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.

Sure, my information is being protected, but if the stuff I'm buying is too strange, one of the clerks might believe that information

not enough for him to risk his life. Of course, when I inevitably unveil my

there is a very easy and logical reason for why I

Affinity, and they don't want to show themselves,'

also means that I can only get Ice Affinity ore from the

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 ore, I need gold since

as he finalized his

in the afternoon, and with the three added hours of personal teaching, it

like the

empty beast sack, left his room, and jogged

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

big gates before

the city, Shang accelerated to a full

went through Shang's

He loved that feeling.

Earth, he had only been able to reach such

the wilderness, Shang had learned how to live without society. If he wanted, he could simply continue running and never

survive and

the

something

money, insurance, family, a job, responsibilities, and so

completely abandon society, one would have to

water, which would

Cold temperatures.

Parasites.

Disease.

Food problems.

for Shang. His body was powerful

even more, on Earth, it was very hard to

it wasn't

living on Earth for so long could Shang

just normal, but

Shang loved this world.

that moment, the image of the featureless,