A halo of Balefire surrounded the fire blade, while the ice scimitar had Raging Severance swirling in a whirlpool that encompassed its blade.
"You truly are a genius, Lith, but this time you've greatly underestimated your creations. Look." She dispelled the weapons and activated her arms' ability to absorb the world energy.
A red vortex and a blue one, visible to the naked eye, appeared around the Rune Stores, replenishing the Arke's elemental reserves much faster than usual.
"They are not toys nor tools. They are mediums for an evolved human to master their elemental affinities."
"Wait, what?" Lith, Solus, and everyone else were flabbergasted. "How could I have never noticed that? Ryla, Garrik, how could you have never noticed that either?"
"I never touched them." Ryla tilted her head in embarrassment. "Dripha never leaves her set lying around, and Ophia and Vyla are in charge of putting the toys away."
