In the 198th year of the Pande calendar, a bloody plague completely destroyed the Pande Kingdom, and countless people abandoned their land and fled, and in those years, the operation of the entire Pander Continent came to a standstill.

Only the tribes north of the Misty Mountains were not affected by the Red Death, and the North Misty Mountains invaded Pande in 199 amid rumors that the south was full of grain and fertile land.

Pande was paralyzed and in turmoil due to famine and pestilence, and the kingdom of Pande did not have the troops and financial resources to respond to the invasion.

However, the first people of the Misty Mountains to come to the south already regarded the Raven Realm as their home, and of course did not want to return to the uncivilized barbarian tribes north of the Misty Mountains.

So they spontaneously launched an all-out struggle - the descendants of the Misty Mountain people have become the biggest force to stop the invasion of the Northern Misty Mountain people.

Without support from the South, Count Gregory of the Raven Realm in the North formed a coalition and defeated the Northern Misty Mountain Highlanders with the help of the Misty Mountain Highlanders who had fallen into the Bay, driving them back to the north of the Misty Mountain, and then establishing the Raven Kingdom.

Today, the term 'Misty Mountain People' is no longer actually applicable to this people, only to the barbarians who still live in the north of the Misty Mountains.

The people of the Northern Misty Mountains have changed very little, and their population is still limited by its barren land.

In order to maintain the peace of the tribes of the Northern Misty Mountains, the leaders and shamans of the major tribes of the Misty Mountains have now changed their routines, changing the original internal war to external plunder.

They began to systematically send young people from various tribes to the south of the Misty Mountains every year to plunder the richer land of Pande.

Moreover, this practice was also described by the shamans as the will of the mountain god 'Vijovis', and gradually formed a rule - this is the coming-of-age ceremony of the people of the Misty Mountain.

Except for the first heir of each clan, everyone else must form or join a raiding party to go to the Raven Realm when they are just adults.

In other words, the members of the raiding party are all young adults who have just come of age, and the leader of the party is usually the second in line to the throne of a certain clan.

Those who are able to return with a lot of loot will be given the opportunity to marry the large clans.

And if the leader's level of plunder is high enough to return with good grain seeds, then he will be recognized by all the tribes, allowing him to form a new tribe - no matter what the ethnic group, in the final analysis, all he cares about is eating.

Objectively speaking, from the perspective of the people of the North Misty Mountains, there is no problem with this practice itself. The desolate and barren tundra could not support so many people, and it was better to send people south to rob than to kill each other among the tribes.

Therefore, the Misty Mountain Raiding Team that came to the Raven Realm was basically led by the son or daughter of a clan leader, and the team members were a combined force composed of young people from various tribes.

Since the team members come from various tribes, the leader must be responsible for the lives of the members of the plunder team, and if a member of the team dies, the leader will return with a large 'blood debt' to the family of the deceased.

So forming a raiding party is not a good task, it is like being forced to take a risk with usury, and borrowing the lives of other races - it means a lot of risk.

Due to the limitations of the Misty Mountain people's own technical level and resources, the equipment of the plundering teams is relatively poor, and the 'blood debts' of these leaders often accumulate more and more.

As a result, many of the Misty Mountain Marauder team leaders may eventually have no choice but to settle down in the Raven Realm and survive with some of the robbers.

The existence of this 'blood debt' system seems to avoid excessive losses caused by the blind command of the team leader, but in fact, it is a trap designed by the big tribes.

Because the leaders and members of the Misty Mountain Plunder Team were all young people who had just reached adulthood, they had never seen much of the world, they had no experience in the rivers and lakes, and the quality of equipment and organization could not compete with the army of the Raven Realm, so most of the leaders could not come back alive.

The small number of those who came back could not offset the blood debt, which often led to the clan where the leader belonged being forced to join the big clan due to too much debt.

The great tribes of the Misty Mountains have realized their strategy of killing two birds with one stone.

On the one hand, they have a steady source of loot; On the other hand, they can deprive small tribes of most of their combat power and resources in this way in order to annex them.

Through these plundering squads, there has been no large-scale war among the tribes of the Northern Misty Mountains for more than a hundred years, but the annexation of the small tribes is being staged all the time.

The 'Cat's Paw' tribe led by An Dongjia's father is a small tribe of only 300 people.

But the Misty Mountain people who died in the Noldor Forest were not the marauders led by Andonga, they were all warriors of the Bearpaw tribe, a large tribe of 3,000 people - such a number was already a large force north of the Misty Mountains.

As the daughter of the leader of the small clan, An Dongjia led a plunder team of more than 200 people to the Raven Realm, and the team members came from various tribes.

It's convention, and it's an errand that can't be refused.

Originally, the marauding team was going well.

An Dongjia is not the kind of fool who is full of muscles, she never provokes the patrols and high lords of the Raven Realm, but leads the team to successfully rob several noble farms in relatively remote locations, and gets a lot of loot.

But then, near Oldenburg, she meets the Bearpaw tribe's party, and the bearpaw shaman offers to join forces with her.

At first, she thought it was a good thing—it was safer for the Misty Mountain clan to be able to support each other in the Raven Realm.

The shamans of the Bearclaw tribe suggested that they could join forces to attack Count Stephen's village of Belbuk, which had a large amount of food.

With more than 500 men on both sides, it was more than enough to capture a village without the need to siege the city, which seemed like a reasonable plan.

But after An Dongjia invaded the village, the people of the Bearpaw tribe retreated directly.

Subsequently, a large number of Count Stephen's troops appeared outside the village and surrounded Antunga's marauding party......

Under the rain of arrows from the Rin Raven Realm Forest Rangers, An Dongjia experienced a crushing defeat and was wiped out.

She managed to escape from the battlefield with great difficulty—in fact, she was able to escape alive because she was wearing a leather robe and carrying a sword from the Raven Realm, and she looked more like a Raven Realm person than a Misty Mountain Savage.

Having lost all her troops, she returned to the Horde, but she owed a blood debt that she couldn't pay off.

Soon after that, the Bearpaw tribe came to collect the debt.

All the blood debts that An Dongjia owes to the other tribes have been transferred to the Bearpaw tribe!

Obviously, An Dongjia's ambush was deliberately created by the Bearpaw tribe to make her unable to repay a large amount of blood debt.

So her father banished him from the tribe so that the great debt would not be inherited by the catpaw tribe, which would lead to the annexation of the catpaw tribe.

An Dongjia didn't expect that the people of the Bear Claw Tribe, who were also members of the Misty Mountain Tribe, would be so sinister.

But she could only accept such a fate, she was saddled with a large amount of debt alone, and returned to the south of the Misty Mountains alone.

However, from now on, she is no longer the simple young person she used to be, and of course the person who has been trapped by such a conspiracy will grow up rapidly.

She began to look for the people of the Bearpaw Tribe in the Raven Realm, and she knew that the Bearpaw Tribe would also use the same method to trap other small tribes, and the shaman's army had not returned yet, so it must still be in the Raven Realm.

Andonga did not hate Count Stephen, who had led to the destruction of her army, and it was natural for the owner of the village to kill the raiders to protect his property—in fact, no matter what he was for, as long as he killed his opponent in a dignified manner, he was not an enemy to the Misty Mountain people.

But she hates the people of the Bearpaw Tribe.

She wants revenge.

It didn't take long for her to find it, still near Oldenburg.

This time, An Dongjia put a mark on his face and told the shaman of the Bearpaw tribe that he was about to marry the leader of the Bearpaw tribe as a concubine, and the catpaw tribe had been incorporated into the Bearpaw tribe.

This statement is actually quite credible, because the shaman knows that the leader of the Bearpaw tribe had this intention in the first place.

The paw prints on An Dongjia's face are indeed a sign of marriage - the people of the Northern Misty Mountains are more savage, and they have always implemented the system of robbing relatives, and girls without marks on their faces are likely to be robbed.

Of course, many will also rob the young man.

And the tribal mark on the face means that this is the wife and concubine of the tribal leader, and if you dare to rob it, you will face the pursuit of a tribe.

The mark on An Dongjia's face is okay to say it's a cat's claw, or it's okay to say it's a bear claw, anyway, it's almost like this when applied to the face......

So the shaman didn't doubt it, and in his opinion, An Dongjia could only face this fate.

And An Dongjia said very smartly that she hadn't forgotten that this shaman caused her to be ambushed, if you don't want to be blown by her pillow wind to find trouble after you go back, it's best to do yourself a favor, otherwise sooner or later you will make him look good.

The shaman did believe it—Andongjia's lies and threats were all in line with the shaman's expectations.

Although the shaman has a high status in the clan, the leader of the Bearpaw tribe is quite strong, and in his capacity as An Dongjia, there is indeed a good chance that he will become a favorite concubine...... At that time, this shaman will definitely not have a good life.

Andongjia told the shaman that the Cat's Paw tribe had hidden a lot of belongings and skins in the Eastern Misty Mountains, and that she wanted to retrieve them so that her father and brother could redeem their freedom.

Her father and brother were tribal leaders, and now that they were annexed, it was really inappropriate for them to stoop to be servants, and she wanted to get back their belongings to help them redeem themselves, which seemed to be a very normal way of thinking, and it was also very consistent with the concept of redeeming blood debts.

The Eastern Misty Mountains are the Great Snow Mountains to the east of the Gato Grassland and the Noldor Forest, but this snow-capped mountain is different from the Northern Misty Mountains, and the side of the grassland and forest here has become an insurmountable iceberg due to the influence of warm air, and it is basically impossible to climb.

But the Cat's Paw tribe did initially develop from the other side of the Eastern Misty Mountains.

It is indeed possible for a tribal leader who has developed from here to hide something in an iceberg that no one can climb over - the environment on the iceberg is generally relatively fixed, and there are no birds and beasts, and things can not rot all year round, so it is indeed a good place to hide treasures.

Even if it's fake, it's nothing more than a trip for nothing...... Anyway, the shaman of the Bearclaw tribe has recently robbed a lot of villages in the Raven Realm, and he originally planned to avoid the limelight.

So the shaman asked Andongjia for the exact location, and then decided to take her with him to find the belongings.

Of course, this shaman certainly didn't have any good intentions - but it just so happened that An Dongjia didn't have any good intentions either......

She lured the Bearpaw tribe to the southern part of the Gato steppe, on the border with the Noldor Forest—a dangerous place, but one that was in line with her lie, for the Eastern Mist Mountains were already visible to the east.

This place has Gato in the north, Noldor in the south, Shield Fort in the west, and the highest iceberg in the continent in the east.

An Dongjia, who had lived in the Eastern Misty Mountains, had deliberately brought the Bearpaw Tribe here.

Ann Dongjia just wanted to lure the people of the Bearpaw tribe to the place of mortality in the same way that the shaman had harmed her, and to retaliate with a tooth for a tooth.

She was burdened with countless blood debts, and she was expelled from her home, and she didn't want to live in the first place.

However, Andongjia's revenge plan is only half successful here.

The first tribe to encounter the Bearpaw tribe was the Gatu, and it was also the army of the 'saboteur' Juda.

But just as the Bearpaw Tribe and the Gatu were meeting each other, a group of members of the Ebony Handguard Knights came out of the Noldor Forest......

A hundred or so ebony warhammermen.

These ebony warhammermen were originally trying to lure Ardarian to the Gatu steppes, and in fact they also sent people from the mercenary group to attract the Gatu troops, so Judah's team appeared here.

But when they saw the Bearpaw Tribe, the Ebonwood Warhammermen were a little mistaken - they thought that these Misty Mountain people were 'allies' sent to attract Juda......

These people from the Bearclaw tribe had indeed grabbed a lot of equipment before, and they did look like a mercenary group with not very good equipment from a distance.

As a result, the Ebony Warhammermen intend to merge into the 'friendly army'......

As they approached, the Misty Mountain Shaman was of course misunderstood, and he thought that the Warhammer Force was going to attack them—and the two sides were struck together.

At this time, Aldarian also rushed out with more than a few hundred Noldor warriors - the Cato and Noldora are blood feuds, and Judah, the warlord, has a special hatred for the Noldor Elf, and when he saw the Noldor Elf, he immediately launched an attack.

The more than 300 people of the Bearpaw Tribe and the Ebony Warhammermen were fighting, and of course Juda ignored them.

And it just so happened that Aldarian was also a Noldor lord who was extremely hostile to the Catons, and he thought that the Cato were ambushing him......

As a result, Noldor and the Cato fought together.

And the ebony warhammer man originally planned to run away in time after discovering that something was wrong, but An Dongjia fanned it: "These people look rich, and their equipment is also valuable!" And they're just ......."

As a result, the people of the Bearpaw tribe chased the ebony warhammer hand and beat it all the way to a distance of several miles.

The Ebony Warhammermen were small in number, and they had no fighting spirit, and the people of the Misty Mountains were really good at hand-to-hand combat, so they were quickly killed more than half, leaving only a few alive.

Later, the shaman of the Bearpaw tribe learned from the Ebony Warhammer that an army of thousands of mercenaries was attacking the Noldor Forest.

This is a good opportunity to fish in troubled waters, and the favorite thing for the long-term raiders of the Misty Mountains is to take advantage of the chaos......

Everyone knows that the Noldor Forest is full of valuable things, whether it is weapons and equipment, horses, or the Noldor elves themselves, and getting anything is much more rewarding than robbing the village!

So the greedy shaman was moved, and in addition to getting a lot of equipment from the Ebony Gauntlet Knights, the people of the Misty Mountains became more and more angry, and seeing that the Gatu and the Noldor elves were inseparable, this greedy shaman led his troops to ambush Aldaryan from behind.

Speaking of which, this shaman actually has a lot of brains, and he knows that this practice will allow the Gatu people to fight alongside him - the Cato people also make a living by plundering, and they should be able to fish in troubled waters!

In this way, the chances are much greater!

Aldalian didn't expect the Misty Mountain people to go and return, he originally had the upper hand, but he was suddenly rushed into the archer formation by the Misty Mountain people who suddenly appeared behind him.

The enemy on both sides also fought hand-to-hand combat, and at this time Ardalian had to retreat with his whole army.

And this withdrawal, a lot of Noldor equipment loot was caught, and the misty mountain people who felt that they could still take advantage of it followed suit.

Zhu Da's troops had received the help of the Misty Mountain people in vain, so they did not attack the Misty Mountain people, but chased after them - the Misty Mountain people dared to chase into the forest, and of course the Gatu people under Zhu Da had to chase them in

Because Juda was an extremely brutal warlord, if anyone in his troops dared to show cowardice, he would shoot the cowardly and cowardly directly from behind.

Therefore, this Gato army can only advance and not retreat on the battlefield!

But when they entered the forest, it was actually difficult to retreat - chasing and chasing, the large army was scattered in the forest, and Juda could not give them orders.

In this large area of primeval forest, disorientation is inevitable, and even modern equipment does not necessarily guarantee that you can get out......

The Misty Mountain people couldn't find their way through the forest, and they lost a lot of people, but after two days of wandering, they found the horse farm.

Three or four hundred Cato men, who had been separated from the army, followed them here.

In fact, until Leon arrived, neither the Cato nor the Misty Mountain had had any effective communication—they did not speak the same language.

But they have been in a very strange situation of mutual emboldenment for the past two days......

The Cato people thought that since the people of the Misty Mountains dared to attack Noldor, then of course they were not false.

The Misty Mountain people felt that since the Gatu people dared to invade the Noldor Forest on a large scale, it meant that what the Ebony Warhammer said must also be true, and thousands of troops in the south must have already invaded the Noldor Forest - everyone dared to attack it, so of course they could fish in the troubled waters and make some profits.

And they came to the aid of the Catu, and the Cato did not attack them at all, 'illustrating' that everyone's goal was to plunder in the Noldor Forest......

Later, they discovered that the Noldor Elves were moving the possessions here - a large herd of elven horses and a large amount of supplies.

Of course, the Cato people were excited at once...... They dreamed of getting the Noldor Elven Horse!

And the shaman of the Bearpaw tribe was also excited, he found that the Noldor elves here were very few in number, and the property they were transferring seemed to be very large!