Sword God in a World of Magic

Shang looked at all the different Mana Sources with shining eyes.

Elemental Mana began to fill the room, but the Magic Circle kept the Mana isolated, making the different kinds interact with each other. There wasn't much Mana in the surroundings, but the different forms of Mana still created some minor phenomena.

The temperature in the room fluctuated wildly. Some bolts of lightning appeared and disappeared in the surroundings.

Lots of tiny things appeared.

Shang also noticed something very interesting very quickly.

The dean hadn't summoned a Mana Source for Ice Mana, but there were still eight different Mana Sources.

Yet, according to what Shang knew, there were only seven affinities.

So, why were there suddenly nine, including Ice?

Shang quickly checked each Mana Source.

Orange ethereal spire that released a ton of heat? Got to be fire.

Brown ethereal spire that summoned rock around it? Shang knew that one already. That was earth.

Green ethereal spire that created tons of wind? Probably wind.

Deep blue ethereal spire that summoned water in the air, which rained down around it? Water.

Silver ethereal spire that summoned bolts of lightning? Lightning.

Grey ethereal spire that seemed to vibrate in the air? Shang wasn't that certain about what it was, but based on what he had already seen and what was missing, Shang was rather certain that this was metal.

That left the last two.

looked like a black tear in space. It completely absorbed all forms of light

once believed the Pest Cats to have a Darkness Affinity, but he hadn't heard of any form of Darkness

Was this darkness?

explain the

and if the darkness Mana Source weren't here, Shang would have needed to

was probably a Mana Source for

know darkness and light also existed as Affinities," Shang

these affinities, but they are truly rare amongst humans. Most of the world thinks that darkness and light affinities can't exist inside humanity, but they

of a couple of humans with these affinities, but only High Mages get to meet

public and not conducted in the public. That means that

"Why is it like this?" he

abilities all the Mages with all the Affinities have. However, they also know that the enemy might

you spend 10,000 gold for

enemy might have spells that could turn the entire situation around as long as you decide to do a certain thing. However, you don't know what that certain thing is

it. So then, you use your Light Mage to suppress the light of the fireball and the Mana it gives off, confusing the surrounding Mages about its power and making it explode in

rapt attention and

kind of Affinity do I have?" Shang asked as he scratched his

also Mixed Affinities, but they are very rare. A good example would be the Empress Cobra.

Affinity and the Darkness Affinity. However, as far as I know, the existence of a human with a Poison Affinity is

everything. It might even be something never seen before. It might even be something so confusing that we don't even

be lying if I said that this didn't

walked over

already knew that he didn't have an Earth Affinity, but he wanted to feel how it interacted

brown spire, and it quickly entered his body. After a couple of seconds of circling around in his

SHING!

vanished as the dean pulled it back into his Space

to the next

Source as well, and just like

Affinity wasn't related to

just like the previous two, it simply