Nora's eyes locked onto the flame-red crystal in Yone's hand like a cat spotting a dangling ribbon. Her earlier indifference vanished; now, her gaze trailed the crystal with hungry fascination.
Rare forging materials were a weakness even for someone as aloof as Nora.
All forgers shared one obsession: to craft something epic and beyond that, even, an artifact that would reverberate across the world. But to make such a thing, you needed extraordinary materials. The True Ice Dagger, for instance, had gained its fearsome reputation thanks to the Mermaid's Core, its core component.
And the Mermaid's King? That monster wasn't just powerful, it was a force of nature. A single wave of his hand from it could wipe out a city. Its very presence warped reality. Forging a weapon from its core wasn't just rare, it bordered on myth. Yet the result, the True Ice Dagger, became the ninety-ninth strongest weapon in Eclipse Online, its power feared even centuries later.
