Bab 274: Clash of the Strongest - I

"You should rest more," Tom said to Dane who was standing behind him.

"I was getting too bored, don't mind me," Dane replied.

'What a weird guy,' Tom thought.

But considering their mission, it was better that Dane was like this.

"But how did you know that exploding those lands would awaken those monsters?" Dane asked.

Half of their mission involved going deep into the lands that were abandoned and safely planting explosives that Tom provided at certain locations.

Doing so, there were multiple times when their presence would alert the S Rank or SS Rank monsters in the vicinity.

There were multiple times where both of them were killed just reaching that location, but the teleporting artifact helped them a lot.

"Ah, don't ask for too many details," Tom replied as he couldn't disclose that it was Asher who told him to mark all these locations.

"Be grateful that the mana didn't damage your mana meridians too much," Tom said.