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.

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

risk his life. Of course, when I inevitably unveil my Ice Affinity, he might get

all, there is a very easy and logical reason for why I

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

can only get Ice

ore, I only need a bit more than 10,000 Contribution Points. That's like five Vanishing Snakes. For the Fire ore, I need gold since I believe that I don't have enough gold right now to buy everything

nodded as he finalized his plan

the afternoon, and with the three added hours

like

empty beast sack, left his room, and jogged towards

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

through the big gates before they

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 such speeds with a vehicle, but here, he could

learned how to live

be able to survive and still grow more

not bound by the place where he

was something unachievable

belongings, money, insurance, family,

decided to completely abandon society, one would have to live in the wilderness, which would

would endanger one's

Cold temperatures.

Parasites.

Disease.

Food problems.

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

more, on Earth, it was very hard to rejoin society after abandoning it. The

it wasn't

Earth for so long could Shang appreciate the

this was just normal,

Shang loved this world.

moment, the image of the featureless, bloody