>>96749414
This works, too. Plus you can imagine that tapping into the mana as an energy source for an industrialised society would come with a bunch of unpleasant long term nasty side effects, for that sweet sweet global warming allegory.
It feels like the premises “magic is real
>and it is now used to power industry”
>and it can be powered by the industry”
>but it is much less efficient and slowly being replaced by the industry”
Each lend themselves to very different types of worlds and world building (and each of them cool in their own way desu)