Sword God in a World of Magic

"How much should I ask for?" Shang asked.

"No less than 2,000 gold," the teacher said.

Shang's eyes widened.

2,000 gold?!

He had 27!

The overpriced ore in the academy was worth only around 200 gold!

"How much would it be worth under normal circumstances?" Shang asked in shock.

"Around 500 gold," the teacher said, "and that's considering its rough condition. A well-preserved corpse can go for 800."

"And the young ones?" Shang asked.

"Around 50 gold," she said. "You can't compare Soldier Stage beasts with General Stage beasts. Why do you think there are so many hunters here? General Stage beasts are worth a lot of money."

Normal Vanishing Snakes were already at the Late Soldier Stage, while the adult variant was at the Initial General Stage. Yet, that already increased the price by more than a matter of ten!

Shang remembered the reason why the academy wanted collateral of five gold for every special exam.

Sure enough, powerful warriors could earn money easily.

"Go to the Curio Trinket in Warrior's Paradise. It's a shop at the edge of the market. They should be interested in that corpse," the teacher said. "Tell them teacher Niria sent you."

That surprised Shang. "Why are you helping me to this degree? This doesn't sound like the normal kind of help."

"I can respect potential and power," teacher Niria said neutrally. "Additionally, you might not know it, but we are connected."

"Connected?" Shang asked.

"When you realize what I mean, and if you are willing to trust me, you can ask me after class, but I won't elaborate on that matter," she said. "You have your way, and I have my way."

This threw Shang for a loop.

He had no idea what she was talking about.

Obviously, she wasn't romantically interested in him. Shang saw absolutely no signs of attraction in teacher Niria's demeanor. On top of that, they had just met.

Either she was crazy, or she knew something that Shang didn't.

'Is the dean not the only other person from Earth?' Shang thought.

"I will go back to the academy," teacher Niria said.

Shang had questions, but he saw in Niria's demeanor that she wasn't interested in talking anymore.

you again,

Niria nodded once and

and he looked at the

still had no idea

the end, Shang gave up trying to find the reason for

into it. Since he would now sell the corpse to someone else, he decided to separate the corpse

great number of wagons and people walking on the street. He had spent quite a bit of time in the forest with

could only sigh and entered

all the traffic, but the traffic

width of the

saw that over half of the road's width was used

with stuff with so many wares arriving every single morning?'

around the gate. They looked like they were supposed to give off

realized what these crystals were there for when he noticed that the guards didn't even inspect any of

are kind of like a metal detector, but for illegal goods,

during the night, someone had gone through his stuff manually. Operating the crystals probably cost a lot

just like everyone else, Shang entered the city without

became far more crowded, and Shang had to slow down a lot

a real

noticed that he was the only actual person stuck in the traffic jam. The other people in the traffic jam all rode carriages and other kinds

around and found some people walking along the side of

sidewalks? How did I

then awkwardly

the traffic jam,

always, the marketplace was filled to the brim with wares, stalls,

along the edges of the marketplace since teacher Niria had said that the Curio Trinket was

enough, Shang eventually found the

comparison to nearly all the shops, the Curio Trinket was inside an actual building and not

didn't see any people in front of

Nevertheless, Shang still entered.

crystals, and other kinds of,

no other

the back of the shop. "We don't

of the shop had noticed the beast sack on Shang's

Niria sent

the head of a young man peeked over

she told me to contact you,"

up. After

red robes. On top of that, Shang felt a

should be a Fire Adept,' Shang thought. 'There aren't that many Fire

shop has a

random General Stage beast. So, since this Fire Adept wasn't doing that, it probably meant that he earned more by being a

beast?" the Fire

you said you don't trade in beasts,"

since it takes too long to explain to them what we are interested in when it comes to