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

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

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

the Earth

do you need? Our prices depend

slightly rotating so that the merchant could see the sword on Shang's back. Pulling out the weapon was forbidden, so

sword and nodded with a wide grin. "You're in

"How much?" Shang asked.

which would come to 150 gold, but with the bulk purchase discount, it's only 140 gold!" the

about the Ice

much rarer than Earth Affinity, so it's slightly more expensive. The same amount of the Ice Affinity one comes to 200 gold naturally, but 190 gold for

about the one without

since they are in higher demand, we can't offer you a bulk

moment, I lack the funds to purchase any of your wares. I'm very interested in 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 offer

or professionalism. "That's okay! You can find me here Monday to Wednesday. I wish

nodded and said his

of wares here is more than broad. From what I can tell, there is stuff from all around

Warrior's Paradise offered me ore of similar quality for only 40 gold. Sadly, he had

like Warrior's Paradise. Most students come from

gold. Additionally, I should ask one of the teachers where the ore is sourced. Maybe I can get it cheaper

around the marketplace for a while, Shang found a

didn't go into the Wild Forest just to hunt one single beast. Most of

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

Paradise immediately since they simply couldn't carry more. Because of that,

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

There were no shaving knives on the market since every warrior in the academy simply used

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