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.

hold of a stone, his sword would vibrate, and Shang

stones was the same for all of them. Apparently, there wasn't anything special about them. They were all

test if his sword preferred materials from a specific Affinity, but it didn't. Everything was the same

Earth Affinity one?" Shang

Our prices depend on how much

sword on Shang's back.

with a wide grin. "You're in luck! That should be

"How much?" Shang asked.

would come to

"What about the

Earth Affinity, so it's slightly more expensive. The same amount of the

"What about the

gold. Sadly, since they are in higher demand, we can't offer you a

them, but, just for the moment, I have to decline. When I have the necessary funds, I will come back to take a closer look, assuming I don't find a better

professionalism. "That's okay! You can find me here Monday to Wednesday. I wish you luck in acquiring the funds

nodded and said his

'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 need

in 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, and there hadn't been another merchant that sold

I can't blame them. If I were them, I also wouldn't sell it locally but in a vast and rich city like Warrior's Paradise. Most students

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

a while, Shang

and the knives they sold were for skinning beasts. Oftentimes, hunters didn't go into the Wild Forest just to hunt one single beast. Most of the time, they went in there for the entire day, killing everything they could find

but the ratio of gold to volume and weight was far lower than things

simply couldn't carry more. Because of that, most of these kinds of hunters simply removed the most valuable things of their prey and left

of increasing the beast population again. After all, the corpses would quickly be consumed by

purchased a skinning knife suitable for all beasts in the First Realm for two gold. There were no shaving knives on the market since every warrior in the academy simply used their weapons to shave. Of course, a lot of them

getting the knife, Shang also went to the Exchange Hall, the place where students could