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???????? ?????????? ???????????????? are fourteen frozen islands located in the northeastern. The Anna Maria Icelands are claimed by the Echo Dominion Empire and also the Mystic Spring Empire. The Anna Maria Icelands have been a conflict zone for years between these two Empires.
Only around 2000 people call this frozen island home. The Anna Maria Icelands are home to Ice elves, Snow Bears, and Yetis. When both Empires claimed these islands are their territories, more people settled in these islands.
According to a rough estimation, there were a total of 900 ice elves inhabiting the Anna Maria Icelands. And the rest 1100 were mostly fishermen and hunters who came here to hunt Snow bears and Yetis.
Fishermen sometimes stay at one of the Anna Maria Icelands for a few days and then after catching sufficient fish they mostly return to the mainland. Over time there were some fishermen that moved to The Anna Maria Icelands with their families and started living there. The Same could be said for Hunters.
Hunters are different from Adventurers. Hunters are trained experts who know everything about their targets. Hunters are not powerful as Adventurers and they do not work for the Adventurer guild. A hunter's profession comes with more freedom. But the death rate of hunters is as high as the death rates of Adventurers. Hunters catch their prey using traps and poison.
The hunters of the Anna Maria Icelands are experts are hunting snow bears. The Skin of Snow Bear can be sold for a very high price. And also Snow Bear's meat is very tasty. And Snow bears' bones can be used to make weapons. In short, no part of the Snowbears is ever wasted.
But because of overhunting, the population of the Snowbears has started to decline. There was a time when all 14 islands were filled with Snowbears. But now the population of Snowbears had dropped significantly. Compared to the past, nowadays it was extremely tough to find Snowbears. But that didn't mean that Hunters stopped hunting. Although some hunters had already begun looking for a new profession, some did not give up and continued to hunt Snowbears.
Before the mainland people came to the Anna Maria Icelands, the Ice Elves lived peacefully with the Snowbears. The Ice Elves are divided into 14 small tribes. Each tribe settled into one of the 14 islands. The Ice Elves were experts are hunting. Since the Ice Elves only hunted Snowbears for consumption, they did not overhunt the Snowbears and let their population grow. Also, the Ice Elves relied on fish, wild fruits, and berries to survive.
It wasn't uncommon for the 14 tribes to trade with each other or also with foreign traders for their goods. But as the mainland people started coming to the Anna Maria Icelands, the balance was disturbed. The peace was disturbed.
So far there hasn't been any solution for this. Neither Empires put any focus on listening to the demands and the wants of the Ice Elves. The Ice Elves were ignored by both Empires. Instead both Empires focused on fighting each other on their claims of these 14 islands.
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The Blackburn Village was located on one of the small islands. The Blackburn Village is where one of the 14 Ice Elves lived. After the mainland people came, the Tribe leader let the outsiders live in their village. The tribe leader wanted to be on friendly terms with the Mainland people. But everyone in the tribes strongly opposed this idea.
As time passed and the situation of the islands became chaotic. Because of the decline in the population of Snowbears, the Ice Elves were losing their source of food. Even with the restrictions placed on the hunters, many Snowbears were killed.
This created a hostile situation between the Ice Elves and the Mainland people. The Ice Elves wanted to drive out the mainland people and live peacefully as they did before.
And today something very important was going to take place in the Blackburn village. The Ice Elven tribe leader knew and saw this as an opportunity to try and communicate with the Emperor.
Around 8.30 the Oracle Alliance sent a letter to the Istarin Empire. In that letter, the Alliance stated its intention to surrender and end this War. And it was decided that the Blackburn village was going to be the place where the meeting will take place.
The meeting was scheduled to take place around 3.00 in the afternoon. The Istarin Emperor along with his subordinates had arrived a few hours early. It was mostly because Aditya had nothing else to do. His work was given to Spencer as he was planning on focusing entirely on fighting the war. But the war ended within a day. This left him a few days of free time.
Also, the reason he came a few hours early has another reason as well. Before the meeting started, he was going to use this free time to take Alicia out and spend some time with her.
From the far distance, the Ice Elves and some fishermen at the dock noticed a big ship approaching their island. Since they already have been notified about the meeting and the arrival of the Emperors, the Ice Elven tribe Patriarch and some of his men had personally gathered to welcome their guests. After all, they can't afford to offend any of the guests.
"I have never seen such a big Ship before." Standing at the Dock, the Ice Elves were amazed seeing the huge size of the approaching wooden ship. Only a very few of the Ice Elves had actually visited the Mainland. There weren't any teleportation arrays in the Blackburn village or in any of the other 13 islands.
"Of course, how can you see such a big ship when you have never left this place and gone out to explore the outside world?" Sontar Xyrphyra was the son of the Patriarch. Growing up he had received more benefits and resources than other Ice Elves. At some point in his life, he was allowed to go to the Mainland and learn more about the world. He had visited the Mainland for a year. So he was more knowledgeable about the world than compared to other tribe members. But this also made him feel as if he is superior and look down on others.
There isn't any need for such big ships to stop on these small islands. So the elves mostly saw small boats that the Fishermen used.
The wooden ship was 59.7 meters in length and the beam of the Ship was 13.2 meters. The wooden ship was called ????????????????.
As the ship neared, The Elven tribe Patriarch noticed that the Ship had around 50 soldiers. But the strength of each soldier was above 3rd-order. Each soldier looked extremely powerful and had the Aura of someone who had been through a lot of fights.
"So powerful"
"The people of the Mainland are on a completely different level. Even our best archer can be easily defeated by the weakest among them." As the Ice Elves had never gone out, they have never seen powerful cultivators. Some of them even thought that 5th-order cultivators were just myths and no one has been able to reach that level yet.
Under everyone's eyes, The Istarin Emperor himself walked down. He was holding the land of a young beautiful lady who had covered her face with a veil. She was wearing a pink Kimono. Just looking at her, one can tell that she is very beautiful.
Behind her, there was an average-looking young man. He had long black hair that reached down his waist. He was wearing a black long coat.
As Aditya stepped on Eldoria Island, the patriarch of the Elven tribe stepped forward and bowed to Aditya. Following the Patriarch, all the fishermen and the other Elven tribe members bowed their heads.
"Welcome to this small Eldoria Island. It's an honor to meet you." All 14 islands are collectively known as the Anna Maria Icelands. Every 14 islands had their own names given by elven tribes. Though these names were not that popular outside.
"Everyone raise your head. Thank you for hosting us. My apologies for causing you trouble." Spencer had told Aditya about the condition of this island. He knew that the Elven tribes will try their utter best to please him and other Emperors. But in their current poor condition, the tribe didn't have enough money to prepare any luxurious food or services for the Emperors.
Seeing the Emperor apologizing and being so humble, the patriarch and others were very surprised. The young man in front of them was very gentle and radiated a kind Aura. Unlike the rumors that managed to reach here, he wasn't some ruthless monster.
"Your Majesty, there is no need to apologize. It is our honor to serve you." Aditya just nodded his head.
"Raise your hand. Introduce yourself."
"Your Majesty, my name is Sam Xyrphyra. I am the Patriarch of this small elven tribe." Aditya nodded his head. The next second Sam found a bag of cold coins in his hands.
"Your Majesty.....This..." All the elves and the fishermen looked at Aditya in shock.
"Keep this. I am sure your tribe will need this money." Knowing the dire situation of this tribe, this money was exactly what they all needed. The Patriarch almost cried. He was so moved by Aditya's kindness.
"Thank you."
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