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

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

Was this darkness?

explain the last Mana

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

was probably a

know darkness and light also

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

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

the Darkness and 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

scratched his chin. "Why is

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

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

the enemy might have spells that could turn the entire situation around as long as you decide to do a certain thing. However,

they shouldn't do that, which is why they are doing it. So then, you use your Light Mage to suppress the light of

attention and

have?" Shang

good example would be the Empress Cobra. It lives in a swamp

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

be everything. It might even be something never seen before. It might even be something so confusing

"I would be lying if I said that this

walked over to the closest

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

the brown 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!

the dean pulled it back

to the next

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

Affinity wasn't related to

water, and just like the previous