Just like that, we began our journey home.
The return journey was much easier than entering the elves' kingdom, mostly because of the training and better mana control, which allowed us to avoid being detected by most of the monsters. Some of the stronger monsters who were unlucky enough to detect our presence were easily defeated.
Although they were of S-rank, they were barely able to keep up with Hiro's party, even when they were all still in Rank A sub-classes. Mia, Amelia, and I didn't even have to take action, as the group wanted to take this as an opportunity to get used to fighting tougher opponents.
I was surprised to see their coordination—it was smooth, and everyone had their roles. Hiro, Zion, and Misha would take the frontline, where they used coordinated attacks to deal physical damage to the enemy, while Lisa used support skills like status-enhancing spells and shields, also healing her friends whenever required. Sylvia used ranged attacks to distract the monsters.
