"Maybe next time we can find a smaller opponent than the ones we had. Might be a little better, don't you think?"

Note that he's not saying how much smaller since really, they handled everything thrown at them with skill he's every bit as happy to talk up and he's still confident in their ability to take on anything and everything else. Claude hops down from his horse with a groan of relief to be standing without any future horse riding in his immediate future, and takes a second to stretch to reflect that same relief before retrieving his pack and coming to stand by his horse to allow her to chew on the edge of his cloak as she's done throughout their journey one last time.

"I don't know about all of you, but I'm looking forward to a long bath and being able to sleep in a bed tonight. But-" with one hand held up, since that's not really a complaint, "this was an excellent adventure, even taking into account what it was for. I'd gladly take something like this on again with the rest of you, including smaller stuff around Cadens since that work never ends."

Or in Libertas. That can probably go unsaid given it's likely to be a constant implication for a long while yet.