Chapter 44: Greedy Wolf Lusail
Gawain threw his two-handed axe to the ground, because the space in the barn was relatively narrow, and such a thick and powerful weapon was not necessarily suitable, and then he pulled out the Turkic scimitar hanging from the shoulder strap in his left hand, and lifted the sword of phosphorus and fire in his right hand, and slowly walked towards the three worms that were shrunk into a ball
All the soldiers standing outside the barn, and the surviving villagers, especially the mother who had lost her child, were surprised by the wind blowing their hair and clothes, and she clearly saw that there seemed to be a hundred devils in the barn churning and roaring, and then the blue-green fire continued to burst out.
"Damn, what is it!" Farov, who had arrived from behind the palace, cursed, carried his long sword, and walked into the barn with a few frightened soldiers.
At the door of the barn, Gawain's battle axe calmly slashed above the ground, blood still seeping down the grooves of the axe blade, and among the stumps and heads, Gawain stood in a pool of blood with two weapons in his hands, his back to everyone.
"Lusail, Lusail, the 'Greedy Wolf Lusail' from Briur - he's the shadow of the resurrection of Lusail!" One of the elderly Farov soldiers saw this and couldn't help but lose his mind and cry out.
As soon as this terrible name was shouted, Gawain, whose face was covered with blood, turned his head and looked at them in confusion.
As a result, all the battle-hardened Varangian warriors at the barn gate also screamed in fright, raised their battle axes and spears in their hands, and lined up in a self-defense formation against Gawain.
Even Farov is forcibly calming, the name "greedy wolf Lusail", I believe that people who have served in the mercenary team of the Roman Empire for more than fifteen years will not be unfamiliar, and of course he will not: yes, more than twenty years ago, the Norman Lusail was still the commander of the "Frankish Cavalry Company", the most relied on and fierce in the Empire, people know that he came from the Brioul region, he kills people without blinking, there is no human morality at all, the enemy is as afraid of him as his own people, and he is afraid of him to death, and later with the most greedy face, in the imperial civil war, wantonly killing members of the royal family and deposing all kinds of grass-headed emperors; In the end, Lusail became Emperor Alexios' most formidable rival, and later in front of the imperial tomb in Constantinople, he and Alexios' troops broke out in the bloodiest chaos.
The Varangian Guard was on Alexios' side at that time, and Farov was only a vanguard commander at the time, and his detachment of three hundred men was actually killed in front of Lusail, only nine men remained, and he can still remember that Lusail, with his silver visor-shaped barrel-shaped helmet, was like a demon in hell, holding a spear and trampling on the most elite team he was in, and the blood was even enough to lift a heavy shield, and finally Lusail was broken up after his own army was scattered, Riding alone rushed into a warehouse with timber next to the Mausoleum of St. Basil, and set fire to it.
Before committing suicide, Lusail had taken off his helmet and killed his mount in front of the warehouse, when he looked back at the swarming pursuers, and the eyes like a wolf in a desperate situation were unforgettable for Faroff, and he was indeed a little similar to Gawain now!
Inside the barn, there was a silent and terrifying stalemate, Gawain felt inexplicable, while the other guards felt that the end was coming.
Finally, it was Farov who stabilized his emotions, "Gawain is just Gawain." Then he stepped forward slowly, "Listen, Soldier Gawain, now that we've completed the Warden's mission, the killing is over, and we need to escort the remaining rout back to the camp by the harbor." ”
"Yes." Gawain's reaction pleased Farov, and it seemed that everything was just a coincidence of scenes, and Gawain tore a piece of cloth from the corpse and began to wipe the blood-stained blade, preparing to put it in its sheath and hang up its sword.
But soon, a drop of blood fell on Gawain's hair.
At this time, the air seemed to solidify again, Gawain dropped the strip of cloth, touched his hand to his hair, and then he saw the blood in the palm of his hand, and then more blood, drop by drop, making a ticking sound.
The barn was a large hollow building, but around the walls, there were partitions and ladders that served as high-rises, and it was difficult to see from below, and the blood was dripping down the cracks in the timber of the partition.
Gawain knew very well in his heart that the three people he had killed just now were all lying at his feet, and this blood was definitely the fourth person's.
So Gawain slowly walked to the place outside the shelf and shouted to it, "Come down for me." ”
Wheat stalks and hay fluttered in a panic, and the people on the shelves trembled and let out low-cut sobs. At the same time, the body of a half-naked girl, falling down the shelf, made a loud noise, rolled in front of Gawain's eyes, the girl seemed to have been raped by the man before her death, her hair was scattered, her eyes were still half-open, and a dagger stuck in her bare chest that did not reach the hilt, gurgling out of her blood.
This blood, it turned out to be this girl's, probably when Gawain broke in, this girl was about to call for help, but was killed by the man with a dagger.
Gawain's hand holding the hilt of the sword began to shake violently again, and Farov next to him looked at his expression and kept saying, "Enough Gawain, you retreat to the barn door, and we will tie him up and hand him over to General George for disposal." ”
When he heard this, the man was naked, grabbed his armor to cover himself, and shouted to him, "I am the attendant of Lord Caesar McAulinus, who checked the military discipline of the rout, and that is why I was bound here by this group of routs, and you have come just in time, I want to see Caesar and report everything that is happening in the country and in the market town!" ”
As he spoke, the young man repeated the phrase, "I am Caesar's attendant," and then he came down the stairs, and when he saw Gawain, he raised his hands in submission and asked for forgiveness, and hurried to the door of the barn, where several warriors of the guards embraced him and gave him two punches, "Soon, the warden will give you a canonical punishment," Farov warned him fiercely, and then cut his hands behind his back and tied them with ropes.
Outside, the sound of the horn came, and it was the order of the warden to gather the team.
The samurai pushed the squire officer's struggling back toward the barn.
Gawain stood in front of the door with his head bowed, and Farov followed behind with his tomahawk in his hand, when the harsh sunlight illuminated the ruins of the village, and the smell wafted everywhere, "Gawain, you kid, don't make any more mistakes." It was an instinctive thought of Faroff, but it was only for a moment.
For Faroff now heard very well that the attendant, as if deathly, at the moment of stepping out of the barn door, said to Gawain, "I am Caesar's attendant, and I will be fine." ”
A red crack quickly leaped into the white light, and the attendant knelt down, his throat slit, and blood flying freely in the air.
"Gawain !!" Farov's angry shouts echoed over the entire village.