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Suddenly six burly gladiators come rushing into the room with their swords drawn.
‘How dare you enter the Chamber of the Font!’ screams one scar-faced fighter.
‘It is forbidden!’ shouts another. ‘Only gladiators of Vassa lineage may enter here and drink the holy waters!’
There is further outrage when they see your attacker lying on the floor. The scar-faced fighter kneels and places a hand to the man’s neck, and then he glares at you and screams: ‘He’s dead! You’ve killed Malduz!’
‘We’ll see you pay for this,’ shouts another, and slowly the angry men advance into the room with murder blazing in their eyes.
Desperately you look around for a means to escape, but the doorway offers the only way of leaving the room. You are about to rush at the advancing gladiators and fight your way through them, when suddenly you see something that stops you dead in your tracks.
