The assembled Imperial Legionnaires lit a fire in the camp to cook, and the warm food soothed the soldiers' tired and irritable moods, but it was also their last full meal before the decisive battle.

After resting, the soldiers of the Legion slowly walked out of the camp in a long line, following the orders of Empress Gladys.

The soldiers in the ranks followed closely the banner of the double-headed eagle, which symbolized the royal family, and as long as Her Majesty the Empress still led the legion, they still had the courage to fight for it.

After this series of actions, although the soldiers in the Legion did not understand the intentions of the upper echelons of the Empire, they also knew in their hearts that the Legion might be about to have a final battle with the Snow Barbarians.

Everyone had lost a lot of their comrades in this confusing war, and the war was not as smooth sailing as the Empire's upper echelons had preached to them, and they were able to quickly destroy the enemy, and the legions returned with a lot of loot.

Not only did the soldiers have such thoughts in their hearts, but the nobles who held the power of the army did not have the ambition before the expedition. After all, soldiers can only lose their own lives, but as nobles, they still have a lot of future luxury life to enjoy, they have not made any wealth in this war, and some lords have lost their lives, so some rumors spread from the army.

These rumors are all over the place, but in fact, they also mean that this time the empire wasted so much effort to go to the cold north, not only can it not get any wealth, but even the legion has continuously lost troops and generals, it is better to leave the legion now and return to the comfortable territory of the empire.

Under the influence of such rumors, the morale of the regiment continued to be low. The fierce fighting of this day also made them physically and mentally exhausted, and they did not want to fight again at all.

Some of the nobles who followed the rear of the ranks, seeing that the battle was about to begin, secretly took their personal entourage with them, regardless of the honor of the nobles, and quickly broke away from the legion and fled to the territory of the empire in the south.

In the face of this growing rumor, Shani still caught the news, and in order to protect the Empress's safety, she had already changed into the maid costume to serve the Empress before the expedition, and put on a well-defended armor.

Shani rushed to the Empress's side, and the rumors passed among the generals were carefully told, hoping that the Empress would make a decision about such a bad thing.

Shani thought of another possibility in her communication with the Empress, this time it was not the Snow Tribe who saw the decline of the Imperial Legion and deliberately bribed some soldiers to spread these rumors.

After Gladys learned about this rumor, she sighed and said: "The rumors of our current legion should not be deliberately spread by the enemy, and you have seen the current situation, even if the barbarians do not create chaos in the legion, the nobles are also beginning to be unsettled, and now we are not short of manpower, you try to send people to stop these rumors from spreading!"

"Your Majesty, there are still some nobles who have secretly absconded, are we going to send troops to chase them?"

Gladys looked at the sky and said, "Let those little nobles go if they want to! But those noble lords in high positions want to escape, and I will punish them severely! Shani, you convey what I said to the big nobles, and let them understand that this battle is not only for the sake of the imperial family, but also for the benefit of their high-ranking nobles!"

Shani was instructed by the Empress to send men to calm the restless lords and soldiers.

Under the royal city of the Snow Plains Tribe, the Abyss Army, which had rested for a while, was in high spirits and full of spirits. Many people also learned of the successful sneak attack on the Imperial camp, and some discerning soldiers also saw the signs of a decisive battle at this time.

In the center of the coalition forces, Gale and Toruń rode on their respective mounts, with Poppy and Nikolai following them as deputies, and this was where the top leaders of the coalition army gathered.

By this time, some of the surviving goblins who had attacked the Imperial camp had fled back from the tunnels, and one of the goblin warriors who had survived was kneeling in front of Toruń. A detailed report on what had happened in the previous camp.

The goblin warrior was wounded in the shoulder and hung uncontrollably on the ground, with all sorts of scars left on his body.

He endured the pain on his body and told his generals what happened in the camp, "My lord, my subordinates followed the orders of the chiefs before, and led the team to entangle many human soldiers, and they ran towards the gate of the human camp according to the plan, wanting to open the gate to remove the obstacles in the path of our army's advance.

At first we had the upper hand and the plan went well. But after about a quarter of an hour, a light suddenly appeared at the gate that rose to the sky, and the subordinates felt uncomfortable even looking at this light. ”

The goblin spoke quickly, and he couldn't help but take a breath and continued: "We wanted to know if the chief's action was successful, so the subordinates glanced at the gate from a distance, and it seemed that the gate was only half open, and the chiefs were gone. Later, for some reason, the human soldiers became more and more united and numbered, and we were powerless to fight these humans, so we had to retreat back from the tunnels in disarray. ”

Nikolai, who was on the side, keenly caught a detail in the goblin words, and hurriedly asked, "You said you saw a light, can you tell me what the light looks like?"

The Goblin Warrior heard the words and remembered them for a long time, and his face seemed to evoke painful memories, and his face looked a little hideous, and he slowly described the characteristics of the light, "I remember that the light was not very dazzling, but as long as we saw it, it would be painful, like a painful burst from the body, and it was not as hot as the sun, but emitted a soft and bright light. ”

Nikolai heard the goblin's description and couldn't help but associate this light with the previous light from the ritual, and he remembered very well that it was this light that completely pierced the starry sky, ruined the ritual, and destroyed his desires.