Sword God in a World of Magic

"Increase the temperature inside the furnace as much as possible while using as little Fire Mana as possible," Shang read.

'Interesting. This is a trial that tests someone's mastery over the Fire Affinity. Hotter fire is more destructive, and by using as little Fire Mana as possible, this trial is testing the quality of someone's Concepts and mastery over fire.'

'The level four Concept of Fire is Explosion, which can probably produce extremely hot flames. Even the level three Concept Incineration can create powerful flames, but for a Cloud that found this place, this is probably the bare minimum.'

'However, this is also just the first trial. I would expect it to be easy.'

'I guess it needs the level three Concept of Fire, Incineration to complete it. I guess a Cloud that knows a lot about temperatures would have comprehended that Concept.'

'Sadly, I don't have that Concept.'

Shang walked over to the glass furnace and flew to its top.

Then, he extended his right hand.

A moment later, the space below his hand seemed to distort with some invisible waves.

After some time, the air in the entire furnace seemed to warp and wave in a strange manner. It was almost like the world inside the furnace was about to break down.

Ding!

At that moment, the door leading out of the room opened as the barrier vanished.

Shang had fulfilled the requirements.

He might not have the Concept of Incineration, but he had the Concept of Addition.

Light had two aspects, which were mass and brightness.

Fire also had two aspects, which were heat and brightness.

Shang had converted all the brightness in the fire into heat, which was why the fire he had just dropped in the furnace had been nearly invisible to the eye.

Naturally, this kind of fire was far hotter than normal fire since all of its power was focused on heat.

And that had been enough for Shang to get past the first trial.

Shang landed in front of the exit and walked through it.

Some seconds later, Shang opened the door to the second trial.

This time, there was a blue cube in the middle of the room.

Shang looked to the side at an emblem and read the instructions.

cube can only hold a limited amount of Ice Mana.

opposite of

level three Concept of Ice is Blizzard, which doesn't seem to decrease the temperature by a lot more than just the level

four Concept of Ice, Zero, would decrease the temperature drastically

Mage to know the Concept

they could expect that

needs the level three Concept

don't

cube and put

second later, the cube began to shine in

Ding!

opened, and the barrier

through that

like fire and light, ice and darkness also had two properties

void, void meaning the absence of

cold

Ice Mana to the

of heat

the extreme of coldness transformed

about the other

that was where the connection between

produce the same thing as what

Very bright light.

was where these two Affinities

true for ice that was pushed to the extreme

become a

did just what it said. It absorbed

end, one could envision

to darkness void to ice void to ice

and Ice to

was special, and the Bolts that had designed the trials probably also expected the Clouds to

results of the trials were important, not how the Clouds

blue cube behind

third trial, and as soon as he saw it, he

CRRRRRRRRRRRRR!

SSSSSSSHHH!

of Shang was consumed by a sea of terrifyingly

were changing several times per second, and the

kill an

of that, there was something

couldn't feel the end of the room with his Spirit Sense, which probably meant that the inside of the room had