Sword God in a World of Magic

Shang reached the market after a bit of walking. Sure enough, there were plenty of stalls here. Some of the stall owners were trying to attract customers by shouting out what great prices they had, but some didn't shout anything.

Shang walked around the market for a bit under the constant barrage of offers. He didn't really listen to all the shouts since no one was shouting about knives.

But then, Shang suddenly halted and turned in a different direction. He had just heard something interesting.

Shang had thought that he was immune to the devious powers of marketing. Sadly, he had been mistaken.

"You said you have Rank Two ore?" Shang asked the smiling merchant.

"Of course! Only the finest ores at Willie's Five Finger Emporium!" the merchant said with a wide grin.

"I'm interested," Shang asked. "Could you show me what you have to offer?"

"Sure thing!" the merchant said as he took out eight different pieces of ore. Obviously, these pieces weren't everything he had to offer, and they only were for display purposes.

Shang looked at the eight pieces of ore.

"We have more to offer, but I only brought out the best for you!" the merchant said with a wide smile. "These are our finest Rank Two ores, seven for all the different Affinities and one for warriors that decided to take on a purer path."

Shang nodded as he looked at the eight stones. "Can I touch them?"

"Sure thing!" the merchant shouted as he pushed the stones forward.

Shang took each stone into his hand one by one and acted like he was inspecting their quality.

In truth, he had no idea about ore.

He was actually just feeling the reaction of his sword.

stone, his sword would vibrate, and Shang

sword's reaction to the stones was the same for all of them. Apparently,

materials from a specific Affinity, but it

the Earth Affinity one?" Shang

Our prices depend on how much you purchase," the merchant

rotating so that the merchant could see the sword on Shang's

"You're in luck! That should

"How much?" Shang asked.

seven units of ore, which would come to 150

"What about the Ice

Affinity is much rarer than Earth Affinity, so it's slightly more expensive. The same amount of

"What about the one without

cheapest one, and it only costs 100 gold. Sadly, since they are in higher demand, we can't

the moment, I lack the funds to purchase any of your wares. I'm very interested in them, but, just for the moment, I have

merchant deflated, but he didn't lose his smile or professionalism. "That's okay! You can find me here Monday to Wednesday. I wish you luck in

nodded and said

looking for a knife. 'The selection of wares here is more than broad. From what I can tell, there is stuff from all around the world here. The students can find everything they will ever

return, the prices are ridiculous,' Shang thought. 'That one guy I met in one of the towns on the way to Warrior's Paradise offered me ore of similar quality for only 40 gold. Sadly, he had only one kind of Rank Two ore for sale,

a vast and rich city like Warrior's Paradise. Most students come from prestigious backgrounds, and they're not lacking any money. The merchants can sell their wares without competing in

my sword, I need to get some gold. Additionally, I should ask one of the teachers where the ore is sourced.

while, Shang found

Wild Forest just to hunt one single beast. Most of the time, they went in there for the entire day,

to volume and weight was far lower than things like teeth, fur, and claws. Not many people had Space Rings, which meant

more. Because of that, most of these kinds of hunters simply removed the most valuable things of their prey and left the meat and

beast population again. After

knife suitable for all beasts in the First Realm for two gold. There were no shaving knives on the market since every

place