Game of Thrones: Empress of the Sacred Flame
Chapter 67

This was how steel was forged?

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Danyla's eyes lit up at the sight of the enormous, heavy Valyrian Great Axe before her.

"What a lucky day this is!"

Valyrian steel was light and tough, after all, and it never rusted, lost its edge, or broke.

This Valyrian Great Axe weighed at least as much as two or three copies of Blackfyre, House Targaryen's ancestral sword.

Because the Great Axe was so heavy, Danyla had Dax hold it while she raised her torch and examined it closely.

Danyla's fingertips brushed lightly over the Great Axe. She could clearly sense the surging magical energy within it. It was far more powerful than the magical energy contained in Sethsley's Sweet Widow.

Together with its long dragonbone haft, the Great Axe was nearly two meters long. The upper half of its haft was made of jet-black dragonbone, wrapped in animal hide.

The Great Axe had two asymmetrical blades, engraved with patterns formed from Valyrian script.

"Zulfigar!"

Danyla softly sounded out the word engraved on it.

"Bone Splitter! What an imposing name."

But an axe this sharp would do far more than sever a person's spine. It could probably cleave a warhorse or an enormous bear in half with a single swing!

Dax was just as excited as he held the Great Axe. Had Danyla not been admiring it, he would barely have been able to resist giving it a few hearty swings.

Just then, Samwell arrived at the shore with his men and more than a dozen wagons. Having received word, he had come specifically to transport the treasures seized from the three three-masted sailing ships.

With Samwell, Cameron, and the others there, Danyla could not be bothered to watch them inventory the treasures. She had Herb and Watcher accompany her back to Dragonstone Castle on Dreamfyre, bringing along the

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