE.WELCOMES HIM INTO HER
 HOME. SHE FROWNS.AS YOU FOLLOW HIM THRO
UGH THE DOORWAY.(ALMOST AS IF SHE ONLY W
ANTS TO SEE.GORN, NOT YOU)..... SILENT A
S A CAT, THE WOMAN MOVES TO.THE OTHER SI
DE OF THE ROOM. SLOWLY SHE.TURNS TO FACE
 YOU AND GORN..<GORN> WHO ARE YOU WOMAN?
.<WOMAN> SOME CALL ME LISA. THAT IS WHAT
..YOU MAY CALL ME....<LISA> I COULD BE V
ERY USEFUL TO YOU AT.TIMES AND WOULD BE 
WILLING TO.ACCOMPANY YOU, BUT,...IT WILL
 COST YOU.. WITHOUT EVEN A WARNING, GORN
 TURNS TO..YOU, GRASPS YOU BY THE SHOULD
ERS.LIFTING YOU CLEAN OFF THE FLOOR, SET
S.YOU FIRMLY DOWN OUTSIDE AND CLOSES THE
.DOOR IN YOUR FACE..........AND SO YOU W
AIT..... WHAT SEEMS LIKE AGES LATER (ALT
HOUGH.IT COULDN'T HAVE BEEN MORE THAN HA
LF AN.HOUR) GORN SWINGS OPEN THE DOOR...
.. JERKING HIS THUMB TOWARDS THE INSIDE.
GORN SAYS, "SHE'S COMING WITH US. I HAD.
TO GIVE HER THE RING WE FOUND THOUGH.".L
OOKING A LITTLE GUILTY, GORN.CONTINUES, 
"WHAT COULD I DO? SHE..WOULDN'T ACCOMPAN
Y US WITHOUT IT!". IN LESS TIME THAN IT 
TAKES TO SPELL.PLATITUDINARIANISM, YOU, 
GORN, AND YOUR.NEW COMPANION, THE BEAUTI
FUL LISA, ARE.OUTSIDE OF LISA'S HOUSE AN
D READY TO..GO.... BEFORE YOU IS A WELL 
KEPT FRAME HOUSE.... MUFFLED SOUNDS ARE 
BARELY DISCERNIBLE.FROM WITHIN, YET THE 
DARK WINDOWS.REVEAL NOTHING.... THE LIZA
RD MEN HALT THEIR FORWARD RUSH.AS LISA'S
 ORNATE STAFF BEGINS TO GLOW.BRIGHTLY. T
HE LIGHT THICKENS UNTIL IT.BECOMES A HOR
RENDOUS FIREBALL THAT..LAUNCHES ITSELF A
T THE LIZARD MEN,.OBLITERATING THEM COMP
LETELY.... GORN BRANDISHES HIS SWORD IN 
A MIGHTY.SWOOP THAT RENDERS A LIZARD MAN
.COMPLETELY HARMLESS.... BEFORE GORN HAS
 A CHANCE TO RIGHT HIS.SWORD, THE REMAIN
ING LIZARDMEN RUSH HIM.AND BEAR HIM TO T
HE GROUND! IT SEEMS IT.IS NOW GORN'S TUR
N TO BE RENDERED.HELPLESS! AFTER FINISHI
NG GORN OFF, THE..KF....................
..........Z.....Z..Z............... ....
........Z............Z.... HISSING BREAT
H IS LOUD IN.YOUR EARS! RAISING THEIR SW
ORDS HIGH.OVER THEIR HEADS THEY......64
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