Lux's Magic Penetration Rod

The capital of New Demacia is still the Demacian Capital.

But in fact, since the three towns of Fucheng were once the fiefdom of Lux, and the local magic industry was also quite developed, in the eyes of many people, the current Demacia is actually a two-capital system, and Forsbarrow can also be regarded as is the capital.

Another important reason that gives people this impression is that Lux often works in Forsbarrow - whether it is the relocation of magic industry, standardization and unification, or legion reform, these tasks are related to the Northern Territory, Especially closely related to the three towns of Fucheng.

Under this situation, Lux spent a considerable amount of time in Forsbarrow. During the year, the spring speech and the winter speech were usually once in Forsbarrow and once in the capital.

For Lux, coming to Forsbarrow is not much different from going home.

However, this time, when she led the team north and came to Forsbarrow again, the atmosphere was completely different from before.

Different from the previous "homecoming" times, this time the people of Forsbarrow seemed to be visibly excited!

This excitement throughout the city surprised Lux ​​herself.

He is obviously going to Freljord to join the Guild Alliance, and there may be a fierce battle to be fought. Why do the Forsbarrow people look so happy?

Of course, Lux soon knew why the Forsbarrow people were happy - when the news that "several Freljords asked to meet and expressed their willingness to join the alliance" was placed on the desk, Lux was also I couldn't laugh or cry a bit.

It seems... there's a bit of a misunderstanding here!

It was true that he wanted to go to the alliance, but it was a alliance held by the Avarosa tribe, and he was just a guest of the ceremony and a witness of the alliance.

Why would the Freljord tribe, which heard the news, think that they were going to hold an alliance?

Well, wait, don't they know that the Avarosa tribe is going to hold a guild?

Blinking, Lux quickly realized the subtlety.

It seems... these tribes in the West Freljord subcontinent may really not know that the Avarosa tribe is going to hold an alliance, and the Avarosa tribe may not have notified them at all!

The original goal of the intelligence team was to collect information about the Freljord. Even if Demacia later became New Demacia, the intelligence collection work about the Freljord never stopped, so Lux was very worried. She knew the level of dominance of the Avarosa tribe - Lux was also very clear about the fact that they lost the West Freljord subcontinent when they entered the Luxtak Plains.

Although the current Avarosa tribe still maintains its stronghold in Frostport, its influence in the West Freljord is quite limited. Although they are the nominal leaders of the West Freljord, their influence here During an alliance in Rakstark City, Ashe didn't even invite the war mothers of Severeljord to participate!

From Lux's point of view, this is undoubtedly a major mistake. Even if the War Mothers of the Silverjord subcontinent cannot travel all the way to Luxtak City to participate in the alliance, Ashe should strive to win support from various tribes. Only representatives should be invited to watch the ceremony.

Now Ashe invites herself to attend the ceremony, but does not invite representatives from other tribes. This is simply declaring to give up the rule of the West Freljord subcontinent!

Not long ago, Lux also met the Avarosa envoy who came with great difficulty, and learned the specific information about this alliance from his mouth - according to the envoy, the standards of this alliance were extremely high. , those participating in the alliance are all War Mothers, so she represents Ashe's will and hopes that Ashe can come in person. Ashe still has some issues related to northern trade that she wants to interview with Lux.

From this invitation, it was not difficult for Lux to read the message that "only War Mothers can participate in the traditional Lux Stark Alliance", but in her opinion, Ashe's choice still had huge problems, even if she invited The representatives of the tribes from the West Freljord subcontinent came here just to have a look, and to hold an internal alliance afterwards, they couldn't remain silent!

Of course, for Ashe, this is a huge mistake, but for Lux, this is a God-given opportunity, which means that she can spread herself and Demacia's influence deep into Severil Zod subcontinent, so that you can dig into the corners of the Freljord people.

As for poaching, if it were done more than ten years ago, Lux might have had some mental barriers, but now...

"This is clearly a case of the Freljordians poaching. How can it be considered poaching?"

"Hahaha!" After hearing Lux's explanation, Kalya couldn't help laughing, "That's great, Lux, you have learned to answer questions now!"

"But to be honest." Lux continued, "These tribes are actually not very easy to deal with... It is very difficult to spread Forsbarrow's new order to the entire Demacia, let alone the entire Freljor. Where is virtue?"

"You were not like this when you accepted the Walrus Tusk." Kalya smiled, "Why are you so timid now?"

"It's not that I'm timid anymore, it's that I have more things to consider." Lux simply spread her hands and showed a helpless look, "Reform is difficult, and we want the entire Demacia to embark on the path of magic industrialization. It doesn’t happen overnight, and if we attract a group of outsiders in the eyes of the public at this time, I’m afraid things will be more difficult to grasp, after all, not every war mother is a walrus grandma.”

"You can't expect all war mothers to be like her." Kalya seemed very satisfied with Lux's sobriety. "However, they took the initiative to come to join the alliance, which actually gave us a lot of inspiration. At least it is not difficult for us to find out from it. , Ashe actually did very well in the past."

"You mean, she has changed a lot of Freljord's traditions?"

"That's right." Kalya nodded, "At least these war mothers have become a part of the trade in the north, and it is obvious to the naked eye that they prefer trade to robbery."

"But they are still the War Mother." Lux understood what Kalya meant. "The tribe still uses the War Mother as a bond, with the War Mother's will as the only decision-making, and maintains the Freljord tradition on the surface."

"This is also something you can take advantage of." Kalya continued to nod, "Ashe and the Avarosa tribe can't swallow such a large territory, and they can't be a war mother with millions of tribesmen, but maybe you can."

"?!"

Even though Lux now no longer has any psychological burden on expanding her influence in Freljord, she still couldn't help but widen her eyes when she heard Kalya's words.

"Ashe can't be the war mother of all the tribes in the West Freljord subcontinent, but you can." Although Kalya looked cheerful, there was no joking in her tone, "You should understand that traditional The Freljord war mother system is not enough to maintain a huge tribe, so they adopt the method of alliance, where the war mother dominates the smaller war mothers."

"..."

"But you are different." Kalya continued, "Sifreljord is different too."

"..."

"With Ashe's years of hard work, many Freljords in the current West Freljord subcontinent have recognized your identity as Demacian War Mother, and have accepted a certain degree of Demacian culture." Kalya pointed out the part that Lux often subconsciously ignored in the past, "In fact, the past experience of the Avarosa tribe has proven that large tribes can annex small tribes if they want, but after annexation, they must treat them equally. Treat all tribesmen respectfully. If you fail to do this, some people will leave the tribe and become ice travelers."

Lux nodded - this can be regarded as a tradition in Freljord. The War Mother is indeed the head of the family who keeps her word, but in general, the War Mother's rights and obligations are equal, because she While power is tied to one body, responsibility is also tied to one body.

If a war mother cannot maintain the survival of the tribe, the clan members will choose to leave, or support other people who can become war mothers (mostly of the ice bloodline) to replace her and become the new war mother.

And if an unpopular war mother is relatively strong and no challenger can defeat her, the tribesmen who are dissatisfied with this kind of war mother will leave the tribe and become ice wanderers, or join other tribes.

Of course, these things rarely happen. After all, it is not easy to survive in Freljord. If the situation is not really bad, few people would be willing to leave the tribe.

Therefore, just as Kalja said, in Freljord, the main factor that limits the expansion of a tribe is often administrative ability. In Freljord, how many people can you lead and feed? , then you can annex their tribes after defeating other war mothers.

It's just that the War Mother system itself is too primitive. Even if the War Mother is a superhuman, it is difficult for the tribal population she can directly manage to exceed 100,000. That's why there are big war mothers and small war mothers. Relying on alliances to achieve the goal is not completely considered upper and lower. level governance system.

This War Mother system seems to be a self-locking lock, firmly restraining the development of Freljord. The War Mother's power and responsibility as the head of the family are infinitely concentrated, tightly limiting the size of the tribe. , thus locking the space for further development of the Freljord, causing countless powerful tribes to fall into an endless cycle of the War Mother's strength - tribe expansion - expansion limit - alliance convening - War Mother's death - alliance collapse - tribe decline. among.

Coupled with the harsh natural conditions of the Freljord, although the position of the War Mother can be passed down, if the new generation of War Mothers themselves are insufficient in strength and skill, the tribe will decline very quickly, so even if the Freljord's Civilization is the earliest civilization in Runeterra, but it has still remained primitive after so many years.

On the contrary, those who left the Freljord and "betrayed" the Ice Bloodline became a more advanced civilization after the Great Westward Migration.

Now at this stage of Demacia's domestic reform reaching a crossroads, Kalya proposed that Lux could serve as the war mother, and simply follow the trend of large-scale alliances, and even annex many tribes in Severeljord. This made Lux think that Kalya was a little anxious.

However, after thinking carefully for a moment, she suddenly understood what Kalya meant.

"Introducing Freljordians as promoters? Are they really capable of continuing the reform?"

"Then we have to see how you, as the War Mother, will guide them." Kalya looked at Lux with satisfaction. "This is a difficult road, but in the final analysis it depends on the allocation of resources. If Demacia can achieve If magic is industrialized, the Freljordians will be a labor force that is very suitable for you."

"What if the guidance is not good?"

"That was the source of the trouble." Kalya has now completely reconciled with the past. "After all, the War Mother cannot feed all the tribesmen, and the result is destined to lead to the division of the tribe."

"Listening to what you said, I feel that the Freljord's original war mother system still has some direct meaning." Seeing Kalya's appearance, Lux's expression was a little subtle, "It seems Are all systems not much different from the War Mother System?"

"How should I put it?" Kalya raised his eyebrows, "It's true that organizations that are too flat often face the problem of being unable to grow and lack of follow-up development, but don't tell me, its efficiency is actually quite high. .”

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Lux thought seriously about the people's thoughts on the Sifreljord subcontinent for a long time.

Obviously, Kalya's words moved her - if she could really become the war mother of the West Freljord subcontinent and bring this land under the jurisdiction of the "Demacia Tribe", then she could mobilize resources and strength will leap to a higher level.

But the problem with this is also obvious. People in the north may not have too many problems if they have experience with Walrus Tusk, but residents in southern Demacia may not necessarily accept a group of Freljord barbarians as their own. compatriots.

Moreover, even though the three towns of Fucheng have very rich experience in accepting immigrants, the immigrants they accepted in the past were all Demacia. The only time they accepted immigrants from Walrus Tusk, even if Grandma Walrus fully cooperated, Forsbarrow spent a lot of time. It took a long time for the residents of Walrus Tusk to truly accept their Demacian identity.

The scale may be quite difficult to grasp.

Lux, who had complicated thoughts in her heart and couldn't sleep due to tossing and turning, simply put on her coat, got up, and went for a walk in the courtyard.

It was late winter, and a heavy snowfall had just stopped. Under the bright moonlight, everything in Forthbarrow was completely silent.

Looking at Forsbarrow under the heavy snow, Lux seemed to have returned to 20 years ago, to the time when she first came to Forsbarrow - At that time, Forsbarrow was still a borderland with a small population. rare.

Suddenly, an interesting question appeared in Lux's mind: If the time goes back twenty years ago, was the life of the Forsbarrow people at that time... very different from the people of Sifreljord now? ?

At that time, Forsbarrow had to rely on a pieced together caravan to drive the cart along the glacier path to buy goods that they did not have locally.

Now, the Sifreljord has become accustomed to trade in the north. Every year, they take advantage of the short window when the ice and snow melt to exchange various products from the tribe with merchants for other products that they cannot produce themselves. Commodity?

Thinking of this, Lux suddenly smiled.

Kalya is right. If I have to say it, when she first became the Lord of Forsbarrow, she could also be regarded as the War Mother of Forsbarrow!

In this case, what are you afraid of? (End of chapter)