Magic Web

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Magic Web
Original Name	魔网
Alias(es)	Magic Internet; Magic Net
Type	Magical communication and information network
Affiliation	Magic Goddess and Technology God
Status	Active; continually expanded and updated
Access Device	Magic Net Ring; later Second-Generation Magic Net Ring
First Appearance	7

Background / History

The Magic Web began as a ring-accessed network. When Horace prayed while wearing a Magic Net Ring, it activated a magical screen called Magic Space, connecting him to the Magic Internet. Users selected persistent nicknames, while the system was presented as a joint gift of the Magic Goddess and Technology God. Its early spread also generated Faith Power for the Technology God. 7

Its first rollout focused on mages and Mage Apprentices in the Dawn Kingdom. Magic Net Rings became soul-bound after activation, making them scarce and commercially valuable; by the time one thousand genuine users had activated rings, Private Chat was unlocked. 10 11 12

Roger treated the Dawn Kingdom as a controlled test model before pursuing broader distribution. Rings proved capable of transmitting across vast distances, enabling expansion into the Graycastle Empire, the Elven Kingdom, border regions, and eventually church networks. 13 20 21 37

The network’s scale accelerated with magitech industrialization. A Mortal World Map recorded ring activations as red dots, showing roughly 100,000 active users across Dawn and Graycastle; the user base later exceeded 300,000, including more than 10,000 converts to the Technology God. 36 70

The Second-Generation Magic Net Ring expanded access beyond mages by using Flint Magicstone as an activator. This brought nobles, scholars, engineers, knights, and ordinary people into the network, transforming its knowledge functions into a broad continental information system. 120 121 135

Access and Infrastructure

Magic Net Rings

• First-Generation Rings require prayer to the Magic Goddess and Technology God to activate and become soul-bound after use. 7 12
• Users retain the nickname chosen during activation across connected Magic Web functions. 11
• Second-Generation Rings use Flint Magicstone, allowing people without magic power to access the Magic Web independently. 120 121
• The second-generation activator can fail if insufficiently rubbed; lowering its activation threshold risks accidental activation and local channel congestion. 120

Magic Energy Network

The Magic Energy Network is the infrastructure underlying large-scale magitech industry. Powered by Self-Charging Magic Arrays that gather ambient magic power, it supplies workshops, mines, streetlights, rail systems, and later higher-bandwidth Magic Web functions. 89 113

• Early Magic Web use was largely text-only because ambient magic power could not support image or video transmission. 37
• Magic Energy Network ports later enabled Music and other data-intensive functions. 163 164
• Wireless Transmission Devices enabled remote access within a limited range and increased local magic density enough for mages to cultivate almost as effectively as in a Magic Anomaly Zone. 173
• Roger’s long-term plan prioritizes coverage of major cities, lords’ territories, towns, villages, and roads rather than immediate total global coverage. 148

Features

Feature / Update	Chapter	Function
Magic Space	7	The original public interface, used to browse posts, discuss magic, and share information.
Private Chat	11	Text-based long-distance private messaging connected through users’ soul accounts.
Magic Encyclopedia	39	Collaborative knowledge base with contribution points, corrections, colored usernames, and levels.
Forums and user-created bars	37 39	Topic-based communities for magic, runes, magical items, creatures, ruins, food, etiquette, bounties, and other interests.
Magic Knows	75	Question-and-answer platform where users can offer point rewards, seek practical advice, and publicly archive answers.
Reading and Writing	107 108	Digital library and publishing system supporting divine works, histories, biographies, technical texts, and user-created writing.
Bounty Board and Database	121 123	Task marketplace and organizational-management tools, initially tested through the Second-Generation Magic Web.
News	140 149	User-submitted current events system that rapidly circulates local incidents, wars, advertising, and political scandals.
Music	163	Music-sharing service; its first track, Requiem, could calm hearts and cleanse negative emotions.
Photos, voice messages, and Video	177	Image capture and uploads, expanded emojis, voice messages, music comments, and video sharing for entertainment, daily life, and education.
Courses	270 271	Paid and free multi-video teaching system with credentials, discussions, livestream Q&A, grading, examinations, and tutoring.
Online banking, delivery, auctions, and livestreaming	225	Great Dragon Online Bank, Great Dragon Express, real-time broadcasts, interactive comments, online auctions, and commerce.
Ticketing and Developer Hall	508	Rail-transit ticketing and a platform through which users can study tutorials, create functions, and download functions they need.

Major Functions

Communication and Social Interaction

Magic Space began as a public, anonymous discussion environment where users exchanged magical knowledge, rumors, and eccentric claims. Its anonymity also enabled isolated researchers to seek like-minded companions without exposing their identities. 7 11

• Private Chat provides text-only direct communication over distances far beyond conventional communication spells. 11
• User-created forums and bars organize discussions by specialty and interest. 37 39
• Levels and colored usernames encourage users to publish, cite, edit, and correct Magic Encyclopedia entries. 39
• Image sharing later made claims easier to verify, while also increasing criticism, arguments, and disappointment when reality did not match descriptions. 177

Knowledge and Education

The Magic Web systematically weakens the traditional monopoly over magical knowledge, in which mages charged apprentices heavily or demanded dangerous experimental cooperation in exchange for instruction. 26 286

• Magic Encyclopedia rewards public contributions and motivates even powerful mages to share non-sensitive knowledge rather than be outranked by apprentices. 39
• Magic Knows converts individual experience into searchable public answers, complementing the encyclopedia’s general knowledge. 75
• Reading provides access to lost books, histories, divine works, and Magitech Devices: From Beginner to Mastery, a systematic textbook on magitech principles and development. 108 112
• Video enables practical remote instruction, including the Magic Goddess’s Fireball lesson and Andrew’s demonstration of advanced fire-magic comprehension. 179 180
• Courses allow a single instructor to teach potentially millions of learners, replacing the limitations of the conventional master-apprentice system with structured, purchasable lessons. 270 271

Commerce and Institutions

The Magic Web developed from a communication service into an economic platform integrated with banking, delivery, advertising, shopping, and financial infrastructure. 149 225 420

• Advertising emerged as a major sign that users and organizations could profit directly through the network. 149
• Great Dragon Online Bank supports balances, interest, transfers, and payments. 225
• Great Dragon Express provides tracked, continent-wide delivery and supports verified auction transactions. 225
• Video livestreaming, auctions, and showcases allow users to market and sell rare goods across long distances. 225
• The Bounty Board can replace or expand traditional task-posting businesses, while the Database supports territorial and organizational administration. 121 123
• Later updates introduced commerce-oriented selection tools and a Futures Market, accelerating the circulation of goods, capital, and industrial investment. 420

Divine Transmission

The Magic Web does more than transfer information; it can carry divine influence.

• Activating rings through prayer produces Faith Power for the Magic Goddess and Technology God, including weaker contributions from followers of other faiths. 7 37
• The Church of Light adopted the network despite doctrinal concerns, limiting lower-ranking clergy’s access while using it for missionary work and emergency assistance. 16
• The Music God’s Requiem retained its calming and cleansing effects when broadcast through the Magic Web, suppressing the War God Church’s corrupting influence across Dawn Palace and nearby districts. 163
• Gods later recognized videos, music, comments, follows, and other functions as new means of gaining faith and public influence. 180

Expansion

Region / Group	Development
Dawn Kingdom	Initial test region and first major market for Magic Net Rings; later became a center for second-generation rollout and Magitech industrialization. 10 13 135
Graycastle Empire	Adopted the Magic Web through Archmage Andrew, the Royal Mage Association, and Mage Legions; the emperor prioritized rings for military nobles and border forces. 21 23
Church of Light	Adopted rings for rapid coordination, missionary work, and emergency aid despite requiring users to pray to foreign gods. 16 37
Elven Kingdom	Initially resisted due to Druid Sect and Nature God influence, but adopted magitech and the Magic Web after war demonstrated their military and economic importance. 37 66 70
City-State Alliance	Received expanding ring coverage after the Golden City campaign; later became a major center for writing, scholarship, commerce, and online services. 86 108 225
Other intelligent races	The standard ring design cannot suit every body type or magical capability; Roger proposed a customizable Magic Web Stone while expecting minority races to adapt devices themselves when necessary. 147 148

Limitations and Controversies

• The early network could transmit only text; images and video required stronger Magic Energy Network infrastructure and later Wireless Transmission. 37 148 177
• Public knowledge-sharing creates misinformation risks, including dubious Magic Encyclopedia entries and unreliable Magic Knows claims. 39 76
• Anonymous communication gives controversial scholars safety, but also encourages harsh criticism and irresponsible claims. 11 177
• Many mages opposed ordinary people receiving Second-Generation Rings, fearing the loss of their privileged status within the network. 121 135
• The network’s usefulness makes abandonment difficult even for critics; dissatisfied mages continued using it after declaring that “the Magic Web had changed.” 135
• Magic Web access can expose information institutions attempt to conceal, as seen when the War God Church failed to suppress reports of Archbishop Geyera’s rebellion. 149

Trivia

• The Magic Web’s first major public user was Horace, who selected the nickname “Mage’s Apprentice.” 7
• Magic Encyclopedia’s level system drove powerful mages to publish trivial knowledge rather than let lower-ranked users surpass them. 39
• The Writing God’s stories attracted more than 80,000 followers when the Magic Web had roughly 450,000 users. 91
• By the time of the public Developer Hall, the Magic Web had evolved from a platform whose functions were created by its divine founders into one where users could submit their own function designs. 508 511