Sword God in a World of Magic

Shang had thought that he could use his Affinity in many different ways, and sure, there certainly were more refined techniques.

Sadly, the very refined techniques were just spells.

The ability to push the complexity of one's Affinity to the peak was literally what a spell was.

At most, Shang could slightly alter the use of his Mana.

With enough training, he could shoot out Darkness Mana.

With enough training, he could concentrate the ice and fire.

With enough training, he could absorb the light.

But that was about it. Anything more complex would be walking into the territory of spells.

Even more, Shang would probably need several months of training just to gain the control to unleash these slightly more refined uses of his Affinities. If he were to attempt to learn the most basic spells, Shang would need literal years to even learn the easiest one.

Why?

Because of his mind.

By increasing the power of the mind, one would gain a far greater connection with their Affinity, and one would be able to concentrate with far more intensity and for longer.

And Shang couldn't train his mind due to his warrior's body.

'At least I now have something I can do in my downtime. If I can't properly train in techniques, I can always focus on my Affinities. It's definitely not my priority since it doesn't increase my Battle-Strength by a lot, but it's better than doing nothing.'

'Anyway, I now have my Darkness ore and Light ore. I'm only missing two units of Fire ore and Ice ore. My priority should be to get those first.'

'Let's see. I have 227 gold and 3,440 Contribution Points. Fire costs 5,500 Contribution Points per unit, and Ice costs 6,750 Contribution Points per unit.'

' 24,500 Contribution Points. That's what I need. Based on my last excursion, that should be three days of hunting in the northeastern forest.'

Shang scratched his chin in thought.

the stuff I'm buying is too

clerk probably believes I have a Light Affinity, but that's not enough for him to risk his life. Of course, when I inevitably unveil my Ice Affinity, he might get suspicious, but that doesn't actually matter that

a very easy and logical reason for why I bought

a friend with a Light Affinity, and they don't want to show themselves,' Shang thought with

that I can only get Ice Affinity ore from the Exchange Hall, which means I have to get the Fire Affinity ore from one of the normal

five Vanishing Snakes. For the Fire ore, I need gold since I believe that I don't have enough gold

as he finalized his

the afternoon, and with the three added

like the

left his room, and

the streets were nearly empty as everyone was finishing up for the day. In just two more hours, the streets would be dead

get through the big gates before they closed, the guards

the city, Shang accelerated to a full sprint as he ran down the

wind went through Shang's

He loved that feeling.

ran, he felt so free. Back on Earth, he had only been able to

in the wilderness, Shang had learned how to live without society. If he

would be able to survive

not bound by the place where

was something unachievable on

belongings, money, insurance, family,

one would have to live

would endanger one's

Cold temperatures.

Parasites.

Disease.

Food problems.

things were no issue for Shang. His body was powerful enough that

to rejoin

it wasn't very

world represented freedom, and only after living on Earth for so long could

everyone else, this was just normal,

Shang loved this world.

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