The Bizarre Adventures of the Oil Man, but Starting with Warhammer 32K

Armidale gritted his teeth, took a few steps back, and instructed, "Adjutant Aibo, assist Father Leon! Everyone else, follow me!"

He raised his flying dragon blade, Hongye, and ran to the side. The Silver Rath Dragon's hatred for Armidale was clearly greater than for the iron coffin lying motionless on the ground. Without hesitation, it pursued Armidale. Adjutant Aibo, holding the regimental flag, approached Leon and assisted him in his efforts to rescue Fearless.

"Why did the situation become like this?" Hunter Wu Fearless asked, "The dragon was almost dead before! This is unsound!"

"No, this is very scientific." Leon denied Hunter Fearless's statement.

If this happened in another world, it would definitely be unscientific.

But here in the Warhammer universe, numerology can be a science.

As Leon untied the sarcophagus, he pondered carefully, "We were deceived by the World Soul. Those monsters that intruded from outside were just feints... The real killer move has always been this Silver Fire Dragon. Its breath of fire burns its own throat, and it has a strong self-repair ability. Our attacks that nearly killed it, but with the help of the World Soul, it completed the transformation between life and death."

Simply providing energy cannot make a dragon species truly evolve. There is only a crisis of life and death... and they who are eager to kill the Silver Rath Dragon just happen to play the role of providing the crisis.

"You sound calm. Was this situation something you expected?" asked the assisting Adjutant Aibo.

Leon, who had untied the sarcophagus, shook his head. "It's no use being calm. Lieutenant Aibo, go with Feylucat and get Fearless to a location away from the battlefield. I need to check on Silver Rathalos's condition."

Lieutenant Aibo and the rescued Felynx dragged the sarcophagus away, and Leon was able to observe the current Silver Rathalos carefully. He noticed that the Silver Rathalos chest was constantly flowing with a dazzling white light like molten metal, and it was obvious that the Silver Rathalos had been in a high "torture state" since the beginning.

This excitement state, which could only be maintained briefly in the heat of battle, could significantly increase the temperature and flexibility of the Silver Rathalos' flames. However, the Silver Rathalos, which had been in this state from the beginning, had clearly violated the principle of "short-term maintenance."

Not only did it not show any signs of fatigue, but it became more and more courageous as the battle went on. The flames it exhaled were now faintly entangled on its body, dancing with its every move, making it look like a silver fire dragon was controlling these flames.

To control fire is to control a natural energy...

This is the power of nature.

But this power that distorts the real world should be called psionics in Warhammer.

Li Ang suddenly had an epiphany.

It's an ancient dragon species.

This silver fire dragon that has mastered psychic power is undergoing a transformation in his life essence, and he is moving towards becoming an ancient dragon!

Ancient dragons are a collective term for creatures that inhabit the Monster Hunter world, possessing unparalleled vitality, longevity, and a wide variety of abilities. The human-formed Hunter Guild within Monster Hunter has repeatedly emphasized that the existence of ancient dragons is an exception.

The ecology and forms of all ancient dragons can no longer be named according to biological classifications, but what they have in common is "the power to rival natural disasters", and some are even natural disasters and nature itself.

From this, it can be seen that the ability to control the forces of nature is the key difference between an ancient dragon and a non-ancient dragon. Some creatures may have combat power comparable to that of an ancient dragon, but if they cannot control the forces of nature, they will never be able to cross the threshold of becoming an ancient dragon.

Throughout history, no one knew how ancient dragons mastered the power of nature and became ancient dragons beyond the food chain. But now, Li Ang witnessed with his own eyes a fire dragon that had mastered psychic energy and was about to cross the threshold of ancient dragon status.

But the price of knowing the truth is always high. If no solution is found, everyone present will become a sacrifice for the silver fire dragon to ascend to the throne of ancient dragon!

The high state of excitement has made the Silver Rathalos ignore the harassment from small-caliber long-range weapons in the distance, while the close combat Amidel team is still struggling to hold on.

The increasingly aggressive attacks of the Silver Rathalos made it difficult for the already fatigued team to resist. The Silver Rathalos, which was originally in a biting posture, suddenly changed its tactics and swung its tail, sending an Astartes who couldn't dodge into the air. The balance of the battle had completely shifted to the Silver Rathalos.

Once the collapse of the front began, it could not be stopped.

Although the Astartes were all valiant warriors who fought to the death, if one fell, the Silver Rathalos would lose a significant portion of their energy, allowing them to focus their attention on the remaining enemies. They would bite, chariot, or soar low, spitting explosive fireballs to block their path, then swooping down and striking the helpless Astartes with their claws...

Although the Felyne cats were always able to rescue Astartes from danger, the number of Astartes capable of combat was still decreasing. Just then, Instructor Arlo sent someone to report the situation outside:

"A third dragon has joined the outer chaos. The troops led by Sergeant Arlo can no longer hold on!"

The internal trouble of being unable to defeat the Silver Rath Dragon, and the external threat of three dragon species approaching... Is defeat really inevitable?

Leon glanced at the Astartes rescued by Felyne. They had no way to retreat without being injured or disabled. If they chose to give up hunting the Silver Rathalos here, they would inevitably become part of those abandoned.

Li Ang did not accept this option.

He still has one last trump card, a trump card that is not really a trump card.

Chapter 32: The Day the Ancient Dragon Was Shot Down

Leon dove in front of Amidel. He unleashed his remaining ammunition. The two automatic bolt cannons and a standard plasma gun ejected from his mechanical backpack formed a barrage that temporarily forced back the Silver Rathalos, which was constantly pursuing Amidel. Leon also took the opportunity to pull Amidel aside.

"I have another idea." Li Ang said.

"What can we do?" Armidel, who had already taken off his helmet, had his face covered in blood. There was his own blood, the blood of the Silver Rathalos, and the blood of his brother.

"I still have a high-yield melta bomb." Li Ang said concisely, "You need to hold the Silver Rathalos back. I'll start the flight engine and throw the melta bomb at the Silver Rathalos. Then we'll see if there's any chance."

"He's very agile in the air. Even if you rely on your engine to fly into the air, you won't be able to keep up with his pace. The chance of success is too low." Amidel rejected Leon's plan: "And where did you get the large melta bomb?"

"This is my glorious bullet, prepared for when I'm in dire straits. At least I can take down a few more enemies."

Amidel was stunned for a moment. Leon's figure now seemed to him somewhat similar to the long-dead technical sergeant. But he finally shook his head and said, "I disagree."

"Do you have any better idea?" Li Ang asked.

"No way doesn't mean no choice!"

Armidale pushed Leon aside, holding his sword horizontally as he withstood a charge from the Silver Rathalos's head, narrowly avoiding its maw. After continuous, intense close combat, even the company champion inevitably showed signs of fatigue. At that moment, Adjutant Aibo also hurried to the scene.

"Armidel, Sergeant Arlo's defenses have been breached! A dragon is approaching quickly!"

Armidale looked back at Adjutant Aibo, who was covered in gunpowder and his power armor was covered in scratches and dents. He still held the regimental flag in his right hand, half of which had been burned to ashes. The White Wind symbol was torn by flames, but it still stood proudly in the strong wind caused by the flames.

"Adjutant Aibo!" he shouted sternly.

"exist!"

"I order you to dispatch a small team to protect Father Leon as he enters the space wreck. No matter the cost, until you ensure that Father Leon has the ability to return to space!"

"Yes!" The adjutant accepted the order without hesitation.

Armidale turned to Leon and said, "Father Leon, you've done enough for us. I promised you that whether it succeeds or not, we will thank you with concrete actions. Now, I want to fulfill that promise."

Adjutant Ai Bo stepped forward, put down the regimental flag, and picked up Li Ang with his hands.

"What are you going to do?" Leon struggled, but his bearings, damaged from the fall, and his weapons, empty of ammunition, made his resistance seem so powerless in front of these superhuman warriors: "You're going to send me alone onto the space wreck?!"

"A small team sneaking into a space wreck won't attract too much attention. I hope you can find a way to return to space in it, Father Leon. This is the only thing we can do now. You'll have to figure out everything else yourself." Armidel turned around and once again took up position facing the Silver Rathalos. "If you can return to space, I only hope you can come back here one day and take away the gene seeds we've stored in the camp. That's all I ask."

"Amidel, you didn't care about the solution I suggested earlier!" Leon cursed, "You bastard who only thinks about yourself!"

Amidel did not answer, and Leon was at a loss. He could only call over an Elu cat, remove the battery of his energy shield, and ask the Elu cat to install the energy shield on Amidel.

The energy shield from StarCraft is different from the common void shield and deflection field in the Warhammer world. It can block all attacks regardless of speed and type. Although it consumes a lot of energy, now is obviously not the time to worry about this.

Armidale faced the Silver Fire Dragon with the Flying Dragon Sword Hongye in hand. He was the only one left on the field.

The advantage humans have over monsters is always teamwork, but now, all his comrades who fought alongside him have fallen, and he can only stand alone in front of the monster.

He was so tiny compared to the monster, but he could feel an indescribable throbbing in his blood. He felt a mysterious force calling him, calling him to chop off the head of the giant before him.

Am I excited? he asked himself.

Yes, I am excited, he confirmed his state of mind.

The fear when facing a behemoth is a natural instinct of living things, but he is a Space Marine, an Astartes, the executioner of the enemies of mankind, and even more a hunter.

He remembered the Legion before their Gene-Father returned, the glorious mission given to them by the Emperor to hunt xenos, and the ancient battle cry when they were still roaming the galaxy.

"Today's sacrifice," roared Armidale, "for tomorrow's triumph!"

The lost glory of the Second Legion is evident in his blood. Standing here, he will only carry out his courage and determination to the end!

He held the sword in hand, slowly increasing his speed, and finally sprinted towards the Silver Rathalos. He saw a fear of him in the Silver Rathalos' eyes.

The Silver Fire Dragon soared high, unwilling to engage in further struggle with Armidale on the ground. Instead, he began gathering his breath in midair. A silvery-white light slowly flowed from his chest to his head, and a blazing blue-white flame gathered in his mouth. He then exhaled a fan-shaped blue-white breath towards Armidale!

The flames instantly enveloped Armidel. Armidel drew his sword to protect himself, using his shoulder armor to resist the flames. At the critical moment, Fey, carrying an energy shield, finally arrived. He placed the energy battery behind Armidel, and a light blue shield instantly enveloped Armidel, keeping the flames out.

But this time, the breath was powerful and sustained, and the shield that had blocked most of it was ultimately unable to withstand it all. As the shield shattered, scorching flames instantly poured down upon Armidale!

The Silver Rathalos watched with satisfaction as Armidale was consumed by his own flames. The avenging of his wife's death and his own near-death at his hands filled him with a sense of physical and mental well-being. He didn't even feel the pain from his wounds anymore, simply wanting to use this exhilarating feeling to pursue the remaining cans.

But when the flames and smoke dissipated, the Silver Rathalos, seeing clearly what was happening, couldn't help but reveal a look of surprise. He stopped trying to clear out the remaining cans and instead began to gather his breath once more.

There is only one reason, and that is that Armidale is still standing there!

The front half of his body began to melt from the shoulder armor, and the power armor was not spared. The scalding molten iron poured over half of his body, almost burning him.

But he didn't care. When the flames dissipated, he was like a knight challenging a windmill, like a brave man who dared to face the Star God alone, and he charged towards the Silver Fire Dragon once again!

Fearless courage is often accompanied by meaningless sacrifice, but Leon never lets others' sacrifice go to waste.

"To win tomorrow's victory, you can't just sacrifice yourself!"

Leon's megaphoned voice resounded like thunder in the ears of Amidel, whose helmet had melted. At the same time, a massive plasma projectile pierced through Amidel's head, aiming directly for the Silver Rathalos's skull.

"You only have one chance, Armidale!"

The Silver Rathalos could dodge, but that would mean his charged breath would be wasted. Armidale's display of courage, even across species, impressed him, and he simply wanted to eliminate this foe as quickly as possible to prevent future trouble. So, he chose to take the next plasma blast head-on and unleash the flames.

But that wasn't the right decision.

He ignored where Leon, who had persuaded Adjutant Aibo, was standing. He was now standing next to the last of the five remaining crossbow carts.

What he just launched was not just the plasma!

The plasma obscured Silver Rathalos's vision. Although it didn't cause much damage, it made it difficult for him to see clearly. He was about to spit out the flames he had accumulated towards Armidale according to his memory, but a sharp pain interrupted his breath, causing him to wail uncontrollably.

After Li Ang's careful calculations, the crossbow arrow made from the female fire dragon's bones was now deeply embedded in the silver fire dragon's eye socket!

The severe pain made the Silver Fire Dragon unable to maintain his height in the air. Even the silver-white light in his chest disappeared and he fell straight to the ground. This made Leon breathe a sigh of relief.

He guessed correctly. Although the Silver Rathalos, which had initially demonstrated the ability to manipulate fire, had begun to move towards becoming an ancient dragon, it had not yet completed its transformation and was still a Silver Rathalos from a biological perspective. If it suffered a severe head injury during flight, it would exit the "Fire State" and he still had to abide by the rules of crashing.

This is exactly the opportunity that Li Ang said!

Although his body was covered with wounds, the urge in Amidel's heart became stronger and stronger. He forced himself to rush to the head of the Silver Fire Dragon, despite half of his body being melted.

The Silver Rathalos endured the excruciating pain of having its eye blinded and opened its mouth to bite Armidale to death. But Armidale, as if guided by something, took a ghostly step back, dodging the Silver Rathalos's bite, then turned around and slashed at the Silver Rathalos's head with his sword.

Li Ang, who witnessed this scene, opened his eyes wide in surprise.

"Is this the Insight Slash?" He was not very sure.

For Amidel, the mysterious pulling feeling became stronger and stronger, and he subconsciously wanted to hold the sword and make a clockwise rotation.

But there seemed to be something in his mind telling him that such an attack would not be bloody enough. That voice urged him to follow the momentum and launch a powerful blow, as if he was very sure that such an attack could cut the silver fire dragon in half and then drink the enemy's blood.

This feeling, as if he wasn't swinging the knife himself, but rather something else driving him, instantly jolted Armidale's hazy consciousness awake. He groaned in pain, and forcibly stopped his pursuit.

"Whatever that is...get out of my head!"

"Amidel, I don't know what's guiding you," Leon warned loudly, "but if there's a move that lets you spin, seize that feeling!"

Amidel listened to Leon's guidance. He put aside the clamor for blood in his mind and focused on the feeling that had led him to perform the spinning slash. Following that feeling, he began to wave the red leaf in his hand.

The first cut is from upper left to lower right.

The second cut, from lower left to upper right.

Then move from lower left to upper right, lower right to upper left, and then leap up and swing the third sword to slash vertically!

Then it was the same feeling as before, turning the body clockwise while waving the sword in hand!

Finally……

The blade of the Flying Dragon Sword Hongye was coated with a dangerous red glow. The Silver Rath Dragon looked at Armidale in horror with his only remaining eye, watching him leap high from the ground, and then slash the sword at his head with an unstoppable force.

Amidel's target was the Silver Fire Dragon's neck that was almost broken before. He fell down with seven sword beams, and his momentum was unstoppable!

All kinds of martial arts, this is——

Ascend the dragon!

PS: Done, I will recycle the settings mentioned earlier and lay some foreshadowing before leaving 11

Chapter 33 The Dust Settles

The Silver Rathalos died silently.

The unexpected Dragon Climb strike landed on the neck that had been severely damaged by the Fearless's explosive bomb. Although Silver Rathalos had begun to recover from that area during its evolution, the unstoppable air blade ultimately became a boulder that overwhelmed Silver Rathalos.

Its neck was cut in half by the Flying Dragon Sword Hongye. Although its body was still twitching, its severed head had lost its vitality, and because its neck was severed, it was unable to even make a final wail.

But it wasn't just the Silver Rathalos that fell, it was also Armidale who fell.

After climbing the dragon and falling to the ground, he wanted to use the knife to support his body, but his hands were so weak that he couldn't even hold the handle of the knife.

He tried to kneel, but the melted half of his body had long since given up. Having held on through sheer willpower, he finally collapsed to the ground with a thud, his life or death uncertain for a moment.

"Lieutenant Weigan, lead the team to support Sergeant Arlo and stop the dragon species that broke through." Leon made the arrangements: "Adjutant Aibo, bring Felu Cat with me, we will go and check on Amidel."

"Don't forget me!" Fearless, who was left with only the sarcophagus, shouted, "I have no legs now!"