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," he

nodded once and

alone again, and he looked at the corpse of the snake

no idea what

trying to find

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

number of wagons and people walking on the street.

could only sigh and entered

due to all the traffic, but the traffic

to the side at the ridiculous width of the street.

half of the road's

is Warrior's Paradise not overflowing with stuff with so many

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

what these crystals were there for when he noticed that the guards didn't even inspect

crystals are kind of like a metal

had arrived during the night, someone had gone through his stuff manually. Operating the crystals probably cost a lot of Mana, and it

just like everyone else, Shang entered the city without

Shang had to slow down a lot until he eventually

was a

Shang quickly noticed that he was the only actual person stuck in the traffic jam. The other people in the traffic jam all rode carriages and

around and found some people

actually have sidewalks? How did I never

then awkwardly moved towards

jam, Shang jogged

to the brim with wares,

since teacher Niria

enough, Shang eventually found

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

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

Nevertheless, Shang still entered.

and other kinds

no other

the wrong shop," someone shouted from the back of the shop.

person in the back of the shop had noticed the beast sack on

sent me,"

shop uttered, and the head of a young man peeked over the corner. "Teacher Niria? She doesn't normally

she told me to contact you," Shang

and stood up. After

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

'There aren't that

explains why no one is here. If this shop has a Fire

into the Wasteland and killing any random General Stage beast. So,

beast?" the Fire Adept asked with a bit of

said you don't trade in beasts," Shang

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