Gale was in fact not finished anytime soon. Instead, he came back two hours later from the back with a whoozy happy smile on his face. This time, it worked much better, and he nodded in satisfaction at the result.

"Still needs work, but I think another month or two and I will be done." He concluded then. "I would leave you with this one." He said, pointing at the arm. "While I make you a properly adjusted one. Just please don't fight anything beyond level sixty with it. This thing might be made of refined black Iron, but it is not built for that kind of strain...yet. I am gettning there though."

"Alright." She nodded and moved her arm. It still took quite a bit of concentration, but with a bit of practice, it would be easier than before, and she would be fine.

"Take it off during the night." He also added and handed her the velvet-lined wooden box. "While it is built for long-term use, it will need a break during the night, and it will prevent your skin from getting irritated."

"Gotcha." She nodded and then put the box into her storage. "You'll have to send any letters for me to Shrek for now, and I will be traveling around, so there is no fixed address, but I should technically pass by Shrek regularly."

"Mhh, we will then. Sea god exams?" He settled into his own chair. and leaned back.

"Yeah...but I don't wanna go into detail." She grimached.

"I see." He said and leaned back his head. "Have fun threatening people for Damian."

"You heard that?" Damian asked, and Gale handed him a sheet of paper. "Sure, I did, I am concentrated, not deaf. Stuff I need for the arm to be completed."

Damian skimmed it and then hissed. "More black Iron, Refined black Iron? You are aware we will need to hire a spirit master to forge that? This shit is expensive as shit."

"It needs to be able to handle even level 90 Plus spirit power at some point." Gale pointed out. "If Tang yin is going to use it. In fact, if you can get me something sturdier, please do; refined black Iron is just the minimum standard."

"You are kidding, what should I bring then. Ten thousand years Deep Sea Silver?"

"If you can get some."

"That stuff is basically a legend!" Damian hissed. "Fuck....that will cost us at least two months' expenses."

"I haven't paid yet." Yin pointed out. "I mean, I don't expect this." She raised her arm. "To go for cheap. I mean development, material, work hours? I am expecting to be spending a fortune."

"You don't wanna have to pay the work hours," Gale told her dryly. "Aside from that, you get friendship price and it's basically free advertisement for us if you use it."

"I will pay you the proper price." Yin insisted. "I am your friend."

"I won't tell you. It's going to be a thousand gold for the arm you are taking now, by the way, it would be fifteen to ten thousand if I calculated full price."

Yin tapped her ring and took out a card. "Fifteen thousand," she said. "I am not going to accept less, after all, I am getting the best quality here, and you will need to pay the blacksmith, that's costly enough. Take it as an advance for the rest. I am no longer quite as poor. I do own parts of Yu Huas boutique, and I managed to earn quite a keep during my time on Poseidon, not to mention the amounts my brother sends me over."

"I see. In that case, I will not argue." Damian grinned. "This will get us out of the red for the month and for the next."

"Still pinching pennies?" She asked, surprised, and Damian sent her a wry smile.

"Well, we ain't struggling anymore, but I'd rather gut myself before I let even a single unclean chopper go into thousand flowers," Damian told her. "So yeah, we are pinching pennies when it comes to the store."

"I see." Yin smiled and then used her arm again. It was a foggy feeling, especially since she wasn't feeling anything from it except seeing it move. "Now, whom do I have to threaten?"

"You really sure you want to do that?" He asked. "I mean, I have no doubt you will be an impressive threat, but still..."

"Quiet." She grumbled. "I am not sure about Jiang, but I, for my part. I have nothing to lose in the first place, so I can threaten all I want."

"Hey." Jiang objected. "I don't mind scaring a few people either, and I am better than you any day."

"Ha, sure about that?" She asked him with a mischievous smile on her lips.

"Dare you." Jiang grinned back. "I am better. I have the physique for it." He stood up and crossed his arms, intentionally looking mean as hell. She went tiptoes and grinned. "But I am really, really good at playing crazy and nuts. Nothing scarier than a mad woman." She put her head into her neck to stare right at him.

"I dare you."

"You do know." Gale interruped them. "That threatening people for a Mafia Boss is not usually a I dare you job." He asked, and Damian laughed.

"You know what. Put five on Yin for me, Gale."

"Damian, we do not bet on that." Gale sounded a bit outraged. "Either way, I put ten on Jiang."

"Fifteen on me," Yin grumbled. "From myself."

"Same here," Jiang grumbled back. "I am a dragon far better at threatening people than my cute little imp."

"Call me cute or little again, and we have a problem." Yin narrowed her eyes at Jiang. "Giant."

"In Yu Huas' words. I am merely far too awesome to be small." Jiang grinned. "Tell me whom I have to scare."

Damian raised his hand, signaling them to wait a second before he headed to the back and emerged shortly later, a pack of papers in his hand. "I have an expansive list. Do any of you own a suit? Because if not, you will need one."