The remaining spoils of war were not equipment but two stones. That's right, they were two Rune Stones, and what's more, they were not low-ranking ones.
After level forty, high-level bosses would drop some Rune Stones.
In fact, Rune Stones are even higher grade than gemstones and are imbued with certain special attributes.
Nowadays, the craft of gemstone cutting is, in fact, modeled after Rune Stones, but the latter are too rare and not as cheap as gemstones, which is why gemstone processing has replaced the function of Rune Stones.
Rune Stones also possess certain attributes and can be used like ordinary gemstones.
Actually, in terms of attributes, the gems cut with special techniques from bosses are not inferior to the attributes of Rune Stones.
But Rune Stones have one major advantage, which is that special Runes Arrays and arrangements of Rune Stones can combine to create special attributes and effects that modern gemstones can't match.
