The Queen of Scrolls never admits defeat

Chapter 516 Crossover Communication Card

Even after Moran's magic level surpassed the peak level, he still felt that his current total magic power was far less than the active mental power in his mind.

It's a real shame that they possess such a powerful force but have no outlet for it.

The Imperial Magic Academy holds all the magical knowledge of the entire Magic Empire; she has to go there.

After talking with the witch Amissa, Moran designed and made a new communication card in an attempt to contact Lady Carmela.

[Card Design: {Moran's Communication Card (Cross-World Edition)}]

—【Estimated Cost: Mana***】

—【Expected Appearance: Appearance Template 1】

—【Expected Functionality: Ability to communicate via text with card magic contractors in the Sky Well across worlds.】

—【Current Challenge: Card production capacity is severely insufficient. It is recommended to replenish card production capacity or reduce the expected functionality of the cards.】

Moran felt a pang of regret when he spent ten million mana on the Valen-wide version of the {Moran's Communication Card} he gave to Ms. Amisa.

Unexpectedly, changing "the world of Valen and its sub-worlds and demi-planes" to "the Well of the Sky" caused the estimated consumption to skyrocket to the point that it could no longer be displayed.

Moran had no choice but to adjust the prediction function.

However, she didn't know the situation inside the Sky Well, nor how far Lady Carmela was from Valen, so she couldn't design cards specifically for that purpose.

Lilith, Vasita, and Sylph are also trying to help her.

"How about we change it to a card that only connects with Lady Carmela?" Lilith said.

"I'm afraid that's still not enough," Moran said, revising the projected functions.

"Can I communicate via text with Carmela, the card magic contractor, for the next half hour?" Sylph asked after reading the message. "Isn't half an hour a bit too short?"

"Let's try designing it first. If the magic consumption is manageable, we'll increase the time a bit," Moran said.

Only in this way can the card production cost be minimized.

For the next half hour, the distance was limited to a certain extent.

The {Book of Cards} quickly calculated the crafting cost of this card.

[Estimated consumption: 1 million Mana Magic]

"That's it!"

Upon seeing this number, Moran breathed a sigh of relief.

Although the price is expensive, it is within her budget.

Just one card that connects you with Lady Carmela for the next half hour costs 100 million magic power, which shows just how far Lady Carmela is from the Valen world.

Moran currently has over 800 million Mana of card-making energy stored in the Purple Gem of the Card Book.

That's only enough for her to make eight of these cards and contact Lady Carmela eight times!
These long-distance communication cards are more convenient for transmitting important information; making an unlimited chat version would be a waste.

Moran created the {communication card}, which had a limited validity period of only half an hour and could only be effective within that immediate half hour. He placed half of it into Lady Carmela's card album and materialized the other half, placing it on a small table in the carriage. Four heads huddled together in front of the table, staring at the dialogue box on the card.

"Why is this dialog box different from before?" Sylph asked curiously.

"The dialog box is still grayed out, which means Lady Carmela hasn't taken out the card yet and can't transmit information," Moran said.

After waiting for three minutes, Lilith became increasingly restless: "Just like before, the card book should pop out by itself, right? Why hasn't it come out yet after so long?"

Just now, almost as soon as Ms. Amisa sent the card, the chat window lit up.

They didn't even notice that there was a grayed-out dialog box.

“Lady Carmela should have already discovered this card, but she just hasn’t had time to take it out and look at it. Let’s wait a little longer,” Moran said.

Although that's what she said, she wasn't sure if Lady Carmela could open the card within half an hour.

Time passed slowly, and the four of them stared at the card, not daring to look away for even a moment, afraid of missing the moment when the dialogue box lit up.

But after waiting and waiting, half an hour passed, and the entire card was ruined because it had exceeded its usage time, without the dialogue box on the card lighting up even slightly.

One hundred million Mana's worth of card-making energy wasted just like that.

“The three of us can pool together 100 million one-time magic power in our {management card} accounts.” Lilith, Vasida, and Sylph took out their management cards.

“No need! I still have over 700 million card-making energy, enough to make seven more cards like this,” Moran said. “However, Lady Carmela might not be available right now, so we'll have to wait and contact her again.”

Lilith and the others earned far less in one-time magic than she did, only slightly more in permanent magic. However, after the Dawn Society spread throughout Lance City, she surpassed them.

Although their witch magic has also been made into cards and sold in the card shop, they are all classified as higher-level resource cards, and so far few humans have discovered or come into contact with them.

This one-time magic of 100 million is all they can scrape together.

Moran wasn't planning on letting them spend it all; they hadn't even bought the {Permanent Energy Storage Card - 10000 Mana} yet!
Lilith, Vasita, and Sylph lowered their heads in shame.

They now wish they could travel back in time and slap themselves for calling Moran a goblin witch and a demon witch.

If they had thought of more ways to earn one-time magic power instead of settling down too early, it wouldn't be so difficult for the three of them to scrape together the money now.

Having achieved financial and magical freedom early on, they no longer crave wealth and magic. Now they realize that their one-time magical power is simply not enough to cope with crises.

They finally understood why Moran lived such a tiring life, constantly studying and competing, and why, even though he had already earned a lot of one-time magic power, he was still so cunning, constantly trying to find ways to harvest more magical energy from contractors.

Without Moran's infighting and unscrupulous businessmen, the witches would have been helpless when Lady Anita was in danger and the witches were about to lose their greatest protection.

Although they are witches, their current strength is simply not enough to influence the overall situation.

Moran is the same age as them, yet she is already able to stand up at crucial moments and, like the witch predecessors, use her abilities and resources to devise strategies for the future of witches.

At this moment, Lilith, Vasita, and Sylph all realized the truth.

Moran's curvaceousness and shrewdness are very useful qualities that they should learn from and inherit.

I really don't want to be a witch who, ten years from now, is powerless to help when the wilderness loses the protection of fireworks magic.