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

had no idea what she was talking

up trying

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

walking on the street. He had spent quite a bit of

could only sigh and entered

but the traffic still wasn't as bad as Shang

the street.

that over half of the road's width was used

is Warrior's Paradise not overflowing with stuff with

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

noticed that the guards didn't even

are kind of like a metal detector, but for illegal

stuff manually. Operating the crystals probably cost a lot of

else, Shang entered the city without

Shang had to slow down a lot until

this was a real

stuck in the traffic jam. The

found some people walking along

sidewalks? How

then awkwardly moved towards

jam,

always, the marketplace was filled to the brim with

walked along the edges of the marketplace since teacher Niria had said

enough, Shang eventually found the

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

of the shop,

Nevertheless, Shang still entered.

and

no

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

the back of the shop had noticed the beast sack on Shang's

sent me,"

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

me to contact you,"

up.

of that, Shang felt a lot of Fire Mana coming

thought. 'There aren't

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

Adept could earn a ton of money just by going into the Wasteland and killing any random General Stage beast. So, since this Fire Adept wasn't doing that, it probably meant that he earned more

interesting beast?" the Fire Adept

thought you said you don't trade

are interested in when it comes to beasts," the Fire Adept explained. "Now,