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."

back in his chair. "Of course,

Soran. "The warrior path,

as you don't have a warrior's body, the strengthening also wouldn't be that

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

what I've heard while compiling his file,

good at it,"

only looked

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

Shang nodded.

That truly was impressive.

was like he no longer cared about being in first

wasn't even in the top 5 of his Grade anymore. The other students simply worked

issue was also that he only very rarely went hunting, and he earned most of his

the future when they need resources. Other students learn how

that

was pretty successful in his

until he ran into you," Soran

at a place on the first

the first half of the first page," Soran said, "and the reason why this file is so long is entirely related to the changes in Simon's life

the file, Shang could imagine that this day

after

away

a matter of minutes. Our Water Mage is very good

next week, it was basically impossible for anyone to have a normal conversation with

first glance, he appeared normal, but whenever he talked to anyone, he would talk very fast, stumble over his words, and his voice would be very

panic as soon as another human

his fists as his eyes looked at

he tried to

it worked. Just one month later, Simon was normal

two things were not