Earth, fire, water, wind, light and darkness.
They were called the six primary elements of nature.
Everything else was derived from them and it was pretty rare for some mage to have affinity for all of these elements of nature.
"Looks like Az has an affinity with water and light elements. Even that is rare."
It was not particularly a good thing that he had affinity for more than one element, but instead of being something good, having multiple affinities was considered to be a bad thing by the players.
"We will move on to the Mana infusion and then do the Magic series test."
The mage in charge of these tests was already tired of getting surprised.
He had seen enough today, so he just wanted to finish this and return to his Normal work.
"Muuu?"
"Don't mind him. He's just surprised."
They had confirmed that the two of them had affinity for magic, so their work here was coming to an end.
All that was left here now, was the process of opening His Mana channels.
"Then, please come here and hold these two crystals."
When someone had only one elemental affinity, it was easy to master the magic related to that element. However, when it came to practicing magic of various elements, it was a different task altogether.
Elemental affinities of opposing natures did not go well with one another. Water was not great with fire and earth was not great with wind. Light and darkness were polar opposites of one another, and when someone has affinity with all of them, they mainly choose to master one of them to make things easier.
"Alex. Why don't you have any affinity with these elements?"
"Who knows?"
She could not use magic of any of the affinities. And she did not have any affinity with any of the six elements.
She could not wield Mana at all. Her body naturally opposed Mana… that was the main reason she had no choice but to become a weapon wielder despite her superior intellect.
In all her time in this world, she had wanted to become a mage, someone who could use magic, but she realized with experience that that was not the path she needed to walk on.
And she was happy to have realized that… perhaps, they might not have been together had she not been like this.
"Magic is fun, and I like it. But holding a sword and slashing things has a completely different kind of fun to it."
She naturally opposed Mana so, she had a great affinity with the second most famous natural energy of this world: Aura. A great power that only those who have mastered their weapon or understood it to a great degree could command.
If magic was a birthright and a result of intelligence, Aura was the world's answer to one's countless hours of dedication and hard work.
Not everyone who held a weapon could use Aura. it was a privilege of only those who had dedicated their mind, body, and soul to their Path.
"Well, even though I can't use magic, now that we know you can use all six of the elements on top of not having affinity for elemental magic, things will be even more fun than what I had expected."
She had a mysterious smirk on her face that gave him the Chills.
He did not like how she was looking at him as he grabbed the colorless crystals attached to a complex looking machine in the corner of the room.
He could tell this was not as simple a thing as it looked, so… when he grabbed the two crystals and the mage activated the device with a magic spell, a unique feeling washed over him.
[Ding.]
A screen popped up before him right when he started feeling that strange sensation throughout his body.
"It might be a little painful but please endure."
His eyes were open but all of a sudden, everything went blank.
-Oooooooooooong!
All he could see was a dull darkness that one sees when closing their eyes.
Along with that light gray screen…
[Mana is surging through your body!]
There was some pain inside him, it felt like his blood had suddenly become thicker.
It was not a familiar sensation.
[The stagnant Mana channels are forcefully being opened!]
It surely sting a little, but he did not feel as much pain as he had felt when the Manawater slime first hit him and he had coughed up blood.
In fact, this sensation faintly felt familiar to him.
[Mana channels are reacting to a familiar environment and equilibrium is being established between inner and outer environments.]
He could tell something was changing inside of him.
Something was starting to flow inside of him and at the same time, he could feel that same thing in the environment around him.
[A new homeostasis is being established…]
The darkness that was present all around him was now clearing up and instead, strange small particles of sand or what seemed like star-like dust was now appearing all around him.
[Ding!]
He found it strange at first, but after a moment, he felt a completely new kind of refreshment than how he had felt until now.
[Congratulations! You have gained access to the Natural Energy: Mana.]
[You have acquired Skill: {Mana sense}. You can now sense the Mana in your environment.]
[You have opened the Mana circuit in your body completely, earning an achievement.]
[Treading on the path of Mana (Common) has been achieved!]
"Wow…"
He felt a new kind of energy running through his entire body that was not present there a moment before.
There was a unique kind of strength running through his body as well. It was as if he had just become even stronger.
But more than that, everything he could see, everything he could feel with his senses had just become so much better that it seemed like a completely new world had opened up to him.
"I'm not even surprised at how you opened up your Mana circuit completely and acquired {Mana senses} during the infusion process. Haaa…"
Not everyone could open up their Mana circuits completely during the infusion process since it was just the basic process of letting them be familiar with this energy.
They gain the senses to perceive Mana in their environment much later as well since one had to first get used to a Mana rich environment.
But, he obtained them just like that.
"Seems like you're special as well, El."
Alex was sighing with a smile on her face and Az looked happier for some reason.
"Az…"
And now that he could see Mana, he could see the slime that seemed just like a blob to him previously, in fact looked even prettier.
"We should finish the magic series test now, and you can register as an official mage-."
"Oh, no. We will do the Series test on our own."
All she wanted to see was what kind of magic affinity he had and what elements they might be able to use.
Their main objective for coming here was opening his Mana circuits. They didn't need the tower's help for practical tests.
There was an entire hunting area for that.
"But, miss…"
"I know I'll have to pay six Silvers to skip this process but that isn't much. So, let us get moving~."
They had to visit the Tamers' association to register Az but that was a short process.
Now that he could use Mana, she was excited to see just what different types and series of magic these two special ones might be capable of.