"Hmm... but in these natural dungeons, even straight passages have little dips and bends. That would suck if someone heard our little secret convo."
Oh no, they're coming to check. Even in this darkness, they'll get close enough to see me. I can't win a fight with this starter rapier.
She had to think. If her brain was sharp enough to imagine the worst-case scenario, she could come up with a plan to get out of this.
A number of thoughts burned through her brain in the span of a second, like sparks, eventually forming an idea.
Her right hand shot into her pouch, pulling out the piece of parchment with the failed instructions on it. She wadded it up and tossed it softly at her feet. It made no sound—it was just a rolled-up piece of paper lying on the ground.
She then turned around and urged, Hurry, hurry, come quick!
“…I guess I’ll go check it out,” came the swordsman’s voice. She heard him stand. Footsteps approached over the damp cave floor. One, two, three steps. Then...
“Whoa! What the hell?” the first player shouted, at the same time as the screech of a rodent. A Sly Shrewman had reacted to Asuna's toss of the sheet of paper, running through the little room from the other hallway.
“Get the hell outta here!” he yelled, and the swordsman laughed.
"C'mon, keep that door on the other end closed, please."
There was the sound of a sheath ringing, then a sword skill. Blue light briefly shone on the passage, and the shrewman screamed.
“Stupid ratman,, startling me like that. Musta been the sound o it scurrying around."
The sword returned to its sheath, and Asuna let out a long, silent breath. She crouched and picked up the paper at her feet. Meanwhile, the two players continued talking.
“Goddamn annoying little looters… Did they show up in the beta,too?”