Skipping a few steps

 In the end, not even the Hobgoblin put up much of a fight. The creature only lasted for a while because of the chainmail and because Ryan still was using a wooden bow. When he got tired of it, he made the creature melt with Flame Arrows.

"This isn't going to work… this will take too much time," Ryan said after he recovered some skills.

 Now that the job inside the dungeon was over, Ryan had to go to Shreveport, but he also had to talk with Zoe and convince her to join her father there. However, the place was still being attacked by dragons…

"According to what happened, Zoe should be fine until tomorrow afternoon, it was the time I met her," Ryan rubbed his chin thoughtfully. "Maybe if I kill some dragons, I can make her reunite with her father much sooner than expected… but…"