It would be best if these guards weren't around when they needed to make their retreat, so they needed to be take care of. Of course, that carried the risk of them actually being on a schedule of some sort and if they didn't report back, that would become an even bigger problem. Rhet was going to bet that pirates and thieves such as these would not tie themselves so strictly to a guard schedule. and that even if they were a bit late, the others would just assume that got drunk on the job.
Rhet led his group over towards the bushes behind the fire. He spied three men keeping themselves warm by it, laughed and telling jokes and stories to each other. This was going to be easier than he thought. They didn't seem to have any spatial awareness.
Just then, He heard the sound of a menacing growl appear to his right. Crap, they have dogs. A rookie mistake branching from the fact that Rhet assumed they were entirely incompetent. He remembered then how dangerous it was to assume. The guys around the fire grabbed their swords and stood up, facing the noise.