They had been sent with fifty Tier 7 mana stones to charge the fort quickly. That was a Tier 8 mana stone worth of value, but the pile of little crystals had 40,000 mana in total. It always amazed him how much value an increase in Tier could make. From Tier 7 to Tier 8, the mana capacity only increased from 400 mana to 500, but the cost was fifty times larger.
Even with the economics explained to him during his schooling, such an increase felt strange to him. The mana stone value was set from the top down, with the stone’s value being more representative of their worth as the Tiers increased.
Matt charged the stone himself and pocketed the money. The job was being done either way, and he felt no guilt in taking the stones for himself. To the kingdom, a single Tier 8 mana stone’s value wa
