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

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

idea what she was talking

end, Shang gave up trying to find

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

people walking on the street.

and entered

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

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

that over half of the road's width was used

is Warrior's Paradise not overflowing with stuff with so many wares

front of the widely opened gates. Several big crystals were around the gate. They looked like they

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

kind of like a metal

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

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

Shang had to slow down a

a

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

found some people walking along

How did I never notice

looked around and then awkwardly

from the traffic jam, Shang jogged toward

marketplace was filled to the

since teacher Niria had said that the Curio

Shang eventually found

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

people in front of the shop, which surprised him a

Nevertheless, Shang still entered.

many rings, amulets, crystals, and other kinds of, well, trinkets. The name sure

saw no

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

shop had noticed the beast sack on Shang's

sent

the person in the back of the shop uttered, and the head of a young man

me to contact

stood up. After that, he came out

red hair and wore red robes. On top of that,

Shang thought. 'There aren't that many

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

of money just by going into the Wasteland and killing any random General Stage beast. So, since this

beast?" the Fire Adept asked with a

don't trade in beasts,"

interested in when it comes