As they advanced, the guide's resentment became almost palpable to Lohan's senses.
Through his Instinctive Perception, the Slime sensed how the man's mana pulse was becoming increasingly erratic and charged with a dark static, a sign of pent-up fury struggling not to explode prematurely.
The man tried, from time to time, to force a casual conversation, asking about the rarity of Lisa's race or whether Lohan was some kind of elite "pet."
Lohan and Lisa, however, maintained absolute silence, which irritated the man even more.
For the man, every second of silence was like a slap to his ego.
He saw in those two monsters the same arrogance as the rich and the heirs he encountered in the Upper Zone, while he was merely the son of lowly workers from the Upper Zone.
