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

Shang was alone again, and he looked at

still had no idea what she

up trying to

grabbed a second 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

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

sigh and

but the traffic still

ridiculous width of the street. Who even made

half of the road's width

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

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

for when he noticed that the guards didn't

a metal detector, but for illegal goods, maybe?' he

the crystals probably cost a lot of Mana,

the end, just like everyone else, Shang

Shang had to slow down a lot

this was a real

he was the only actual person stuck in the traffic jam. The

some people walking along the

have sidewalks? How

then awkwardly moved towards the

jam,

the marketplace was filled to the brim

teacher Niria had said that the Curio

Shang eventually

the Curio Trinket was inside an

in front of the shop, which surprised him

Nevertheless, Shang still entered.

and other kinds of, well, trinkets. The name sure

saw no other

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

shop had noticed the beast sack

sent me," Shang

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

told me to contact you," Shang

and stood up. After

had red hair and wore red robes. On top of that, Shang felt a lot of Fire Mana

a Fire Adept,' Shang thought. 'There

why no one is here. If this shop has

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

interesting beast?" the Fire Adept asked with

you said you don't trade in beasts,"

are interested in when it comes to beasts," the