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.

took hold of a stone, his sword would vibrate, and Shang could feel excitement and hunger

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

preferred materials from a specific Affinity, but

Earth Affinity one?"

depend on how much you purchase," the merchant

Shang said, slightly rotating so that the merchant could see the sword on Shang's back.

sword and nodded with a wide grin. "You're in luck! That should be just enough to qualify for our lowest bulk

"How much?" Shang asked.

need around seven units of ore, which would come to

about the Ice Affinity

same amount of the Ice

nodded. "What about

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

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

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

and said his

what I can tell, there is stuff from all around the world here. The students

ore of similar quality for only 40

locally but in a vast and rich city like Warrior's Paradise. Most students come from prestigious backgrounds, and they're not lacking any money. The

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

while, Shang found

was a hunting store, 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

but the ratio of gold to volume and weight was far lower than things like teeth, fur, and claws. Not many people had Space Rings, which meant that they had to carry their prey with beast

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

of increasing the beast population again. After all, the

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 simply didn't

place where students could exchange their wares for Contribution Points