ToME: the Tales of Maj'Eyal

Hi all.
I have such kind of problem with this peak:
I went there before and killed everything except the last boss - failed on it and decided to return later when I have some resistance and some spells except lighting which is useless there....
So I got some additional levels for my Archmage and even killed Master and decided to finish with that lighting boss.
Linaniil teleports me to the first floor of Peak and there is no teleport to the next level....

What can I do with it? Is there any way to go and kill that boss? As far as I understand - I have to kill it to be able to process with quest related to the staff which I obtained from Master...

That particular questline is optional. Most of my characters only visit Derth once and then never look back. But, if you do want to complete it, you'll just need to locate the stairs. Auto explore usually does the trick. Sometimes the stairs are hidden very well in the side of the mountain.

There should be stairs to the next level, not a teleport.

Xandor Tik'Roth wrote:That particular questline is optional. Most of my characters only visit Derth once and then never look back. But, if you do want to complete it, you'll just need to locate the stairs. Auto explore usually does the trick. Sometimes the stairs are hidden very well in the side of the mountain.

Thanks a lot. Auto explore helps. And yes - looks like stairs were just hidden.