I Became an Officer in Another World in Just 5 Minutes - Chapter 116

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Episode 116

Unfortunately, what he pulled from his pocket wasn’t gold coins, but a well-sharpened dagger.

“Urgh.”

The dagger stopped just before his throat.

The old man frowned at the sight, but that wasn’t really the important thing.

Rustle.

“Move even a little from there and you die.”

From various spots around the store where I hadn’t sensed any presence, masked men appeared and drew their bowstrings toward Eden.

‘Damn, just how many are there.’

I quickly rolled my eyes to count – at least six.

With double the numbers and the enemy prepared to attack, it was an overwhelmingly disadvantageous situation.

“Finally crawling out. I was wondering how long you’d keep hiding.”

Had Eden sensed their presence?

He didn’t show any sign of panic at all.

‘No, if he knew, shouldn’t he have run?’

In this hopeless situation, cold sweat just dripped from my hands.

“I don’t know who you are, but surrender here. Do you know where this is before stepping foot in here? Tsk tsk.”

The old man showed no sign of surprise or fear even with a sword right in front of his throat.

Had he taken off a mask in the meantime? The atmosphere he gave off was completely different from before.

“That’s what I wanted to say, but you stole my line. Do you think you can leave here alive?”

‘Yes, completely.’

With double the numbers, wouldn’t it be a problem if we couldn’t get out alive?

“You’re mad. Completely mad.”

The old man shook his head.

There was one thing to watch carefully here.

‘Still, seeing they don’t release their bowstrings, the old man must be an important person.’

As the standoff continued in extreme tension, Captain Alpen took a step closer to me.

“Prepare yourself.”

He didn’t tell me what to prepare for, but I could instinctively understand.

Combat would begin soon.

‘Four on the left, two on the right.’

If they charged, the best option would be to stick to the right while creating distance from the left.

‘Avoiding arrows would be the top priority.’

I’d try my best at this, but even if I was unlucky enough to get hit, I could endure up to one arrow.

‘Let’s do this. Shit, what choice do I have.’

I didn’t want it to come to this, but anyway, this was something that started because I requested it.

Even Lieutenant Eden and Captain Alpen, who had nothing to do with this, risked their lives, so it would be nothing but shameful if I chickened out.

“A smuggler from the capital calling me mad – how utterly ridiculous.”

“Who’s being ridiculous is…!”

Clang!

Just one really brief moment.

The old man pulled back his body and deflected Eden’s sword with a dagger hidden in his sleeve.

Whirrr!!!

Arrows poured down as the distance opened up.

‘That bastard let his guard down!’

I strongly thought we were doomed, but had he actually lured the attack?

Not a single arrow managed to pierce Eden’s body and wound him.

‘What… what?’

For someone wearing armor thick enough to block arrows, his movements and build seemed as light and normal as usual.

It was an impossible situation, but I didn’t have the luxury to investigate such things right now.

Crash!

Captain Alpen, who had been standing behind, threw a magical device resembling a magic bullet onto the floor while attention was focused on Eden.

Hissssss!

As the magical device activated, white smoke exploded outward in all directions.

In an instant, the interior of the pharmacy became so obscured that visibility was limited to the point where you couldn’t see right in front of you.

“What the hell is this.”

The environment changed suddenly.

Though I was flustered, I drew my sword and stayed alert of my surroundings.

‘Are they limiting visibility to make it one-on-one fights?’

The intention was quite impressive.

The problem was that I received no explanation whatsoever.

Swoosh!

“Aaaahhh!!!”

While I was staying alert of my surroundings in extreme tension.

A pained scream, presumably from an enemy, came from behind.

‘Did they already take one down?’

I had to acknowledge their decisiveness at least.

‘Let’s join up where the sound came from.’

Staying here had too many variables, so I should move…

Clang!

“Urgh.”

The moment I lifted my foot, a sword blade swung in from the front.

I reacted dramatically and succeeded in defending at least.

‘If it had been from the side or rear, I would have been done for.’

An environment with limited visibility was the worst in combat.

Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang!!

Had he anticipated that I would defend against the attack?

Follow-up attacks came without giving me time to breathe.

Clang! Clang! Clang!

Dozens of exchanges where sword clashed against sword.

That force pushed away the smoke around us, securing some visibility.

“Paran Oclo.”

His robe had been torn off long ago due to the intense combat.

The man who confirmed my face unexpectedly called out my name.

‘What, why does he know me.’

I did achieve some things in the war, but not to the extent that street thugs would know.

“You know who I am and still come out like this? Ha! Do you think you bastards can take responsibility?”

Just distributing poisonous herbs in the capital was already a death sentence.

And yet they resisted this much during the arrest process.

A peaceful death was already out of the question.

‘If it were me, I would have cut ties with that old man back there and run.’

Whether it’s an employer or whatever, you have to survive first, right?

“What pathetic words. Do you think buying time will change the future?”

At the man’s words, I unconsciously bit my lip.

‘He noticed like a ghost that I’m buying time.’

I tried some psychological warfare, but he definitely wasn’t just some nobody.

‘Then there’s no choice.’

I’d like to wait until Eden comes if possible, but the situation isn’t good.

‘I have to find my own way to survive now.’

And the foundation of that, as always, starts with doing my part.

“Haah!”

A preemptive strike while not knowing the surroundings well.

There’s definitely risk, but bold decisions in unfavorable situations are not a choice but a necessity.

Claaang!!!

The two swords clashing head-on with intense force created a piercing sound that scattered my bangs.

Clang! Clang! Clang!!

As if they had been waiting, another exchange of blows continued.

‘Why is he so stable?’

I tried to exploit any openings I saw, but couldn’t find any angles at all.

“Is this all you’ve got? How pathetically disappointing.”

The guy shook his head and this time took the first step forward.

Clang!

The distance closed in an instant.

Before I could properly read his movement, his sword thrust in from the side.

Claaang!

Another barely successful defense.

Honestly, it might as well be called a miracle.

And just because I pulled off a miracle doesn’t mean the battle is over.

Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang!

Relentless follow-up attacks without rest.

Much more aggressive and bold than before.

And once again, I dramatically succeeded in defending.

‘Why… how is this possible?’

Once might be coincidence, but twice onwards is skill, as they say.

And while it’s twice in broad terms, if you break down each individual attack, it’s nearly thirty times.

A probability that can’t be dismissed as coincidence.

‘Why the hell am I able to defend?’

I racked my brain to the maximum while the distance opened up.

‘Damn, I don’t know.’

Finding the answer wasn’t easy, and in the meantime, the guy closed the distance again.

Claaang!

Another successful defense as expected.

And that last exchange seemed to act like a key.

It brought one possibility to mind.

“Hamus Swordsmanship…?”

Swordsmanship I’d absorbed beyond just learning – practically licked clean.

I wondered why I kept succeeding in defense, and it turns out the guy was using Hamus’s swordsmanship.

“You think knowing that will change anything?”

He spoke as if it were laughable, but it does change things.

Very definitely changes things.

‘So that’s why I kept succeeding in defense.’

Not coincidence, but the result of endlessly getting beaten up by Hamus himself.

And I didn’t just learn how to defend.

“Nothing will change, huh? Sure. Keep thinking that.”

The possibility of victory.

The moment I confirmed that, my body and mind began heating up.

“Enough bluffing!”

The guy scowled and closed the distance faster than before, then swung his sword.

‘Low stance… movement number 3.’

A movement I’d performed a hundred times? No, over a thousand times.

Even if the guy adds variations, the foundation is still Hamus swordsmanship.

I can block it.

Clang!

Predicting the trajectory, I cleanly succeeded in defense.

This isn’t coincidence anymore.

“Ugh!”

The guy scowled as his attack was perfectly blocked.

However, he overlooked one fact.

If defense succeeds, the next turn is attack.

Swish!

Sliding my sword along his, I reduced the already narrow distance to within arm’s reach.

“Wh…what are you.”

Aggressive movement completely different from before.

The guy was flustered, which is understandable.

‘If you don’t know, you can learn by getting hit.’

Swoosh!

I changed the angle of the sword that had slid in toward his shoulder area and slashed across.

Pshhhk!

Blood exploded out as it sliced across his shoulder.

“Aaaaaargh!!!”

The guy let out a pained scream and belatedly swung his sword.

Clang!

‘He’s enduring this?’

Honestly, I thought his stance would crumble and I could finish him off.

However, the guy’s counterattack was sharper than expected, forcing me to step back.

“Your mental fortitude is impressive. I’d believe you if you said you were an orc.”

“You bastard. Ugh!”

Enduring doesn’t make the shoulder wound disappear.

‘I need to finish this quickly.’

His screams definitely reached his nearby comrades too.

Being outnumbered, reinforcements could arrive at any moment.

‘I absolutely end this now.’

Just once.

I readjusted my grip on the sword, recalling my training with Hamus.

‘The injury is on his right shoulder.’

Seriously compromised balance.

No hesitation needed for the attack.

Swish!

In an attack-focused stance, I closed the distance myself this time.

Like running track, at full speed.

The guy struggled to raise his sword to defend against the attack.

“Arrogant bastard!!!”

The distance closed to within sword’s reach.

Normally I should swing my sword here, but I held back once.

“Die!”

Did he think I made a mistake?

The guy swung his two-handed sword with all his might.

Clang!

Having no intention of taking the hit, I blocked with my sword, and once again the two blades clashed in midair.

The difference was.

“Ugh!”

As I shifted my center of gravity forward and applied force, his sword slowly began to be pushed back.

‘How is he going to hold out with that shoulder.’

Just because the mind endures doesn’t mean the muscles can endure too.

“Uuuugh!”

The sword continued to be pushed back.

In this situation, he should normally deflect the sword and create distance, but he didn’t have that kind of strength left.

“Why don’t you go quietly?”

“You damn bastard!”

Crack!

Blood vessels bulged on his forehead as if they would burst, and he gritted his teeth so hard they might shatter.

As someone who pursued the sword, that sight was impressive.

But I felt no sympathy.

“Ugh…”

Finally, for just a brief moment.

The moment his right hand among the two hands gripping the sword lost strength and his balance crumbled.

I lightly deflected his sword and created space.

The empty space between sword and sword.

“Uuugh!”

He realized he needed to block that space and tried to move, but I was much faster.

Swish!

Without a moment’s hesitation, my sword slipped through the gap.

Its destination was his throat.

Squelch!

Thick blood splattered across my face.

Silent stillness.

He died without even being able to scream.

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