This time, the party only had to clear 5 groups of monsters before facing the boss.
All the groups of crabs had made the small ponds near the cave passage as their dwellings.
And to clear the dungeon slightly faster, Sunny used his AOE skill on the 4th group after directing the party to gather all of the crabs in this group in one place.
Then, he helped as minimal as possible during the battle with the 5th group. The [Giant Smog Crabs] has the skill *Smog Heal* (Minor) that they could only use on themselves.
The skill only made the crab monsters tenacious. The party members just had to put more effort into killing them.
In just two and half hours, the party had cleared the 5 groups of monsters. After resting for 30 minutes, the party proceeded to the location of the boss that Shadow had sensed after scouting earlier.
The party traversed the winding cave passage for some 200 meters after leaving the dwelling of the 5th group before the cave passage opened up.