The magic network was a term both unfamiliar and familiar.
It was familiar because Zhang Xiao had encountered it in all sorts of games and literary works in his previous life.
Yet it was unfamiliar because hearing the term from Dumbledore felt distinctly out of place.
But the magic network Dumbledore described was clearly something quite different from the one Zhang Xiao had heard of in his previous life.
In the Dungeons & Dragons setting, the magic network connected everything in the world, and wizards needed to construct spell models and prepare spell slots.
Cut off from the magic network, the vast majority of wizards would lose their ability to cast spells.
But the magic network of the [Standard Book of Spells System] that Dumbledore described was an entirely different concept.
It was something formed when all wizards' understanding of the Standard Book of Spells System became fixed, with each node representing a wizard's own understanding.
Relying on this framework of understanding, wizards only needed to recite an incantation and draw on the entire Standard Book of Spells System to cast magic with ease.
Higher-level magic and the power of spells depended on how well the caster understood and aligned with the entire Standard Book of Spells System.
For instance, a first-year wizard who had only just encountered magic had only a vague understanding of the Standard Book of Spells System.
He could therefore cast only a few simple spells, but as he grew older and learned more things...
His understanding of the Standard Book of Spells System naturally deepened, allowing him to cast increasingly advanced magic.
And increasingly powerful magic, too.
If the Standard Book of Spells System collapsed, they would still retain their ability to cast...
Wait!
Zhang Xiao suddenly clutched his head, his eyes widening. *If... if