Chapter 759 Negotiation

"Enough, enough of you damned beasts!"

In the melee, only a roar was heard, instantly suppressing the entire noisy battle scene.

Whether they were Vandals or Romans, they all stopped fighting and turned to look in the direction where the roar came from.

All that was seen was Pope Leo, who was dressed in gorgeous robes and looked holy, but he was holding a sharp blade at the neck of Huneric, the eldest son of Gaiseric.

"Oh, damn it, stop, stop!"

The Vandals were terrified, but they understood that even such a gorgeous guy personally took the lead in the battle and captured the guy with the chain in his hand, which must be an extraordinary person.

"Now, you tell them!" The Pope was probably very courageous to come here and stand in front of Luca, as he had probably never experienced such a bloody scene.

Leo, who always held the scepter of God's mercy and love, suddenly picked up the iron sword representing killing. His palms were sweating and his arms were shaking, but he still persisted and slowly approached the attacking Vandals under the protection of the Vatican guards.

The slightly trembling subway sword looked so powerless and deadly. The coerced Huneric was already scared pale, his crotch was still dripping, and every step he took was so difficult.

There was a subtle smell in the air, but no one cared. After all, all kinds of disgusting things could happen on the battlefield.

Leo caught a glimpse of the blood-stained eagle flag standing obliquely among the pile of corpses, and the hand that was tightly holding the eagle flag, which was also stained with blood.

His heart sank, as if God had hit him hard with his finger.

Flavius ​​Luca is indeed a stubborn guy. As he said, a person cannot avoid death, but he can choose how to die.

Obviously, Flavius ​​Luca, the invincible king of victory, eventually fell on the battlefield, although it was not his fault.

"Luca..." Leo sighed softly. His sadness strengthened his courage to fight. After all, Augustus "fought to death" and it was natural and moral for him to stand up as the Pope.

Leo swallowed his saliva, then turned around to look at the Vandals who were stunned on the spot, and said sternly: "Go back and tell your king Gaiseric that his eldest son Huneric is in my hands now!"

"Huneric?"

The Vandal soldiers present looked at each other in bewilderment. They were quite unfamiliar with such a name, but since they were going to negotiate, they had to inform King Gaiseric.

"It's my turn, it's my turn!" Leo muttered softly. As time went by, his body trembled more violently. He knew very well the power of the weapon in his hand. Just a slight pull was enough to scratch and cut Huneric's neck, causing him to fall to the ground with blood gushing out.

Leo knew that murder was an unforgivable sin, but raising a sword for God could not be considered a sin.

"I am fighting for God, for the purest and most loyal people who believe in God. I am happy, and I am also fearless!"

Leo secretly comforted and encouraged himself in his heart. Tears welled up in the corners of his eyes and his body was trembling slightly, but he was fearless and held his head high because he knew that all this was great and happy.

"Leave, get out of here!"

Leo shouted to the exhausted soldiers present.

The soldiers looked at the Pope, tears in everyone's eyes. Although no one said thank you, those pairs of eyes filled with tears were enough to explain everything.

They lifted Luca from the pile of corpses. It was unknown whether Luca was dead or alive. As Augustus's guards, they knew that they had to protect Augustus even if it was his corpse. They lifted Luca from the pool of blood, along with the eagle flag he was holding tightly and the dragon's breath sword he was holding at the end.

The Vandals on the opposite side watched everything here with cold eyes. In their opinion, they lost an eagle flag, but they would never believe that they let go of the Vandals' greatest enemy with their own hands. If their king Gaiseric knew about this, he would probably strip each of them naked and hang them on the bow of the ship to endure the wind and sun, and then torture them to death.

"The great Augustus has fallen, now it's our turn!" Leo encouraged the soldiers behind him in a deep voice, "God is not standing by in the sky watching coldly, he is testing us, testing whether the faith of us believers is pure."

"Oh my God, look, who is this? Oh my God, isn't this the greatest Pope of Rome, Lord Leo?" Gaiseric said as he came, striding with his head held high, standing in front of everyone like a winner. He looked at Leo, who was hiding behind his child, with a proud look.

"What? God's chosen one, the only successor of Apostle Peter, it turns out that God only taught you the ability to hide behind a child and threaten people?" Gaiseric snorted coldly, looking at Leo with contempt.

Leo was the supreme ruler of the Roman Christian world, and such arrogant and rude sarcasm towards a mortal king was indeed a serious injury to his dignity as a Pope.

But such words did not touch Leo at all. He still maintained his previous behavior, and his expressionless face did not show any sign of being frightened by Gaiseric.

"King of the Vandals, I think you should be thinking more about the safety of your eldest son, Huneric, than openly mocking me here!"

Leo spoke slowly, lifting the trembling iron sword and sinking the blade deeply into Huneric's flesh.

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Blood slowly flowed down the sharp Spada iron sword, and along with the blood flowed Huneric's tears. The poor guy was so frightened by the trembling iron sword in Leo's hand that he couldn't stand steadily and his legs were shaking.

He looked at his father Gaiseric, tears streaming down his face, looking extremely disappointing, but this look really made Gaiseric feel a little bit sorry for him.

Gaiseric's smile gradually faded, and his face became gloomy. The scene before him made him unable to laugh out loud.

"I have seen women who were forced into a desperate situation pick up swords, and farmers who had never seen weapons in their lives pick up weapons, but I have never seen priests, especially you, Your Holiness, pick up weapons!" Gaiseric said to Leo in a low, threatening voice.

"Then let's give it a try!" Leo bluntly refuted Gaiseric's words, "Anyway, this is God's will. God wants us to do this, so I will naturally do it!"

"Ha, very interesting!" Gaiseric sneered. He stared at Leo in front of him with his red eyes, like an extremely dangerous wolf king.

The fleeing crowds crowded into the various gates of Rome. Now the streets and alleys of Rome were filled with the Vandal marauding troops. They burned, killed and looted along the way. No Roman soldiers stopped them because more soldiers were disguising themselves as civilians and trying to get out of the city walls.

Yes, the city of Rome was abandoned by the Romans.

"Get out of the way! Get out of the way!"

Just as the citizens were pouring out of the crowded northern gate, a large number of armored cavalry swarmed in from nowhere.

The Romans had never seen such terrifying guys. They screamed and scrambled to make way. They looked at the cavalry rushing in with horror and could not tell which side they were on.

(End of this chapter)