Contemplating her options and at the same time also feeling the growing hunger of not having eaten anything for the past few hours, Scaly began looking at the opening above with increasing interest. Feeling that even if she ended up encountering a powerful monster, she should still be able to keep herself alive and escape if the worst situation played out and she found herself unable to beat the monster inhabiting the mountain peak. After all, she had already escaped from a powerful adventurer that had surpassed that of a normal S Rank Adventurer back in Howling Cave City and felt confident that she would be able to do so again in case she encountered a similarly powerful enemy. After all, though she wasn't in her most optimal state, she was still in a far better state than back then, as she did have far more mana to play around with this time around.
