Protection Scheme, Two Birds with One Stone
The entire group didn't realize how time passed as they gradually crossed the forest while killing blood-thirsty monsters that wouldn't leave them alone once discovered.
By the time they saw a way out of the forest, four hours had passed by.
After all, everyone also had to recover their lost energy and move carefully while maintaining their energies to fight.
If Rin and Erix were not present and the entire group only had adequate power levels of powerhouses of the same number, it would have taken ten hours for this group to cross the forest.
In short, Erix and Rin's combat capacity ate up an entire six hours of effort, finishing this first expedition into Merfinn Tribe's territory in four hours.
Past the forest, everyone saw breathtaking scenery—It was a water world of giant and broad stream pathways going into further lands and depths of this sea.