Chương 161: Chapter 161 A Ghastly Hand

As Green and Nixilei's fight started to drag on Kat started to relax. She was never particularly worried, but an intense fight is only as interesting as it's novelty, and Kat was not proficient enough to notice the technique on display, yet strong enough to watch everything in perfect clarity if she wanted.

In the end, Kat decided that relaxing against the wall and just generally watching would suffice, letting her mind drift around while her ears listened to the ringing of steel and clashing of blades.

That was, until those same ears picked up a creaking sound. Putting a bit of energy towards them Kat could clearly here someone climbing the stairs. Each slow, heavy step didn't make that much noise in itself but Kat could hear them clearly.