[0788] Back to Freljord City

After learning that Lux wasn't in Demacia City, Shyvana set out again the next day, heading straight for Freljord.

When she arrived in Freljord and saw Lux, Lux had just finished a military meeting. The main item on the agenda had been the reorganization of the Northern Wanderers.

After the meeting, Lux looked utterly exhausted. It was as if her soul had collapsed into the chair, while her body alone stubbornly remained upright.

Reorganizing the Northern Wanderers wasn't as simple as changing their designation. It also involved deciding on the unit's future name, recruitment, and training. Lux wanted to recruit more Demacians from other regions into the army to dilute the unit's regional character.

Demacia wasn't just the north.

Nor did Demacia belong only to the people of the north.

The divide between Demacia's north and south had now grown astonishingly wide. It was imperative to take action on multiple fronts and at every level, uniting all of Demacia through economic, political, and other means.

Reorganizing the military was a crucial part of that effort.

Many people in southern Demacia still held very traditional beliefs, considering military service "the proper path to advancement."

Although this differed somewhat from Lux's original plan, things had to be done one step at a time, one bite at a time. Since people were so eager to serve, Lux was naturally willing to accept them.

After all, recruitment also involved ideological education. Bringing the people best suited to military service into the army and teaching them the principles of New Demacia was important to unifying people's thinking.

At the same time, Lux wanted to avoid any major decline in the quality of the troops. She had to weigh all the considerations and discuss the matter with the current Northern Wanderers commanders before settling on a