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, teacher,"

Niria nodded once

was alone again, and he looked at the corpse of the

no idea what

up trying

sack and shoved the corpse into it. Since he would now sell the corpse to someone else, he decided to separate the corpse from the ears

to the street, and he saw a great number of wagons and people walking on the street.

could only sigh and entered the

had to walk slower due to all the traffic, but the

width of the street. Who even made a road that's an entire

half

overflowing with stuff with so many wares arriving every single

Several big crystals were around the gate. They looked like they were

when he noticed that the guards didn't even

kind of like a metal

during the night, someone had gone through his stuff manually. Operating the crystals probably cost a lot of Mana, and it probably wasn't

the end, just like everyone else, Shang entered the city without being

and Shang had to slow down a lot

this was a real

jam. The other people in the traffic jam all rode carriages and other

around and found some people walking along the side of

They actually have sidewalks? How did I

and then awkwardly moved towards the

jam, Shang jogged toward the

the marketplace was filled to the brim with

edges of the marketplace since teacher Niria

Shang eventually found

shops, the Curio Trinket was inside an

people in front of the shop, which surprised him a

Nevertheless, Shang still entered.

the Curio Trinket, Shang saw many rings, amulets, crystals, and other kinds of, well, trinkets. The name sure was

saw no

in the wrong shop," someone shouted from the back of the shop. "We don't

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

sent me,"

the person in the back of the shop uttered, and the head of a young man peeked over the corner. "Teacher Niria? She doesn't normally

told me to contact you," Shang

up. After that, he came out

and wore red robes. On top of that, Shang felt a lot of Fire Mana coming

'There

is here. If this shop has a Fire Adept as their clerk, they probably

Stage beast. So, since this Fire Adept wasn't doing that, it probably meant

the Fire Adept asked with a bit of

you said you don't trade in beasts,"

to everyone since it takes too long to explain to them what we are interested in when it comes to beasts," the