Chapter 91: Gimli Stonebreaker [1]
"Hmm..." the voice said. "What are you humans doing here?"
’Why is he speaking as if he isn’t human?’ Kai cleared his throat and stepped forward, bowing his torso slightly. "I, Kaiser Vanguard, a humble mage of Noctis, greet the esteemed Gimli Stonebreaker."
The voice from the dead end lingered for a moment, then coughed. "At least you understand how to show respect."
He paused, as if assessing Kai. "But, you’re not a mage, are you?"
Kai raised his head slightly from his bowed position, his eyes narrowing. "Yes, I’m a psychic."
Kai didn’t need to see Gimli to know he was scowling. The crash of metal against stone confirmed it already. "What are you damn psychics doing here again?" he yelled. "Do you have a death wish? Don’t assume I’m any weaker than you."
’What did psychics ever do to him?’ Kai thought, but he knew the man wouldn’t answer even if asked.
Gimli was one of the unique characters in the novel; he wasn’t the most formidable in combat, but he could not only forge vestiges using mana cores, whether depleted or not, but also enhance the efficiency of any vestige he desired.
And the moment Kai heard his voice, his avarice surged. "I must have him." That was the only thought in his mind.
Gimli, on the other hand, could read Kai like an open book, because he wasn’t the first to attempt to claim him after meeting him, and they all had one thing in common: they were prana users.
Though the boy in front of him wasn’t yet a prana user, since Gimli could perceive the general mana used by most awakened still surrounding him, he could also sense that the boy was on the verge of awakening to prana.