It took Wolfe until after midnight before he finally got all the creation of the cards, cubes and transfer funds finished, so that business could begin as usual the next morning.
There was going to be a mountain of empty mana crystal in the morning, but there were already plans for it. They were normally recharged to be used to store currency, but that wasn't the only thing that you could do with the material.
It also made wonderful batteries for magical electric devices like power tools. Now, no sane person would use a hundred credit crystal to power their hand drill, no matter that the crystal and the battery were roughly the same size. Instead, they would use a charging inscription and a regular battery.
But with so many now in surplus, and the intrinsic value gone, there were a number of manufacturers that saw an incredible market for them.
Especially the electric bicycle and motorcycle manufacturers.
