Using the time while they rested from the rather exhausting shortcut, they had ended up going through to look through the map and carefully note down the areas with powerful SS Rank Monsters around, Verdell and Valerie soon enough left the dugout and headed into the crystal tree forest.
However, entering the forest from a different angle to those adventurers they had originally been following outside the city also meant they had to face far more monster attacks than they would have if they continued following behind the stream of adventurers. Slowing down their advance significantly, but at the same time also giving Valerie the perfect opportunity to grind away at the other parts of her class advancement quest requirements. Taking on any of the A Rank Monsters they encountered along the way all by herself.
Even some of the S Rank Monsters didn't escape her, as she fully showcased her terrifying fighting strength by fighting these powerful monsters on equal terms.
