Lucius kept his senses on high alert so he could make sure that he could get the drop on any enemies before they got the drop on them. He also had his blade sheathed so that he only used unarmed attacks. Lucius would attack first, that way any other scouts would come across the comrades looking like they were attacked by a monster. During that panic is when Paul and Mia would take out the others.
It took a short while to travel through the forest for the almost three quarters of a mile to make it to the outer edge of the enemy's patrol zone. When he started to think about it, it was rather odd that a group of bandits had gotten this large unnoticed…let alone were able to organize themselves in such a way…
"Dammit!"