"I agree, the tracks leading into the woods are a distraction. I think we should let that one go. If these are pack creatures, it will return to their den eventually."
Even one of those creatures could inflict tremendous wounds on the village, its people unarmed and not well trained in protecting themselves--certainly not from aberrations like the beasts they pursued. She briefly considered bidding the demoness, Dia, to follow the village-bound trail, thinking she might have the speed to easily catch up to the creature, but then Mia recalled her efficiency in putting down the monsters that had tried to ambush them. No, the scout decided. Those with the most stopping power should head to the nest, where they would surely be outnumbered.
There was so little time to deliberate. Care to avoid offending her cohort was a luxury they could not indulge. "I'll go after this one. The rest of you, follow the tracks to the mine. I'll catch up. If one of you is fast, you can come with me, but I think we should concentrate our strength on the den."
The ranger would wait very briefly to see if anyone would accompany her, and then take off at a remarkably quiet, fleet-footed run after the creature whose tracks led back toward the village.