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How could Rin Tohsaka have known that, in the Sparlier World, the Magic Crystals of magical beasts were all crystals containing such immense magical power?...
A magical beast's strength mainly consisted of two aspects: its naturally formidable physical abilities and its innate magic.
Leaving aside their powerful physical abilities, since magical beasts could use magic, magical power was naturally indispensable.
And the place where magical beasts stored magical power was the Magic Crystal within their bodies!
Therefore, every Magic Crystal contained all the magical power that the beast had developed over the course of its life!
That was why Magic Crystals had such a huge market in the Sparlier World. They could be used to create all kinds of potions and tools, as well as forge armaments. Their prices had always remained high, while the Magic Crystals of high-ranking magical beasts were unimaginably expensive.
The Magic Crystal in Rin Tohsaka's hand was an eighth-rank Magic Crystal. Needless to say, the magical power stored within it was equivalent to a hundred years' worth of magical power for a standard mage—and even that was merely Rin Tohsaka's conservative estimate.
That was why Rin Tohsaka had become so excited.
Never mind who had infused the magical power into the gem in her hand; the mere fact that a gemstone could store a hundred years' worth of magical power was enough to drive every Jewel Magecraft user mad.
For a Jewel Magecraft user, the magical power inside a gem was not the greatest concern. The quality of the gem itself mattered even more.
At that moment, Rin Tohsaka had completely forgotten that the person before her was her enemy. Her gaze upon Wu Yan was scorching as