"This is... Wallis!" Despite the disfigurent, Budocaribas recognized him instantly. With this exclamation, his whole body trembled: "That guy is dead! He’s finally dead!!..."
He shouted uncontrollably, tears beginning to glisten in his eyes.
It was no wonder he was so excited. Although the war between the two tribes was initiated by the Segestica Great Leader Andres, Wallis, as the vanguard, was the greatest nightmare for the Aldean Tribe. Over the years, countless Aldean warriors had perished under his large sword, and under his fierce onslaught, the Aldeans eventually lost the fertile lands along the Kupa River. But this greedy wolf continued his assault...
Now he was finally dead, and the nightmare that made the Aldean people tremble and quieted children could finally dissipate...
Having road the seas for years, Karsipengpas didn’t feel too deeply about this, nor did he try to suppress his compatriots’ emotional outbursts, instead he curiously asked, "How did you win this battle?"
Alakosia, having anticipated the question, imdiately replied proudly, "We first dispatched 4,000 soldiers to line up on the flat ground next to the river by the hills. The soldiers in the front line were equipped with your weapons, making the Segestica people who ca to inspect them think it was you Aldeans challenging them, so this guy—"
Alakosia stomped on Wallis’s corpse: "Led over 4,000 people to et us, but ended up being defeated by us. We pursued them all the way to their village entrance, where the fleeing soldiers blocked the village gate, and we seized the opportunity to charge in—"
"And then you seized the entire village and killed this evil wolf?!" Budocaribas interjected excitedly, giving a fierce kick to Wallis’s face.
"Uh..." Alakosia didn’t continue that thread, though he had vaguely described the battle process, who exactly killed Wallis was a specific pointer. Seeing that the Aldeans valued this matter, if he falsely claid that the rebel army killed him, and if the Aldeans found out the truth later, the trustworthiness of the rebel army might be questioned.
So, he changed the topic: "Not only did we capture that village, but our leader also led 5,000 soldiers to continue eastward, defeating another 3,000 Segestica warriors who ca to the rescue, and pursued them again to their village entrance. I estimate that the Segestica Village is now occupied—"
What?!!... The two Aldean Elders looked at each other in shock, thinking they had heard wrong: Defeating Wallis’s army and capturing his village in one day was shocking enough; now they even defeated another Cabdes’s army and occupied their village, how was this possible?!
"You an you captured two Segestica Tribe villages?!" Budocaribas widened his eyes and asked urgently.
"It seems the two elders find it hard to believe, but don’t worry, you’ll get confird news by tomorrow." Alakosia smiled, looking at them: "Elder Budocaribas, our leader wants to ask you for help with two things."
Imrsed in shock, Budocaribas pulled himself together, speaking in a very gentle tone: "What does Leader Maximus need my help with?"
"We will soon escort several thousand Segestica prisoners here, but this camp can’t accommodate so many people. We hope to expand the camp with your permission."
"That’s no problem at all, feel free to expand." Budocaribas replied straightforwardly.
"Thank you for your generosity! Moreover, our leader hopes you can send so warriors from your tribe to help us temporarily guard these Segestica prisoners so that we can free up hands to expand the camp. The leader also said he would reward your warriors for their assistance."
"That’s no problem at all!" Budocaribas agreed without hesitation.
"Since you’ve already captured the Segestica people’s village, why not just settle there?" Karsipengpas questioned in confusion.
"The leader didn’t tell the reason, but I guess it might be that the war has just begun, and having the prisoners and supplies temporarily in the rear might be safer?"
Alakosia’s answer cooled Budocaribas’s excitent quite a bit. He quickly returned to the tribe, first gathering a few hundred warriors, and, feeling it was insufficient, sought help from neighboring tribes.
When the leaders of these tribes learned the reason for Budocaribas’s request, they were shocked and personally led their warriors to see for themselves.
When they led their teams to the temporary camp, the prisoners escorted by the rebel army were already arriving one after another.
All the Aldean Warriors widened their eyes in amazent, watching these Segestica people who had once taken their land, killed their kin, and been fierce and well-equipped, now half-naked, dejected, stumbling like holess dogs. In contrast, the fully ard rebel soldiers escorting them were all holding their heads high, imposing and majestic.
Before long, many Aldean won and children heard the news and ca to join the spectacle, seeing the sa scene as the n did.
This was the first ti the Aldean people had such close contact with the rebel army, leaving them with an extrely deep impression.
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The migrating main force finally arrived at the western village, where Gaius and others staying in the village hurried out to greet them.
"Leader, congratulations on your triumphant return!" Gaius greeted Maximus imdiately upon seeing him.
"You’ve all worked hard." Maximus smiled comfortingly, "But I’m afraid we still have hard work ahead."
"If we can have such victories every day, we are willing to work hard every day!" Gaius responded.
Maximus teasingly said, "Did you hear that? This is a higher requirent for your army."
"Of course, we have no problem with it; it’s just a question of whether the enemy is willing," Oluus replied.
Everyone burst into laughter.
The group followed the carriage through the village gate when suddenly soone rushed out from the roadside.
"Who is it?!"
"Leader, be careful!" Pequot stepped in front of Maximus, while guards with sword and shield rushed forward, intending to cut the intruder down.
The person, however, knelt with a "thud," loudly proclaiming, "I am Scodisqi slave Emrich; I want to see Leader Maximus!"
His accent was a bit strange, but Maximus understood: the na Emrich sounded familiar...
"Damn it! Didn’t I tell you to wait obediently in the house first? How dare you not listen, barging in and scaring our esteed leader!" Gaius, infuriated, stepped forward and kicked the man to the ground.
Maximus saw that it was a long-haired, bearded old man, suddenly realizing: "I rember now, you are the one who organized the Scodisqi slaves to riot in this village before."
The old man, disregarding the pain, quickly said, "Yes, it’s ! Esteed Leader Maximus, I want—"
"No matter what you’ve done in the past, since you’ve beco a prisoner of our army, you must do as we require and not act on your own." Maximus interrupted him, saying coldly, "Pequot, take him away, and bring him back when I’m free to hear what he has to say."
"Yes." Pequot waved a hand, and two guards stepped forward, roughly grabbing the man by the arms.
The man wisely stopped talking, allowing the guards to lead him away.
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