Boom…
Subaru, who had just arrived, immediately felt the characteristic of the 40k World. Before he could even clearly see his surroundings, a cannonball exploded right beside him.
His body… no, now it could only be called a corpse, was directly blown away by the shockwave.
He then crashed to the ground, blood flowing from every orifice on his body, and a large amount of fragmented flesh appeared in his mouth.
Under the shockwave, he appeared to be unharmed, but internally, he had already become a chaotic mess.
The good thing was that Subaru didn't even have time to feel pain before his soul appeared in the Warp.
Waking Subaru's soul, Yang Tao asked with a smile, "How do you feel?"
Subaru was utterly confused.
"I… how did I die?"
"An Ork's cannonball landed right next to you, and you died instantly. Hmm, looking at you, it seems you didn't suffer much."
Subaru nodded.
He didn't even know how he died, so naturally, there was no pain.
"Next, this kind of situation will happen frequently, Subaru, how about it? Do you think you can handle it?"
Subaru didn't know how to answer for a moment. He had died before even clearly seeing the environment on the other side. To be honest, he felt nothing internally.
"I can try!"
"Alright then."
Yang Tao glanced at the situation on the battlefield and said to Subaru, "I'll send you to a relatively safe place. If you hide well, maybe you can last a bit longer…"
Subaru smiled and nodded, saying, "Don't worry! I will definitely…"
Before he could finish his sentence, his main consciousness was sent to the Alert star.
"Waaaaagh!!"
A mix of gunpowder smoke and a peculiar burnt smell immediately filled his nostrils. Before he could even make sense of the situation, a strange roar came from not far away.
The next moment, he saw green-skinned figures surging forward like a tide.
Without giving him time to react, countless gunshots erupted beside him. Turning his head slightly, he saw countless soldiers, just like him, standing behind trenches and fortifications, continuously pulling their triggers.
Tanks of special designs joined the battlefield from the rear.
Boom… Boom…
The roar of the cannons was deafening.
This brutal battlefield completely sobered Subaru. Feeling the touch of the weapon in his hand, he raised his gun and aimed at the green-skinned figures in the distance.
He didn't know why he had to fight, but he knew that these green-skinned guys were definitely not here to have a heart-to-heart with him.
Raising his muzzle…
Bang.
A bullet, fired by an unknown Orks, incredibly fortunately pierced his forehead.
Although the Orks's attacks lacked accuracy, they couldn't withstand the sheer overwhelming numbers in this situation.
Subaru's head shattered.
"You're back!"
Subaru looked at Yang Tao's smiling face, only feeling that the pain of being headshotted just now was still vivid.
"Not bad, you lasted 13 seconds this time. For someone untrained like you, that's already a rare achievement. Are you ready? If you're ready, I'll revive you."
Subaru nodded heavily.
"I will definitely survive!"
"Very good, very spirited. You'll definitely be able to command a warship!"
Yang Tao smiled and waved his hand again, and Subaru reappeared on the battlefield. This time, however, he didn't hesitate at all. He immediately raised the firearm in his hand, aimed at the charging green-skinned figures, and pulled the trigger.
Bang… bang… bang…
As the bullets pierced the green-skinned bodies, he unbelievably discovered a problem: his attacks seemed unable to cause much damage to these strange creatures.
'Damn it, these are bullets!! How is this possible!'
But he didn't give up. He continued to frantically pull the trigger until the firearm made a clicking sound, indicating it was empty.
"Waaaaagh!"
An Orks, holding a ragged cleaver, leaped into the trench, roared, and raised his weapon, stabbing a Astra Militarum soldier beside him to death.
And charged towards him.
At this moment, everything he experienced in the Backrooms came to the fore. Subaru, without any tension, stared intently at this green-skinned creature.
As the opponent charged with the cleaver, Subaru directly threw the empty firearm at the opponent's face, using the opportunity to draw his longsword and plunge it fiercely into the opponent's head.
A surge of power emerged from his body; he felt as if he had become a little stronger.
But before he could sense it carefully, another green-skinned creature leaped into the trench, and the rusty scrap metal in its hand pierced his chest.
Intense pain surged over him.
Even though it was reduced by 50%, it was still unbearable for him.
Subaru's inner ferocity was ignited. He raised the iron sword in his hand and chopped fiercely at the Ork's body.
Fortunately, these Orks didn't have much armor; otherwise, with Subaru's strength, he wouldn't have been able to cut through the 'junk' on the Ork's body.
The next moment, everything went black.
He saw Yang Tao again.
A round of applause sounded, and Yang Tao walked up to him, praising, "You actually killed an Orks, that's really good."
Subaru quickly asked, "Why can't these guys be killed by guns?"
"It's because they consider dying by a gun to be shameful, so they just don't die… It's that simple."
"This… how is this possible!"
They don't die because they feel it's shameful? Subaru's face was filled with disbelief, but Yang Tao wouldn't possibly deceive him over such a trivial matter.
"You just killed an Ork, you should have received a reward. Oh, by the way… You must have played games before, right? Just think 'open panel' in your mind!"
Yang Tao had bestowed upon Subaru the power of a Dark Paladin. That green-skinned Ork earlier was enough to allow him to easily gain a level.
A moment later, Subaru, having recovered from his incredulity and finished allocating his points, was sent back to the battlefield.
A moment later…
The unlucky boy was crushed to death by a piece of warship wreckage falling from the sky.
Stray bullets, explosions, large green-skinned creatures, burning, corrosion, being hacked to death, being trampled to death, parasitism, being bitten to death…
Subaru's ways of dying were truly varied and bizarre, but with each kill, his strength grew stronger and stronger.
But he also became more silent.
Until the 133rd death arrived.
"Mr. Yang, what is this war for?"
Yang Tao stopped his action of waving to revive Subaru, his gaze falling on his young face. A smile suddenly appeared on his face as he said, "There is no reason…"
"Green-skinned Orks are war machines; their only thought in life is to fight…"
"Tyranids want to devour all matter on planets, and humans just want to survive… So this war, which no one knows how long it will last, will continue like this."
Subaru was silent for a moment and said, "I'm eating food made from my comrades' corpses…"
"People I knew one moment die the next… Death Return is a curse, and resurrection is also a curse…"
Yang Tao looked at Subaru and laughed:
"Haha, you've died too much… You're having hallucinations. Whether it's Death Return or resurrection, they're just giving you another chance. If you didn't have the ability to return in time, you and Emilia would probably be buried by now."
"This ability is just your trump card. If you have enough power to protect the people around you, you don't need to consider this problem at all, just like me. I haven't been cut down by anyone for a very, very long time."
Subaru: "..."
Why did that sound so punchable?