I Became an Officer in Another World in Just 5 Minutes - Chapter 147

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Episode 147

“Right, we should deal with them here and now. Of course, that doesn’t mean we kill them all. There are things we need to ask.”

I also drew my sword and took my stance.

Just as I was about to choose which one to deal with first.

Unexpected words flowed from the enemy’s mouth.

“Why is the Plan Director here….”

A title that came from the mouth of a relatively small-framed man.

Since it wasn’t something generally known, I couldn’t help but frown.

‘How do they know who I am.’

If they were from the capital, they might have seen me at the triumph ceremony, but this is the Western Front.

Even if they knew my name, knowing my face wouldn’t be easy.

And knowing my title would be even more impossible.

“Kumbel, keep the second one from the left alive.”

“Yes…!”

“For now, since dragging this out would be good for the situation….”

Reinforcements would come, so staying like this wouldn’t be bad at all.

And that fact was something those guys knew too.

“We need to finish this quickly and get out! Hurry!”

“Damn it! You took our money and then betrayed us?!”

“Don’t think you’ll go down easy!”

Though I couldn’t see their faces because of the masks, I was certain they were scowling just from their voices.

“Lieutenant….”

Seeing the enemies charging, Kumbel instinctively took a step back and looked at me.

“You can handle at least one, right? Do it while backing away appropriately. I’ll handle as many as I can.”

“Understood…!”

“Let’s go.”

If we stayed put, the formation would be exactly what the enemy wanted, so we couldn’t just stand there.

‘Start with the weak ones first.’

Of course, you only know for sure after testing them, but usually the better built they are, the stronger they are.

From that perspective, the most manageable one would naturally be the guy who called out my title.

“Haaah!”

To make it hard for them to react, I closed the distance at maximum speed.

Then swung my sword with all my might.

Claaaang!

Sword met sword in the air.

I must have struck well, as the guy couldn’t withstand the attack and his body was pushed back.

‘As expected, his level is just that of a street thug.’

Though my specialty is looking down on the weak, I mustn’t be careless when outnumbered.

Swoosh!

I wanted to push one guy back and regain my stance, but another sword came flying from right beside me.

I twisted my body and managed to dodge it.

‘First, let’s reduce their numbers a bit.’

There’s no need to keep them all alive.

“Kidnapper bastards swinging swords in the city? These guys have lost their minds!”

When the guy hadn’t recovered his sword yet.

I took a step forward and closed the distance.

“Urgh!”

He sensed something was wrong and tried to pull back.

But his build was as massive as a mountain for that.

“Go peacefully.”

Swoosh!

A formation that couldn’t be defended from any angle.

The well-sharpened blade cleanly cut through the guy’s abdomen.

“Aaaaaargh!!!!!”

Blood stained his face, and he screamed from the unbearable wound.

Normally I’d attack once more to finish him off cleanly, but today is different.

“You need to pay for your crimes.”

He’s already in a state of combat incapacity anyway.

If I leave him like this, he’ll either die in agony, or if he survives, I can drag him to the underground prison.

“Next is.”

I turned my head to look at the enemy I’d been targeting from the beginning.

“Manager!!!”

“Huff! Huff! Are you safe!”

The voices of Bern and the soldiers reached me just as I was about to give chase.

Now that he was outnumbered, his decision was swift.

“Damn it!”

The enemy fled into the alley without looking back.

His running speed was considerable.

‘Tsk, how annoying.’

Since bringing a horse into an alley would be disadvantageous, I started pursuing him on foot at the same pace.

‘Really making things troublesome.’

It was late evening in the city outskirts, making the alley damn dark.

But conversely, sounds carried well, so finding the path wasn’t difficult.

Tap tap! Tap tap!

Naturally, since I had the advantage in physical ability, the distance closed rapidly.

Eventually, he made the wrong choice of entering a dead end.

“Hey there, friend. Hello? Done running?”

A dead end without even a small hole to escape through.

As if he’d made up his mind, he drew a dagger from his chest.

‘How annoying. Didn’t he learn anything from what happened earlier?’

This is why people with no learning ability get beaten up even when just passing by.

‘Still, since I need to take him alive, I’ll just break his legs moderately.’

You probably couldn’t find anyone more generous than this even if you searched the whole world…

Whoosh! Swish.

“Huh…?”

In a truly split second.

A throwing knife flew from his hand and grazed past my face.

‘Blood…?’

I turned my head reflexively to dodge, but reacted slightly too late, letting it scrape my cheek.

“Damn it!”

Whether it was his decisive attack, he bit his lip.

That was almost really bad.

‘Is he more skilled than I thought? Tsk.’

While part of this was due to my carelessness.

He had used a technique of hiding his movements as much as possible before executing them all at once.

‘If it comes to it, I’ll just kill him.’

Since touching it would hurt more, I just wiped away the flowing blood and quickly closed the distance with him.

Clang!

Since it was an honest sword path, the two pieces of metal clashed with a clear sound in the air.

“Huh?”

I was definitely overwhelming him in strength.

But he pulled his body back slightly like a cushion, dispersing the impact.

‘This bastard is an assassin.’

From his dagger skills to his body movements.

His body wasn’t frail—it was an assassin’s build.

Clang! Clang!

Swords continued to clash.

Still, since I had the advantage in strength.

As the exchanges continued, his body drew closer to the dead end until there was no more space to retreat.

“Urrrrgh!”

Even a cushion loses its softness when you hit it too much and all the stuffing dies.

I could clearly see he was struggling.

‘Around this point, he’ll try to create some variable.’

Haven’t I accumulated enough combat experience by now?

I have some data on what enemies do when cornered.

‘A mana bomb? No, it’s not that serious.’

He doesn’t have the skill level to possess the conviction for suicide.

“Whew.”

Like an officer who spent 19 months being harsh but treated subordinates carefully during the final 2 months.

Rather than putting maximum force into it, I swung my sword while leaving some room for restraint.

Clang!

The weapons clashed once again.

The guy’s back was completely pressed against the wall, and now it was over.

“Go quietly.”

I had no intention of killing him.

But speaking as if I would stab his throat, I swung my sword toward his lower torso.

And at that moment.

Crack!

The guy grabbed the sharp blade with his bare left hand, not even wearing gloves.

‘Crazy.’

His hand gripped it tightly like an object, even though unbearable pain for a human must have been rushing through him.

Even when I applied force to pull the sword out, it wouldn’t come free easily.

“Kuk! Die!”

The guy shouted in a voice mixed with pain and madness, swinging the dagger in his remaining right hand toward my face.

“Stupid bastard.”

An attack that seemed impossible to block.

But there was something the guy overlooked.

The sword… I could just let go of it.

“This is why you’re stuck doing kidnapping.”

Whoosh!

As I stepped back one pace, the guy’s dagger sliced through empty air.

But he wasn’t completely stupid, was he?

The guy immediately pulled out a throwing knife from his chest and threw it, but unfortunately his accuracy was terrible, so I didn’t even need to dodge.

“You… you’re not ambidextrous.”

Honestly, if that last attack had been at the same level as the first, it really would have been dangerous.

‘Shouldn’t assassins usually be good with both hands?’

Of course, that might be prejudice.

Anyway, what mattered was that all of the guy’s special moves were finished.

“Go down.”

After closing the distance again, I swung my sword.

Since the guy no longer had the strength to block, he couldn’t even mount a proper counterattack and gave up the tendons in his leg.

“Aaaaaargh!”

A scream filled with pain.

Did that serve as navigation or something?

Kumbel and Captain Bern came running almost immediately to where I was.

“Huff…! Huff…! Are you alright, Chief?”

Captain Bern called out to me while panting.

Somehow he looked more exhausted than I did.

“As you can see?”

“There’s… there’s blood on your face.”

“Ah, now that you mention it, it suddenly stings.”

The wound I hadn’t paid attention to throughout the entire fight began to throb with pain as soon as Bern mentioned it.

‘Such a precious face, tsk.’

It’s still on the market, so wouldn’t this lower its value?

‘On the market…? I’m really going crazy. What’s happening to my brain?’

I’m gradually becoming more like Father, and this is quite a serious problem.

“We should stop the bleeding with something.”

“It’s fine. If you mess with it unnecessarily, bacteria will get in. More importantly, you took care of the situation, right?”

“Yes, we killed two and one is seriously injured but alive. Erit currently has him captured and tied up.”

Kumbel’s battle report.

Even keeping one alive was perfect.

“Excellent. Tie this guy up and report to the Security Guards… ah, you guys are the Security Guards.”

“Haha! He seems like he’ll stay quiet, but we’ll tie him up anyway.”

“If he resists too much, just cut off both his arms. I only need his mouth.”

Tremble tremble.

Did he feel the emotion called fear?

The guy scooted his butt backward, but he wasn’t in any condition to escape.

“We’ll do that if he resists.”

Did the threat work somewhat?

When Kumbel approached to tie him up so he couldn’t use both hands, there wasn’t much resistance.

“Oh, and take off his mask.”

I don’t know about other things, but I need to confirm this guy’s face.

“The mask, you mean? Understood.”

“Ugh.”

The guy pulled his face back as if he absolutely hated it.

But this isn’t some neighborhood daycare where we’d go easy on him for that.

“Stay still! You criminal bastard.”

“Damn bastard! You think doing this will make the fact that you took money from us and turned a blind eye disappear…?”

Smack!

When the guy got worked up and started hitting him with facts, Kumbel couldn’t stand it and slapped his cheek.

“When… when did I ever turn a blind eye! I was deceived by you bastards too! This mouth of yours…!”

The way he shouted while glancing at me occasionally.

At least he had some conscience.

“Hey, I don’t care, so just hurry up and take off his mask.”

“Ahem, thank you.”

Kumbel cleared his throat awkwardly to dispel the tension as much as possible, then grabbed the guy’s mask and pulled it off.

“Huh…?”

At the same time, a face came clearly into view.

It wasn’t a familiar face, but it wasn’t hard to recall either.

Since it hadn’t been long since I last met this person.

“Isn’t that the gatekeeper from the Cambedia Factory?!”

Captain Bern shouted in shock from beside me.

The corners of my mouth lifted without me realizing it.

“Looks like I hit the jackpot.”

With this, there’s no need for interrogation or anything like that.

“We know each other, don’t we?”

I took a step closer and lifted the guy’s chin with my sword.

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