Blood demon leveling - Chapter 179

Mike woke from his meditation, he slowly opened his eyes before he sighed, he had not slept ever since he was sent to this world, still, he felt fine after a night of meditation

‘I need to get some high-level servants so I can sleep…’

Maybe one would call Mike paranoid but he didn’t sleep or let down his guard unless he had at least a couple of high-level servants around

“Ah… I miss sleep…”

Mike stretched as he complained then he took a shower before he got dressed and walked out of his room, speaking of his room he had been assigned a rather luxurious teachers dormitory room which he appreciated a lot

“Well, it’s better than sleeping in some inn somewhere…”

Mike cracked his neck as he walked on his way to the mess hall to get some food, on his way, a lot of teachers, as well as students, greeted him, he wore a friendly smile on his face as he greeted them back, Mike would teach his first combat class today and as he expected a lot of people had signed up to the class, so many that he had to apply for a second teacher to help him hold class, he had requested Noel which boosted the latter’s status in the academy by a lot, soon he made his way to the mess hall and found some food before he sat down and began eating, nobody distributed him as he was eating which Mike was thankful for, after eating Mike went to the assigned courtyard where he would be teaching, the teachers uniform consisted of black straight pants, a white shirt and a mage like robe, Mike took off his robe when he arrived before he put it on a coat hanger to the side of the courtyard, then he walked into the middle of the courtyard and sat down on the stone floor and closed his eyes as he began circulating his mana slightly

‘This should create the imposing teacher image I’m going for right?’

Soon students began arriving, some of them stood there for a bit watching Mike in silence, the students were members of the upper-class, thus they were more mature than their peers… Thought they were also arrogant and prideful

“Heh… acting all mysterious”

Mike opened his eyes and looked straight at the student that had spoken, it turned out to be a black-haired youngster with blue eyes, he didn’t back down or apologize to Mike he instead ridiculed him more

“What are you embarrassed now that I called you out on your tricks?”

Mike showed a smile and spoke plainly

“One more word from you and I’ll break your Nico-Nico-Kneecaps”

“I dare y—”

*SNAP* *SNAP*

“—AAAGGGRRRHHH!!!”

Mike stood up as he watched the blue-eyed brat agonize on the floor with his legs twisted and spoke to the crowd of students

“Now then, this you parents really should have thought you… Don’t piss off a level 8”

Mike’s eyes scanned the crowds for a bit before he spoke again

“While I have graciously decided to teach here at this little academy I will tolerate no disrespect in my classes, neither towards me nor towards each other, if you want to fling mud around you brats should find the nearest village, is that clear?”

The surrounding students nodded, though nobody dared speak up, then Mike looked towards the still screaming blue-eyed brat and sighed before he made a gesture with his hands which restored the twisted legs to their original shape, this caused the blue-eyed brat to pass out from the pain, then Mike twirled his finger and made use of the blood that stained the blue-eyed brat’s legs to both stop the bleeding and also from splits that kept his legs in the right position to heal, then he spoke again

“Now… I have received permission to handle any disobedience with as rough a punishment as I see fit, as long as the student survives that is… Anyone that doesn’t want to take my class knowing this is free to leave now”

Around a third of the students around left, Mike waited for a bit before he spoke

“Last change”

The remaining students stood their grounds, Mike showed a smile before he continued speaking

“Now, what I’ll be teaching the ones that have chosen to remain here is simple, it’s combat, not fancy ceremonial bullshit some people call combat, this will be the kind that kills people in the most efficient way, I have already requested slaves and death-row criminals to be dispatched here to that end”

Mike paused before he continued speaking as he walked around in a circle looking at all the  students in turn as he spoke

“While I can’t guarantee that you won’t be injured I can at least guarantee your life doing the training”

Mike stopped walking and called out

“Mel”

“Yes!”

Mal walked into the front row of the students, then Mike waved her over into the courtyard as he spoke

“Mel is my personal student, I would like a level 6 to spar with her to demonstrate the fruits of my training, any volunteers?”

Some silence followed before a student raised his hand, Mike nodded and waved them forwards into the courtyard, the two of them spared for about 30 seconds before Mel’s opponent was overpowered by her and then defeated, the students watching was somewhat shocked by this, after all a level 6 and another level 6 would normally be almost equally matched so even if one of them would win it normally took longer than 30 seconds to decide the outcome, Mike patted Mel on the shoulder before he spoke again

“This is what I offer you, decided if you want to pursue power or let this change slip between your fingers”

With this said Mike walked out of the courtyard, now that he had given a demonstration it was up to the students to decide whether they would join his class, Mike picked up his rope before he walked all the way back to his room and walked in before he shut the door after him, then he sighed before he decided to clear his mind with some meditation and sat down on the floor before he began regulating his breathing…

As Mike was meditating the entire academy was abuzz with noise, both students and teachers talked about the new teacher and his rather forceful approach to combat, some of the teachers that taught noble swordsmanship complained that it was too barbaric but none could dismiss the power his student had shown in overpowering a person that was the same level as them in only 30 seconds, soon time rolled around to Mike’s second demonstration, Mike was standing in a lecture hall and was currently speaking on the subject of magic formations

“—So by using these lines and points we can begin to draw a rune, and by combining runes we make a magic formation, these formations have various uses, for example, heating water, lighting for late studying students such as yourselves or weapons of war—”

Mike continued speaking for the almost entirely filled lecture hall, while it had been years since he himself had been a student in the field of magic formations he had been picking up books on the subject ever since his and Julie’s untimely departure from the academy, thus his knowledge on the subject was wide, by the end of the demonstration Mike put down the chark and turned to the group of students that seemed entirely stunned, though Mike spotted some thoughtful experience in between, these were either students that had learned about the subject before or newly inspired students, Mike sighed before he asked

“Any questions?”

A bunch of hands went up at once, Mike showed a wry smile before he began answering the student’s questions in a patient and considerate manner, then once he was finished answering questions he spoke again

“This is the end of the demonstration”

Then he directly left, as he left he received a mental message and showed a smile before he walked back to his room and changed into his leather armor and put the shield on his back, the hammer on his hip, and the knife on in his belt before he walked out of the room again and found the nearest courtyard and summoned his wings before he flew off, the mental message he had received was from the assassin he had used control on, he had finally found out who had hired his organization to kill Lucy, it was the city lord who had tried to take control of the rights of the trade route Mike had cleared

‘If I fly all the way I can be there in less than 3 days… I have a week until I need to teach my first class so I’ll barely be able to get there and back…’

Mike narrowed his eyes as he sped up, Lucy was the woman of his subordinate, trying to kill her was equal to trying to kill his family and thus could not be forgiven…