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.

buy absolutely everything in the Exchange Hall. Sure, my information is being protected, but if the stuff I'm buying is too strange,

previous 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

and logical reason for why I bought

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

once, that excuse works, but that also means 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

I only want two Units of Ice Affinity ore, I only need a bit more than 10,000 Contribution Points. That's like five Vanishing Snakes. For the Fire

finalized his plan

had already arrived. Teacher Niria's lesson about beasts was in the afternoon, and with the three added hours of personal teaching, it was now

like

beast sack, left his room,

was finishing up for the day. In just two more hours, the streets would

gates before they closed, the guards shouting at

leaving the city, Shang accelerated to a full sprint as

wind went through Shang's

He loved that feeling.

Earth, he had only been able to reach

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

to survive and still grow more

was not bound by the place

something unachievable on

Earth, one had a residence, belongings, money, insurance,

abandon society, one would have to live in the wilderness, which would bring a lot of

water, which would

Cold temperatures.

Parasites.

Disease.

Food problems.

for Shang. His body was

Earth, it was very hard to rejoin society

it wasn't very

world represented freedom, and only after living on Earth for

else, this was just normal, but for Shang, this was

Shang loved this world.

the image of the featureless, bloody