The group did not make it far before running into another scouting party. Luckily the orcs all seemed to think they would be able to easily best the group of humans. This ensured that the warband was not informed as their group managed to kill one scouting party after another.
After their fifth run in, everyone took a breather as they felt their worries grow. Vivian took this time to voice her concern, "We are in a bad spot. Either one of the scouting parties we killed have been discovered, and they are looking for the culprits. Or they were already on high alert due to something else."
This even though the area they were in had many small hills, often causing small valleys to form. Allowing them to often avoid detection from far, and hence also a large reason why all the orcs had charged them. Other than believing they were stronger.
Hearing this everyone hoped it was the latter, as it would give them a better chance of going by unnoticed.
