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Your allies crawl as close as they can to the gate while you take careful aim and squeeze the trigger.

The report echoes across the other mountain peaks as an ophidian pitches backward. Other guards run toward him, and suddenly the walls above the courtyard are deserted! Your allies move at a dead sprint, and you can only follow them over broken rocks as the sounds of fighting emanate from inside the fortress.

You have a single shot left.

"That way!" Control shouts as you get your bearings. She's pointing at a doorway leading to the observation tower. Therko wastes no time, cutting down the few bewildered guards and running for the doorway.

Then he flies back outside and clutches his bruised chest. Whatever hit him would have ripped you in half.

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