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.

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

a Darkness Affinity, but he hadn't heard of any form of Darkness Affinity from other

Was this darkness?

explain

darkness Mana Source weren't here, Shang would have needed to protect his

was probably a

and light also existed as

these affinities, but they are truly rare amongst humans. Most of

of a couple of humans with these affinities, but only High Mages get to meet them occasionally. Their existence is mostly being

made public and not conducted in the public. That means that a human unfortunate enough to receive such an affinity won't

his chin. "Why is it

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

protect your attacking force with a Magic Circle that costs only ten gold that can deal with the known Affinities, or will you spend 10,000 gold for one that can also deal with

the entire situation around as long as you decide to do a certain thing. However, you don't know

to Synchrocast a huge fireball. The enemy wouldn't know that they 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

listened with rapt attention and

do I have?" Shang asked

Mixed Affinities, but they are very rare. A good example would be the Empress Cobra. It lives in a

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

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 don't even know what it

would be lying if

and walked over to the closest one,

an Earth Affinity, but he wanted to feel how it interacted

body. After a couple of seconds of

SHING!

vanished as the dean pulled it back

the

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

wasn't related to

was water, and just like the previous two, it simply left Shang's