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.

black tear in space. It completely

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

Was this darkness?

explain the last Mana

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

was probably a Mana

darkness and light also

very rare," the dean said. "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

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

are not made public and not conducted in the public. That means that a human

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

dean answered. "Every power knows what sort of abilities all the Mages with all the Affinities have. However, they also know that the enemy might have some

do you 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 light and darkness? Of course, the

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

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, confusing the surrounding Mages about its power and making it explode in

rapt attention and

Affinity do I have?" Shang asked as he

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

some 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 Affinity

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

said. "I would be lying if I said that this

and walked over to

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

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!

Earth Mana Source vanished as the dean pulled it back into his Space

went to the

Mana Source as well, and just like

wasn't related

next one was water, and just like the previous