Back in her player housing, a small but cozy cottage on the outskirts of town, Lyra settled into her crafting station. The moment had come to experiment with the elemental cores. She opened her skill-merging interface, a sleek, glowing menu that displayed all her known abilities.

Fireball... Lightning Bolt...

“Let’s see what you become,” she murmured. Carefully, she placed the Fireball spell into the first slot, followed by the Lightning Bolt into the second. The elemental cores hummed with energy, amplifying the potential for a successful merge.

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The screen lit up as a swirl of energy enveloped the two spells, blending fire and lightning into a single entity. Her heart pounded as the system worked, lines of code weaving together, and then... success. The notification blared in her vision:

New Skill Discovered: Thunderfire!

Thunderfire: A devastating combination of fire and lightning magic. Deals area-of-effect damage with a chance to stun enemies.

Lyra couldn’t suppress her grin. It had worked. She quickly tested the spell, summoning a glowing ball of crackling energy in her hand. She aimed it at a training dummy, and the resulting explosion left scorch marks and crackling embers in its wake. Thunderfire was everything she had hoped for—and more.