LOL: Summoner of Goddess Janna

"Warmother Sejuani, Rakstark is ahead!"

"Okay!" Sejuani raised her riding whip and drove her Juvask wild boar named Steelmane, leading the pig to the top of the hillside ahead.

Rakstak, the largest city on the Freljord Icefields, the sanctuary of the three sisters Avarosa, and the foundation for Ashe to become the Ice Queen, finally appeared in front of Sejuani at a glance. .

It was supposed to be the strongest fortress on the ice sheet, the most well-protected heart of the Avarosan Alliance.

But now, the city was almost defenseless and exposed to Sejuani's forces.

Facing the Winter's Claw army outside the city that pressed like a black cloud above their heads, the city of Laxtaq suddenly became chaotic. The Avarosan warriors who stayed behind could not even organize an effective defense due to insufficient strength.

"There are flaws everywhere." Sejuani laughed heartily.

She had no doubt that she could easily capture the city with just one charge.

Larkstuck, Ashe's hard-earned business over the years, is already in her possession.

Capture this city, and Ashe and her followers will be reduced to nothing more than homeless dogs. They would soon fall apart in chaos as their escape routes were cut off and food became scarce.

The grudge between her and Ashe, the war between Winter's Claw and Avarosa will all end with her absolute victory today.

"I will rule the Freljord! Victory belongs to Winter's Claw!" Thinking of this, Sejuani couldn't help but feel more and more excited.

Although she knew that her brilliant victory today was entirely due to good luck.

If she hadn't chosen the right direction to march, she would have arrived at Avarosa's territory; if Ashe hadn't had a conflict with Demacia, she would have transferred all the alliance's main forces to the south...

It was impossible for the Winter's Claw to occupy Avarosa's territory so smoothly, and even made it all the way to Ashe's royal court with unstoppable momentum.

It's luck, but it's also destiny.

The world always says that Ashe is the divine incarnation of Avarosa, the one destined to unify the Freljord. But now it seems that as a descendant of Serelda, she is more suitable to be the real owner of this ice field.

"Go! Scatter them! Trample them! Crush them!" Sejuani raised her whip high and planned to blow the final charge horn.

"Wait!" But another untimely voice sounded in his ears.

"Udyr..." Sejuani knew who was coming without even turning around.

"You want me to restrain my subordinates and reduce the killing as much as possible, right?" She asked impatiently before Udyr could speak: "Just like when we wiped out those small tribes before?"

"Yes." Udyr nodded seriously. He raised his head without flinching and said: "Sejuani, if you really want to become the king of Freljord, you should learn to unite more people with kindness instead of taking prisoners one by one every time. Kill them all.”

"This... old guy, you are really crazy!" Sejuani felt a headache after hearing this.

To be honest, she feels pretty good about Udyr.

Udyr treated her with concern like a true sworn father along the way. Although she was not willing to recognize another father at first, she still felt a trace of long-lost family affection from her mother's old lover.

And during these days, during this long and arduous journey to the west, Udyr has been using his ability as the strongest beast spirit walker to fully protect her and her tribe.

So whether as a "daughter" or as a war mother, Sejuani welcomes Udyr's existence.

The only problem is that this old guy is too "crazy".

Along the way, Udyr talked about his experiences in Ionia and the goddess Janna who saved people in distress. Sejuani listened tirelessly and avoided him every day.

Sejuani couldn't understand the wretched history and theories Udyr was talking about, written by a group of southerners thousands of miles away.

She also doesn't believe in Udyr's story, or that there is such a benevolent god in the world.

After all, the gods of Freljord are either idle and invisible all the time, or they are just like Volibear with weird tempers and extreme ideas. Janna's existence does not conform to the ice people's inherent impression of demigods.

Sejuani also didn't believe that those leaders could be so good, or that a group of strangers thousands of miles away could be so noble and selfless in helping them.

In short, she only thought that Udyr was crazy because of his belief in God, so much so that he regarded the high-sounding slogan as reality.

Fortunately, Udyr just liked to tell those stories in her ears and did not encourage her to lead the tribe to move to Ionia and join the so-called leaders like he did when they first met.

So, Sejuani endured it.

But what she didn't expect was that after they finally crossed the vast snowfield and arrived at the Avarosa territory, Udyr suddenly had a "Mother's Heart" attack again, and advised her to be merciful and to kill less whenever there was a battle.

Sejuani had barely endured it a few times before. But now she has beaten Lark Stark, and he is still yelling like this.

What about unity, unity, kindness... This way of speaking is just like Ashe.

"Udyr, have you been away from the ice field for so long that you have forgotten that we are the Claws of Winter?"

"We will never keep extra prisoners, and learn from that ridiculous kindness - plunder! Kill! This is the eternal spirit of Winter's Claw, and it is our way of survival!"

"No." Udyr shook his head calmly: "Sejuani, there is no spirit in this world that lasts forever."

"Social existence determines social consciousness." He added another strange saying that Sejuani could not understand.

But she could still barely understand the following words: "Winter's Claw has never kept 'extra prisoners' in the past, not because of any spirit or tradition, but because these prisoners are 'excessive'——"

"It's because as a hunting tribe, the productivity of Winter's Claws is too low and they can't afford to feed so many 'extra' mouths. Isn't it?"

Udyr's rhetorical question made Sejuani choke slightly.

indeed. She never thought about "tribal tradition" or "clan spirit" when she killed people.

The reason why she killed those captives was simple: she wanted to have more mouths to eat and save the precious food reserves.

"But now, we have become the masters of Rakstark." Udyr said at the right time: "The most fertile southern land in the ice sheet, which was originally controlled by the Avarosan Alliance, is now in the Claws of Winter. under domination.”

"We no longer lack food, and we can afford to feed the captives who are willing to surrender to us."

"If that's the case, then why didn't you show mercy at the right time, but instead killed as you did before, killing those who could have been united by you?"

"This..." Sejuani couldn't answer for a moment.

However, the behavioral patterns developed over the past years still deeply affected her, making her instinctively reject words such as "unity" and "kindness".

This is Ash's line, it shouldn't be hers.

"You are being unnecessarily merciful, Udyr." Sejuani frowned and said, "The ones Ashe left behind were the old, the weak, the sick, the mortals, and the weak herders."

"What do I want to do to unite these people? Only the strong are qualified to join the Winter's Claw, and those who are weak..."

"That was before." Udyr interrupted her: "Don't forget what I just said, matter determines consciousness."

"In the past, the Winter's Claw was a nomadic tribe that lived by hunting and plundering. It was a robbery gang that did almost no production - so we must fight and fight again and again."

"The weak who cannot fight are a burden. Only the strong can win victory and food for the tribe."

"But what now?" Udyr asked seriously: "Sejuani, after occupying Rakstaq, are you still going to live by hunting and robbing as before?"

"This..." Of course not.

What she snatched from the Avarosa Alliance this time was all good land.

Such a good pasture, why don’t you raise something?

Why not plant something on such fertile land?

She has land but doesn't plant crops, she doesn't herd sheep, and she only relies on robbing and hunting to survive... Is she stupid?

"Look, you also need someone to farm your land, someone to herd your cattle, someone to cut wood for you, and someone to smelt iron for you." Udyr said: "Sejuani, do you still think those weak people are useless? "

"Without them, do you plan to let the Frost Bloodline be responsible for herding sheep and the Blood Warriors be responsible for farming?"

"..." Sejuani had nothing to say.

"It seems that you have understood that since the occupation of this land, Winter's Claw has entered a new era,"

"Only by uniting more people and protecting the weak that you once regarded as useless can the Winter's Claw continue to grow and develop."

Sejuani nodded secretly, but felt mixed.

This is to unite the masses and protect the weak...

She had just kicked Ash, whom she disliked the most, to the ground. How come she turned into "Ashe 2.0" in the blink of an eye? ?

"Social existence determines social consciousness..." Sejuani finally vaguely understood this sentence.

"Sejuani, now you understand why I no longer adhere to my original beliefs, right?" Udyr said at the right time.

He opposed the unity of the Freljordians in the past because he believed it would make human survival on the ice too easy, which would mean no struggle or growth, and would prevent the Freljord's spirit from lasting.

But later, after contact with the leader, Udyr realized: "Whether the ice sheet should be united or not is never decided by humans, but by the objective conditions of the ice sheet."

"The pastoral tribes living in Laxtaq and the southern ice fields naturally need unity."

"The hunting tribes that are constantly migrating on the vast ice fields naturally cannot unite."

"Looking at the entire Freljord: This barren and backward land actually does not yet have a complete material basis for unity and unity."

If we can't even solve the problem of food, it is certainly impossible to build a long-term stable social order.

But Udyr's eyes are still full of hope: "But I believe that the Wind Leaders will come to this land sooner or later in the future. They will bring advanced productivity and help us build our home so that Freljord can welcome Come to true harmony and tranquility.”

"So, I gave up on my original idea."

“Because no matter how pedantic I am, change is coming.”

"The development laws of objective things are not subject to human will."

Udyr began to chant again.

But this time, after the discussion and thinking just now, Sejuani was able to listen patiently to a few words.

She asked dubiously: "Udyr, do you really believe that those Wind Leaders can bring good days to the people of Freljord?"

"Why do they help us so selflessly and help a group of barbarians we have never met before?"

The Wind Leader's selfless love that transcends all identities is really beyond the understanding of the Icelanders.

There are only survivors on the ice field, and there are very few selfless good people.

After all, they usually can't even fill their own stomachs, so how can they have the energy to selflessly help others?

Even Ai Xi, who is known for her kindness, often has a purpose and requirements when helping others. The development and interests of the tribe are what she must prioritize.

And a ranger like Bronn, who helps others without asking for anything in return, is simply an outlier among the outliers in the Freljord, a good person who can't even be found with a lantern - that's why he is called "Freljord." heart of".

But now, Udyr said that there is a place in the world with "Bronium per capita"... How can Sejuani believe this?

At this time, Udyr replied: "Sejuani, maybe you can understand it this way:"

"As I just said, social existence determines social consciousness. You can't understand the existence of the leader because of the harsh conditions of Freljord, which makes it difficult for such a selfless good person to be born."

"But you can try to imagine if we were in a warm and wealthy place..."

"You want to say the south?" Sejuani interrupted him rudely: "You want to say that in a warm and wealthy place, people's moral quality will improve? So the birth of saints like the leader in the south is also Of course?"

She understood what Udyr meant.

"But it's not like I haven't seen southerners before." Sejuani patted the Juvask wild boar on her crotch: "I snatched this steel mane from a Noxian warship. "

"With all due respect...those Noxians may be richer than us, but their moral standards are no higher than ours."

"We are all robbers. They just dress up more 'civilized' than us."

"Of course." Faced with Sejuani's strong doubts, Udyr still spoke calmly: "Even in the warm and wealthy south, in those civilized countries, selfless people like Wind Leader are in the minority, not the majority."

"This is also determined by the current social existence."

The civilized world outside the ice sheet has only developed into a feudal society under private ownership and a dominant society.

Since there is still private ownership and inequality in economic status, ordinary people will naturally give priority to their own interests rather than others.

In this large group of humans, the leaders are definitely a minority, not a majority.

"But the faith determination of Goddess Janna can filter out such a minority from the crowd, allowing them to become the vanguard of leading the masses, and lead the world to great unity step by step."

"With the Wind Leader taking the leadership role, the great unity of Runeterra is no longer an illusion."

"Although today's human beings are generally not so selfless, with the development of society, the progress of civilization, and the emancipation of ideas... more and more leaders will be born among them, and more and more selfless people will be born. .”

"Can you imagine this, Sejuani?"

"I..." Sejuani couldn't help but fell into thought.

Because the south is warmer and more affluent, and the people's moral standards are higher, there are conditions for the birth of a few selfless people like the leader.

And Goddess Janna's belief test can just screen out these selfless people.

She originally had doubts about the Wind Leader mentioned by Udyr, but now following their discussion just now - it seems that the Wind Leader, a pure and beautiful organization like a fairy tale, really has the possibility to exist in reality.

"Of course they exist," Udyr said. "I can contact them for you if you want."

"By then, no more children will starve to death in our tribe..."

"Stop!" Sejuani quickly came to her senses.

She realized that Udyr was encouraging her to join those distant leaders again.

Well, maybe those leaders are really good.

But her ambition is to become the queen of Freljord, which is not just about eating well and drinking well.

As for those kids in the tribe...

"..." Sejuani hesitated.

"When I take over Larkstadt and become the master of this land, they will still not be hungry."

Sejuani thought so and quickly drove out the little ripples that unconsciously appeared in her heart.

What do you think of as a leader?

She is about to become the king of the ice field now, how can she become someone's little brother?

And if she didn't go, could those leaders from thousands of miles away still come to her door on their own?

"Go! Take down Rakstark!" Sejuani finally issued the final attack order.

Then, she silently added: "Disarm and avoid killing, surrender and avoid death!"