[Mana/Qi Stone Tiers & Exchange]
(As recorded in the Hall of Conversion, Nexus Archives)
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Common Mana Stone
Description: The most basic form of condensed energy, often found near weak ley lines or low-tier beasts. Warm to the touch, but faint.
Exchange Rate: 1,000 Common → 1 Uncommon
Value: A day's wage for a low-level adventurer.
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Uncommon Mana Stone
Description: Carries a steady pulse of energy, enough to power a small enchantment for days. Often mined from deeper caves.
Exchange Rate: 2,000 Uncommon → 1 Rare
Value: Worth a basic weapon forged with magical reinforcement.
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Rare Mana Stone
Description: Crystalline clarity with swirling inner light. Holds enough energy to sustain an apprentice mage for weeks.
Exchange Rate: 5,000 Rare → 1 Elite
Value: Can buy a small plot of farmland.
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Elite Mana Stone
Description: Emits a faint hum; its glow never fades. Coveted by master craftsmen for high-tier enchantments.
Exchange Rate: 10,000 Elite → 1 Epic
Value: Can buy a merchant caravan fully stocked with goods.
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Epic Mana Stone
Description: Radiates an aura that invigorates the body. Even holding one can slightly accelerate healing.
Exchange Rate: 25,000 Epic → 1 Legendary
Value: Worth more than a small fortress.
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Legendary Mana Stone
Description: Emits a pressure akin to standing before a great beast. Can empower large-scale magical arrays.
Exchange Rate: 50,000 Legendary → 1 Ancient
Value: Can pay for a city's annual military budget.
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Ancient Mana Stone
Description: Its energy feels almost alive, whispering to the holder. Rumored to be remnants of the first ley lines.
Exchange Rate: 100,000 Ancient → 1 Mythic
Value: Worth kingdoms; wars have been fought for them.
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Mythic Mana Stone
Description: The air bends subtly around it; reality itself seems thinner in its presence.
Exchange Rate: 250,000 Mythic → 1 Divine
Value: Priceless to most; a political weapon to empires.
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Divine Mana Stone
Description: Pure, flawless energy crystallized into physical form. Said to be the lifeblood of ancient gods.
Exchange Rate: 500,000 Divine → 1 Celestial
Value: Holds enough power to resurrect a small city from ruin.
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Celestial Mana Stone
Description: Shimmers with constellations; those who stare too long hear echoes of other worlds.
Exchange Rate: 1,000,000 Celestial → 1 Transcendent
Value: Worth every treasure on a continent combined.
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Transcendent Mana Stone
Description: Its existence bends cause and effect. A single fragment can shatter or restore nations.
Exchange Rate: Cannot create Eternal tier.
Value: Beyond mortal currency; ownership changes the fate of the wielder.
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Eternal Mana Stone(Myth)
Description: Only mentioned in the Nexus Archives. Said to hold infinite energy, capable of rewriting the laws of the world. Believed to be created at the birth of the universe. No known confirmed sightings.
Acquisition: Cannot be crafted; only "destined" individuals may encounter one, if it even exists.
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Scaling Comparison
Common → Transcendent:
1,000 Common × 2,000 × 5,000 × 10,000 × 25,000 × 50,000 × 100,000 × 250,000 × 500,000 × 1,000,000 = an astronomically impossible number of Common Stones (so high that no mortal could achieve it in several lifetimes).
Eternal Tier: Forever out of reach through conversion — its legend is meant to inspire awe, not greed.
//Note: Creating this chapter takes me 5 hours... Well, some editing.