"Could the orcs have attacked this village?" a soldier asked while increasing the grip on his sword.
The squad quickly formed a tight circle around the captain, since she was a spell caster they would protect her while she prepared the appropriate spells to deal with the situation.
The captain scanned the area closely and formed several more flames and scattered them all over the place, to avoid giving away their location.
"Are you blind and stupid?" Colten rebuked the soldier who spoke.
"There are no bodies, and there isn't a single drop of blood on the ground," he said in a condescending tone.
"Maybe they saw a group of orcs approaching so they fled the village, then the orcs torched the village," another soldier posed.
His words weren't immediately shot down, and soon the squad took it to be the most likely possibility and they increased their grip on their weapons while looking around with ever increasing vigilance.
