Re: More XP
That was said in character responding to a question.
Right now - I'm out of spells. I need to rest and memorize a new set. We have left treasure in several places saying we were going to pick it up on the way out. Some of the treasure is bulk (weapons and armor, and needs several trips to haul it out and put on our wagon. With no one chasing us it seems a safe time to get it out.
We have a wagon and horses. Using them it is not hard to get back to town.
It seems this is a good point to rest so why not gather the treasure and rest in town and come back a lot richer, with renewed spells rather quickly? It would also give us an opportunity to check the two books we found to see if there is anything special about them and/or to see if the innkeeper is interested in buying those books. She wanted any books found in these ruins.
Yes, we need 215 xps to hit 3rd. We may have it or just miss it. But I don't see an advantage of trying to hold up here, another night with watches in the ruins, when we have injuries and could just go to town.
Even if we took two or three days in game, we could be back here tomorrow searching the ruins if we just gave the gm a note agreeing to what we planned to do after getting back to town - yes, best laid plans always go astray...
These are just my (the player not the character's thoughts about what we should don.