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,"

Niria nodded

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

idea what she was

trying to find the reason

shoved the corpse into it. Since he would now sell the corpse to someone else, he decided to

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

only sigh and

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

now, Shang saw that over half of the road's width was

with stuff with so many

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

when he noticed that the guards didn't even inspect

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

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

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

a

person stuck in the traffic jam. The other people

people walking

sidewalks? How did I

then awkwardly moved

traffic jam, Shang jogged toward

like always, the marketplace was filled to the brim

along the edges of the marketplace since teacher Niria had

sure enough, Shang eventually found

comparison to nearly all the shops, the Curio Trinket was inside

people in front of the shop, which surprised him

Nevertheless, Shang still entered.

saw many rings, amulets, crystals, and other kinds

no

shop," someone shouted from the back

the person in the back of the shop had noticed

sent

the shop uttered, and the head of a

to contact

brows and stood up. After that, he

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

thought. 'There aren't that many Fire Mages in Warrior's

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

Stage beast. So, since this Fire Adept wasn't doing that, it probably meant

Fire Adept asked with a

don't trade

interested in