The Academy's Strongest Undercover Professor

Chapter 24 - 23 - One Punch Man

"That’s all?" I suddenly shouted, looking at the minuscule amount of damage they had managed to achieve. "That’s all the Apex class can do?"

I made sure to put a lot of emphasis on the word "Apex" to humiliate them a little more. Most of them had fallen on the ground because of the force that their attack exuded, and if I didn’t save them in the next seconds, then the chances of one person dying were extremely high.

Still, I won’t lie. They had done a lot better than I thought. And it was all because of one person, that golden-haired girl. She clearly wasn’t a commoner from her clothes and mannerisms. I had no idea where she came from, but she had received good training. Because of her, they actually managed to make the Cyclops bleed, which wasn’t an easy task for teenagers.

Talking about the golden-haired girl, she removed the dust from her pants as she stood up once more. It seemed she wasn’t done just yet.

"Stand up!" she shouted. "This is only the beginning, we just need to do that over and over again!"

However, when I looked at the rest of the students’ faces, there wasn’t the same determination as before. Well, it did make sense; their all-out attack had barely managed to scratch the Cyclops. They clearly couldn’t win against it.

She looked around herself, realizing that no one followed her orders. She gritted her teeth. There was no way for her to beat that creature all by herself.

"I guess this is really all you guys can do…" I murmured. "Disappointing."

I had been standing not so far away from them, so some of them managed to hear that. They just looked over at me with their eyes wide open. Jackson was one of them, clenching his jaw so much that he might even break it.

"Then, go ahead and capture it by yourself!" Jackson screamed. "I bet you won’t even be able to do that. You probably had help to capture it in the first place."

I looked at him with a frown. "Help? You think I need help to capture a weak little creature like this?"

Most of the students also seemed to agree with him as their heads were bobbing up and down instinctively.

I shrugged. I guess that’s what happens when you don’t prove your worth to them.

I looked over to them, my eyes observing my surroundings as the Cyclops was immobile, simply staring at me. If one paid close attention, they might have seen him trembling because of my presence, but none of the students had noticed it.

"I guess I should show you guys why I was chosen as your professor, huh?"

I gathered mana inside my body and dashed forward extremely fast.

Looks of awe. Their mouths were all wide open as they looked at me. Well, except for one person who had already seen what I could do, Darla, who had an umbrella to hide herself from the sun. She just had a smile on her face as she seemed happy that I proved everyone wrong.

I would have flew, but I needed to keep my strength hidden from Derek and the rest of the professors. Nevertheless, my speed had been enough to impress all of them.

I laughed. "If that impressed you, then you better keep your eyes open."

-Swoosh!-

I dashed toward the Cyclops, disappearing for a short moment from the sight of my students, reappearing right in front of the Cyclops winding up a punch. The Cyclops flinched as I pulled back my arm.

A sigh escaped my mouth. I was supposed to be badass right now and show them my dominance. If the Cyclops was too scared of me… It wouldn’t work.

I got a bit closer to him and whispered in his ear.

"If you give it your all, I’ll let you go."

Right after that, he seemed pumped as determination resurfaced in his eyes. I really knew how to talk to people. It hadn’t really comprehended me, but the tone and energy in my voice had been enough from the looks of it.

So, I wound up my punch again and gave it my all. It slowly approached his head as the Cyclops placed both his hands in front of his head to protect himself.

-Boom!-

The sound of the impact of my fists with his arms resounded all around me, and I wouldn’t even be surprised if the people inside the Royal Academy’s Tower heard it. After receiving my fist in his face, his body started wobbling and finally fell on the ground face first.

"It’s gonna fall, move!" I shouted.

After all, I didn’t want one of my students to get heavily injured, or even worse…die on my first day.

-Boom!-

This time, the ground trembled because of him falling down. They all looked at me in awe as they couldn’t believe what they had just seen. A normal soldier, someone who hadn’t even gotten a promotion, was able to take down a Cyclops in a single strike. Normally, it would require teams of extremely powerful humans to take it down. But I managed to do it in a few seconds…

"H-How?!"

"D-Did he really take down a Cyclops in one hit?"

"What kind of soldier was he?!"

I smiled as I turned toward them. It seemed like I managed to make a good impression at last. There was only one thing: the blood from the Cyclops had gotten on my black glove. I took it off and started cleaning it as best as I could.

"Fucking disgusting," I muttered as I landed right beside my students. They all looked at me, wondering what I was talking about.

"Oh, do not worry. I’m not talking about you. It’s my glove, you see. It’s all dirty."

Their mouths were open once again.

I think they were slowly realizing that I might be even weirder than they were.