“No retreating! Anyone who takes half a step back, I’ll blow his brains out myself!”
The bolt pistol barrel jammed hard against Seth Knight’s forehead, digging in with painful force.
The Commissar’s veins bulged, spitting a mixture of saliva and blood all over his face.
Outside the trench, wild roars of “WAAAGH!” rose wave after wave, long overwhelming the thunder of artillery.
Seth Knight tightly gripped the “firewood stick” in his hands—a battered Astra Militarum lasgun.
Next to him lay a fresh recruit whose head had just been blasted open; warm red-and-white matter splattered half of Seth’s shoulder.
“Commissar! It’s useless! The defense line has completely collapsed!” An old veteran with a severed left arm cried in total breakdown nearby.
“That’s the main tide of green-skin Orks! Without Space Marine reinforcement, a few hundred of us are just walking rations! Order a retreat, quickly!”
“Heresy! The Emperor’s Astra Militarum dies on the charge, or dies nowhere!”
*BANG!*
Gunshot.
The veteran’s head exploded like a watermelon, his headless corpse tumbling into the mud.
Dead silence fell over the trench.
The remaining dozen-or-so recruits shook like leaves in the wind.
“Fix bayonets! Full charge!” The Commissar kicked Seth in the back, the gun barrel pressed hard against the back of his head.
“You, go first! Get up there and plug the line!”
Brutal, bloodthirsty green-skin Orks ahead; a ruthless, unfeeling commissar behind.
Damn this screwed-up Warhammer 40K world!
Human lives were worth less than weeds!
The Imperial Guard was nothing more than pure, disposable cannon fodder!
*You damned commissar, why don’t you fucking go first?!*
Seth thought to himself that since death was guaranteed either way, he wasn’t about to die pathetically at the hands of his own commander.
*Click.*
Seth locked the chipped bayonet onto the tip of his rifle.
His eyes bloodshot, he stepped on a corpse and scrambled wildly over the lip of the trench.
The very instant his head crested the ridge, a stench-laden gale hit him face-first!
An Ork Nob, two and a half meters tall and built like an iron tower, had already slaughtered its way directly above the trench.
Half a human leg still dangled from its body.
Its crimson eyes locked dead onto Seth.
“Humie! Die!”
The Ork Nob roared with laughter, swinging a door-sized rusty greataxe in a deadly arc that swept down toward the crown of Seth’s head with an ear-piercing whistle!
Before the blade even arrived, the terrifying gale scraped Seth’s cheeks painfully.
“It’s over.” The recruits closed their eyes; even the Commissar cringed back in terror.
Against such monstrous strength, a human body would shatter upon the slightest contact.
There was nowhere to retreat!
Seth’s eyes turned crimson.
A beastly roar squeezed from his throat as he raised the fragile lasgun with both hands, meeting the falling greataxe head-on!
Even if he died, he would shave off a patch of this brute’s fur!
Just as the rifle was about to collide with the massive axe—
[Ding—]
An exceptionally crisp mechanical voice suddenly exploded deep within Seth’s mind!
Time seemed to freeze.
The earth-shattering slaughter, the Orks’ wild roars, the howling artillery—all frozen in place.
The massive axe hovered motionless just three inches above Seth’s head.
[Fatal threat detected. Multiverse Card Draw System forcibly activated!]
[Starter Gift Pack granted—this draw guarantees a “Golden Legend”!]
Countless cards hovered and flipped in the void.
White, green, blue, and purple lights flashed frantically before drawing back.
A single pure gold card, bright to the point of blinding, crashed straight into Seth’s soul!
[Obtained Legendary Gold Card: Captain America Bloodline (Bonus: Vibranium Shield, Wakandan Falcon Suit)!]
[Notice: To avoid detection by local deities and Warp demons, abilities have been rewritten at the core layer, disguised as “Psychic Blessing of the God-Emperor.”]
[Hidden Plot Triggered—Obtained Power of Thor Trial Card (3 minutes)!]
[Activation complete. Wish you a happy hunt!]
*BOOM!*
Time resumed its flow.
The massive axe slammed down with terrifying force!
Yet there was no brain matter splattering, no rifle shattering.
*CLANG—!!!*
A reverberating blast like a gigantic bell rang through the position!
A wave of air exploded outward with Seth at the center, blasting mud surrounding the trench meters into the air!
“What?!” The Commissar’s eyes widened in disbelief, so shocked he didn’t even notice his bolt pistol slipping into the muddy water.
That Ork greataxe, capable of splitting tank armor, had stopped dead an inch above Seth’s head!
Beneath the axe blade, the Vibranium Shield in Seth’s grip erupted with dazzling, blinding golden light!
Viscous as water and solid as gold, the light formed a bell-shaped barrier that shielded him right at the center!
That aura was pure, blazing, holy, and domineering!
It was the psychic blessing of the God-Emperor Himself!
*CRACK!*
The recoil jolted the Ork Nob’s thick arm so violently that its bones dislocated.
Spiderweb cracks snapped across the heavy greataxe before it exploded into a shower of scrap iron with a sharp *BANG*!
“WAA… gah?” The Ork Nob’s boisterous laughter got stuck in its throat.
For the first time, a sliver of emotion called “fear” flickered in its blood-red eyes.
“Done chopping?”
Amidst the golden light, Seth slowly raised his head, his eyes completely filled with golden flames.
The dual enhancements of Captain America’s bloodline and the Falcon flight suit roared frantically inside him.
Suppressed, monstrous power surged through every limb and bone!
Despair of being cannon fodder?
To hell with that!
Seth stomped his right foot onto the trench wall, causing the earth to collapse with a boom.
He shot into the air like a golden artillery shell, closing the distance to the Ork Nob in an instant.
Clenching his right hand into a fist, concentrated golden light condensed into a solid orb upon his knuckles!
“Now, it’s my fucking turn!”
Seth threw a punch, dragging an ear-piercing sonic boom behind it as it slammed squarely into the Ork Nob’s chest!
*BANG!!!*
A bulge the size of a water vat burst out from the back of the 2.5-meter-tall, 300-kilogram Ork Nob.
Immediately after, wild golden energy tore through its flesh, instantly reducing its spine and internal organs to a crimson mist!
The massive corpse flew backward like a tattered ragdoll, bowling over seven or eight charging Orks behind it before exploding into a heap of minced meat.
One-shot kill!
The entire Position 04 fell into dead silence.
All the remaining Astra Militarum soldiers gaped, staring dumbfounded at the golden figure descending slowly midair.
The Commissar’s legs went weak, and he fell to his knees in the mud with a *thud*.
His hands frantically traced the Aquila across his chest, his voice trembling:
“By the Emperor… Why would You bestow such favor upon a mere mortal?! Why isn’t this honor mine?!”
[Ding! Defeated D-rank Elite (Ork Nob)! Obtained Card Draw × 1!]
A crisp system notification rang out.
Seth looked down at his fists covered in blood and golden light, fanaticism crawling into the depths of his eyes.
Kill monsters, get card draws!
Cards brought power!
He turned around and cast his gaze outside the trench.
Over a thousand heavy-armored Ork elites were encircling this position.
An unconquerable natural disaster of despair?
A meat grinder?
In Seth’s eyes right now, this was a fucking sparkling, “infinite card draw minefield”!
“Commissar.”
Golden flames blazed wildly around Seth, his lips curling into an extremely savage arc.
“Didn’t you say no retreating?”
“C-Calm down…” Looking at Seth, who resembled a god of slaughter, the Commissar felt his scalp go numb.
Before he finished speaking, Seth had already turned back around.
Retreat to the trench and cower to survive?
How could he make the God-Emperor notice his loyalty like that?!
“For the Emperor! In the Emperor’s name, cleanse the abominations!”
“My thousand-draw streak depends entirely on you bastards!”
With a wild laugh, the engines of his Falcon armor revved to the absolute limit.
Instead of retreating, he charged!
A lone man transforming into a streak of golden thunder tearing through the dark, he launched a reverse charge straight into the Ork tide!