king of ros

Chapter 495 Strange Ambush
What came into Rurik's eyes seemed to be a forest of colonnades.

Countless tall stone pillars filled this huge water palace, and on the top and bottom of these stone pillars, there were huge ornate reliefs. Even after years of baptism, these reliefs still looked so exquisite, as if they were a pagan god avatar.

"It's really time for Volorida and Vasilko to come and see it. For this scene, it's worth being a gutter rat in the sewer for so long."

Rurik's tone was full of exclamation. He admired the miracle of Roman Empire architecture before him, and led his men through the forest of stone pillars.

He originally thought that the ground part of Constantinople was legendary enough, but he never thought that there would be such a scene underground.

However, Rurik suddenly thought of the current plight of the Greek Empire, and couldn't help feeling extremely ironic. The once powerful empire has become like this now, which is really ridiculous.

But at this moment, the guide's muttering reached Rurik's ears, and those words made him feel very bad.

"It's strange, why haven't they appeared yet, they obviously agreed to be here."

The guide hadn't finished speaking when suddenly a crossbow arrow pierced his throat. This man was only a few steps away from Rurik. Rurik saw the blood-stained arrow, and after that Blood poured out.

"Raise your shield!"

The Prince of Kyiv roared, and following his roar, the people behind him reacted extremely quickly. After all, these people are the elite of Greece and Russia, that is, when Rurik roared that voice, they automatically formed a side shield wall.

Next, enemies poured out from all directions, and they nimbly drilled out from behind the huge stone pillar. The place that was thought to be empty before was now full of people.

Rurik recognized the attire of these people. Their attire undoubtedly had the style of northerners, but what they held in their hands were axes inlaid with gold and silver. The helmets and armor were also gold and silver, or were plated with gold and silver. .

This set of equipment will only appear on one type of person in this city, that is, the emperor's mercenary team, the mercenary team created by Basil I and left a strong mark in the history of the empire.

"Varangian Guard! Damn it, it's Varangian!"

Such a roar sounded, and Rurik didn't need him to remind him. Of course, he knew who the enemy appeared in front of him. They were the most loyal axes of the Roman emperors—the Varangian guards.

The Varangians were accompanied by many archers and crossbowmen who, hiding behind stone pillars, shot arrows at the shield wall of the infiltrators, but most of them hit the shields.

As for the small amount of shots on the armor, they couldn't break the plain looking, but actually very strong armor—although the number of the commando team was less than one hundred, this team had obtained the best equipment bonus.

Rurik realized that this was an ambush, subconsciously he thought it was all a conspiracy, after all he was worried from the very beginning, but he didn't have time to think about what was going on, because the enemy had already arrived In front of him!
The young Prince Rose swung his long sword, and the long sword slashed at the guy who rushed forward recklessly, but it was a pity that it couldn't break through the armor of the enemy in front of him.

And the man's long ax hit Rurik's shield, knocking the prince back again and again, but fortunately the shield withstood the blow.

This guy's armor is really good, he really deserves to be the emperor's mercenary.

Rurik couldn't help sighing in his heart, but he didn't stop the movement of his hand, and directly hit the head of the person in front of him with the hilt of his sword. This blow made the person a little dizzy.

And at this moment, Rurik plunged the long sword into his face, the golden hair was stained with blood, and Rurik finished the guy.

Prince Ross raised his head and looked at the nearby battle. He was very happy to see that the elites under his command did not lose the wind when fighting these Varangian guards.

The most casualties of the intruders were the crossbowmen. Their sudden arrows caught many people off guard, but soon some Greeks arrived there. Although they could not be dealt with immediately, it was still easy to prevent them from shooting arrows. of.

The ambush side did not have the upper hand, but the main reason for this situation was that there were not many people ambushing them, even with the addition of those archers, the number was less than one hundred, not as many as their ambush.

Rurik felt a little strange, but he quickly suppressed these thoughts. Now these are not important at all. After observing the battle situation for a while, Prince Ross raised his sword and joined the battle situation without hesitation.

No matter what the situation is, ending the battle here is the right thing to do!
The following battles are more and more in favor of the ambushed side, and the ambushers are getting more and more disadvantaged. Those Varangians are not very powerful fighters. They are enough to die, but in terms of war skills, it is completely unacceptable. .

And because the infiltrators were all elite, they almost subconsciously blocked the way out of the water palace. As a result, the ambush party would be annihilated by the ambush party.

Soon, the situation became that 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 attack and defense suddenly reversed, but everyone had His actions didn't stop, and it was the right thing to do to deal with these enemies quickly.

Finally, when the last Varangian guard was beheaded, cheers erupted from the crowd, and Rurik joined them, but he stopped soon, because it was more important to figure out why these people will be here.

Others are adjusting their equipment. These veterans understand the importance of equipment better than anyone else. It is these that saved their lives. Some people are exploring the weapons and equipment of the defeated to see if there is anything they can use. use it.

For Rurik, this ambush seemed strange. There were fewer ambushers than those who were ambushed. What kind of ambush was this? But if it was a coincidence, then it was too coincidental. Ranji came to ambush them.

Rurik was really puzzled by this, and at this moment, Kirill walked up to him, "Eleven of us died, and seven others were slightly injured."

"There are so few... It's really surprising..."

Rurik was taken aback subconsciously when he heard this number, and then felt even more strange about the battle. It really doesn't make sense. Was this ambush a joke?
"What should we do next? The guide is dead, and we haven't seen the person who picked us up, so we can't go back home..."

Kirill's words reminded Rurik that now is not the time to continue to struggle with this matter, what matters is what the team will do next.

Rurik looked up, and suddenly found that everyone was looking at him, and everyone wanted to know what to do next.

"Let's go to the top to have a look first. By the way, let's pick some clean ones for these Varangian armors. Anyway, this can also provide us with a layer of camouflage..."

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(End of this chapter)