Bernice obviously agrees with Malthus.

Both generals, who had outstanding military achievements, held the same pessimistic view, which also caused many people to begin to waver.

But some people couldn't help it.

The war hasn't even started, the enemy is even retreating, but you are wavering instead?

"Why do we need the other party to give us a chance to test the enemy?" Someone asked. "Now that the army has been assembled and the morale is high, no matter what the empire's plan is, no matter what hidden strength the emperor has, we can gradually explore it. If we are cautious, we can send out advance troops to conduct a trial attack and advance. There is no problem - the empire will always respond."

After he said this, many people nodded.

Obviously he agrees.

No matter what, the anti-imperial army has been established. We can't just retreat in disgrace without even a tentative attack or the courage to fight.

Especially when the empire was clearly retreating.

However--

Faced with such words, Malthus was silent for a moment, then slowly took off his military cap, removed the badge on his chest representing the highest general of the Allied Legion, and put it back on the table.

"In that case, please allow me to resign and leave with my direct troops."

"What--?!"

As soon as this sentence was uttered, there was an uproar.

"You guy, do you want to escape in the middle of the battle?"

"You're so scared?"

"Are you really a military god?"

"Ridiculous! What a bullshit military god!"

"I think he has already become a running dog of the empire! We must not let them leave!"

“.”

It can be said that everyone was excited.

Some people even walked up with bad intentions, as if they wanted to capture this so-called god of war.

After all, it is now the eve of the war. If the god of war, who enjoys a very high reputation among ordinary soldiers and is even the commander of the legion, withdraws from the battlefield, it will inevitably greatly affect the morale of the entire legion.

It is even possible that an avalanche effect may occur.

Just as the scene was about to turn into chaos, Bernice's voice suddenly and forcibly suppressed everything.

"Please be quiet for a moment."

The voice was not strong, and even sounded very gentle, but it seemed to have incredible power, and in an instant, all the noisy people stopped involuntarily.

Only then did people react.

This battlefield princess is a sixth-level being.

Yes, although she is only a princess and not an empress, although she looks gentle and youthful, and although her main reputation lies in her leadership ability rather than her personal strength, but - she is indeed a person who stands at the top of the world in terms of personal strength.

At least in this place where generals, nobles, and royal families gather, there are not many people who can compete with them in both strength and status.

So everyone quieted down.

Everyone's eyes were focused on the battlefield princess, as if they wanted to hear what she was going to do in the face of the current situation. "Your Excellency, the God of War." Bernice looked at Malthus and asked, "Are you really going to leave?"

"Yes." Bernice closed her eyes slightly, but soon opened them. "I know every war that His Excellency the God of War has participated in, so I know very well that His Excellency will not participate in any war that he cannot control. Even the fact that he said to me at this moment to evacuate is probably because he wants to make sure that I will speak up."

"To be more precise, we will not participate in a war that is out of the scope of the war." Malthus did not deny that he used Bernice's influence. He looked at the others and said slowly, "You should all understand that my soldiers and I are just some poor people who are used to the battlefield and cannot leave it. Dying on the battlefield is the only destination where our souls can rest in peace. However, this does not include meaningless sacrifices. Now, this war is meaningless to us, because I have confirmed that the Empire has no intention of fighting with us on the battlefield that belongs to the country and the soldiers, but intends to easily win on the rest of the battlefields."

These words finally caused an uproar again.

Planning to win easily on other battlefields?

Diplomatic battlefield? But in the current situation, if you want to take the diplomatic route, you have to win the war first.

"Her Royal Highness Princess Bernice?" Someone couldn't help but look at Bernice, as if hoping that she could say something.

But this time, Bernice closed her eyes again.

After a long time, a slightly tired voice was heard.

"I'm afraid that what His Excellency the God of War said is correct."

"How is this possible?"

People finally couldn't bear it anymore, and the scene even became noisy in an instant.

"You think that emperor is too scary."

"That's right! Unbelievable!"

"Do you have any information that we don't know?"

"If that's the case, then what's the point of us establishing an anti-imperial alliance?"

“.”

These nobles and royals all looked extremely excited.

This can't be blamed on them.

After all, the Anti-Imperial Alliance was created so quickly and efficiently that the number of high-level extraordinary people in the Empire decreased sharply, and even gathered an army that was far superior to the Empire on the surface. Even the Empire did not seem to have much power to resist. Everything seemed to be going so smoothly.

However, with victory at hand, some people began to dream of defeating the empire, then moving on to fight other kingdoms affiliated with the empire, and finally dividing the continent.

But at this moment, they were told that everything that was going so smoothly was meaningless? And the Empire was going to easily win in the so-called "other battlefields"? How could these people accept this explanation?

However, in the face of these noisy and even angry voices, Bernice still kept her eyes tightly closed, as if she heard nothing.

She was reviewing it all.

In fact, from very early on, she had vaguely felt that there was an invisible big hand pushing all of this, from the sudden affiliation of those kingdoms, from the creation of the Anti-Imperial Alliance, to this war. It seemed that all of this was just proceeding step by step, and all of them were just puppets of that big hand.

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(End of this chapter)