章節 420: Last Song of a Varangian

"Τίς γὰρ αὐτῶν νόος ἢ φρήν; [δήμων] ἀοιδοῖσι ἕπονται καὶ διδασκάλῳ χρέωνται ὁμίλῳ, οὐκ εἰδότες ὅτι πολλοὶ κακοὶ ὀλίγοι δὲ ἀγαθοί. αἱρεῦνται γὰρ ἓν ἀντία πάντων οἱ ἄριστοι, κλέος ἀέναον θνητῶν, οἱ δὲ πολλοὶ κεκόρηνται ὅκωσπερ κτήνεα."

"The best people renounce all for one goal, the eternal fame of mortals; but most people stuff themselves like cattle."

-        Heraclitus of Ephesus

The fight lasted all the way until the first ray of sun light appeared on the horizon, casting brightness on to the mountain curvy trails. But the fight is already over, the last Varangian has collapsed from a strike on to his back after he has dropped his axe due to heavy blood lose. At the last moment of his life, he is still protecting Nikolas who has already lost his conscious dying away in the Varangian's hug. While for Yuri, he died in desperation by charging towards the group of enemies in the attempt to sacrifice himself opening a passage for the rest to pass through.