Chapter 85: Retreat from the city
At the moment when Gawain arrived, Baromio screamed, leaned backwards, dodged the axe blade waved by Gawain, held the hilt of the sword with both hands, and hit Gawain's abdomen, the piece of clothing was suddenly cut, and blood seeped out, and then Gawain did not stop, but continued to move forward with the fierce wind, and when Barromeo's blade slashed to the side, the steel-like head grabbed and smashed directly on Barromeo's helmet and face like a meteorite.
There was a crisp sound - Gawain's forehead was bleeding, and Barromio's nose bar was bent, and blood flew out of his eye sockets and nostrils.
In the scream, Barromeo staggered two steps backwards, tripped over a stone, and sat down on the ground, his face covered in blood, and he could only see Gawain's black shadow approaching rapidly again, so he shouted bastard, and swung his sword again, but it was his own howl that sounded first—his blade cut his thigh.
Gawain quickly dodged sideways, and then the iron arm held Barromeo's sword-holding hand, twisting it upward, Barromeo's hand stretched out, and the sword fell to the ground in extreme pain. Gawain's other arm picked up Fetyas's small battle axe, and slashed at Barromeo's arm three times in a row like lightning, and the flesh and bones collapsed into Gawain's face - and then, "This is for Fetyas's revenge", Gawain tore off Barromeo's wrist, and with a wave of his hand, the wrist with the "broken thread" of blood and bones, and threw it aside, Barromeo's face was as pale as a dead man, and he crawled to pick up his stump.
On the boulder, the soldiers were so frightened that their legs and stomachs were like a sieve, and they could hardly stand on their feet, and Barromeo's son, seeing his father in such a miserable state in an instant, was so frightened that his hands trembled and could not bear it, and he screamed, picked up the crossbow hidden under his robe, and aimed it at Gawain.
Gawain used the handle of the axe upside down, grabbed Barromeo's neck, dragged him up directly, turned around, like a meat shield, the arrow shot from Barromeo's son's crossbow machine, with a pop, flew directly into Barromeo's abdomen, and the Greek nobleman immediately vomited a ball of blood.
"Father!" His son cried out in pain.
"Despicable!" All the Italian soldiers who witnessed this, believing that Barromio and his son had broken the fairness of "Holmganga", shouted and rushed onto the rocks, and there was an immediate scuffle all around.
"Gawain, you are blaspheming and insulting the Emperor," Barromeo, who had been strangled, continued to vomit blood, and rolled his eyes angrily.
"I'm sorry, but I'm not loyal to your emperor." As he spoke, Gawain ripped off the purple tassel ribbon around his neck and threw it in the air to let it fly.
The blade fell, and the protruding organs on Barromeo's entire face—his eyes, the bridge of his nose, and his lips—were all sliced off, and he became a bloody faceless man, holding one hand and kneeling on the ground, "This is Erikson's!" ”
Gawain shouted, and then turned the axe upside down, raised the sharp part of the protruding top, and with two strokes, it smashed into Barromeo's helmet like lightning, and the iron pieces and hoops suddenly shattered and scattered, and Barromeo's head and shoulders twitched a few times, and he took the axe and planted it completely on his stomach.
The clouds flew swiftly overhead, and Gawain pulled out his axe, wiped the blood from his face, dragged Barromeo's mutilated and filthy corpse, dragged it to the shroud, wrapped it in two simple strokes, and then kicked him into the deep ravine. Then he saw the purple ribbon, still fluttering in the wind, and soon flew to the other side of the cliff, far, far away
A day later, Gawain took the three hundred men, along with the severed heads of Barromeo's son and his own soldiers, to the city of Nicaea.
At this moment, the bell of the holy city was ringing sadly, and the Turkic army and the Paulicians stood outside the city gates, ready to take over the city.
When the bronze and iron gates slowly opened, the first Paulicians shouted in unison and poured into the city, of course they were willing to keep the peace with the Sultan of Rîlbiki - but at the insistence of Cabeamia, she had to take the believers with her and leave her mark on the city, which symbolized the religion of the entire Roman Empire.
The so-called "brand" was that the golden-handed consul, with the support of armed believers, rode proudly through the straight streets of Nicaea to the cathedral, which was full of buildings, and she was to make sure that her horses were covered with urine and feces in front of the temples, altars, and miracles of the Orthodox Church, which was a challenge, an insult, and a pride.
Kabeamia, in front of the red and white doors of the church, dismounted, and was just about to take hold of the reins to put the plan into action, and then, in her eyes, a black mare was imprinted in front of the church doorpost, peeing on the floor, and draining down the steps, and the mare saw her, and chirped twice, indicating that she was more familiar with her.
Cabeamia's hand was loosened, and her mount ran wildly up the steps, and the black mare was next to each other, very hot, but the archon was still stunned, as if she had been struck violently, neither to go nor to stay.
All the Paulicians stopped when they saw their consuls.
Under the doorpost, a large man in armor was sitting on it, sharpening something on a wooden block with a scimitar, and then he saw Kabeamiya and stood up in astonishment, "It's you." ”
The female archon's reaction - showed the golden hand under the robe, completely covered her face, "You are not dead" accompanied by this sentence**, and then slowly squatted down.
And at this moment, Gawain looked at her outfit and outfit, as well as the posture of this team, and understood in his heart the true identity of this female liar, who turned out to be a heretical female demon king.
"So you want me to die, what a vicious girl." Gawain said resentfully.
Diognis, who was wrapped in wounds behind him, also walked over with one arm hanging down, "You are actually the leader of the rebellious remnants of the Teflis, or - this time we are at a disadvantage, so I will spare you, this is the temple of the Holy Lord, not a place for your horses to pee and, even if the Turkic soldiers take over immediately, such rude and blasphemous acts cannot be allowed." ”
When the guards were impassioned, Sabina stared at them, and then threw down several pieces of dung, which smashed firmly on the white floor of the church.
The whole scene froze, and everyone was a little embarrassed, which made this supposed tragic retreat from the city tinged with outright comical colors. After that, Cabeamia still covered her face in embarrassment, no longer wanting to insult the Orthodox behavior, and did not dare to face Gawain, but got on the horse and retreated herself, while Gawain stared at her fiercely, put down her hand, and went to remove Sabina's feces first.
About an hour later, Gawain made a cross of wood and prepared a tree in front of the graves of the two military servants, and then withdrew from the city with the guards and others.
Desiderius, the Grand Imam of Nicaea, also followed Gawain's army, which numbered only about 700 men, and thousands of citizens, merchants, and clergy who were unwilling to be ruled by paganism.