Rhodes was busy, very busy.

Why so busy?

Because there are so many barbarians who challenge him.

Rhodes intends to emulate Jax, attract more Freljord powerhouses while fighting, and by the way, get more time to understand the land and the tribes of the land.

Jax was successful - he was known to the Demacians as the Master of the One Lamp, and he was supported by Gawain IV in battle, and if he may not have succeeded in the end, he had at least a chance of success.

But things changed after Rhodes.

From the afternoon of the second day, there was a steady stream of challengers, and Rhodes smashed a fireball in the ring for an entire afternoon.

It was then that Rhodes really realized that the biggest difference between Demacian and Freljord barbarians was that Demacians were upright, but at least they had brains; Freljord people compare axes, and what they decide to do does not change their perception at all.

In the tavern before, Rhodes stayed in town because the administrator was "invincible all over the world" in the local area, and Rhodes easily cleaned him up, and the locals naturally knew that Rhodes was better than himself.

But the next day, the people who got the news came to Port Glaser were the "strongest warriors" in their own village – but how big is a village?

If it were Demacians, they might choose to give up the challenge after seeing a warrior similar to themselves being smashed away by a fireball from Rhodes.

But when it comes to the Freljords, their logic is "I haven't fought with Rhodes, and I haven't fought with the people who were beaten by Rhodes before, so I don't know who is better than me or Rhodes".

This group of people has no concept of observing the enemy's level at all!

(Well, it was Rhodes who misunderstood them, Freljord's warriors liked to use the thickness of their opponent's clothing to estimate the enemy's level, but Rhodes, as a mage wearing a robe, belonged to the "rookie" level no matter how you look at it, so they followed one after the other...... ）

What was supposed to be a challenge full of pressure turned into a ridiculous fireball flying match.

In desperation, Rhodes even had to set up an arcane stance around the ring overnight, and then announced that only warriors who could successfully make it to the ring would be eligible to challenge - so that the battle gradually developed in the direction that Rhodes expected.

Warriors who were able to pass the arcane stance had two brushes, none of them wore scarves, no gloves, and they were skilled in attack and had some resistance to control - but unfortunately they couldn't beat Rhodes.

In order to "better integrate into Freljord", Rhodes no longer used the fireball technique the next day, but chose to put a buff on himself to fight with people, with the blessing of the giant force, the elegance of the civet, the oil on the soles of the feet, and the eagle vision, Rod can also be regarded as a "qualified warrior".

It's not that great, but at least it looks like it.

And in order to win, all Rhodes had to do was attach an activated arcane stance to his weapon - a variation of gravity, the specific effect of which was to make Rod's staff, which weighed less than five kilograms, look like five thousand kilograms when it was picked up and smashed into people.

Compared with the previous "victory without martial arts" fireball smashing the enemy, now Rod's appearance is obviously more acceptable to the barbarian warriors, so there will occasionally be cheers near the ring of the competition, and when other people's weapons are broken by Rod, the crowd of onlookers will also taunt together.

Through this way of mingling, Rhodes finally brought himself together with the barbarians here.

Then on the third day, Rhodes took off his robe and changed into short-sleeved trousers - as a mage, thermostats were able to keep Rhodes stable in this dripping temperature, and some warriors who could have passed the arcane stance chose to give up after seeing the length of Rhodes' clothes.

Although Rod does not have an exaggerated muscle profile, being able to wear short sleeves without shivering in the snow and ice already speaks to some extent about his level.

In the eyes of the Freljord barbarian warriors, Rhodes finally had the meaning of being a bit of a master.

(Ice Festival Skin: Exotic Arcanist Rhodes Skin - Frost Victor)

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As the challenge progressed, Rhodes became more and more familiar with Locke's Law, or Winter's Claws.

This is a simple and stubborn tribe.

From Lockfa to the Maidrunder Pass, from the Valla Valley to the Tangus Plains, this land is nominally a land of Winter's Claws, but in reality it is a community of countless relatively independent villages, large and small.

Sejuani is the theoretical leader of the land—but the only area she can really control is Vasque.

And in the mouths of the warriors who challenged Rhodes, Sejuani was "a strong, child-feeding girl" - the Freljord barbarians had no respect for their nominal leader.

Faced with this result, Rhodes was naturally a little disappointed with Sejuani.

Rhodes didn't mind repressive rule – especially in a damn place like Freljord, where relative coercion was perfectly feasible and necessary in the face of terrible physical scarcity.

But now it seems that what Sejuani has done is clearly not enough.

That's right, she quickly conquered the place with a flail, but she didn't have even the most basic control, which is telling.

On the one hand, this shows that Sejuani does not have a complete idea of governance, let alone a real way to control Freeljord, except for those who have joined her warband, the rest of Frejord only pay lip service to it.

On the other hand, it also proves that her power is not oppressive - look at Noxus, which is also a repressive rule, who would dare to say that Svein is disabled and Darius is a brain-dead?

A body blow.

The only thing that could change Rod's impression now was that Sejuani herself appeared - if she could realize what Rhodes meant and showed up to solicit him personally, it would mean that she was saved, and if she was indifferent to what had happened in Glaser Harbor when she got the news, or even didn't get the news at all, then she could only say that she was in vain.

So, having made up her mind, Rhodes decided to wait another three days—if she didn't come after three days, then Rhodes would leave here and go to the region where the Avarosa clan was located.

However, the day after Rhodes made up his mind, he met a rather special warrior.

"Who's Rod!" The warrior with a helmet, shoulders and shorts easily stepped over the arcane position that was the test, "Stand up and taste my axe!" ”