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

to have a Darkness Affinity, but he hadn't heard

Was this darkness?

explain the last Mana

room, and if the darkness Mana Source

probably a Mana Source for

and light also existed as

that have these affinities, but they are truly rare amongst humans. Most of the world thinks that

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

Affinities, studies on 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 a powerful Mage

"Why is it

all the Mages with all the Affinities have.

the known Affinities, or will you spend 10,000 gold for one that can also deal with light and

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

could be something like gathering 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,

with rapt attention and absorbed all the

kind of Affinity do I have?" Shang asked as

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, and it

Affinity. However, as far as I know, the existence of a

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

dean said. "I would be lying if I said

over to the

an Earth Affinity, but he wanted to feel how it

entered his body. After a couple of seconds of circling around in his body, it left

SHING!

dean pulled it back into his

Shang went to the next Mana Source,

well, and just like earth,

wasn't related

was water, and just like