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

again, and he looked at the corpse of the

no idea

trying to find the reason for her

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

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

only sigh and entered the busy

had to walk slower due to all the traffic, but the

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

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

Paradise not overflowing with stuff with so many wares

of the widely opened gates. Several big crystals were around

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

are kind of like a metal

manually. Operating the crystals probably cost a lot

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

crowded, and Shang had to slow

a

in the traffic jam. The other people in the traffic jam all rode carriages

found some people walking

They actually have sidewalks? How did I

and then awkwardly moved

from the traffic jam, Shang jogged

was filled to the brim with

edges of the marketplace since teacher Niria had said that the Curio Trinket

Shang eventually

was inside an actual building and not some stall

of the

Nevertheless, Shang still entered.

crystals, and other kinds of, well,

saw no other

someone shouted from the

the back of the shop had noticed

sent me," Shang

of a young man peeked over the corner. "Teacher Niria? She doesn't normally

told me to contact you,"

stood up. After

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

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

here. If this shop has a

random General Stage beast. So, since this Fire Adept wasn't doing that, it probably meant that he earned more by being a clerk

get another interesting beast?" the Fire Adept asked with

don't

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