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."

leaned back in his chair. "Of course, there is a way

Soran.

strengthening your body, your mind gets strengthened regardless, and as long as you don't have a warrior's body, the strengthening also

point, his mind should have become powerful enough to train in the more

I've heard while compiling his file, it was his father that taught him nearly everything Simon knew about

really good at it,"

only looked at

the very first day, Simon was fighting for first place in not only his class but the entire

Shang nodded.

That truly was impressive.

even more talented warrior, Simon lost all his drive. It was like he no longer cared about being in first place, which resulted in his

years later, Simon was still very strong, but he wasn't even in the top 5 of his

hunting, and he earned most of his Contribution

these things. Some students learn how to steal, which will help them in the future when they need resources. Other students learn how to protect themselves from thieves. You would much

Simon Wilbury could be viewed as a sort of 'teacher' that taught how to protect yourself from people coveting

was pretty successful

ran into you,"

pointed at a place on the first page that was

told you was only in the first half of the first page," Soran said, "and the reason why this file is

file, Shang could imagine

happened after that?"

away again

a matter of minutes. Our

for the next week, it was basically impossible

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

fell into a minor panic as soon as another

fists as his eyes looked at the file

care of Simon, and he tried to

Just one month later,

two things were not the