Chapter 292 - 181 Surprise_2
Because Maximus also had concerns in this regard, he did not make a clear statement, and the issue remained unresolved.
"Leader, Great Captain Pequot is back!" Akegu excitedly burst into the command tent.
"Oh, where is he?!"
"Right outside the camp, and he’s brought a whole lot of people!"
Maximus rushed to the camp gate, where a sizable crowd had already gathered, blocking the passage in and out. He heard Fesaros’s voice coming from ahead: "Pequot, you had us all worried sick! The leader ordered you to lead your men into the mountains to ambush the Pannonians’ supply route. But after the Pannonian Army retreated, we searched for days without finding you. We thought that you and the soldiers you led had all been wiped out by the Pannonians! I...I almost erected a wooden memorial for you and conducted prayers for your soul!"
"Well now, Pequot, you really got guts, don’t you? I never noticed it before, but taking such a small band and stirring up such a commotion in the Brochi Territory? That’s really something!" That was Torrelugo’s praise.
"A few days ago, we led a nighttime raid on the Pannonians’ camp and thought we did quite well. But now you’ve come back and stolen all our thunder!" Camillus said modestly.
"Pequot, bringing all these people back safely couldn’t have been easy. How did you do it?" Oluus inquired earnestly.
"... Leader Maximus is here. Make way, please!" As soon as Akegu shouted, both warriors and team officers blocking the gate quickly stepped aside to clear a path.
When Maximus laid eyes on Pequot, standing just outside the camp gate, he almost didn’t recognize him: wearing a crudely made fur tunic, with long, unkempt hair, a thick beard reaching his chest, wrinkles on his face, and steadiness in his gaze, the fierce and ruthless expression he once had was nowhere to be seen.