Sword God in a World of Magic

"Simon Wilbury, sole son of Baroness Wilbury and Major Wilbury," Soran said.

'If his mother is a baroness, it means that she's a True Mage,' Shang thought with furrowed brows. 'Military titles are normally only given to warriors, and, as far as I know, a major is also usually at the Commander Stage.'

'They would definitely have the funds to commission a Cleaner.'

"Can you tell me more?" Shang asked.

"As the sole heir, Simon Wilbury was supposed to become a True Mage and lead the Wilbury household," Soran said.

"However, he was born without an Affinity."

"Without an Affinity?" Shang asked with raised eyebrows.

Being born without an Affinity was possible, but it was rare.

Soran nodded. "Being born without an Affinity makes it very difficult to become a Mage. While it is possible to train in Element Neutral Magic, these kinds of Spells only become prevalent near the very top of the Adept Realm. Even if someone wants to specialize in Element Neutral Magic, they would still need to gain experience with some Elements."

"If someone wants to purely advance on the path of Magic, they need to master the manipulation of Mana. Something like that requires practice."

"But since the Element Neutral Spells are either extremely easy, like Mana Shield or Mana Step, or extremely hard, like Mind Read and Mana Force, it is very difficult for someone to become a True Mage by only relying on Element Neutral Spells."

"Getting started isn't an issue. Becoming a True Mage after becoming a Peak Adept isn't an issue."

"But everything between is an issue."

"Imagine you are building a very big and complex contraption, but you only know what parts you need and how to create the most complex part of the contraption."

"You have all the parts, and you have the core, but you don't know how to build everything."

"That's the situation these kinds of people are in."

"Of course,

looked at Soran. "The

as you don't have a

have only needed to reach the Early Commander Stage. At that point, his mind should have become powerful enough to train

course, his parents sent him to the Warrior's Academy. From what I've heard while compiling his file, it was his father that taught him

really good at it," Soran

only looked at

first place in not

Shang nodded.

That truly was impressive.

lost all his drive. It was like he no longer cared about being in first place, which resulted in his eventual

was still very strong, but he wasn't even in the top 5 of his Grade anymore. The other students simply worked

very rarely went hunting, and he earned most of his Contribution Points by

know, we don't forbid stealing resources. That's mainly to give the students a safe place to learn about these things. Some students learn how to steal, which will help them in the future when they need resources. Other students learn

that taught how to

successful

until he ran

again and pointed at a place on the first page that was

only in the first half of the first page," Soran said, "and the reason why this file is so long is entirely

Shang could imagine that

after that?" Shang

the file away again

wounds had been healed in a matter of minutes.

for the next week, it was basically impossible for anyone

anyone, he would talk very fast, stumble over his words, and his voice would be

into a minor panic as soon as another human interacted with

head on one of his fists as his eyes looked

he tried to

worked. Just one month later, Simon

things were not the