Chapter 852 [0849] Connection

As Tryndamere's serious eyes swept over Ashe's followers, these followers who were usually trusted by Ashe and played an important role in the daily management of the Avarosa tribe shut their mouths one by one.

It can be seen that many people have opinions on Ashe's choice, but now they respect the choice of the War Mother.

When Tryndamere retracted his gaze and silently placed his right hand behind Ashe's back, it seemed that all the War Mother's followers were already thinking about how to adjust the relationship with the Frostguard Priests in the future according to Ashe's requirements.

Lux watched everything happening in front of her calmly.

Ashe's decision was not unexpected to her. Although it could not be completely ruled out that Ashe was just trying to stabilize herself, Lux believed in her own judgment and believed that Ashe would make that wise choice - as long as Ashe chose to go north to the Great Glacier to participate in the Trial of Anivia, she was probably destined to be different from Lissandra.

But Lux did not think that these War Mother's followers who seemed to be hesitant to speak could completely make sense.

After all, according to the intelligence of the intelligence team, the war mothers around Ashe were not all the people who followed her to rebuild Avarosa at the beginning. With the expansion and eastward movement of the Avarosa tribe, many members of other tribes defected to Avarosa and became part of Avarosa. Among the war mothers and blood alliances of these tribes, several became war mothers.

This is the process of Ashe uniting and absorbing other tribes and sharing some power, and the subsequent prosperity of the Avarosa tribe is also inseparable from these war mothers.

But in the same way, since these tribes are not the "elders" of Avarosa, their attitudes towards some of Ashe's decisions are different - especially the part about the Frostguard tribe. Many tribes believe that Avarosa should have a good relationship with the Frostguard tribe and eliminate conflicts. Only in this way can it really gain a foothold in Rakstak.

According to the information from the intelligence team, although the Frost Guard priests have almost never met with Ashe formally, they still maintain certain contacts with many of the War Mothers. Although the intelligence team has not been able to find out the specific content of their contacts, it is not difficult for Lux to make a judgment on the attitudes of these War Mothers.

You know, even though Lux is the teacher of the Archons and the chief designer of the Northern Strategy, and has proved herself to be a brilliant commander in the war, and has maintained her amazing reputation and direct influence among the people through the Spring and Winter Speech, she still needs to be cautious when carrying out the reform of magic industrialization, and knock on the clerks and Archons from time to time to find a balance between profit sharing and restraining functions.

And no matter how much the clerks and Archons respect Lux, once they have the opportunity, they can't help but make their own calculations, forcing Lux to conduct regular internal purges and repeatedly emphasize not to create new nobles.

For Ashe, who absorbed other tribes through gentle means, no matter how close her war mothers are, can they really be of the same mind with her?

Ashe does not believe in the Frostguard tribe because the old Avarosa was indirectly destroyed by the Frostguard, and her childhood sweetheart personally broke all her filters for the Frostguard tribe.

But the war mothers who joined the Avarosa tribe later are not like this!

Among these war mothers, many of them have more or less connections with the Frostguard tribe. They made great efforts to make Avarosa and Frostguard ready for contact so quickly during this alliance.

Now, a little brat of the Notai tribe, a warm-blooded man from Demacia, came to the war mother to have a chat, and as a result, Lord Ashe changed his mind directly and was about to bite the horns against the Frostguard tribe... How could they easily accept it?

It's not that they are not loyal to Ashe or Avarosa.

It is precisely because they are loyal to Ashe and Avarosa that they think Ashe has been deceived.

So, after Lux's eyes swept over those War Mothers without leaving a trace, a barely detectable smile finally appeared on the corner of her mouth.

She is looking forward to Ashe's subsequent choices and looking forward to seeing Ashe's final decision to see whether she will hold a small meeting behind closed doors to convince everyone or use the majesty of the War Mother to force the plan.

This will affect the subsequent choices of Lux and Demacia.

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After confirming that they will participate in the trial and temporarily stop normalizing relations with the Frostguard tribe, Ashe and Lux's subsequent communication is still very smooth.

From Ashe's perspective, what she saw was the great sincerity shown by Lux. In the process of fighting the void, Demacia is willing to increase the preferential scale of northern trade. As long as the Avarosa tribe is willing to stand firmly on the side of Runeland, Demacia will become the closest trading partner of the Avarosa tribe.

Lux even issued an export control list, agreeing to add many items that were never sold to foreign countries in the past to the North's trade share.

And unlike the Frostguard tribe, which has been tirelessly infiltrating the power within the Avarosa tribe, Lux's hands and feet are very "clean" in Ashe's eyes. She only needs to station a few delegations at key trade nodes such as Rakstak with the permission of the Avarosa tribe to handle trade-related issues.

Therefore, the negotiations between the two sides can be said to be very enjoyable.

But as it got late, today's negotiations ended and after Lux stood up and left, Ashe frowned directly after sighing softly.

Then, she winked at Tryndamere, who nodded gently and guarded the door of the War Mother's tent.

"Everyone has something to say, right?" Ai Xi looked around, her blue eyes seemed to be able to see into people's hearts, "Many people have different opinions."

Some of the followers swept by Ai Xi's eyes lowered their heads and pondered, while others looked at each other calmly. In the suffocating silence, an old man finally stood up.

"Your Excellency, War Mother." His withered arms trembled slightly, and on the wrist outside the cuffs, a hideous scar seemed to be a nightmare manifested, which was unbearable to look at. "The Notai people may be trustworthy, and the warm-blooded people are also very trustworthy. We have credibility, but that doesn’t mean we have to completely abandon tradition.”

He did not directly target Ashe's decision, but as he spoke and as the suffocating silence was broken, many of his followers finally took action - they nodded, groaned, or softly agreed. , and looking around, there were fifteen people among the twenty-three seats of Luxtak and their mothers who seemed to have some objections to Ashe's decision.

This ratio made Ash couldn't help but frown slightly.

Three more than I expected.

Then, her eyes fell on her side.

"Sang Lei, do you also hope to ease the relationship with Frost Guard?"

Sanlei, who was suddenly named by Ai Xi, seemed to be about the same age as Ai Xi. Judging from the position of his seat, he was undoubtedly Ai Xi's right-hand man - and this was actually the case. San Lei was the founder of New Avarosa. The first group of members were also the few who experienced and witnessed that difficult march.

Sanlei is not a warrior, but a furnace owner. During the development of Avarosa, he has always been a person that Ashe trusts very much. He is a person who Ashe regards as a brother, whether it is trade in the north or in the Whether it was the construction of the city of Frost Harbor, or the recruitment of the Blood Alliance, or the eastward march to Lakstaq, Sanlei was Ashe's staunchest supporter.

But now, when facing the problem of the Frost Guard tribe, Sang Lei's attitude seems to have changed.

"Your Excellency Ai Xi." After being named, Sanlei stood up and bowed slightly, "I have always believed that maintaining friendship and conducting trade with warm-blooded people is our foundation, even if our tribe has now arrived in Laxtaq City , the tribe is about to hold an alliance under the watchful eyes of the three sisters, and we must not forget what gave us the confidence to move eastward. "

Ash nodded slightly.

"Trade with warm-blooded people is a supplement, a correction to the past." Sanlei continued, "The rise and fall of countless tribes in the past have proven that plundering and oppression alone cannot keep tribes prosperous. That’s why I always believe that we should maintain relationships with warm-blooded people.”

Ai Xi continued to nod—Sang Lei’s attitude had always been this way.

"However, this does not mean that Avarosa should abandon tradition." Pursing his lips, Sanlei looked directly at Ashe and continued, "We are the descendants of the three sisters and descendants of the ancient civilization of Freljord. Heir, I still remember the vow Lord Ashe made when he left Ornkar, we will restore the Freljord!"

Ai Xi looked at Sang Lei in silence, waiting for Sang Lei to continue speaking.

"The glory of the Freljord comes from the unity and cooperation of the three sisters, and sincere unity is also the key to Avarosa's success today. Only by truly uniting all the tribes can the Frostguard tribe, the descendants of Serelda and By standing together and speaking with one voice, the Freljord can usher in a true renaissance that the warmbloods of Demacia cannot give us anyway."

"Even if what the Notai child said is true, Lissandra did collude with some dangerous existence for her own ambitions. What we should do is not unite outsiders to fight against them, but we should do what we did in the past. More Frost Guard warriors who didn't know the truth came to our side." Sang Lei's eyes were frank and clear, "You know, my father died before dawn during that migration, and the Frost Guard Priest and I also had deep feelings. hatred, but I still think that the Frostguard tribe should not be our enemy. "

Ash looked at him with a smile, as if expecting him to continue.

"Moreover, you also said before that Lissandra of the previous generation sacrificed herself to seal those dangerous monsters. This has proved that when facing those monsters, the Frostguard tribe is on our side - since everyone They can be comrades, so why should we choose warm-blooded people instead of fellow Frost Guards?"

Having said this, Sang Lei finally nodded slightly to indicate that he was finished.

As he sat down, many of his followers nodded slightly, expressing their affirmation.

Obviously, in their eyes, no matter how bad the Frostguard tribe is, they are still their own people, and now the Avarosa tribe has the ability to transform these own people. Taking advantage of the opportunity of this alliance, they In turn, they should expand their influence on the Frost Guard tribe instead of drawing a clear line with the Frost Guard tribe.

Even if they are all allies against the Void, the Frostguard tribe is closer than the Demacians!

"Besides, the hands and feet of Demacians are not clean!" As Ashe's eyes began to scan again, someone stood up again, "The scale of the alliance held by Her Majesty Laxana in Newskala is not small at all. We held a guild and invited them to watch the ceremony, but they also organized a guild on the way to the ceremony. I heard that they also built a high wall outside the West Pass of Newskala...those warm-blooded people, huh! "

Obviously, this person is still worried about Lux's previous alliance and the construction of the ice wall in Newskala. Even if the West Freljord subcontinent is indeed the sphere of influence that Avarosa has given up, that does not mean that You warm-blooded people are qualified to get involved!

At this time, I reached out to the West Freljord subcontinent. These warm-blooded people did not look like reliable allies!

As he said this, some of his followers began to nod slightly - obviously, he was not the only one who had such thoughts.

"Severeljord will not become a world of warm-blooded people." Looking around again, focusing on a few people who did not dare to look directly at him for a while, Ashe finally said, "Now Ava Rosa doesn’t have this spare energy, so don’t put too much emotion into it. Among the changed facts - under the Breath of Anivia, only the strongest merchants can make the journey for warm-blooded people. Why are those Severeljord tribes surrendering to Demacia now? When we have the ability to return to Condensation in the future, How will you come back when you arrive at Frost Harbor?”

There was a strong sense of confidence in Ashe's words. In her opinion, Silverjord had just changed its alliance partner, and it was actually not critical. As the power of the Avarosa tribe gradually expanded, I have gradually found a way to unite more people. After all, it is part of Freljord.

"As for Sanlei's opinion..." After finishing Sifreljord's question, she immediately sighed, "I am more willing to believe in our compatriots and the power of frost deep in the blood, but only those who have ever truly Only those who have faced those terrifying existences can understand my concerns.”

Ai Xi's words made San Lei frown. In his opinion, this seemed to be an excuse - he was a furnace owner, so he naturally did not participate in the battle of the Howling Abyss. He could not refute it no matter what Ai Xi said.

"Quason!" Ashe suddenly called the name of a young warrior at the end of the table. "Have you ever seen those monsters? Tell me, if you met the raiders of the Razor Tribe and those monsters at the same time, who would you join forces with?"

Quason, the last one, is a young man. His entire tribe was almost destroyed by Razor's raiders. Now his eyes turn red almost whenever he hears Razor's name.

Then, under the gaze of all his followers, the young man named Quason stood up with his eyes wide open, gritted his teeth, and gave his answer firmly.

"Razor's bastard."

Sang Lei was horrified.

"That's the scary thing about those monsters." Ashe sighed, "Anyone who has anything to do with those monsters cannot be considered a compatriot."

Sanley fell silent - although he had not seen it with his own eyes and still had doubts in his heart, from Ashe's description and Quason's reaction, he finally no longer insisted on his opinion.

Then, Ai Xi turned to the few followers who had been avoiding her eyes before.

"I believe you can understand, right?" Her voice was as cold as a piece of perfect ice, "After all, Avarosa's future should be more precious than some gifts."

These people subconsciously wanted to speak out to defend themselves, but at this moment, Tryndamere suddenly opened the door of the tent and threw several ice weapons and magic amulets on the ground.

There was silence for a moment in the big tent.

A little late.