Shards, Crystals, and More

Feeling his heart warm up from Tristan's words, Valyr went ahead and gave the man a sincere thanks as the two of them continued to watch the remaining participants in the third round finish up their entries. While doing so, they talked about which new piece of equipment the participants seemed the most interesting, with a couple of the equipments making them go slack-jawed in slight wonder.

Eventually, all of the participants that remained in the third round had finished forging their entries, with most of them having despondent expressions as they left the premises. Nevertheless, hidden beneath the despondence on their faces was the feeling of satisfaction, inwardly proud of themselves that they had been able to reach the end of the tournament with their own effort.