Chapter Summaries

After Roger woke from another nightmare about his execution, he learned that the Magic Goddess's Divine Kingdom was in danger because it lacked Faith Power. He devised a possible way to gather faith and asked the book to tell the Goddess.

• Roger woke from a nightmare about being burned alive and tried to calm himself by opening a window.
• The book told Roger that Faith Power was severely insufficient and the Divine Kingdom's barrier was fluctuating.
• Roger learned that most spellcasters did not believe in the Magic Goddess, whose faith mainly came from apprentices and their families during magic talent tests.
• Roger reasoned that spellcasters might be connected through magic power and said he had thought of a way to gather faith.
• Roger told the book to find the Goddess in her laboratory and pass along his idea.

Roger proposed a Magic Internet and Mage Forum to gather faith from spellcasters without converting them. He realized Kenuosencha could serve as the forum’s information-storing server, and the doll went to build communication devices while Roger planned a prototype.

• The doll interrupted Roger to ask about his plan to gather faith while the Magic Goddess was away dealing with the Divine Kingdom's barrier.
• Roger suggested using Magic Cores to transmit text and create a discussion space for spellcasters, with users praying whenever they accessed it.
• The doll explained that Magic Cores could not store information, so Roger proposed routing messages to a magical device that could store and display them.
• The book praised the idea and volunteered to host the forum, prompting Roger to realize that Kenuosencha could serve as its server.
• The doll went to the laboratory to make sending-and-receiving devices, while Roger decided to start building a prototype.

Roger and the doll completed and tested Magic Space, a magical forum that let users communicate across the Divine Kingdom. The goddess left Roger in charge of the project and required users to pray to her and the Internet God to activate it, leaving Roger puzzled about the new deity.

• Roger and Kenuosencha connected the sample mirrors to create a blank magical forum, and Roger posted a request for magic knowledge.
• Betty tested the forum from thirty thousand meters away, confirming that posts, friend requests, and private messages worked at a distance.
• Roger named the network the Magic Internet and its forum Magic Space, then asked for the device to be made portable.
• Betty reported that the goddess could not leave the Divine Kingdom because her faith was insufficient and had entrusted the project to Roger.
• Betty said users would have to pray to the Magic Goddess and the Internet God to activate the device, and Roger questioned where the Internet God had come from.

Roger learned that faith in a divine name could transform him into a god, and he chose to change his name from Internet God to Technology God. He organized plans to produce Magic Net Rings and selected the royal capital of the Dawn Kingdom as a test site for spreading them.

• The puppet explained that worship of the Internet God could turn Roger into a Nascent Deity and gave him a Divinity inscribed with his divine name and true name.
• Roger learned that his divine name could still be changed and chose Technology God instead of Internet God.
• Roger and the puppet planned a low-cost Magic Net Ring made from Refined Iron that displayed a palm-sized light screen, and Roger ordered a sample before mass production.
• Roger told the book to pose as powerful beings and fill Magic Space with interesting discussions for future users.
• Roger used his memories as Roger Franz, third prince of the Dawn Kingdom, to identify its royal capital as the ideal test site for spreading Magic Net Rings.
• The Goddess of Magic's Divine Kingdom began production, forum preparation, and planning for the rings' distribution.

Hedy returned to her master, an aged mage, who announced that the Magic Goddess had answered him and given him rings for the world’s spellcasters. He sent Hedy out to distribute them, while Roger watched from the Magic Goddess’s Divine Realm and questioned whether the old mage was really the capital’s highest-level fanatic.

• Hedy returned from buying food to the mage’s tower in the Black Forest.
• Her master excitedly told Hedy that he had passed the god’s trial and received the Magic Goddess’s response.
• The old mage asked Hedy to deliver rune-covered rings, which he said were divine gifts that would help spellcasters grow stronger.
• Hedy agreed to distribute the rings, and her master gave her documents and a coffin-shaped box to carry them.
• Roger watched from the Magic Goddess’s Divine Realm and wondered whether the old mage was truly the highest-level fanatic near the capital.

Roger and the doll discussed the old mage’s extraordinary lifespan before arranging to promote the rings through Hedy. In the city, Hedy offered a ring to the injured Mage Apprentice Horace, who began praying to the Magic Goddess and the unfamiliar Technology God.

• The doll explained that the old mage had lived for over four hundred years and said a contract with the Dark Element could extend Roger’s life at the cost of being trapped in its anomaly zone.
• Roger and the doll adjusted the image so Hedy could spread the rings.
• Hedy traveled into the city, passing through districts where residents showed increasing deference to spellcasters and nobles.
• A robed mage attacked Mage Apprentice Horace with green flames, and Hedy healed him and asked whether he wanted to become stronger.
• Horace accepted a ring from Hedy, learned prayers to the Magic Goddess and the Technology God, and hurried away to pray.

Horace activated Magic Space, a magical internet created by Roger, and discovered a discussion that taught him about variants of the Fireball spell. Roger received his first trace of faith through the network and asked after the book, whom the puppet had locked in the storage room.

• Horace entered the nickname "Mage's Apprentice" and opened Magic Space after activating the ring.
• Horace read bizarre posts about magic, distant threats, and an ancient ruin before finding detailed instructions on Fireball variants.
• Roger watched Horace use Magic Space and discussed the network with the puppet.
• Roger sensed a faint golden presence from Horace's prayer merge into the Technology God's Blank Divine Core, confirming he could absorb faith.
• Roger asked where the book was, and the puppet said she had locked him in the storage room because she could no longer stand his behavior.

Roger learned that the book could receive information from the mortal world almost as quickly as from the Divine Kingdom. In Dawn Capital, Horace showed Fireball variants and his magical ring to his teacher, whose examination was interrupted by a visitor who had another ring.

• Roger asked the book about the mortal world's signal, and it confirmed that information traveled through magic power almost as quickly as light.
• Horace brought parchment describing Crimson Fireball and Silken Fireball to his teacher at the Rune Society.
• Horace explained how he had received the information and ring, and his teacher examined the runes before trying to activate it with a prayer.
• Horace prayed and activated the ring, revealing that it required soul binding and could only be used by him.
• A middle-aged man entered and asked Duru why he also had a ring like the one the visitor had bought.

Duru learned that a mage had given his acquaintance a Magic Net Ring and rushed to find her, but arrived too late. In the Goddess of Magic's Divine Kingdom, Roger decided to begin charging for the rings after giving away fifteen hundred in the royal capital, then found inspiration in anonymous discussions on the Magic Space and gave the book a new task.

• Duru heard that a mage had given a Magic Net Ring to a middle-aged man and hurried to the place where she had been seen, but could not find her.
• Hedy offered another Magic Net Ring to a burned girl, suggesting she could change her fate by praying to it.
• Betty reported that more than a hundred spellcasters had prayed, while she and the book argued over which of them had the Goddess's authority to speak to Roger.
• Roger agreed to have Hedy's teacher distribute more rings and decided to charge one Gold Shield each after fifteen hundred had been given away for free.
• The book explained that it had learned about Mage Apprentices' wages from anonymous Magic Space discussions, giving Roger inspiration for a very important task.

Roger planned to expand Magic Net Rings by steering discussions toward other regions and unlocking Private Chat once the user count reached one thousand. In the royal capital, Hedy had distributed her first batch of rings, but her teacher then tasked her with distributing hundreds more and opening a shop to buy Refined Iron.

• Roger told Betty to guide users toward discussions about neighboring regions and to unlock Private Chat when the user count reached one thousand.
• Roger explained that Private Chat would help Magic Net Rings spread by letting distant nobles and spellcasters communicate more easily.
• Hedy became known in the royal capital as the Magic Goddess's chosen and handed out rings unpredictably to mages seeking her favor.
• Hedy returned to the Black Forest, where her teacher praised her for completing the god's task quickly and revealed a supply of five hundred rings.
• Hedy's teacher told her to keep one ring, distribute four hundred and ninety-nine, then open a royal-capital shop and use the proceeds to buy Refined Iron.

Magic Net Rings introduced a private chat feature that let users communicate anonymously, while the Rune Society president urged Wilton to investigate the rings’ communication runes. She warned that the devices might not be trustworthy and asked him to help study them.

• All 1,000 Magic Net Rings activated Private Chat, which let users add friends and send private text messages.
• Horace added Wild Mage Adrift as a friend, and they discussed the research Wild Mage Adrift had hesitated to share in Magic Space.
• Mages across the royal capital discussed the Magic Internet and its potential reach.
• The Rune Society president visited Wilton at midnight and told him about the Magic Net Rings.
• Wilton wondered whether the rings could replace the costly research into Communication Runes, but the president warned they could be unreliable or bait and invited him to study their runes.

Wilton went to the old mage to obtain Magic Net Rings for the kingdom’s northern border guards and investigate strange White Walker movements near Watcher’s Wall. The old mage sent him away demanding at least ten thousand Gold Shields for more rings, while Betty wondered whether Roger had chosen him for his shamelessness.

• Wilton agreed to test whether the Magic Net could transmit messages to the border and distribute rings to the northern garrison, where scholars had disappeared near Watcher’s Wall.
• Wilton visited the old mage in the Black Forest and learned that Hedy was his Apprentice, while Hedy discovered Wilton was the old mage’s junior brother.
• Wilton asked the old mage for up to one thousand Magic Net Rings for the Royal Mage Association.
• The old mage claimed most rings had been distributed and demanded at least ten thousand Gold Shields before he would obtain more.
• Hedy questioned the inflated price, and the old mage explained that the rings should cost enough to make the kingdom’s wealthy casters feel the expense.
• Betty watched the exchange in the Goddess of Magic’s Divine Realm and asked Roger whether he had chosen the old mage because he knew how shameless he was.

Roger oversaw a cautious expansion test of the Magic Net as Hedy distributed Magic Net Rings in the royal capital. After rings began connecting mages across the kingdom, Roger found a strange urgent post and asked Betty whether its author was her relative.

• Roger told Betty to check whether converts confirmed that the Royal Mage Association planned to send Magic Net Rings to the border, and he outlined a larger-scale test before expanding the Dawn Model.
• Hedy collected ten thousand Gold Shields and handed Wilton one thousand Magic Net Rings, while Wilton tried to recruit her into the Royal Mage Association.
• Wilton left Hedy at Shop No. 8, where she launched a promotion offering one of five hundred Magic Net Rings to event participants and sold rings for one Gold Shield.
• Unlucky Duru learned the rings cost only one Gold Shield and regretted that his reputation as Unlucky Duru had already spread among the capital's mages.
• Mages from cities along the kingdom's borders appeared in Magic Space, confirming that the Magic Net Rings worked over long distances.
• Roger saw an urgent post about a monster on the Magic Net and asked Betty, “Is this your relative?”

Roger and Betty used the Divine Kingdom’s power to watch a group of mages fight a Wraith Puppet called Martha. After the vision ended, Roger asked Betty whether his idea about a puppet might work.

• Roger showed Betty a post about a headless puppet, and Betty summoned Kenuosencha to locate the incident and check for believers.
• Roger, Betty, and Kenuosencha watched the original poster and his companions attack Martha with vines, an Ice Spear, and other spells, but the Wraith Puppet quickly recovered.
• One mage identified Martha as a Wraith Puppet and explained that corrosive or mental spells could harm it.
• The original poster used a rune-covered container to unleash corrosive liquid, which began dissolving Martha before Betty ended the vision.
• Roger asked Betty whether all spells required chanting, then told her he had an idea about a puppet.

After a battle revealed the limits of magic’s long casting time, Roger asked Betty to develop a throwable device that stored a spell and activated instantly. Betty explained the runes and components required, while news of Roger’s recent discoveries spread across the Magic Net.

• Roger asked Betty to make a throwable ornament that could unleash stored magic without chanting, hoping it could help spellcasters in battle.
• Betty realized that mana-storage runes could let a device release magic instantly, and the book praised Roger for the idea.
• Roger learned that Dragonkind alone had used runes to store mana, but Betty explained that other races could use them if they learned the necessary knowledge.
• Betty described the runes, Spell Model, mana channels, and activation mechanism needed to make a Mana Bomb.
• Roger told Betty to test a simple low-order Mana Bomb and warned her not to make an excessively dangerous spell.
• News of the Vengeful Spirit Doll’s discovery and destruction, the ruins, and the recovered materials and magical information spread across the Magic Net.

The Church of Light debated whether its clergy could use Magic Net Rings despite the prayers they required to the Magic Goddess and the Technology God, then approved their purchase and distribution. Meanwhile, Roger worried that Doll might use the crystal to install a Mind Storm for personal revenge.

• An archbishop explained that Magic Net Rings enabled rapid communication but required prayers to the Magic Goddess and the Technology God.
• Wensi Franz argued that the Church could use the rings to help spellcasters and persuade them to convert.
• A golden-crowned archbishop proposed limiting clergy use of the rings, with extra access for private messages, and the archbishops approved the restriction.
• Saint Willy Avery assigned Wensi Franz to purchase and distribute Magic Net Rings before moving on to missionary work.
• Roger asked Doll whether she would use the crystal for personal revenge by installing a Mind Storm.

Roger and Betty tested a prototype Mana Bomb, a stored low-rank spell that activated after being thrown and striking the ground. They recognized it as the start of a new Mana-Artifact School, and Roger ordered a batch made for distribution to the mortal world.

• Betty demonstrated a Flame Vortex Mana Bomb with safeguards that required mana activation and an impact to trigger it.
• Roger praised the prototype and learned that its materials were cheap, though carving runes and charging each bomb took a Low-Order Mage one or two days.
• Betty explained that the method could store any low-rank spell and let mages prepare far more spells than they could cast directly.
• Roger suggested researching mid-rank bombs later and told Betty to have the Divine Spirits produce Mana Bombs for the girl carrying the coffin.
• Roger hoped mortals would recognize the bombs' significance and spread the new technology themselves.

Berlion ordered the Royal Mage Association and Rune Society to study Hedy’s Mana Bombs, which could let even novice Apprentices cast spells without prayer or chanting. He warned that the kingdom might need them against the Graycastle Empire, while Roger learned that someone had replicated a Magic Net Ring and tried to connect to Book.

• Berlion asked the Rune Society’s Legendary Mage about its stalled efforts to reproduce the Magic Net Ring, and Wilton questioned whether the research might involve divine gifts.
• Berlion showed the two Legendary Mages discarded Magic Crystals that Hedy sold as Mana Bombs and explained how they could release spells with only a trace of mana.
• Wilton and the old woman reacted with disbelief when Berlion said even novice Apprentices could use the bombs without prayer or chanting.
• Berlion urged the Royal Mage Association and Rune Society to develop the Mana Bombs together, warning that tensions with the Graycastle Empire and instability at Watcher’s Wall left little time.
• Berlion said Hedy attributed the bombs to a joint effort by the Technology God and the Magic Goddess and could not supply enough for a war.
• In the Magic Goddess’s Divine Kingdom, Roger asked Book whether someone in the mortal world had replicated a Magic Net Ring and been rejected when trying to connect.

Roger discussed access restrictions on Magic Net Rings and asked Betty to investigate how people were using Mana Bombs. As Book reported widespread interest in the bombs and estimated three days until a new Magic Internet feature was ready, Roger remained impatient with the pace of his growing power.

• Betty explained that mortal-made Magic Net Rings needed Kenuosencha's approval to access the Magic Internet or Magic Space, and that their restrictions depended on detecting Faith Power.
• Roger argued that Mana Bombs should not require prayer and asked Betty to check whether buyers intended to use them or study them.
• Book reported that Mana Bombs had caused intense discussion among users and mage circles in the royal capital.
• Book said filtering the Goddess's stored knowledge for the Magic Internet's new feature would take about three more days.
• Roger estimated that his Divine Core would fill in about a hundred and fifty days, while Book said the Magic Internet could expand across the Dawn Kingdom without technical problems.

Roger and Betty discussed expanding the Magic Net into the Graycastle Empire and the Elven Kingdom, while Roger wondered about the Dawn Kingdom’s missing king and his own mysterious past. In the Graycastle capital, Emperor summoned Archmage Andrew to test a Magic Net Ring, and a god answered Andrew’s prayer.

• Roger and Betty chose the Graycastle Empire and the Elven Kingdom as targets for expanding the Magic Net, setting aside other regions for various reasons.
• Betty told Roger that the Dawn Kingdom’s Hand of the Kingdom had bought Mana Bombs for study, while the king had not been involved.
• Roger questioned why the Dawn Kingdom’s king and his royal father had disappeared, then set aside his doubts and turned his attention to Graycastle.
• The Graycastle Emperor gave Archmage Andrew a Magic Net Ring and asked him to determine whether it was a divine gift.
• Andrew prayed with the ring, which showed no reaction at first, but a god answered his prayer and enveloped him in an unfathomable aura.