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

the same for all of them. Apparently, there wasn't

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

Earth Affinity one?"

need? Our prices depend on how much you purchase,"

merchant could see the sword on

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

"How much?" Shang asked.

come to 150 gold, but

nodded. "What about the Ice

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

"What about the one

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

you for your time. However, at 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 to decline. When I have the necessary funds, I will come back to take a closer look, assuming I don't find

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

nodded and said

continued looking for a knife. 'The selection of wares here is more than broad. From what I can tell, there is stuff

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

like Warrior's Paradise. Most

I need to get some gold. Additionally, I should ask one of

the marketplace for a while,

to hunt one single beast. Most of the time, they went in there

lower than things like teeth, fur, and claws.

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

the beast population again. After

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

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