What entered Rurik's eyes seemed to be a forest composed of pillars.
Countless tall stone pillars fill this huge water palace, and on the top and bottom of these stone pillars, there are huge and gorgeous reliefs. Even after the baptism of time, these reliefs still look so exquisite, as if they are a pagan god.
's avatar.
"We should let Volorida and Vasilko come and see it too. It's worth being a gutter rat in the sewers for so long just for this scene."
Rurik's tone was full of sighs. He admired the miracle of the Roman Empire architecture in front of him and led his men through the forest of stone pillars.
He originally thought that the above-ground part of Constantinople was legendary enough, but he never expected that there was such a scene underground.
However, Rurik then thought about the current predicament of the Greek Empire, and couldn't help but feel it was extremely ironic. The once powerful empire has now become like this, which is really ridiculous.
But it was at this time that the guide's mutterings reached Rurik's ears, and those words made him feel very bad.
"It's strange, why haven't they shown up yet? They obviously promised to be here."
Before the guide could finish speaking, a crossbow arrow suddenly penetrated his throat. The man was only a few steps away from Rurik. Rurik saw the blood-stained arrow and what followed.
The blood gushed out.
"Raise your shield!"
The Prince of Kiev roared, and with his roar, the people behind him reacted extremely quickly. After all, these people are the elites of Greece and Russia. When Rurik roared that voice, they automatically formed a side.
shield wall.
Next, enemies poured out from all directions. They nimbly emerged from behind the huge stone pillar. Places that were thought to be empty of people before were now filled with people.
Rurik recognized the clothing of these people. Their clothing was undoubtedly in the style of northerners, but they held axes inlaid with gold and silver. Their helmets and armor were also either covered with gold or silver, or plated with gold and silver.
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This set of equipment would only appear on one kind of person in this city, that is, the emperor's mercenaries, the mercenary team created by Basil I and left a strong mark on the history of the empire.
"Varangian Guards! It's Varangian who deserves to die!"
Such a roar sounded, but Rurik didn't need him to remind him. He certainly knew who the enemies appeared in front of him. They were the most loyal axes of the Roman emperors-the Varangian Guards.
There were many archers and crossbowmen appearing with the Varangians. They hid behind stone pillars and fired arrows at the infiltrator's shield wall, but most of them hit the shield.
As for the small amount of shots fired at the armor, it could not break the armor that looked simple but was actually very strong. Although the number of the commando team was less than a hundred, this team received the best equipment bonus.
Rurik realized that this was an ambush, and subconsciously he thought it was all a conspiracy. After all, he was very worried from the beginning, but he didn't have time to think too much about what was going on, because the enemy had already arrived.
In front of him!
The young Prince Ross swung his long sword and struck the guy who rushed forward recklessly. Unfortunately, it could not break through the armor of the enemy in front of him.
The man's long ax hit Rurik's shield, knocking the prince back repeatedly, but fortunately the shield withstood the blow.
This guy's armor is really good, he really deserves to be a mercenary of the emperor.
Rurik couldn't help but sigh in his heart, but without stopping his hand movements, he directly hit the person in front of him on the head with the hilt of his sword. This blow made the person feel dizzy.
And at this moment, Rurik put the long sword into his face, and his golden hair was stained with blood. Rurik killed this guy.
Prince Ross raised his head and looked at the nearby battles. He was very happy to see that the elite men under his command did not fall behind when fighting these Varangian guards. On the contrary, they seemed to be getting more and more courageous as they fought.
The ones who caused the greatest casualties to the infiltrators were the crossbowmen. Their sudden arrows caught many people off guard, but soon some Greeks came over there. Although they could not be eliminated immediately, it was still easy to prevent them from shooting arrows.
of.
The ambush party did not have the upper hand, but the main reason for this situation was that there were not many people ambushing them. Even including the archers, the number was less than a hundred, which was not as many as they had ambushed.
Rurik felt a little strange, but he quickly suppressed these thoughts. They were not important at all now. After observing the battle for a while, Prince Ross raised his sword and joined the battle without hesitation.
No matter what the situation is, ending the battle here is the only business!
The ensuing battle became more and more favorable to the side being ambushed, and the ambushers were more and more at a disadvantage. Those Varangian warriors were not very powerful. They were desperate enough, but in terms of war skills, they were completely incompetent.
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And because the infiltrators were all elites, they almost subconsciously blocked the road leaving the water palace. As a result, now, the party ambushing will be annihilated by the ambushed party.
Soon, the situation turned into one where the ambush side was fighting to the death and faced the danger of being wiped out. The situation was so smooth that many people couldn't figure out what was going on and why the offense and defense suddenly reversed. But everyone had
His movements didn't stop, and what he should do was to deal with these enemies as quickly as possible.
Finally, when the last Varangian guard was killed, a burst of cheers broke out from the crowd, and Rurik also joined in, but he soon stopped, because it was more important to figure out why these people
will be here.
Others were adjusting their equipment. These old warriors knew the importance of equipment better than anyone else. It was these that saved their lives. Others were groping for the weapons and equipment of the defeated to see if there was anything they could do.
Useful.
To Rurik, this ambush seemed strange. There were fewer ambushes than the ambushed. What kind of an ambush was it? But if this was a coincidence, then it was too much of a coincidence. It was still the emperor's direct subordinate.
Ranji comes to ambush them.
Rurik was really puzzled by this. At this moment, Kirill walked up to him and said, "11 of us died, and 7 others were slightly injured."
"It's surprising that there are so few..."
Rurik was stunned when he heard this number, and then he felt even more strange about the battle. It really didn't make sense. Was this ambush meant to be a joke?
"What should we do next? The guide is already dead, and we haven't seen the person who came to rescue us yet. We can't just go back home..."
Kirill's words reminded Rurik that now is not the time to continue to dwell on this matter. What is important is what this team will do next.
Rurik looked up and suddenly found everyone looking at him. Everyone wanted to know what to do next.
"Let's go up there and take a look first. By the way, let's pick out some clean Varangian armors and put them on. Anyway, this can also provide us with a layer of camouflage..."