The Academy's Strongest Undercover Professor

"Our goal? A-Are you serious?" Xander asked as he couldn't believe what he had just heard.

I wasn't sure what this goal of theirs was, I believed that it was linked to Phoebe's survival, but I couldn't be sure of it just yet.

"Yes. This young one will be able to help us achieve it."

I coughed a few times to gather attention upon myself. After all, this was about me, and I didn't even know what they were talking about.

"Excuse me, but may I know of this goal of yours?" I asked with a smile.

To be honest, I was only asking out of politeness. I didn't when people took advantage of me, and it wouldn't change anytime soon.

"Outsider, you do not deserve to know about us. You weak."

"Xander. Stop being rude," a feminine voice spoke up this time. "If what the chief says is true, then we need to do anything in our power to help him get stronger."

She was extremely muscular, and she seemed to be quite respected by all of the village members since they all stopped making noises as soon as she spoke up. She might be on equal grounds to the chief of the tribe from the looks of it. Well, in terms of aura.

Also, there was something that I hadn't even paid attention to ever since I entered this village, but it was the strength of those within it.

I couldn't feel their strength whatsoever. It was either hidden behind a veil, or they were so powerful that I couldn't feel their strength.

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I believed it was the latter since they had just asked for my help, so it only made sense that I was somewhat around their level.

I could feel the prying eyes of a lot of people around, looking at me with a lot of attention, observing my every muscle.

"But chief, are you sure about this? This human feels weak. Look at his body, so feeble, not an ounce of muscle."

I had to admit that, yes, I didn't look the strongest physically. After all, my body was quite lean, and most of my muscles were not appearing for the time being.

Still, it's not my fault, alright. I just like looking like this!

"Zoe, he is not weak. He might be on par with the weakest members of our clan."

This time, the one who was shocked was me as I turned and looked directly into Zale's eyes. I couldn't feel any harmful intention in his voice. But for me to be as strong as their weakest, there was something wrong here.

Why would they need my help if they were so powerful? It simply didn't make any sense. However, once more, it was related to their goal.

Still, I couldn't help but wonder why no one in this world had heard of this tribe. It simply didn't make sense. As far as I could tell, there were at least twenty members in the tribe, which meant that all twenty of them were just as strong as me or even more powerful!

If that were the case, then they could potentially take over the world. I knew only five people just as strong as me, so it made no sense for them to be so isolated.

"Hm, sorry, but if you want me to help you guys. You will have to tell me about your goal. I'm curious about what it is."

Zale slowly nodded as he slowly raised his hands, telling everyone to keep their mouth shut.

"We want to break free of the curse that our God gave us."

"A curse? But didn't he give you this power?"

Zale shook his head. "It's not that simple. In exchange for receiving protection from a God, we have been isolated from the outside world, and only a select few can actually see this small village of ours. You probably noticed already, but there aren't any children in our tribe because we cannot make one. Actually, that's not quite right.

Only Phoebe is a child in this village, and our God has allowed us to procreate. She is the only one who can leave this small village of ours."

"Are you saying that none of you can leave this village?"

"Yes. It's the curse that our God gave us in exchange for his protection. He also made it impossible for us to age. We are immortals. We have been living in this small place for thousands of years, if not more. We have stopped counting the time a long time ago."

I didn't know what to say. This was just…extremely sudden. Most things that I had observed were now making sense. The fact that there were no children, that no one knew of them, that they needed my help.

"I see. But then, why is it that I was able to see your village?" I asked Zale.

However, his response was just a simple and plain shrug.

"Who knows. Faith, God's will, luck, there are many possibilities, but what matters is that you are here." He smiled faintly. "Now, let's prepare for the training that all of you will go through."

The old man gave the order, and the members of the tribe just looked at him with wide eyes for some reason. It seemed the information he had revealed was definitely a touchy subject.

"Zale. Can we talk to you?" Zoe, the woman who seemed to be the strongest fighter, asked.

The old man simply nodded as he turned around. "Let's. I'm sure all of you have dozens of questions for me."

He walked away inside his house, and they all followed him without asking any other questions or even glancing at me. It seemed they needed to talk about everything that had just happened. It was most likely a huge shock for all of them, and I could understand it very well.

After all, I had just shown up after thousands of years, and they were told that I could break the curse binding them when even I didn't have the slightest clue of how to do such a thing.