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

have a Darkness Affinity, but he hadn't heard of any form of Darkness Affinity from

Was this darkness?

also explain the

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

a Mana Source for

light

truly rare amongst humans. Most of the world thinks that

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

the public. That means that a human unfortunate enough to receive such an affinity won't

"Why is it

all the Affinities have. However,

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?

around as long as you decide to do

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

with rapt attention and absorbed all the

have?" Shang asked

the ones before you," the dean answered. "Those only represent 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 filled with nothing but poison, and it rules over all the poisons in the

advanced studies, the Poison Affinity is comprised of the Water Affinity and the Darkness Affinity. However, as far

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

the dean said. "I would be lying if

and walked over to the closest one,

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

the brown spire, and it quickly entered his body. After a couple of seconds of

SHING!

dean pulled it back into

Shang went to the next

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

Affinity wasn't related to

one was water, and just like the previous two, it simply