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," he

Niria nodded once

looked at the corpse of the snake

had no idea

Shang gave up trying to find

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

the street. He had spent quite a bit of time in the forest with teacher Niria, and rush hour had

sigh and entered the busy

to walk slower due to all the traffic, but the traffic still wasn't as

side at the ridiculous width of the street. Who even made a

half of the road's width was

overflowing with stuff with so many wares arriving

of the widely opened gates. Several big crystals were around the gate. They looked like they were supposed to give off light, but they didn't

there for when he noticed that the guards didn't even inspect

like a metal detector, but for

gone through his stuff manually. Operating the crystals probably cost a lot of Mana, and it probably wasn't worth it to keep them running throughout the

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

more crowded, and Shang had to slow down a lot

a real

the traffic jam. The other people in

looked around and found some people walking along the side of the

They actually have sidewalks? How did I never

looked around and then awkwardly moved

from the traffic jam, Shang

marketplace was filled to the

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

enough, Shang eventually

nearly all the shops, the Curio Trinket was

people in front of the shop,

Nevertheless, Shang still entered.

crystals, and other kinds of, well, trinkets. The

saw no other

the wrong shop," someone shouted from the

the back of the shop

Niria sent me,"

the back of the shop uttered, and the head of a young man peeked

she told me to

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

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

Adept,' Shang thought. 'There aren't that

no one 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 that he earned more by being a clerk in this

the Fire Adept asked with a bit of

said you don't trade

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