The guildmaster narrowed his eyes, watching the golden mana circulating through Elise's body.
'It's a temporary patch,' he thought, noting the way the energy was already starting to fray at the edges of her pathways. 'It won't last more than thirty minutes, but the precision required to even anchor it there is staggering.'
He leaned back against the railing, his gaze shifting from Elise to Hajin standing beside her. He had seen countless geniuses during his time as a guildmaster, but none of them had ever shown this type of fundamental understanding of mana.
'Where was he hiding this whole time?' he wondered, his fingers tapping slowly against his arm.
'Someone with that level of control should have been scouted by a Great Family years ago. To find him here, dressed in rags and taking a basic Ranker exam, just doesn't make any sense.'
