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 and

alone again, and he looked at

no idea what she was

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

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 ears

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

could only sigh and entered the busy

traffic, but the traffic still wasn't as bad

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

over half of

with so many wares arriving

Shang arrived in front of the widely opened gates. Several big crystals were around the gate. They looked like they were supposed to

when he noticed that the guards didn't even inspect any of the wares entering

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

someone had 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

like everyone else, Shang

and Shang had to slow

this was a real

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

around and found some people walking along

have sidewalks? How did I never

and then awkwardly moved towards

from the traffic jam,

the marketplace was filled to the brim with wares, stalls, and

along the edges of the marketplace since teacher Niria had said that the

sure enough, Shang eventually

shops, the Curio Trinket was inside

didn't see any people in front of

Nevertheless, Shang still entered.

saw many rings, amulets, crystals, and other kinds

saw no

wrong shop," someone shouted from the

of the shop had noticed the beast

Niria sent me,"

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

to contact you,"

furrowed his brows and stood up. After that, he

hair and wore red robes. On top of that,

Adept,' Shang thought. 'There aren't that many Fire Mages

here. If this shop has a Fire Adept as their clerk, they probably don't sell cheap

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

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

you said you don't trade in beasts,"

to explain to them what we are interested in when it comes to beasts," the Fire Adept explained. "Now, show