When Lux finally arrived at the Alliance, spring had already arrived in Demacia in the south, and on the Sagagra Plains in the Freljord, the Breath of Anivia had only weakened, roaring and biting.
The cold wind is still blowing from the great glaciers in the far north. After crossing the frozen sea of ice, it envelopes the entire Freljord continent.
The cold wind has weakened somewhat after crossing the Varar Mountains, but its power is still extraordinary. Under years of cold winds, the bay area south of the Varar Mountains and north of Ningshuang Port is covered with thick ice all year round.
Here, the long-lasting sea ice on the sea and the ice caps on the land are completely integrated, forming the largest mixed plain in West Freljord - the Sagagra Mixed Plain.
The further east you go, the more the flat Sagagra Plain is squeezed by the Dragon's Back Mountains in the south and the Crampon Mountains in the north, gradually converging, and ends at the point where the two mountain ranges are close to each other, with a straight-line distance of less than a thousand yards.
The approach forms the most spectacular natural pass in the Freljord, Nyuskara Pass.
From a distance, the Newskala Pass looks like a gap in two tall and strict fences. If you want to enter the Middle Freljord from the West Freljord subcontinent, which has the most superior natural environment.
Unless you have the ability to cross the Dragon's Back Mountains and Crampon Mountains with an average altitude of more than five thousand meters, this is the only way to reach the Larkstadt Plain.
Therefore, it is no exaggeration to say that whoever controls the Nyuskara Pass will control the gate of the West Freljord. It is precisely for this reason that even the Freljordians who have no tradition of building cities come to
It is said that the Neuskala Pass is also an ancient and majestic pass.
Generations of Severeljord overlords or Rakstark leaders will build their own passes here, either as a bridgehead for offense or as a defensive barrier.
When the Winter's Claw tribe was at its most powerful, Sejuani once set up a military station under her personal control at the easternmost starting point of the Newskala Pass, which was used as a base for attacking and attacking the West Freljord subcontinent.
The plundering forward position, and in response, Ashe reinforced the pass at the west exit as a defense.
However, during the subsequent battle between the two sides, thanks to the help of Silas, this pass was quickly captured, resulting in Winter's Claw having a huge advantage in the early stage, until the supplies were exhausted, and the troops were forced to attack Frost Harbor.
Later, as the Winter's Claw tribe fell into division after the Battle of Mithral City, the entire east and west ends of the Nyuskara Pass fell completely into the hands of the Avarosa tribe.
However, as Ashe set out to enter the Rakstark Plains, wanting to follow in the footsteps of Avarosa and unite the Freljord once again, the importance of the east and west passes of the Nyuskara Pass reversed -
- After the center of gravity moves eastward, the pass at the east exit becomes more important, while the west exit becomes a commercial checkpoint.
Today, the end of the Sagagra Plain west of the pass, which provided the Avarosa tribe with a large amount of original commercial taxes, has been filled with tents of all kinds.
The owners of these tents come from all parts of the western Freljord subcontinent, from Glazer Harbor near the Sea of Ice to the Lockfar Peninsula in the northwest corner of the Freljord, from the towering Valar Mountains to the low-lying
In Icebreaker Port, small tribes from different places, after learning about the news that Laxana was going to hold an alliance through the caravans that penetrated into the West Freljord subcontinent like capillaries, or set off on their own with Mother Zhan,
Or they sent their most heroic warriors to arrive at the Nyuskara Pass before the Breath of Anivia completely stopped, and set up tents with their own tribal style here.
Looking around, the tents made of fur materials dipped in various natural pigments were colorful. Although most of them were not bright, in Lux's eyes, they had a sense of seeing hundreds of flowers in bloom.
This made Lux, who had missed the Spring Speech for the first time since becoming the Lord of Forsbarrow, feel a lot better.
In other words... the alliance that is about to begin next is originally a different spring speech, but this time the target of the speech has become the Freljord tribe!
With this thought in mind, Lux took the five-color paint handed over by the personal guards and skillfully applied it on her face. She also separated a section of hair and dyed the long golden hair black and red.
Five colors: blue, yellow and green.
Here, she will temporarily give up her identity as the Lord of Forsbarrow and the Emperor of Demacia, and appear as a war mother who will establish a new order in the West Freljord subcontinent, to all those who come to participate.
In front of the Freljordians of the Guild.
For this reason, she did not choose to wear the Demacia-style rune steel armor that she was accustomed to. Instead, she put on a fur vest made of wolf skin, sea insect scales and Ernuk velvet, and wore it in a very Freljord style.
Shirtless.
To be honest, it's quite cold.
Lux is not of the ice bloodline. If it weren't for the fact that she had climbed Mount Targon and the cold-proof trick taught by Kalya to "avoid the negative effects of low temperature on the body in the form of elements", she would not be able to dress up like this for half a day.
She would tremble.
But with the help of magic, although the chilly Breath of Anivia still made Lux uncomfortable, at least she wouldn't worry about hypothermia - and more importantly, in most Freljor
From the German's perspective, apart from being a little short and not muscular enough, Lux already looked like a Freljord war mother.
This change in image can greatly reduce the resistance in the hearts of the Freljord people. Although the people who can take the initiative to join the alliance are tribes that are closer to Demacia and are naturally closer to Lux, in fact it is very difficult.
It's hard to tell whether they accept the change from the bottom of their hearts or simply for survival.
Therefore, for Lux, the distance and influence that can be shortened by changing her image can be regarded as a benefit at no cost.
And as Lux, who had completely changed her appearance, rode the carefully selected Ernuk, which was obviously a head taller than the normal breed, to the alliance's destination, the Freljord people watching around them quickly shouted.
There were bursts of cheers.
Especially when they saw the Malphites behind Lux, the cheers broke through the sky - these sharp-eyed Freljordians were surprised to find that in the hands of these huge "ice giants"
The stick he was holding was actually engraved with the decorations of his tribe!
The tribes that came to join the alliance are all small tribes, but even the smallest tribes have their own names. In Freljord, although there is a common Freljord language, except for a few well-informed Ice Brigades,
There are very few people who can write this language.
In this case, most Freljord people's sense of identity with their origins falls on paper, which is the decoration of their own tribe.
The source of the decoration may be the image of an ancestor, it may be the embodiment of the tribal name, or it may be some patterns that are considered cool by all tribesmen. For the Freljord people, these decorations are their own family.
Representative of the tribe.
As part of the preparations for the alliance, the clerks collected all the known ornaments of the tribes of the West Freljord subcontinent through the northern trade channels, carved them on wooden sticks, and matched them with colors as a guard of honor.
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Even in order to make it easier for the Freljord people to accept it, Kalya personally put a lot of effort into giving the Malphites a "snow coating". Not only did they wrap these stone men with ice, but they also covered them with ice.
It has snow that won't fall off.
The Freljordians are generally conservative and stubborn.
But being conservative and stubborn does not mean that they reject all new things - they will not hesitate to cheer for this new thing that is very consistent with their aesthetics and cognition.
Behind the Malphites, the Northern Army, which had just completed its reorganization, also put on snow uniforms.
These professionally trained professional soldiers marched in neat steps, bringing with them the various prey that Lux had hunted personally along the way. They entered the alliance area in a mighty manner, and automatically separated to both sides, quickly changing from an honor guard to an on-site order.
maintainers.
In order to show their military appearance, the Northern Legion participating in this operation were all elite. They changed formations very quickly. The Freljordians who were watching had been separated to both sides before they even reacted, creating a wide path.
channel.
Unlike Lux, who entered the scene with a high profile, and the cheering tribesmen of the Sifreljord, the Avarosan people at the Nyuskara Pass felt something was wrong.
Since the Nueskara Pass was an important trade route, when the various tribes began to gather here, the Avarosa defenders did not realize there was any problem.
But as more and more people gathered here, they finally got the news that Lacus was going to hold an alliance. In this case, although they sent an envoy to notify Ashe as soon as possible, when Lacus
When they arrived, the messenger had not yet returned.
In this case, the decision-making power on how to deal with this alliance fell into the hands of the person in charge of the Neuskala Pass at this time.
But the problem is, she has no idea what to do.
The Demacians are allies. This is certain for the Avarosa tribe. Otherwise, Ashe would not have sent an envoy to invite Lux to Luxtak to watch the ceremony.
The Avarosa tribe has basically given up control of the West Freljord subcontinent, which is correct. Otherwise, her base would not be the Nyuskara Fortress, but the Ningshuang Port.
Therefore, after the Avarosa tribe withdrew from the West Freljord subcontinent, an ally came here to host an alliance... Although this kind of thing is a bit strange to say, for Frel
For Zhuo De, it is quite normal.
Even when Ashe left Frostport and moved her base to Rakstak, if she hadn't not wanted the tribe to split and still maintained the idea of completely reuniting the Freljord, Ashe would have even
The tribe can be divided into two, leaving some people to exclusively control the West Freljord subcontinent.
In addition, Ashe can go to Lux Stark, which also has a great relationship with Lux. If it hadn't been for the Battle of Mithral City that destroyed the Winter's Claw, even if the Avarosa tribe had continued to expand steadily,
, it will also be difficult to move eastward.
In short, it stands to reason that Lux held an alliance on the west side of the Newskala Pass, which should have nothing to do with the Avarosa tribe.
But the problem is... Lux is a Demacian!
A Demacian warm-blooded person came to Freljord to host an alliance... This is simply an unprecedented miracle!
What's even more bizarre is that the local Freljord people are extremely welcoming to her. Judging from the current situation, if there are no problems with the alliance, these tribes will even be willing to fight for Demacia!
Although Lux did not show any intention to attack the Nyuskara Pass, the Chapter Leader who was ordered by Ashe to stay here still felt a bit like a ray of light on his back.
The feeling of having sausages cut into pieces is not pleasant at all.
Under such circumstances, all she could do was silently comfort herself, "Anyway, my responsibility is to guard the pass and collect money from the Demacians passing by. If they are willing to join the alliance, they can go and join the alliance. Maybe I can collect more money."
Much money."
However, now that they have decided to form an alliance, Lux cannot simply hold a ceremony - she has already determined that she will hold the Sifreljord subcontinent in her hands, so she must hold on tight!
There is no need to conflict with the Avarosa tribe now, so she will not have any plans for the Nueskara Pass.
But this does not prevent her from establishing a new boundary as a division of power!
So, just when the leader of the Avarosa Chapter on the wall of the West Pass of New Scalas relaxed a little, a group of Demacians with very light hair walked out of the queue.
Then, amidst the cheers of the Freljordians participating in the guild, they stood in line.
A long chain that looked like it was made of rock connected them together. As a huge "ice and snow giant" grabbed the chain at the beginning and end of the team, the chain was completely straightened, and these people also followed.
Wearing straight chains, they formed a straight line a hundred yards away from the western pass of the Nueskara Pass.
The next moment, under the astonished gaze of the Avarosa Chapter Leader, more than a hundred people squatted on the ground, their hands resting on the ice and snow that had not yet melted.
A silent shock rippled out, and the magic power of these people began to resonate on a large scale. Even people who did not understand magic and had no magic perception would feel an indescribable irritation and coldness.
And as this indescribable irritability and coldness spread, a rather thick ice wall rose up from the ground at the feet of these law protectors at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Less than a quarter of an hour later, further west of the western pass of the Neuskala Pass, a brand new ice wall made entirely of solid ice was formed in one piece.