I Became an Officer in Another World in Just 5 Minutes - Chapter 96

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Episode 96

“It’s dangerous, but a very attractive operation.”

“That’s right. However, if we’re discovered before we even attack, the enemy might push in on us.”

Minister Rosen pointed out what could be considered the biggest risk of this operation.

“If that happens, we’d end up experiencing the reverse of the situation when we recaptured Rimircastle.”

“Intelligence Command will inspect the routes in advance to minimize the possibility of failure as much as possible.”

Bast turned his head and looked toward Instructor Calren.

“Yes, once the operation is decided, Intelligence Command is prepared to pour all our support into it.”

“Surely the enemy must have coastal guard duty routes and schedules. Would it be impossible to extract such information?”

At the Emperor’s words, Calren bowed his head with a troubled expression.

“I’ll try my best.”

“No, don’t do it if it’s difficult. If you get caught trying to extract it, it’ll arouse the enemy’s suspicion.”

“Yes.”

When the Emperor stepped back, realizing it was an unreasonable order, Calren inwardly breathed a sigh of relief.

“For now, let’s prepare by making it more concrete. We can cancel anytime before moving the troops.”

“Yes, Your Majesty!!”

The full-scale preparation for the landing operation, which could be either good or bad, had begun.

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Swoosh!

“There! How’s that?! I did it, right?!”

I proudly showed Hamus the cleanly cut cross-section of the scarecrow.

“Hmm… Well, I suppose.”

His expression seemed somewhat dissatisfied.

Well, what do I care?

As long as I passed, that’s all that matters.

“I struggled like hell for three months trying to do this. I really thought I was going to die from how hard it was.”

“Three months…”

“Is there some problem?”

“No… no. I’ll give you a pass, but it’s not perfect, so keep practicing steadily.”

Hamus said that and picked up the wooden sword from the ground.

‘This should be enough. What more does he want me to practice?’

If I got any more precise than this, I wouldn’t be human.

“What did you feel while doing the task I gave you? Try telling me.”

“How to use strength.”

“Hmm, did you figure it out yourself?”

“A superior officer who was with me taught me.”

“You should realize and learn it on your own. Tsk tsk.”

‘What’s with this old-fashioned guy?’

He was no different from someone telling you not to go to academy and only learn at school.

‘I’m not that kind of genius.’

Maybe if this gentleman taught me properly.

But when he teaches half-heartedly, how am I supposed to grow without private tutoring?

“Well, I’ll do that next time.”

I spat out a lie I didn’t mean just to get past the situation.

“If you learn wrongly, it takes years to fix those habits. You know nothing yet you’re listening to my heavenly words carelessly?! Ugh, that I have to teach something like this.”

He beat his chest with an expression of being fed up.

Well, it’s not completely wrong what he’s saying.

However, I also have my grievances.

“Then why don’t you teach me in more detail? I mean, how am I supposed to learn if you just show me once and that’s it?”

“This guy is now talking back to his master. Do you think I taught carelessly because I was lazy?”

‘Weren’t you?’

“To truly grow, you must see only a small light and pave your own path. Only then does it become truly yours. A guy who doesn’t even know this truth wants to learn swordsmanship. Ugh, tsk.”

As he clicked his tongue as if I was pathetic, only one thought came to my mind.

‘Really… what an old-fashioned guy.’

This is an old-fashioned person beyond my imagination.

‘Even the grandfathers at the senior center would probably bow down to this level.’

He died in his 30s, so how did he end up like this?

‘Is being old-fashioned created not by the years you’ve lived but by the era you lived in?’

I thought people became old-fashioned as they aged, but I think I need to reconsider that.

“I see. I’m learning something very important.”

Do you know how to deal with old-fashioned people?

You just nod and agree with their opinions.

“Be careful from now on.”

“Yes, I’ll be careful. So are you going to teach me swordsmanship starting today?”

“Right, I made a promise so I should teach you.”

Hamus held the wooden sword in his hand and stepped back.

“To perfectly master swordsmanship, you must understand and execute the ultimate goal that swordsmanship holds. What is the ultimate goal that Hamus Swordsmanship contains?”

“The ultimate goal? Hmm.”

I pondered over what I had heard from Lieutenant Alpen before.

‘He definitely said it was the foundation laid down in the process of reestablishing swordsmanship, right?’

This is why you need to study history.

“Isn’t it the reestablishment of swordsmanship?”

“What? Reestablishment of swordsmanship. What kind of nonsense is that?”

“Huh? Isn’t it the foundation laid down in the process of reestablishing swordsmanship?”

“Tsk tsk, reestablishment my foot. Listen carefully. This swordsmanship was created for women who lost their husbands in war.”

‘Shit, what did you say?’

“Seeing women trembling in anxiety after losing their husbands, I extended a helping hand to them.”

Hamus spoke proudly.

Seeing that, my heart was not at ease at all.

‘So what people are learning now, talking about reestablishing swordsmanship and whatnot, is just swordsmanship created to impress women?’

At this point, I’m curious if there’s anything accurate in the history about this person called Hamus.

“But were there women who properly mastered this difficult technique?”

“Are you looking down on women right now?”

I quickly shook my head at Hamus’s question that was trying to send me to hell fast.

“No, that’s not it. They probably never held a sword in their lives.”

“Of course, there weren’t that many who mastered it perfectly. However, it’s designed to be useful in urgent situations even if you only learn one or two movements. Didn’t you feel that while practicing?”

“Ah… I did feel it.”

Swordsmanship with clearly divided movements.

‘I thought it was about creating a foundational framework.’

Turns out it just meant to learn even one technique and use it.

“Among them was a guy named Sowol, who was truly excellent. He perfectly mastered this swordsmanship through self-study in just six months.”

“In just six months?”

Self-study in six months is just an impossible genius.

“That’s right. If the situation had stabilized, I was considering taking him as my only disciple, but I died so I couldn’t fulfill that.”

“Oh my… cheer up.”

“It’s already past time. So the conclusion is, since it’s easy enough content that even self-study can reach mastery in six months, learn it quickly and disappear from my sight.”

“Ah… yes.”

The conclusion was a bit strange, but I feel the same way.

‘More importantly, another 10 minutes just flew by listening to useless stories.’

He’s really someone I can’t warm up to.

“Continuing from what I was saying earlier, women don’t have the strength to fight against sturdy men for long periods.”

“That’s right.”

“That’s why the core of swordsmanship is a single, precise and fast attack that targets an opening.”

When evaluating Hamus Swordsmanship, there’s often mention of it being extremely aggressive, and this was the reason why.

“However, your thrusts lack killing power, and your slashes lack cutting force. You’re literally just mimicking, and poorly at that.”

Whoosh!!

When Hamus swung the sword in his hand diagonally, wind blew and nearby objects swayed.

‘Just how strong is he.’

Since it was clearly not his full power, I couldn’t even gauge it.

“Swordsmanship exists to protect myself and ultimately to kill enemies. Being faithful to that purpose is the ultimate goal of the swordsmanship you’ve learned.”

To kill enemies.

Come to think of it, when training in swordsmanship, I only focused on completeness to raise my scores, and never really thought much about actual combat.

“Then how should I train from now on?”

“You need to gain real combat experience, not meaningless repetitive training. Pick up your sword. I’ll personally teach you.”

“Y-yes!”

Hamus suddenly suggesting a sparring match.

This was clearly a precious opportunity for anyone to see, so without a second of hesitation, I picked up my sword and took my stance.

“From now on, when I attack, defend and attack using only movements from your swordsmanship. Do it with the intention of killing me.”

“Understood!”

I was planning to do that even without him saying so.

“Let’s see what you can do.”

With those words, Hamus picked up his sword and charged at me.

‘Looking at his stance, it seems like he’s going to thrust.’

Then I need to deflect his sword with proper timing.

Clang!

Hamus’s sword was blocked precisely, producing a clear metallic sound.

Just as I was thinking about defending against his second attack.

Thwack!

A flick to the forehead at a speed I couldn’t even follow with my eyes struck hard.

“Aaah!”

Dizzying pain that felt like my brain was shaking.

If he had put just a little more force into it, I probably would have lost consciousness.

“Why did you suddenly flick me.”

“If you blocked an attack, you should counterattack! Are you going to just keep blocking all day?!”

“Huh…? Ah.”

Only then did I see what I had done wrong.

‘I was so scared that I was only thinking about blocking.’

The thought that he was an overwhelmingly strong opponent had unconsciously made me passive.

“But why the flick.”

“Get your head together. Get your head together.”

“Understood. I’ll concentrate.”

Since I might get flicked again if I stayed like this, I created distance and took my stance again.

However, the flicking didn’t end there.

“Who told you to make such a reckless attack there! Do you want to die?!”

Thwack!

“Hey! Who told you to move like that there!”

Thwack! Thwack! Thwack! Thwack!

Endless violence.

The flicking hell continued until 5 minutes before the two hours I had reserved ended.

“It’s bothersome for me to keep doing this, so bring someone appropriate to spar with you. At least someone two levels above you.”

‘Didn’t he tell me earlier not to get help from others?’

I have no idea which tune I’m supposed to dance to.

“Ah… yes, I’ll do that.”

Right now, the most important thing is to stop getting flicked.

“Next time you make a reservation, hmm…”

Hamus looked up at the ceiling for a moment, pondered, then opened his mouth.

“Ah, right. That thing, you know, the score measurement thing. You know what I’m talking about? Get over 90 points on that.”

“Huh…? But you definitely said that was useless.”

“Just because I said that, does it mean it’s really useless? Can’t you understand words properly? Anyway, come back after getting over 90 points.”

“Well… understood.”

I had a lot to say, but I just held it in.

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