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,

nodded once and

again, and he looked at the corpse of

idea what

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

would now sell the corpse to someone else,

of wagons and people walking on the street. He had spent quite a bit

sigh and entered the busy

due to all the traffic, but the traffic

looked to the side at the ridiculous width of the street. Who even made a road that's an entire kilometer

over half of the road's

not overflowing with stuff with so many wares arriving every single morning?' Shang

big crystals were around the

for when he noticed that the

guess these crystals are kind of like a metal detector, but for illegal

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

the end, just like everyone else, Shang entered the

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

a

the traffic jam. The other people in

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

They actually have sidewalks? How

and then awkwardly moved

jam, Shang jogged toward

was filled to the brim with

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

Shang eventually found the

Trinket was inside an actual building and not some stall or

front of the shop, which surprised

Nevertheless, Shang still entered.

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

saw no other

shouted from the back

the shop had noticed the

Niria sent me,"

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

me to contact you,"

up. After that,

robes. On top of that, Shang felt a

Shang thought. 'There

this shop has a Fire Adept as their clerk, they probably don't

a ton of money just by going into the Wasteland and killing any random General Stage beast. So, since this Fire Adept wasn't doing that, it

interesting beast?" the Fire

thought you said you don't trade in beasts," Shang

them what we are interested in when it comes to beasts," the Fire Adept explained. "Now, show me what she's killed