Eruption (4)

"Those," nodded at the four Ye Xue was holding, "might have once been the most powerful artefacts in existence, yet as I said, we know nothing about them. In their time, too famous or too dangerous to mention maybe, who knows. Whatever reason, no descriptions of them, ancient or modern or in between, have been found ever. Now they are nothing more than pretty paperweights or so."

"They feel… warm…" Ye Xue said slowly. "Or maybe that is not the best word… they feel… like… something… is there…"

He broke of, frustrated.

"I can't describe it," he told the professor, "but they don't feel like any rune I have ever touched. Definitely not like copper or iron or even precious metals or alloys commonly known. They are… weird… but not…"

"I'm sorry, I know this makes no sense at all, but…"