I Became an Officer in Another World in Just 5 Minutes - Chapter 183

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Episode 183

“So I checked it out once before, and honestly, it wasn’t very satisfying.”

When he says before, he must be talking about the mock battle.

“I’m absolutely not at that level.”

“Well, that’s something we can confirm by checking, so don’t worry about it.”

What kind of nonsense is it to tell me not to worry after bringing it up yourself.

If that’s the case, then don’t bring it up at all.

This person doesn’t have even a speck of consideration.

“Let me say first that I’m slow at learning swordsmanship, and my combat sense is also….”

“The talent I’m talking about isn’t that kind of thing.”

Colonel Schultz cut off what I was saying and looked down at his sword.

“Do you think that even a dullard could enter the Imperial Knights if they just put in effort, Lieutenant?”

“Uh… if they made blood-sweating efforts….”

“Wrong. Without outstanding talent, even training 24 hours a day would never get you into the Imperial Knights.”

Words full of conviction.

As if it were absolute faith in something, there was no wavering in the Colonel’s voice.

‘A dullard would live in misery.’

If our Master Karen, who went into secluded training because of love, had heard this, he would have wailed.

“You might think I’m being too definitive, but Lieutenant, you’ll understand when you hit the limits of humanity.”

“You mean limits?”

“That’s right. Humans have limits, and talent is being able to take a few more steps beyond that.”

Surpassing human limits.

Human limits.

This is totally….

“By any chance… are you talking about something like that final attack you used on me during the mock battle?”

“How did you….”

Colonel Schultz’s eyes widened as soon as I finished speaking.

It seems I guessed correctly.

‘Wait, this could be big trouble if I say the wrong thing.’

The feeling is ominous.

I think I misspoke, but there’s still a chance to take it back.

“From my perspective, that was an attack that surpassed human limits, so I mentioned it… am I right?”

“Exactly. Lieutenant, you definitely have a good eye.”

Colonel Schultz calmed his surprised voice back down and nodded.

‘Phew, I’m saved.’

If I had gotten excited and talked about mana or whatever, I would have definitely been dragged off somewhere.

“If you have the talent to surpass limits, you’ll be able to make attacks like the one I did.”

“Is that so?”

“When Lieutenant reaches that point, you’ll instinctively understand.”

‘No. I have absolutely no intention of going that far.’

And I’m already handling mana every day, so why would I need to go to human limits.

‘So they’re saying you only start learning mana after pushing your body to the extreme. That’s incredibly inefficient.’

How should I put it.

It’s like studying for the college entrance exam, but perfecting Korean before starting the English alphabet.

Instead of doing them simultaneously.

‘They don’t even have proper concepts established.’

Of course, I naturally have no intention of spreading what I’ve learned.

Power that’s too strong tends to bring disaster, and there’s no benefit to it.

‘I’d be lucky if I don’t get kidnapped.’

Always watch your words, and watch them again.

“I’ll work hard at it.”

“I got a bit harsh talking about talent. We need to finish before it gets too dark, so let’s start right away.”

At Colonel Schultz’s words, I unconsciously felt somewhat relieved.

‘If he’s saying we’ll finish before it gets dark, it won’t be very long.’

Since the sun has already set, I think it’ll be two hours at most.

“Then how should we start the sparring first….”

“I confirmed Lieutenant’s skills and lacking areas last time. Your strength when swinging the sword is a bit insufficient.”

“Is… is that so? Then how.”

“If strength is lacking, just increase it. Wait here for a moment. I’ll bring the training sword I used to use.”

Colonel Schultz went into the quarters.

He must live on the first floor because he came back out quickly.

Along with a solid iron sword that looked heavy just by looking at it.

“I noticed you only seem to know Hamus Swordsmanship. Use this to perform Hamus Swordsmanship.”

“With… with this?”

A sword that looked at least 5 times… no, 10 times heavier than what I use.

I guarantee that if I perform swordsmanship once with that thing, my wrist will be ruined.

“Is there some problem? Like running with sandbags, swords are trained the same way.”

‘No. No. It’s different. Come on.’

Sandbags work because you use your massive thigh muscles to endure.

But swords only use your wrist, or broadly speaking, just your arm.

This is training that ruins your body.

“It’s quite a bit heavy….”

“You talk too much. Back in the Special Forces….”

“Lieutenant Paran will give it a try! Ha… haha!”

Sensing the atmosphere turning ominous, I hurriedly took the training sword from Colonel Schultz’s hands.

‘Shit, it’s damn heavy.’

It’s not just heavy, it’s almost at rock level.

“Hold it properly.”

“Yes…!”

Still, it wasn’t completely impossible to lift, so I held the iron sword and performed Hamus Swordsmanship.

“Ugh.”

A fierce battle with gravity when lifting the sword.

Seriously, this was close to torture.

And the bigger problem was.

Whoosh!

The force needed when swinging the sword from top to bottom and having to stop it.

Even though this was clearly just the first movement, my shoulder muscles were screaming.

‘He wants me to complete all of Hamus Swordsmanship with this…?’

It sounds crazy, but unfortunately, Colonel Schultz was indeed a crazy person.

“Just because you’re holding something heavy doesn’t mean the completeness of your swordsmanship should decline. Focus a bit more.”

“Yes…!”

Since I knew that if the Special Forces style that keeps getting mentioned comes up, I’m doomed.

I had no choice but to swing the sword even if it killed me.

“Uuugh!”

Whoosh!

“Uaaaah!”

Whoosh!

“Kyaaaaaaah!!!”

Whoosh!

With each increasing repetition.

The intensity of my shoulder and wrist muscles screaming grew stronger, and my cries inevitably grew louder as well.

Still, perhaps it was thanks to building up my strength regularly.

I was able to complete the Hamus swordsmanship just before truly dying.

“Cough…! Hah…! Hah…!”

Thud!

As soon as I finished the movements, I dropped the sword to the ground.

Since it was so heavy, a bit of sandy dust rose up.

‘Crazy, I just swung that thing dozens of times?’

Even Intelligence Agency torture wouldn’t be this cruel and exhausting.

“The Lieutenant is surprisingly focused and persistent, contrary to appearances. Excellent.”

Colonel Schultz offered his own praise, but it wasn’t easy to accept it at face value.

‘It’s not that I have good persistence, you threatened me!’

He was trying to gloss over it so naturally that I almost missed it for a moment.

“Th…thank you. Then today’s training ends here.”

“You look like you could do two more rounds, so why stop? Still, since you used your body, rest for 10 minutes.”

“Shi…”

‘Shit.’

At such nonsensical words, I almost let out a real curse for a moment.

“Shi?”

“I’ll try to do it.”

“Mm, that’s right. I think you brought water, so drink some and catch your breath.”

Colonel Schultz said this while lightly picking up the iron sword I had thrown on the ground.

“This is quite old too.”

Swoosh! Swoosh! Whiiish!

Unlike when I held it with both hands.

Colonel Schultz, gripping it with one hand, swung it as if it were a fencing sword – fast and precise.

‘He’s not even using mana, but that… is he human?’

From my perspective, he’s definitely not human.

“It was about a week after I entered the Special Forces. The Squad Leader at the time made me do this training. He said no matter what happened, I had to complete 10 sets a day.”

“10 sets, you say…? Is that even possible?”

“I somehow managed the first day. But when I woke up the second day, I couldn’t move at all. So I could only do 3 sets.”

I guess he was human back in the old days too.

“Do you know what happened?”

“Uh… you got treatment or…”

“I got beaten to death. For disobeying orders.”

It wasn’t easy to find words to respond to such a shocking story.

“The 10 sets continued after that too, and naturally there were more days I couldn’t complete them than days I could. And I got beaten continuously on those days.”

“That must have been… very difficult.”

“At the time, I endured it through sheer stubbornness. After living like that for about 6 months, I could easily complete 10 sets. Naturally, I achieved significant growth.”

“Then from that point, the beatings must have decreased somewhat.”

“They did decrease. But then I noticed I was doing the exact same thing to the person who entered the next class after me, beating them.”

It was clearly a vicious cycle.

‘Why is the military like this.’

Really just a hopeless organization.

“Does it still happen now?”

“It’s mostly disappeared, but someone is probably still doing it somewhere in another form, right? Anyway, what I’m trying to say is.”

Swoosh!

Colonel Schultz swung the sword one last time, then set it down on the ground.

“Even I, who had just started with swords as a Lieutenant, did it in 6 months. Lieutenant, 10 minutes are up.”

‘Damn it!’

I could only enter my quarters after performing Hamus swordsmanship two more times.

Along with the hellish homework of doing 5 sets every day from now on.

* * *

【Supply Carriage Planning Team】

A nameplate that anyone could tell smelled brand new.

As I had requested from Major General Gadus yesterday, even an office was properly set up.

The problem was the location.

【Commander’s Office】

【Vice Commander’s Office】

Right next to the Commander’s Office and Vice Commander’s Office.

For reference, the Crown Prince is in the Commander’s Office, and Major General Gadus is in the Vice Commander’s Office.

‘This is already dizzying.’

I heard this used to be the Adjutant’s office, but Major General Gadus moved all the adjutants’ desks to his own office to create space.

‘Sorry, adjutants.’

I could only pray for their souls.

‘I need to handle Infantry Battalion duties in the afternoon too, so let’s finish this quickly.’

With only the thought of wanting to be freed from this hell quickly, I opened the office door.

“Loyalty, you’re here. Our team leader.”

“Huh?”

The team members Major General Gadus sent, visible as soon as I entered.

Among them was someone all too familiar.

“Ion? Why are you here.”

My best friend, eternal companion, and mithril spoon Ion Velburn.

He was looking at me with a smile that would make me fall for him if I were a woman.

“I received transfer orders here? I see you’re planning something incredible again. How do you do it every time. No, how do you do it, sir. I should use formal speech since you’re the team leader.”

Ion spoke with a slightly playful expression.

Ugh, it’s burdensome.

“Forget it, what formal speech. More importantly, next to you.”

Ion wasn’t the only one in the office.

There was one more man with a somewhat small build.

“Li…Lieutenant Perom!”

“Lieutenant Perom. So it’s the three of us.”

“Yeah, that’s what I heard.”

The first thought that came to mind at Ion’s answer was one thing.

‘Three men, this place is gloomy too.’

It’s practically just a second Infantry Battalion.

“I heard Lieutenant Perom’s family runs a fairly large carriage manufacturing business. They even supply to the military.”

“Oh, really?”

“Yes…! That’s right!”

Lieutenant Perom answered my question by raising his voice.

“Can you do design work too?”

“I worked there until I enlisted, so I know a little.”

An expression that showed some confidence – from my perspective, at least 3 years of experience.

‘You’re good.’

Major General Gadus sent exactly the right person.

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