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.

a black tear in space. It completely absorbed all forms of light and let no

Darkness Affinity, but he hadn't heard

Was this darkness?

explain the

lit up the entire room, and if the darkness Mana Source weren't here, Shang would have needed to protect his

a

know darkness and light

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

true Mages know of the existence of a couple of humans with these affinities, but only High Mages get to meet them occasionally. Their

Affinities are not made public and not conducted in the public. That means that a human unfortunate enough to receive such an affinity won't be able to become a powerful

scratched his chin. "Why is

Mages with all the Affinities have. However, they also know that the enemy might have some Mages with the Light or Darkness

ten gold that can deal with the known Affinities, or will you spend 10,000 gold for one that can also deal with light and darkness? Of course, the prices I just mentioned are only an example

turn the entire situation around as long as you decide to do a certain thing. However, you

shouldn't do that, which is why they are doing 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

with rapt attention

I have?" Shang

the dean answered. "Those only represent the pure Affinities. There are also Mixed Affinities, but they are very rare. A good example would be the

to some advanced studies, the Poison Affinity is comprised of the Water Affinity and the Darkness Affinity. However, as far as I know,

that your Affinity is very special, it could theoretically be everything. It might even be something never seen before. It might even be something so confusing that we

"I would be lying if

and walked over to the closest one,

Affinity, but he wanted to feel how

After a couple of seconds of circling around in his body, it left through Shang's

SHING!

Earth Mana Source vanished as the dean pulled it back into his Space

the

well, and just like earth, it left Shang's body after some

Affinity wasn't related

next one was water, and just like the