'We should most definitely check out the forest during the day, because it seems like the attacks only happen at night. It would be safer to scout the woods, but not too deep into the woods. We also shouldn't scout the woods alone, we should use a buddy system of sorts to do that. Yes, thank you for reminding me to collect my rope up, Omega,' Liete says.
The only problem is, we left the torches at the barn with Jonas and Enelya. I have flint in my non-battle equipment, but that too is at the barn. It's only 8 am, so maybe we could go back to the farm, check and see how Enelya is healing up and everyone head over to the marketplace to purchase what they need. The cave probably does contain whatever it is attacking the other animals and driving them mad.