Chapter 90 The Stranger’s Whisper
Ian was extremely surprised, because according to his previous battle deployment, they left the entire "Naughty Duanzi" team and several sailors in the yard outside the church, and also deployed a few people on the nearby streets to stand guard. It is said that the layout is watertight.
But what about them? Why are the exits to the temple controlled by the enemy but no one comes down to report?
The difficulty is that the ‘dirty jokes’ have rebelled? What nonsense? Even if he wanted to do that, would his men follow?
Ian didn't have time to think. He peered through the gaps in the fishing net with empty eyes. Under the dim and flickering light of the torch, he saw the sailors at the front trapped in the fishing net falling one after another under a dense burst of crossbow bolts. land.
Then a large group of golden shadows wielded hammers and spears and struck at the prey in the fishing nets.
Golden robe? Why the golden robe? The moment he saw the enemy clearly, Ian was completely stunned.
He never expected that the attack would come from the Capital Guard, an organization that was completely out of reach of the players.
But if the enemy was the Golden Robe, it would make sense that the mercenaries on top would be knocked off guard.
It is estimated that the informants who were deployed to the surrounding streets to guard the area were directly plucked out by the golden robes who had already controlled this place.
So much so that the mercenaries guarding the door were caught off guard and wiped out when they were attacked by golden robes with crossbows.
Ian was not surprised that these mercenaries were eliminated. What he couldn't accept was that the golden robes would attack him.
The most terrifying and outrageous thing is that there are no crossbows or hammer spears in the equipment of the capital defense team.
They came here with fishing nets, crossbows and hammers and spears. They were clearly targeting themselves and others who were equipped with plate armor and plate armor. They came prepared!
Without thinking too much, Ian immediately put down his visor.
Because he was in the middle of the crowd, he was not immediately attacked by the golden robes, so he found the opportunity to draw out his dagger and began to try to cut the fishing net covering his body.
In comparison, the situation of others was much worse. This huge fishing net came too suddenly, and almost half of Ian's entire team was caught in it.
Especially the few sailors who were caught in the nets at the front faced the enemy's first round of crossbow bolts, and then were hit by the hammers and spears of the golden robes who cast the nets, and soon suffered heavy casualties.
Fortunately, Bronn had quick eyesight and quick hands. He jumped back to the stairs the moment the fishing net came down, avoiding his body being entangled in the fishing net. Then he cut the fishing net with a dagger and returned to the ground. He rescued Rohr from the fishing net immediately, and They got into a scuffle with four or five golden robes who discovered them.
On the other side, the golden robes seemed to have received someone's order and began to consciously move closer to Case, who was wearing full plate armor. They did not intend to deal with the trapped enemies step by step from front to back, because before they dealt with the sailors in front When fighting mercenaries, the plate knight standing at the back will have enough time to get rid of the fishing net.
Considering the fighting ability of the knight who had escaped, they planned to kill Keyes while he was still in the fishing net.
Several golden robes advanced side by side, killing three sailors directly from the outside, and opened a road leading to Case.
They first fired a volley at Case with their crossbows, but the crossbow bolts all bounced off his breastplate, and none of them successfully shot in.
Looking at this scene, Ian couldn't help but feel lucky. Fortunately, these golden robes did not have heavy crossbows, otherwise they would have been unable to escape at this moment.
Seeing that the long-range attacks were ineffective, the golden robes rushed directly around Case and began to hit him with hammer spears. Although this failed to cause effective damage to him, it also made him unable to make any resistance.
At this moment, Ian finally cut off the fishing net on his body. He pulled out his heraldic sword, jumped up, and stabbed the golden robe not far in front of him who was besieging Keith.
Ian completely put aside everything else at this moment, and only the core technique of sword thrusting that Rohr taught him was left in his mind - keeping the sword and forearm in a straight line.
Ian held the sword with both hands, pointed the tip of the sword forward, and stabbed the golden robe's back with all his strength under the influence of the run-up.
His training paid off. The heraldic sword made of fine steel instantly penetrated the black chain armor of the golden robe. The tip of the sword passed through the opponent's chest. The golden robe was killed on the spot.
The next moment, the eyes of several nearby golden robes fell on Ian. Ian felt his heartbeat suddenly accelerate. He tried to pull the sword out of his opponent's chest, but he felt a strong resistance pulling the sword away. The body was firmly stuck inside.
He didn't have a chance to try again. The hammer spear swung by another golden robe forced Ian to let go of the hilt of the sword in his hand. He hurriedly stepped back while trying to pull out the Valyrian steel from behind. sword.
Taking advantage of the opportunity when several people were attacking Ian, Keith also found an opportunity. He grabbed the fishing net on his body and pulled it towards his chest. All the gold robes around him were pulled to the ground due to their unsteady feet. .
Seeing this, Ian gave up drawing his sword for the time being, and took out the dagger from his waist to step forward to rescue Case.
Unexpectedly, a man in a golden robe suddenly came from behind him and hit Ian on the head with a hammer.
The hammer spear hit Ian's helmet, and he let out a groan. For a moment, he felt his whole head buzzing.
The sound came from all directions, hovering between heaven and earth.
Fortunately, Ian's helmet is designed with the gorget fixed to the plate armor body. This prevents Ian's head from bearing the full weight of the helmet, and can effectively share the force of the blow to his head to his shoulders. Otherwise, even if the hammer just failed to smash Ian's helmet, he would still have to break his neck.
Soon, the golden robe struck Ian from the side again, taking advantage of Ian's dizziness, and then hit Ian with the second hammer. Ian subconsciously raised his hand to block it, but his body didn't obey at all. , he staggered around and swallowed the blow firmly with his breastplate.
The opponent failed to exert any force this time, and the hammer head slid to one side when it hit Ian's bulging breastplate, leaving not even a crater on it, but Ian still lost his balance, and the whole The person fell backward.
Ian, who fell to the ground, was in a state of confusion at the moment. The world was spinning in front of his eyes. In his haziness, he could only see through the observation port of his visor that the golden robe who attacked him raised the hammer in his hand for the third time and pointed at him. waved on his face.
The buzzing in my ears became more noisy. It sounded like the whistling wind, the croaking of frogs and cicadas in the fields in midsummer, or the cry of the legendary harpy.
But Ian knew it was none of those.
He knew that this was the stranger's whisper, the call of death.
Ian couldn't exert any strength in his whole body. He closed his eyes in fear, not daring to face death.