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.

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

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

Was this darkness?

would also explain

ethereal spire lit up the entire room, and if the darkness

was probably a Mana

light

are some beasts that have these affinities, but they are truly rare

but only High Mages get to meet them occasionally. Their existence is mostly being kept a secret to surprise

Darkness and Light Affinities are not made public and not conducted in the public. That means that a human unfortunate

chin. "Why is it like this?" he

"Every power knows what sort of abilities all the Mages with all the Affinities have. However, they also

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?

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

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

of Affinity do I have?"

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

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

that your Affinity is very special, it could theoretically be everything. It might even be something never seen before. It

"I would be lying if I said

nodded and walked over to the closest one,

didn't have an Earth Affinity,

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 that

SHING!

dean pulled it

to the next

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

Affinity wasn't

like the previous two, it simply