"We're not done?" Jax asked.
"Of course not," Mel said. "That was just the price for the armor. Now for the price of the runes. I will be using only the best runes, so it will cost you on average 10 stones per rune."
"10… 10 per rune?" he asked. "Isn't that too much?"
"Of course not. I need to buy materials for them. Do you know how difficult it is to get elemental Opal stones? There are barely any around at all."
"Do you need one?" Jax asked.
"Some runes work better when powered through an elemental Opal stone," she said.
Jax thought for a moment. "Would this one have any rune that can make use of Earth elemental stone?" he asked.
"I was thinking of using Metal stones, but Earth ones may work as well. There is a hardness rune that can increase its defensive capabilities even more than normal. I could use that if you want me to."
"I do. How much would it cost if I provided the Earth stone?" Jax asked.
"What? Do you have one?"
Jax pulled out his Earth stone. "Just the one."
