Koph stopped walking.  She craned her head sideways, listening intently to the tunnel ahead.  After a moment, she gave a sharp nod and looked back to Voltaire.  The Amazoness raised three fingers and pointed down the tunnel.  [color=00ff7f]"Volter-kun, you had friends!?"[/color] she asked in mock disbelief.  She withdrew her fingers, then motioned with her arm for the young man to keep the conversation moving.  Softly, bare soles making barely a whisper against the stone tunnel, Koph crept to the next bend in the tunnel.  Her spear she kept behind her, out of sight, but always at the ready to lash out.

Closer now, the sounds became more distinct.  There were definitely several sets of footsteps coming toward them--more than three, she decided now.  The regular 'tap-tap' of the loudest definitely came from heavy leather boots.  None of the others carried the scratchy sound of monster claws on stone, either; the group approaching must be adventurers.

Greeting them with a ready spear wouldn't be particularly polite.  It wouldn't be very safe, either; a group coming toward them, rather than walking away, must be coming up from a lower floor.  It was unlikely they were merely level 1 adventurers; they might well be level 2's coming up from Rivira.

Koph relaxed and stood straight, then padded quietly back to Voltaire.  Best to have an ally at her side for this.