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.

again, teacher," he

nodded

Shang was alone again, and he looked at the

had no idea what she was

Shang gave up trying to find the reason for her

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

went back to the street, and he saw a great number of wagons and people walking on the street. He had spent quite a bit of time in the forest with teacher Niria, and

could only sigh and entered the busy

to all the traffic, but the

the street. Who even made a road that's

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

overflowing with stuff with so

Several big crystals were around the gate. They looked like they were supposed to give off light, but

were there for when he noticed that the guards didn't even inspect any of the wares

kind of like a metal detector, but

probably cost a lot of Mana,

just like everyone else, Shang entered the city without being

streets became far more crowded, and Shang had to slow down

this was a real

traffic jam. The other people in

people walking along the side of

actually have sidewalks? How did I never

looked around and then awkwardly

traffic jam, Shang

the marketplace was filled to the brim with

teacher Niria had

enough, Shang eventually

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

in front of the shop, which

Nevertheless, Shang still entered.

saw many rings, amulets, crystals, and other kinds of, well, trinkets.

saw no other

wrong shop," someone shouted from the back of the shop.

person in the back of the shop had

Niria sent

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

she told me to contact you,"

man furrowed his brows and stood up. After that, he came out

hair and wore red robes. On top of that, Shang felt a lot

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

also explains why no one is here. If this shop has a Fire Adept as their clerk, they probably don't sell cheap

money just by going into the Wasteland and killing any random General Stage

Fire Adept asked

don't trade in beasts,"

them what we are interested in when it