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,

Niria nodded once

Shang was alone again, and he looked at the corpse of the snake in

had no idea what she was

trying to find the

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

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

sigh and entered

the traffic, but the

the side at the ridiculous width of the street.

half of the road's

Paradise not overflowing with stuff with so many

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

there for when he noticed that the guards didn't even inspect any

are kind of like a metal detector, but for illegal

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

the end, just like everyone else, Shang entered the city

had to slow down a

was a real

jam. The other people in

found some people walking along

sidewalks? How did

around and then awkwardly moved

from the traffic jam, Shang jogged

filled to the brim with

Niria had said that the Curio Trinket was near the

Shang eventually found

Trinket was inside an actual building and not

people in front of the shop, which surprised him

Nevertheless, Shang still entered.

saw many rings, amulets, crystals, and other kinds of, well, trinkets. The name sure was

saw no

someone shouted from the

the back of the shop

sent

the back of the shop uttered, and the head of a young

she told me to contact you,"

up. After that, he came out of the

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

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

why no one is here. If this shop has a Fire Adept as their clerk,

Wasteland and killing any random General Stage beast. So,

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

don't trade in beasts," Shang

takes too long to explain to them what we are interested in when it