The inspections continued as normal. Except that, after they docked their boats and returned to the shore, Damien no longer took multiple measurements per spot. Upon realizing how pointless it was, although he still felt uneasy about it, he gave up on those 'extra precautions'… The protocol had to be followed, but doing anything above that was unnecessary. Especially since, while measuring the Mana fluctuations two or three extra times might not have seemed like a lot, it would all eventually add up, effectively slowing them down.
Which was something they couldn't afford. Their schedule was already tight as it was, if their progress slowed down, they would hardly get any time to rest. If it were just him alone, Damien wouldn't mind, but he didn't want to put his team through that for no reason. The Awakened's constitution was incomparably superior to civilians, but that didn't mean they didn't get tired at all.
