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

Niria nodded

again, and he looked

had no idea what she was talking

Shang gave up trying to find the reason

beast 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

that, Shang 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

only sigh and

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

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

saw that over half of the road's

overflowing with stuff with so

were around the gate.

there for when he noticed that the guards didn't

are kind of like a metal detector, but

the crystals probably cost a lot of Mana, and it probably wasn't worth it to keep

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

crowded, and Shang had

this was a real

only actual person stuck in the traffic jam. The other people in the traffic

looked around and found some people

sidewalks? How did

and then awkwardly moved towards

traffic jam,

always, the marketplace was filled to the brim with

teacher Niria had said that

Shang eventually

was inside an actual building

any people in front of the shop, which surprised him a

Nevertheless, Shang still entered.

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

no other

shouted from the

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

sent

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

me to contact you," Shang

his brows and stood up.

that, Shang felt a lot of Fire Mana coming from the

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

is here. If this shop has a Fire

killing any random General Stage beast. So, since this Fire Adept wasn't doing that, it probably meant that he earned more by

the Fire

don't

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