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,

nodded once

he looked at the corpse of the snake in

had no idea what she was talking

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

it. Since he would now sell the corpse to

the street, and he saw a great number of wagons and people walking on the street. He had

could only sigh and entered

the traffic, but

to the side at the ridiculous width of the

now, Shang saw that over half of the

overflowing with stuff with so many

in front of the widely opened gates. Several big crystals were around the gate. They

that the guards didn't even inspect

are kind of like a metal detector, but for

Shang had arrived during the night, someone had gone through his stuff manually. Operating the crystals probably cost

else, Shang entered the city without being

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

was a real traffic

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

people walking along the

They actually have sidewalks? How did

around and then awkwardly

the traffic jam, Shang jogged

was filled to the brim with

Niria had said that the

enough, Shang eventually

the Curio Trinket was inside an actual

front of the shop, which surprised him

Nevertheless, Shang still entered.

Curio Trinket, Shang saw many rings, amulets, crystals, and

no

shouted from the back

shop had

Niria sent me," Shang

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

told me to contact

stood up. After that, he

robes. On top of that, Shang felt a lot of Fire Mana coming from the

thought. 'There aren't that many Fire

shop has a Fire Adept as their clerk, they

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 probably meant that he earned more

she get another interesting beast?" the Fire Adept asked with

you don't trade in beasts," Shang

explain to them what we are interested in when it comes to beasts," the