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.

his sword would vibrate, and Shang could feel excitement and

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

sword preferred materials from a specific Affinity, but it

much for the Earth Affinity

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

to completely reforge this sword," Shang said, slightly rotating so that the merchant could see the sword on Shang's back. Pulling out the weapon

looked at the sword and nodded with a wide grin. "You're in luck! That should be just enough to qualify for

"How much?" Shang asked.

seven units of ore, which would come to 150 gold, but with the bulk purchase

about

amount of

"What about the one without

our cheapest one, and it only costs 100 gold. Sadly, since they are in higher demand, we can't offer you a bulk purchase discount," the

them, but, just for the moment, I have to decline. When I have the necessary funds, I will

professionalism. "That's okay! You can find me here

nodded and said his

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

ore of similar quality for only 40 gold. Sadly, he had only one kind of Rank Two

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

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

while, Shang found a stall

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

lower than things like teeth, fur, and claws. Not many people

more. Because of that, most of these kinds of hunters simply removed

positive side-effect of increasing the beast population again. After all, the corpses would quickly be

gold. There were no shaving knives on the market since every warrior in the academy simply used their weapons to

getting the knife, Shang also went to the Exchange Hall, the place