The Queen of Scrolls never admits defeat

Chapter 94 Blank Energy Storage Card

Surely it couldn't be that the person who invented the magic coins didn't want them to be able to repeatedly store and extract energy, right?

This feature is probably very difficult to implement.

Moran created so many cards, and the cost of creating a card is basically related to the difficulty of the function it needs to perform.

Looking at the expected function, although it does not explicitly mention the repeated access function, it also does not specify the limit on the number of accesses, so it can be considered as an unlimited number of accesses.

She revised the projected functions of the energy storage card.

[Expected Function: Users can convert their own energy into magic through the energy storage card and store it. They can also convert the magic in the card into any kind of energy and absorb it into their body for use.]

The card can accumulate and retrieve energy equivalent to 10 Mana. Once all energy is used up, the card loses its effect.

Next, let's look at the production costs.

[Estimated consumption: 20 Mana]

"!!!"

Simply by limiting the repeated access function, the power consumption is so low.

Even if you sell it for five times the price, it will only cost 100 Mana Magic.

This price is acceptable.

How much energy would it take to create an energy storage card that is made like a magic coin, which already stores energy and can be used directly?

Moran renamed this card design to {Blank Energy Storage Card - 10 Mana}, and then designed another {Energy Storage Card - 10 Mana}.

The test showed that the consumption only increased by 10 Mana Magic!

She began experimenting with increasing the card magic storage limit and testing the card production costs.

[Card Design: Blank Energy Storage Card - 100 Mana]

[Estimated consumption: 200 Mana]

[Card Design: Energy Storage Card - 100 Mana]

[Estimated consumption: 300 Mana]

[Card Design: Blank Energy Storage Card - 500 Mana]

[Estimated consumption: 1000 Mana]

[Card Design: Energy Storage Card - 500 Mana]

[Estimated consumption: 1500 Mana]

……

Basically, the production cost of a blank energy storage card is twice the storage limit.

The production cost of an energy storage card is based on a blank energy storage card, plus the magic power required to fill it.

Moran's blank energy storage card and energy storage card truly function as magical coins.

The only cost is the energy itself.

A {Storage Card - 1 Mana}, equivalent to 1 Magic Coin, can be crafted with just 3 Mana Magic Power.

One {Storage Card - 100 Mana}, equivalent to 1 Purple Gold Coin, can be crafted with only 300 Mana Magic Power.

A {Storage Card - 10000 Mana}, equivalent to 1 Red Gold Coin, can be crafted with only 30000 Mana Magic Power.

Considering the production cost and card effects, the energy storage card is undoubtedly a success.

It is valuable to all groups of spellcasters.

Those like Lilith and Sylph, who already lack sufficient mana to research talent manifestations and are hoping to gain more mana through energy storage cards, will be disappointed. Given Moran's consistent five-times-the-year pricing of cards, buying a blank energy storage card will cost ten times the maximum mana storage limit.

For example, they need to spend 1 mana to buy a blank energy storage card that costs 1000 mana.

Even if you can pay in installments, it's not very meaningful, because this card can only temporarily store 1000 mana of magic.

Buying one is worthwhile for emergency situations to restore magic and save your life, but buying one for daily storage and use of magic is not worthwhile.

It's better to just use up your magic points every day!
Moran himself, however, can use this energy storage card to convert the card-making energy he has stored in the amethyst of the Card Book back into an absorbable energy storage card, though a large portion of it will be lost.

Moran couldn't bear to disappoint Lilith and Sylph, so he pondered for a while longer and tried to increase the number of repeated accesses to see if he could find a card that consumed the least amount of energy and yielded the most total energy.

Unfortunately, the cost of card production and the number of repeated accesses also increase exponentially.

A blank energy storage card requires double the production cost for each additional repeated access, making it impossible to reduce costs.

"Is there really no other way?"

Even as the lunch break was almost over, Moran still hadn't come up with a suitable card-making plan, so he had to put the matter aside for the time being.

"Dean, can these energy storage cards be sold to the little witches?" Moran showed the card information of a {Energy Storage Card - 100 Mana} and a {Blank Energy Storage Card - 100 Mana}.

Now, before spreading anything among the young witches, they are used to asking the headmaster first, so as not to affect the academy's training of the young witches.

Amisha, who was watching her, glanced at the two cards and exclaimed, "!!!"

What were the costs of producing these cards? And at what price do you plan to sell them?

Moran looked around suspiciously.

She wondered if it was just her imagination, but she felt that Ms. Amisha, who usually spoke slowly and deliberately, sounded somewhat anxious at this moment.

She answered honestly, "The cost of this one is 200 mana for one-time use magic, and the cost of this one is 300 mana for one-time use magic. As for the selling price, it's about five times that."

"..." Amisha finally understood why the Amisha who protected Lilith said that Lilith always muttered that Moran was a goblin witch when she didn't have enough magic power!

"Five times? That's way too much!"

"Not much, not much. Only witches command this price; foreign tribes are all 10 times higher! I also need to invest in researching cards!"

Every time a card is designed, it consumes magic power. Designing a card and testing its expected consumption and difficulties costs 1 mana!
"Okay! Sell it at five times the price, which means it restores 1500 one-time mana per purple gold coin, right?"

“That’s right!” Moran said.

Do you know how complicated it is to make a purple gold coin?

Moran sensed a hidden meaning in the dean's words: "It should cost more than my cards, right?"

"It's more than just a little higher! According to the magical coin making method of our witch clan, not to mention the special material value and refining difficulty of the coin itself, just the final step of filling the finished purple-gold coin with energy requires a witch to fill it with the equivalent of 1000 mana magic power each time, filling it a full 10 times, before finally leaving a stable 100 mana magic power in the purple-gold coin."

The energy consumption of witches in making magical coins is already the lowest among the Valen tribes.

Making magical coins will only be more troublesome for other races.

That's why magic coins are so precious.

Now you know the value of your energy storage card, right?

Moran's jaw dropped in astonishment: "I understand."

She only guessed that the materials used in the magic coins were precious, but she didn't expect the losses to be so great!
Each time it costs 1000 mana, and it is filled 10 times in total. Doesn't this mean that if you fill it with 10000 mana, you will only have 100 mana left?
A staggering 99% loss!

Moreover, only advanced spellcasters with a total magic power of over 1000 can charge 1000 mana each time!
The healing effects of the magic coins mentioned in previous chapters didn't quite match their corresponding values, so they've been revised. They are now:
A magic coin contains 1 mana of magic power, which can instantly restore any spellcaster to energy equivalent to 1 mana of magic power.

A magical purple-gold coin stores 100 mana of magic power, allowing any spellcaster to instantly recover energy equivalent to 1 mana of magic power.

A magical red gold coin contains 10000 mana of magic power, which can instantly restore any spellcaster to the equivalent of 10000 mana of energy.