Chapter 553 Traitor

"Save Augustus! Save Augustus!"

The soldiers were in chaos and were arguing for a while. Whether they should wait here for the sergeant's order or go out to support Augustus without permission became the current topic.

"Who did it?" Luca asked Verus hurriedly.

"I don't know, I don't know!" Virus just shook his head, "I only saw a lot of people coming towards us."

"From what direction?"

"The camp of Aetius."

Upon hearing the name of Aetius, Luca, Andrew and others couldn't help but take a deep breath.

"It's incredible that they actually took action." Luca thought to himself and was reluctant to give the order to rescue Augustus.

"Soldier Captain, it's too late. Augustus is in flames, and my soldiers are struggling to resist the enemy's attack!"

"Oh! Oh!" Luga responded repeatedly. When he turned around and looked at the soldiers who looked up at him in surprise, Luga hesitated for a moment. For a moment, he couldn't describe what the feeling was. He just felt his chest tighten, as if a devil had passed by him inadvertently.

"No, this can't be done!" Luga quickly shook his head, trying to get rid of the inappropriate thoughts in his head.

"Go, rescue Augustus!" Luca shouted, rushed into the tent, took out an iron sword, and led the soldiers towards the direction of the fire.

Three days ago, in Aetius's military camp, Levi, a centurion in the 14th Gemini Legion, experienced a dramatic rise and fall in status, which was too much of a blow to this once invincible captain of the guards.

He began to become depressed and made no achievements. It seemed that he had completely fallen from being one of the best warriors to an ordinary soldier with basically no status.

At least he had fought back, but all he did was argue with the centurion who commanded him, and then use his glorious past to intimidate him.

Considering that he was Aetius' confidant, of course, an abandoned confidant, the centurions tolerated his anger in the previous quarrels. Until everyone could no longer bear it, beatings and various forms of insults befell the head of this centurion who thought he had intimidated them.

From then on, Levi became a completely marginalized person in the army. He was as destitute as air. He had to endure other people's contempt when walking on the street. He had no followers and no money to spend at will. What was even more terrifying was that he had lost his former status, which made this guy become more withdrawn and even gave up on himself.

He began to regret why he became like this because of a woman, but he still had to survive tenaciously in such a meaningless life.

Until three days ago, a group of people who looked like officers appeared in Levi's team. They came in and asked to see Levi by name.

"Hey, this down-and-out nobleman can finally turn things around." The soldiers who hated Levi talked behind his back and whispered in groups of three or five.

"Or maybe he offended a general. Look at how arrogant he is, as if God owes him an explanation. My God, it would be easy to offend a general above him."

"Then let's see why these officers are looking for him!"

In full view of everyone, the officer called out Levi's name, but Levi stood aside unmoved. Even though he had already fallen into a miserable situation where he was the target of public criticism, he was still as proud as a noble cat in an Egyptian palace.

In Levi's own words, the 14th Gemini Legion, from the commander to the centurions, were basically all his former subordinates, or at the same level. After all, no matter how these humble subordinates greeted him, they had to come to him.

Seeing that Levi was not moved by his call, the officer, who really had something important to do, was quite helpless and could only put aside his dignity and trot all the way to Levi.

Such an action made the Roman soldiers, who regarded obedience to orders as their duty, look at Liviy with disgust. They wished that the officer would drag this arrogant guy to a place and give him a good beating to kill his arrogance, even if it was done in public, as the effect would be more obvious.

"Sir Levi."

The officer ran to Livy because he had received orders from Litorius and Tereus to treat Livy with the same respect as he would the captain of Aetius's guard and not to cause Livy any displeasure.

His respectful attitude towards Levi really surprised the soldiers nearby. They stopped their work and stared with wide eyes at the officer who was so respectful to Levi, as if Levi had been reinstated.

"Oh my God, does Aetius want to reinstate him?"

"Should we privately admit our mistakes to Levi? After all, we have done something disrespectful to him."

Seeing the officer's respectful look, he was afraid that he might be unhappy in some way.

This also surprised Levi a little, but after all, he had come to this point, so he simply raised his aura and asked the officer: "Tell me, what's the matter."

"Lord Litorius and Lord Therese wish to see you."

In the main tent of the 14th Gemini Legion, all the field regiment commanders of the Gemini Legion, including Littorio and Terry, gathered together, waiting for Levi's arrival.

Levi came in, and everyone straightened their chests and watched him slowly come in.

"It's an honor, Mr. Levi." Littorio stood up first, stepped forward and hugged Levi intimately and said: "God will not let us forget a warrior and an excellent commander like you."

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"Oh, come on!" Levi waved his hand at Littorio, shook his head and said, "I've had enough of being insulted. Naturally, I can't stand any flattery at this time. Now, tell me, you called me over here, there must be something you want me to deal with."

"As expected of you, Captain of Levi's Guard. You are very smart, sir. If you can keep it up, you might be the closest captain of the guard to Valentinian and the supreme commander of the Royal Guard." Littorio's flattery was mixed with harsh sarcasm, but it did not make Levi furious.

"Tell me, I don't want to stay here for too long." Levi said, looking around deliberately, glancing at these former subordinates, with a smile on his lips, showing disdain.

"Let me put it this way, Lord Levi." Seeing Levi so calm, Lito was in the right state ahead of time. He slowly restrained his smile, then sat down and looked up at Levi. After thinking for a moment, he said, "Lord Levi, I know that Lord Aetius's decision to demote you to a centurion was a very impulsive decision. Of course, this was also your mistake. However, you still have room for recovery and can even turn things around and achieve greater success."

"Haha, interesting, very interesting, Lord Littorio!" Levi sneered, not forgetting to clapped his hands. He still looked absent-minded, causing others to glare at him.

"Think about it, Lord Levi." Littorius did not give up. Of course, if he could not even bear this little setback, then he would not be able to stay by Aetius' side for so long.

"Just think about it, Lord Levi. Status, money, Aetius's trust, the flattery of the nobles. You can get everything you want, everything you want, and everything you lose!"

"Littorius!" Even such temptation did not move Levi. He looked at Littorius calmly and continued, "I believe this is different from the will of Lord Aetius. This is more of a personal grudge." After that, Levi turned around and walked out of the tent without looking back.

"Sir Levi." Littorio called to Levi from behind, "Sir, you may have forgotten how happy Luca was. He took away the heart of the woman you loved and were willing to give everything for. And you, in front of him, became a complete loser. You should be ashamed of this, Levi!"

“Tap, tap, tap…”

Levi suddenly turned around and rushed in front of Littorio like a black shadow before anyone could react. He grabbed Littorio's clothes and pulled them up, then backed away until he hit the cloth of the tent.

The force was so great that it was like the impact of a galloping war horse, tearing the thick cloth of the tent and causing the elderly man Litorio to fall heavily onto the hard ground outside.

The officers who reacted later rushed out. They drew out their iron swords and placed them on Levi's neck one by one, but this did not make Levi feel afraid at all.

"Don't mention that woman and that man anymore!" Levi's voice was low and threatening. He was like an angry wolf, his red eyes staring at Lito's pale face.

"Look!" Lito kept coughing, but there was still a hint of mockery on his face. "You are so weak that you don't even have the courage to make a decision. We are helping you, but you don't even have the courage to face the past. How pitiful!"

Facing Litoluo's teasing words, Levi was so angry that veins popped up on his forehead. Even though he gritted his teeth, he finally let Litoluo go and stood up with the iron swords of everyone on his shoulders. "Then let me see what you are planning."

(End of this chapter)