You can ignore the tutorial completely if it does not fit into you style of game play. It should be pretty safe runnign all the way to the jungle of silan, and the diggers there can show you the same spots to dig.
I think many just do the fighting option for that mission, but if you cannot/do not want to do it that way, just ignore the mission for now :)
I think many just do the fighting option for that mission, but if you cannot/do not want to do it that way, just ignore the mission for now :)