Mandrake made a tiny cut in the rubble blocking the entrance and peeked outside.
"Yep, all clear," he said.
Then, he grabbed Kyle's hammer and cleared the entrance with one smash.
As Kyle took his hammer back, he looked at the clear night sky.
The two of them walked out and looked around.
They couldn't see any beast.
"Yeah, I gotta go somewhere else to earn money now," Mandrake said. "I don't think any beasts will show themselves in the next couple of hours."
"Sorry," Kyle said.
"Why sorry?" Mandrake asked. "You were not the one who summoned the Skysand cloud."
"Yeah, sure," Kyle said.
Mandrake looked at Kyle suspiciously.
Then, he remembered where Kyle came from and how he knew about the Stygian Graphite.
Mandrake put his hand to his forehead in realization.
"Wait, you actually were the one who excited the Skysand cloud, right?" he asked.
Kyle felt bad about lying to Mandrake, and he just looked down.
"AHAHAHAHA!"
