Chapter 658: Bloodstone (Part 4)

Kaizen and Xisrith exchanged worried glances as they stood motionless in the dark corridor, waiting for whatever was making those footstep noises, but the silence that perpetuated when they stopped was almost deafening, except for the subtle sound of each other's breathing.

After a few tense moments, they decided that they couldn't just stand there forever. Kaizen raised his torch, illuminating the corridor ahead, and they would proceed with caution. So, as Kaizen was paying attention, while his eyes roamed the floor of the corridor, he found something that caught his eye. A thin rope was stretched across the floor, almost invisible in the dim light. He bent down and examined it carefully.

"Xisrith, don't take a step forward," whispered Kaizen, crouching down. "There's a trap here."

Kaizen turned his keen eyes to the area ahead and noticed that the rope was stretched out at a carefully calculated height, at ankle height.