Chapter 822 [0810] The Upcoming Winter Speech

Sylas didn't know what Lissandra was preparing.

But along the way, he had no doubts about the ability of the frost witch.

If Lissandra said yes, then yes.

This is not to say that Sylas has become a dog-licker. The main reason is that the ability shown by Lissandra along the way and the control of Sylas through the blood contract have completely made Sylas believe in her strength. Even if Sylas is still unconvinced, it does not prevent him from believing in Lissandra's methods.

So, Lissandra said that it would snow during the winter speech, and it would definitely snow - even though it rarely snows in winter in Xiongdu.

For the ice bloodline, snowy weather is undoubtedly a great improvement, but as far as Sylas knows, there seems to be a considerable proportion of ice bloodline among the Demacia's archers. Although this part of the data is top secret and Sylas has no way to find out, all signs prove that there is indeed a group of archers who use ice magic under Laxana.

Once it snows, their strength will be strengthened, which may be a big trouble for Silas.

In response, Lissandra said, "They will be your helpers," and then cut off contact with Silas.

Silas' dream ended here. When he woke up, it was already noon outside the window.

Silas got up and slowly recalled his dream. He soon understood what Lissandra meant. Obviously, she intended to directly curb the abilities of those lawbearers from the perspective of bloodline and strengthen her own abilities. Coupled with the heavy snow, he would have unparalleled power when Lux gave a winter speech!

Thinking of this, Silas was somewhat excited. After brainwashing himself and determining that the assassination of Laxana was "eliminating the last influence of the nobles", he was already full of expectations for this assassination.

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On Lux's side, she obviously didn't know that someone was preparing to let her brain open.

For her, Lissandra's threat was still there, but considering that Kalya was about to come back, the threat would soon cease to be a threat.

When Jarvan IV came back, Shyvana came back with him and brought back news from Kalya. Kalya said he would speed up as much as possible and briefly mentioned that Lissandra was severely injured by the will of the devil.

Although this was not enough to make Lux feel completely at ease, according to Kalya, as long as she did not take the initiative to contact Ione, without the relay station, the Frost Witch would have no chance to do anything.

In fact, what Sylas did not know was that for the sake of caution, Lux actually strengthened the entry inspection for Freljord, but because Sylas went through Avarosa, he was considered a harmless person, so he was able to enter smoothly. If the assassin sent by Lissandra later was a Frost Guard priest, she might not be able to enter Demacia at all.

Under the precautions from multiple angles, although Lux still felt wary of Lissandra, it was just wariness. She was more worried about the void of the Howling Abyss, the Howling Abyss battle in Kalja's plan, and the attitude of the Avarosa tribe at that time. As for her own personal safety...

To be frank, Lux is almost the best fighter in the whole of Demacia, and she has nothing to worry about.

Instead of worrying about her own personal safety, she might as well worry about the manuscript of her winter speech this year - this year's annual summary is not easy to write. Demacia, which has been accustomed to rapid development, is now entering a period of transformation. The vast rural areas in the south have not yet fully entered the new order, and the north has ended various productions of the integrated strategy, and is competing in the field of military-to-civilian conversion.

As the helmsman of this big ship, Lux is holding the rudder steadily, trying to make it turn slowly and steadily.

Ahead is the vast sea reflecting the bright stars, but if you are not careful here, the big ship may be stranded on the shoal.

Governing a big country is like cooking a small fish, and it is difficult for Lux to explain to others the caution.

Perhaps in the eyes of many Demacians, the current situation in Demacia is very good, even if there are some problems, it is not worth mentioning.

But Lux, who grew up with Kalya since childhood and knows the many reasons for the destruction of the Shurima Empire, always has awe of the so-called general trend.

The seeds of the destruction of the Shurima Empire were buried when it was at its most glorious.

Lux dare not say that Demacia can definitely do better, but she must ensure that she can avoid making known mistakes as much as possible.

It's like she knows very well that human greed is unstoppable. No matter what kind of regime it is, people in the system will be eager to make progress.

But this does not prevent her from repeatedly cleaning up the internal affairs and opposing the new nobles, even if it slows down the pace.

For Lux, her greatest luck at this time is that the external situation of Demacia is relatively stable, and she does not have to face some choices that have to be made, which is the lesser of two evils.

It is for this reason that she will carefully control the momentum of Demacia's progress, firmly grasp the direction of the rudder, and never want to sail forward with full sails.

But for the Demacians, they are obviously not satisfied.

Even if historical education is becoming popular, it is well known that the only lesson humans have learned from history is that they will not learn any lessons. There are very few people who can truly understand Lux.

So, Lux now needs a wonderful winter speech that will not be too conservative, but also pour a bucket of cold water on the excited Demacians.

It's really hair-dropping.

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In the Demacia capital at this time, in addition to Lux and Sylas, there are some unexpected guests.

For example, next to Sylas, there is also a guest with long silver-white hair. After Sylas occasionally met her, he suspected that she was Lissandra's helper, but he soon dismissed this idea.

The reason is also very simple. Although she has long silver-white hair, her appearance is not that of Freljord.

In comparison, she looks quite similar to Sona, the current Minister of Culture of Demacia, and looks like an Ionian.

In this regard, Sylas was not wrong, because his "neighbor" was indeed a person from Ionia.

And the name of this Ionian is Irelia.

Irelia left Ionia's political arena shortly after the split of the Noxian Empire.

As an Ionian hero and a banner of anti-Noxus, Irelia's departure was not decent, because although she "voluntarily stepped down", this could not cover up the fact that she had been squeezed by conservatives when she was in power and did not have much real power.

Although Irelia, who was pushed to the position of leader of Ionia by fate, was full of enthusiasm and love for the First Land, love alone was not enough to truly unify Ionia.

After the Battle of Precision, she very rationally restrained her hatred and did not choose to thoroughly settle accounts with Noxus, but took the initiative to stop the war - in her view, war itself is a kind of destruction. Once the war starts, there will be no winners, so she would rather suppress the wishes of the Shadow Cult and the Navoli Brotherhood internally and bring peace to Ionia.

But what was the result?

Peace did come.

But the unification of Ionia and the excitement of the First Land that she expected did not appear.

The monks and elders once again took control of all the power, and the provinces of Ionia returned to their own state.

In addition, the result she expected, which was to end the war completely through negotiations, did not come true. Even though the Noxian Empire was torn apart, they still held on to Waili tightly and were unwilling to hand over this gateway to Ionia.

When Irelia realized that this was a fraud and wanted to mobilize the Ionians to regain the last territory, she found that she could no longer mobilize any troops.

Everyone respected Irelia.

But they were more willing to listen to the orders of local elders or monks.

Irelia was like a shameful clown. Although she won the Battle of Precision with a charge, the final result was that Ionia returned to its past appearance again, and the unity during the war did not continue.

She couldn't even take back the last piece of territory held by Noxus...

On the battlefield, Irelia could fight a thousand men and kill seven in and seven out of the enemy.

But outside the battlefield, her skills were much more immature than those of the elders and monks.

In the end, the disheartened Irelia chose to resign.

Making this decision was both a self-criticism and a self-abandonment.

As for Irelia's departure, both the Navoli Brotherhood and the Shadow Stream expressed undisguised contempt, as if in their hearts, the great Irelia had died on the battlefield of Precision, and Irelia, who finally ruined Ionia's good situation, was just a clown.

In contrast, the conservative elders and monks gave Irelia high praise and described her departure as a "great retreat at the height of the tide", placing her high on the altar, but also completely cutting off her possibility of a comeback.

In this case, Irelia simply left the Land of the First Born for the first time. She wanted to go outside and see the world she didn't know.

In the past few years, Irelia first arrived in Bilgewater by boat, and after relaxing a little in the Blue Flame Islands, she set off to Vazouan.

Everything in Vazouan was very new to Irelia. She stood from the perspective of an observer. After learning about the past of the Twin Cities, she was full of the idea that "it can still be like this".

The harmony and difference between Piltover and Zaun gave her a lot of inspiration. For the first time, she realized that there was not necessarily a clear "correctness". Sometimes people with different opinions reached a balance, which was also a good result.

In Ionia, "peace" became the only correctness, and for peace, the Shadow Stream and the Navoli Brotherhood who were unwilling to give up and Irelia herself became victims, and the First Land also reversed because of peace.

In addition, she also saw many new inventions in Vazouan that she could not even think of. At the Vazouan Expo, she visited those Hextech Universal Modules with great interest, and witnessed history inadvertently.

After leaving Vaz'uan, Irelia entered the Shurima region.

Unlike Lux who crossed 20,000 miles of yellow sand, Irelia chose to go west along the coastline of Shurima.

Compared to the prosperous Vaz'an, the cities of Northern Shurima are obviously much worse, but it still gave Irelia a lot of valuable inspiration.

Especially the local people's longing for the Shurima Empire, which gave Irelia a brand new possibility.

Perhaps, there is a clear "correct" and another way is that this "correct" is far enough.

In Irelia's eyes, the "revival of the Shurima Empire" expected by these Northern Shurima cities is as far away as the stars in the sky.

Although both Nashrameh and Uzeris are quite prosperous cities, compared with the great Shurima Empire recorded in the books, the gap is not a little bit.

Irelia is not good at doubting history rashly, but at least in her opinion, this revival seems more like an expectation, a distant ideal.

But it is undeniable that this seemingly unattainable ideal seems to have really given the Shurimans a strong motivation, allowing them to always stick to their pride. From this perspective, perhaps that period of history is not adulterated.

After walking through the endless yellow sand, Irelia finally arrived in Demacia almost three years after leaving the Land of the First Born.

After landing in White Cliff City, Irelia, who crossed the Silver Mountains, visited the Gate of Sorrow as the first attraction in Demacia.

This is a majestic pass, where Emperor Jarvan once died, and the site of the war between Demacia and Noxus in the past. For Irelia, even though she was here for the first time, she still felt a different kind of...kindness when looking at the fortress of the Gate of Sorrow.

Perhaps because they had the same enemy, Irelia's first impression of Demacia was very good - even considering that the current division of the Noxian Empire was directly related to Demacia, Irelia was full of envy for Demacia.

After crossing the Gate of Sorrow, Irelia went west along the Tobysia River, and went downstream. What she saw along the coast were flat wheat fields and farmers working hard in the wheat fields.

For Irelia, this was too familiar.

Ionia is also an agricultural country. From this perspective, compared with the more commercial Vaz'uan and Northern Shurima, everything in Demacia obviously makes her feel more at home.

However, just as Irelia slowed down her pace, learning Demacia and touring the country, a piece of news that shocked her came from the northwest.

Laxana rebelled.

Kalya's Little Classroom·Irelia's Itinerary:

Irelia left Precision in the 14th year of the Fosbyro calendar and came to Demacia, just in time for the establishment of New Demacia, which was considered to be a good time.