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 Not wishing to spend any more time searching the old volumes you take one last look about the chamber, and then turn to open the door and make your way back into the passage beyond. As a precaution however, you place your ear against the door to ensure first that the hall is indeed empty. It is fortunate that you do. From within the everpresent sounds of the great furnace you hear the muffled approach of many iron-shod boots marching up the passage from the south. Through the heavy timbers the footsteps are dulled, but you have no doubt that the creatures are Hresh. Intermittently the marching stops, there is the rattle of a door handle and then the marching recommences. It is a Hordim patrol and it is coming straight towards you.
Stepping back from the door you ready yourself for combat. The room is small and you think this might work in your favour, but you are effectively trapped and without any avenue of escape a combat against so many can only go badly for you. The marching stops again, but this time it is outside your door. Perspiring heavily from the heat you stand silently, watching the door handle flick up and down as the lock is tested. Holding the grip of your weapon all the tighter you wait grimly, no doubt in your mind that at any moment the Hresh will burst through the door and overwhelm you. In those few seconds you hold your breath, then the patrol moves on and the sounds of heavy boots recede.
For some seconds you stand there motionless. When you begin breathing again you place your ear against the door and hear nothing, the guards having indeed moved on. Carefully you open the door and step out into the passage. The way south seems clear.
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