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 absorbed

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

Was this darkness?

explain the last Mana

the darkness Mana Source weren't here, Shang

was probably a Mana

and light also existed as Affinities," Shang

they are truly rare amongst humans. Most of the world thinks that darkness and light affinities can't exist inside humanity,

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

public. That means

his chin. "Why is it

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

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 are only an example

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

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, confusing the surrounding Mages

attention and absorbed all the

kind of Affinity do I have?" Shang

are very rare. A good example would be the Empress Cobra. It lives in a swamp filled with nothing but poison, and it

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

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

"I would be lying if I said that this didn't interest

walked over to

Earth Affinity, but he wanted to feel how it interacted

of circling around in

SHING!

Earth Mana Source vanished as the dean pulled it back

the next Mana

just

wasn't related to

like the