Menander Protector mentions a Daurentius (577–579) that slew an Avar envoy of Khagan Bayan I. The Avars asked the Slavs to accept the suzerainty of <answer>the Avars</answer>, he however declined and is reported as saying: "Others do not conquer our land, we conquer theirs – so it shall always be for us".
The Slavs were asked to accept the suzerainty of whom?
the Avars