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.

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

to have a Darkness Affinity,

Was this darkness?

also explain the

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

probably a Mana Source for

darkness and light also existed as Affinities," Shang

truly rare amongst humans. Most

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

chin. "Why is it like

Affinities have. However, they also know that the enemy

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

to do a certain thing. However,

several Mages 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

rapt attention and absorbed

I have?" Shang asked

A good example would be the Empress Cobra. It lives in a swamp filled with nothing but poison, and it rules over all the poisons in the

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

it could theoretically be everything. It might even be something never seen before. It might

"I would be lying if I said

nodded and walked over to the

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

of circling around in his body, it left

SHING!

the dean pulled it back into his Space

Shang went to the

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

wasn't

water, and just like