Mable thought that she knew the answer. A smile crossed her face at the simplicity of the idea. The king had at least tried diplomacy and it was possible her would send out thousands of 'heroes' to die in this endeavor. The king could send them to the most dangerous areas in the conflict to assure only two or three of them survived. In the end the public would also believed that the party was wiped out by orcs if he betrayed them. The idea while a good one shouldn't be spoken in the presence of the king

"It's a dangerous mission and he's paying the survivors. It's possible we're all going to die which leaves the option of readying his troops while we buy the kingdom time. I believe in that case we're acting as the vanguard as the orcs will send out a similar force to cripple the kingdom." Mable said this while looking at the King respectfully. It was an excellent plan. The king had to look after his own people first.