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.

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

Darkness Affinity, but he hadn't heard

Was this darkness?

would also explain

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

probably a Mana Source

darkness and light also

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

but only High Mages

Light 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 Mage without selling themselves

his chin. "Why is it like this?" he

all the Affinities have. However,

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

you decide to do a certain thing. However, you don't know what that certain thing is since you don't

shouldn't do that, which is why they are doing it. So then, you use your Light

rapt attention

have?" Shang

the ones before you," 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 Empress Cobra. It lives in a swamp filled with nothing but poison,

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

God said 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 don't even know what it

said. "I would be lying

nodded and walked over to the

Earth Affinity,

spire, and it quickly entered his body. After a couple of seconds of circling around in his body, it left through Shang's mouth again, just like

SHING!

Source vanished as the dean pulled it back into his

went to the next

and just like earth, it left Shang's body

Affinity wasn't related

water, and just like the previous two,