I Became an Officer in Another World in Just 5 Minutes - Chapter 247

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Chapter 247
Fire
“What good is hiding in a place like this like a rat?”
Lieutenant Fedor twisted his lips into a sneer as he faced Captain Alpen and the Intelligence Agency operatives.
“Tsk.”
The enemy forces had sealed the entrance completely as they entered.
At a glance, their numbers exceeded ten.
‘I need to press the switch.’
With no corner to escape to, death was certain.
Then there was only one choice, and the decision came swiftly.
The enemy simply had the advantage.
“Ugh.”
The moment I reached for the switch in my pocket.
A thin needle pierced through the gap with precision, embedding itself in my thigh.
“Ugh!”
As a sharp pain bloomed.
My body stiffened completely, and I couldn’t move a single finger.
“Trying something pointless, I see. Suppress them.”
“Yes, sir!”
The Reconnaissance Command operatives rushed forward rapidly.
The difference in numbers was so overwhelming that victory for the Intelligence Agency operatives was impossible.
“Aaaahhh!”
“Damn it! Hack!”
Splurt!
The screams of the Intelligence Command operatives echoed from behind, accompanied by the horrific sound of spraying blood.
“Ugh!”
Captain Alpen struggled against the dire and gruesome situation, but there was nothing he could do.
“Here it is.”
Lieutenant Fedor reached into Captain Alpen’s pocket and pulled out the switch.
“Ugh! Uuugh!”
“Don’t look at me like I’m a villain. The real trash is you bastards trying to destroy someone else’s bridge.”
Captain Alpen tried desperately to reach out.
But the paralytic poison used by the Assassin Squad was overwhelmingly potent.
“Let’s go.”
“Should we not kill him and just leave him like this?”
Captain Gitrin pointed at Captain Alpen and asked.
Lieutenant Fedor pondered for a moment, then turned his gaze toward the Assassin Squad.
“How long does it last?”
“If it stays in, about a day. If removed, approximately four hours.”
“That’s sufficient. We’ll finish up and collect them. Intelligence Agency hostages are quite useful.”
“Yes!!”
Lieutenant Fedor and his unit emerged from the space thrumming with the stench of blood, leaving Captain Alpen behind.
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“Damn it.”
The Iron Bridge should have been collapsing by now, yet everything remained eerily silent.
And the worst part of it all—
“Attack!!! Kill every last enemy!!!”
“Don’t let a single one escape! Annihilate them all!!!”
Our soldiers, having already crossed the point of no return, had begun their charge toward the enemy.
“Damn.”
How else could I possibly describe this situation?
We were finished.
“We’ve been had.”
Looking at Eden running beside me, his expression had hardened beyond measure, cold sweat beading on his brow.
“There is still a chance. Remain calm, sir.”
Difficult words to speak, but in times of crisis, one must maintain composure.
‘I have to destroy the Iron Bridge.’
Sixty thousand versus ninety thousand.
The only way to overcome this thirty-thousand-soldier gap remained the bridge’s detonation.
‘First, I need to find the switch.’
With our forces and the enemy now engaged in direct combat, I could afford to advance more boldly.
I descended between the Stone Walls where I’d heard the switch was hidden.
“Ugh.”
A sharp, acrid stench of blood assaulted my nostrils.
I recognized whose blood it was immediately.
“Captain Alpen.”
A familiar face, rigid and hardened like a statue.
The moment Eden saw him, he rushed forward and extracted the dart lodged in his leg.
“A paralytic toxin.”
“Cough…! Cough…!”
Only after the dart was removed could Captain Alpen barely open his mouth.
“They stole the switch.”
“That seems to be the case. Everyone else has fallen to the same fate.”
“Yes….”
“Where did you install the core magic bomb—the most critical component?”
I wasn’t sure why I was asking, but—
Captain Alpen forced his words out in response to Eden’s question.
“It’s installed on the upper section of the pillar that serves as the critical axis on the opposite side of the Iron Bridge. It’s not visible from the outside.”
“I see. Once the paralysis wears off, return to base.”
Having obtained the necessary information, Eden headed back outside.
I turned my body as well, and Captain Alpen’s voice reached me from behind.
“I’m… sorry.”
His voice was thick with regret and guilt.
Knowing that nothing could console him, I turned my head and offered a brief reply.
“I’ll do what I can to make this right.”
There was no response.
I simply followed Eden outside.
“What’s your plan?”
“Climb up, fix the circuit, then detonate it.”
“I… what?”
A method I hadn’t imagined at all.
The plan itself made sense, but—
there were more than a few complications in between.
“Who’s going to fix the circuit?”
“I will. You’re asking pointless questions.”
“Wait, you know how to do that?”
“It’s basic knowledge. Something at the level of a mana bomb is manageable.”
“What do you mean by—”
“If I say it works, just accept it. We don’t have time.”
“Yes, sir.”
There was no room to question every detail as he said.
I collected myself and nodded.
“Besides, it’s on the opposite side—damn, it’s far.”
Eden looked at the pillar Captain Alpen had just mentioned.
There was certainly some distance to cover.
‘The current’s too strong to swim across, so that leaves only one option.’
Climbing across the understructure of the Iron Bridge.
“Are you really going to do this?”
“If you’re afraid, stay behind. The odds of coming back alive don’t look very high.”
Eden didn’t suggest I come along—unusual for him.
‘So it’s that dangerous.’
Even I could see it was madness.
The chances of survival seemed slim.
But how could I simply turn back now?
I’d just boldly told Captain Alpen I’d make this right.
“Why would I turn back? Once you’ve drawn your blade, you might as well cut something down.”
“Surprisingly, I like the way you think. Let’s go.”
Eden looked at me with satisfaction, then immediately headed toward the edge of the Stone Wall.
Then, inserting his hand into a narrow crevice, he began rock climbing.
Without a single piece of safety equipment, just watching made cold sweat bead on my palms.
‘Damn it, this doesn’t feel right.’
My first regret came flooding in just five minutes after I’d declared I would cut down Murado.
But now there was truly no turning back.
“We can’t let the enemy spot us. Move quickly.”
“Yes…!”
I squeezed my eyes shut and pressed my body against the steep Stone Wall, inching sideways slowly.
And so I began drawing closer to the Iron Bridge.
At the same time, the sounds of fierce combat reached my ears with vivid clarity.
“Push forward! Don’t let the enemy cross the bridge!”
“There are too many of them!”
“Don’t let a single one of those fools who foolishly left the Fortress survive!”
The voices of the Adits Imperial Army and the Raikhan Empire Army blended together.
Some had already crossed over.
But since we were pressing from both sides, they were trapped on the bridge and couldn’t advance.
‘Still, it’s bound to break through eventually.’
The endless supply of reinforcements would inevitably create an opening at some point.
And when that moment came, stopping the Adits Imperial Army from pouring through would be impossible.
‘If only we hadn’t lost the switch, this would be the perfect timing.’
Nothing could be more frustrating than this.
“To get across from here….”
Eden glanced around the area once, then suddenly released both hands from the rock face and spun his body around.
“C-crazy, what are you doing?”
“Watch your mouth. Stay quiet. I need to concentrate.”
With those words, Eden bent his knees and then… jumped.
Whoosh!
Of course, he wasn’t trying to end his own life on impulse.
He grabbed the steel reinforcement bars beneath the Iron Bridge, then used his arm strength to pull himself up and stand.
‘Is that really the same person?’
Honestly, the action itself wasn’t all that extraordinary when you looked at it objectively.
But what mattered here was that falling meant the end.
“Cross over quickly.”
Eden, standing on the steel bars, spoke to me.
But my mouth wouldn’t open as I wished.
‘Damn it.’
Why did I agree to come along?
I simply turned my body around again, regret washing over me.
“Huff.”
A heavy breath.
Since this jump might very well be the last of my life, tension rose all the way to my throat.
‘No, stop thinking like that.’
What do you mean, my last moment?
It’s just one jump.
‘What’s below is just a cushion. A cushion.’
I hypnotized and brainwashed myself as I threw my body….
“Hup!”
I let go.
Whoosh, slick!
‘Ah, damn it.’
The moment I grabbed the rebar, I felt it.
The rain had reduced the friction, and my hands were slipping.
‘I’m going to die.’
After all the adversity I’d overcome, this was far too pathetic an ending.
But fortunately, the gods had not abandoned me yet.
Crack!
My hands should have slipped and I should have fallen.
A heavy force caught me.
“Snap out of it and hold on.”
Eden, who was already on top of the rebar, grabbed me by the scruff of my neck.
“Ugh! Got it.”
I barely grasped the rebar, then pulled myself up like doing a chin-up.
I planted my feet on top of the rebar.
“You certainly don’t let a person relax.”
“Ha…haha, thank you. I owe my life to you.”
“Just remember it. Follow carefully.”
“Yes.”
I carefully stepped along the narrow rebar—barely wide enough for one foot—and headed toward our target location.
‘I’m going to develop a fear of heights I never had before.’
Looking down was terrifying beyond measure.
“This is it.”
“Yes.”
Dangerous as it was, the path itself was clear, so we reached the pillar faster than expected.
“You said it was inside… here it is.”
Perhaps minds understand each other when they work in the same intelligence agency.
Eden examined the pillar briefly, then found the magic bomb with uncanny precision.
‘They really placed something substantial here.’
If this detonated, the pillar would definitely collapse.
“Tsk, this will take considerable time. Keep watch around us for now.”
“Yes.”
Eden sat down on the rebar and pulled out a pen-like tool, beginning the disarming work.
‘What exactly is this man?’
Honestly, this is getting terrifying….
Whoosh! Clang!
While Eden surveyed the surroundings as he adjusted the circuit.
An arrow flew in and ricocheted off the iron rebar.
“Tsk, I’ve been spotted.”
Turning my head, I saw about five enemy soldiers nocking their bowstrings on the opposite side.
“How long will it take?”
“Ten minutes are necessary.”
“What…?”
Of course, I knew that ten minutes for circuit repair work was absurdly short.
But holding out for ten minutes in this situation was impossible—not just for the Chief Inspector, but even for Colonel Schultz himself.
“Damn rats, they’ve crawled in from below.”
I was pondering what on earth I could do.
When a familiar face appeared behind the enemy soldiers drawing their bowstrings.
“Robin.”
Meeting him again like this—we really do have a persistently cursed connection.
“Did you come seeking death? If so, I suppose I should answer in kind.”
Robin’s lips curled upward as if pleased to see me, and he extended his hand.
“Shoot him dead.”
Whoosh! Whoosh!
With the command, five arrows came flying.
Somehow, every single trajectory was threatening.
Swish!
“Ugh.”
I tried to deflect them while hiding behind the iron rebar.
But I couldn’t block multiple angles simultaneously.
One arrow grazed my shoulder, and blood spilled down.
‘This looks bad.’
I’ve thought many times before that I was dead.
But never has it looked this certain—I can say that with absolute conviction.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
Arrows continued raining down.
And this wasn’t even the end.
“Stop playing around. Finish him for certain.”
A masked figure—unmistakably from the Assassin Squad—climbed directly onto the iron rebar and began closing the distance.
“C-Chief Inspector, what is this situation…?”
“Just… just hold on a bit longer.”
He was working desperately hard.
But seriously, how the hell am I supposed to hold out?
‘One, two, three.’
The number of Assassin Squad members approaching me right now.
‘Damn it.’
Still, with no other options available, I drew my sword.
‘At the same time, they’re in just as hopeless a position.’
Even one member of the Assassin Squad is a handful—three is simply overwhelming.
Then I need to reduce their numbers before they close in.
‘Knock them down.’
What they’re standing on is nothing more than a steel beam barely a foot wide.
With the downpour, even a slight tremor would be enough to send them tumbling.
“Hah.”
There are far too many hindrances, but I steadied my heartbeat as much as possible and channeled mana into my blade.
“Those who have fallen by your hands….”
The moment the one at the front lunged toward me.
I released my concentrated focus at its absolute limit and swung my sword.
Whiiiiish!
Blue mana traced the arc of my blade and pierced the Unnamed Character’s abdomen.
“Gack!”
Pain that registers despite the blade never making contact.
Responding to this inexplicable attack is impossible, and as the Unnamed Character lost his footing in that instant, he plummeted beneath the Iron Bridge.
And at that same moment.
Boom!
One mana projectile at the tail end of my blade’s arc detonated.
“Wh…?”

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