FILTHY MORTAL. I CAN SEE YOU HAVE PERMISSION TO PASS. DO NOT TRY MY PATIENCE. I MIGHT DECIDE THE PLEASURE OF DESTROYING YOU OUTWEIGHS THE CONSEQUENCES.

The angry monster retreats, back to a room at the end of the corridor. Looking ahead, it appears the creature makes its abode in a diamond-shaped room, with its walls carved with scribbles. There doesn't appear to be an exit this way, and the companions decide for the corridor branching to the right.

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Unless you wish for a scuffle with a daemon, I will take it you ignore him for now.


Soon this new corridor makes a sharp turn right, before winding into a curve leftwards until it again leads to its original direction. After a few steps, a smaller opening to the left appears, giving entrance to a small room, with a few chairs and desks.

The companions are about to pursue on their path down the corridor, but they notice someone in the room, apparently a woman, seated on one of the chairs and silently reading through a stack of papyrus.