Chapter 49: Shopping
Harry nodded vigorously, chalk dust scattering with each movement. "And yet! What do people use today? Mana crystals. Circuits. Lazy enchantments. Bah!"
He slapped the board with the palm of his hand.
"Technology may be convenient, but it is hollow. Strip away their gadgets, their refined mana stones, and they are nothing. While true rune sequences… endure."
He sketched rapidly now:
A spiral with jagged edges "Detection, traps, wards."
A mirrored crescent "Barriers, both physical and spiritual."
A cross split diagonally "Banishing rune. Effective against corrupted beasts, specters, and yes, demons."
Each symbol pulsed faintly as he explained, proof that even simple chalk could channel mana when the strokes were precise.
"The ancients wove these into massive sequences,"
Harry continued, his voice softer now, reverent.