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<p>He reaches you, breathless from his run, and draws an arrow from his quiver. The Warhounds, tired of their victim, are in search of fresh sport and are turning their attentions on you. D<ch.apos/>Val aims and fires, drawing another arrow as soon as his bow is empty. Warhounds tumble and crash to the ground around you, felled by D<ch.apos/>Val<ch.apos/>s deadly shafts. The captain grabs you by the arm and swings you over his shoulder in one swift movement, before carrying you back to the barricade. Others run forward to help him, but the bandit archers are now in range and the men are forced back by a hail of arrows. The red shafts whistle past on all sides. Finally you reach the barricade; a wagon is pulled aside and you are carried through the open gap. Captain D<ch.apos/>Val is close to exhaustion; he staggers and his men rush to catch him before he drops you to the ground.</p>
<choice idref="sect341"><link-text>Turn to 341</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>He reaches you, breathless from his run, and draws an arrow from his quiver. The Warhounds, tired of their victim, are in search of fresh sport and are turning their attentions on you. D<ch.apos/>Val aims and fires, drawing another arrow as soon as his bow is empty. Warhounds tumble and crash to the ground around you, felled by D<ch.apos/>Val<ch.apos/>s deadly shafts. The captain grabs you by the arm and swings you over his shoulder in one swift movement, before carrying you back to the barricade. Others run forward to help him, but the bandit archers are now in range and the men are forced back by a hail of arrows. The red shafts whistle past on all sides. Finally you reach the barricade; a wagon is pulled aside and you are carried through the open gap. Captain D<ch.apos/>Val is close to exhaustion; he staggers and his men rush to catch him before he drops you to the ground.</p>
<choice idref="sect341"><link-text>Turn to 341</link-text>.</choice>