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 all forms of light and

that he had once believed the Pest Cats to have a Darkness

Was this darkness?

also explain the

spire lit up the entire room, and if the darkness Mana Source weren't

was probably a Mana

light also existed as Affinities,"

they are truly rare amongst humans. Most of the

High Mages get to meet them occasionally. Their existence is mostly being

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

"Why is it like this?"

sort of abilities all the Mages with all the Affinities have. However, they also

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

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

listened with rapt attention and absorbed

Affinity do I have?" Shang asked as he

very rare. A good example would be the Empress Cobra. It

and the Darkness Affinity. However, as far as I know, the existence of a human with a Poison Affinity is only

It might even be something never seen before. It might even be something so confusing that we don't

said. "I would be lying if I said

walked over to

knew that he didn't have an Earth Affinity, but he

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

SHING!

Earth Mana Source vanished as the dean pulled it back

went to the next Mana Source,

and just like earth, it left

wasn't related

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