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,

Niria nodded

he looked at the corpse

had no idea

end, Shang gave up trying to find

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

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

and entered

slower due to all the traffic, but the

width of the street. Who even

Shang saw that over half of the

not overflowing with stuff with so many wares arriving

gates. Several big crystals were around the gate. They looked like they were supposed to give off light, but they

he noticed that the guards didn't even inspect any

like a metal detector, but for

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

the end, just like everyone else, Shang

Shang had to slow down a

was a

stuck in the traffic jam. The other people

some people walking along the

How did I

around and then awkwardly moved

jam,

like always, the marketplace was filled to the brim

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

sure enough, Shang eventually

nearly all the shops, the Curio Trinket was inside an actual building and not some stall

didn't see any people in front of the shop,

Nevertheless, Shang still entered.

and other kinds of, well, trinkets.

saw no other

from the back of the

person in the back of the shop

sent

in the back of the shop uttered, and the head of a young man peeked over the corner. "Teacher

to

and stood up. After that, he came

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

should be a Fire Adept,' Shang thought. 'There aren't that many Fire Mages in

here. If this shop has a Fire Adept as

the Wasteland and killing any random General Stage beast. So, since this Fire

another interesting beast?" the Fire Adept

you don't trade in beasts,"

that to everyone since it takes too long to explain to them what we are interested in when it comes to beasts," the Fire Adept