第二十章：hook（One）

Theirongateeffectivelyresistedtheinvasionofforeigncountries.Citypheasantsaretowering，firmandsteep，andunderneaththemaredeeptrenches.Thestreamrippledaroundthecastle，andtheguardtowerloomedinmid-air.

Asmostpeoplesay，dawnempireisdying.Thisoncehugeempireisnowjustlikeanoldmanwhoisabouttoenterthegrave，halfsteppingintothecoffin，andtimeisrunningout.Butevenso，thedawnempireisstillthemasterofthislandonthebrightside，andallpeoplehavetoobeythelawsoftheempire.Itisinthissituationthatahalf-elfnamedNavillekilledjacktroy，thedukeofBuyicity.Jack‘sson，littlejack，sworetoavengehisfather.HefoundthefamousswordsmanMelSmithandmadehimforgeabigswordnamed“vows“forhimself.hewantedtocutofftheheadofhisenemywiththisbigsword.Thenhesetouttofindthehalf-elfwhokilledhisfather.

LittlejackandNavillefinallymetinemeraldcity，theimperialcityofdawnempire，andtheirbattledestroyedhalfofemeraldcity.Soonafter，countlessrebelsenteredthebrokenemeraldcity，anddawnempirewasdefeated.Theserebelscarvedupthewholeempire‘slandinemeraldcityandbecamekingontheirown.NumerouscountrieswithgreatXiaoXiaowereestablishedinthisregard，andshortlyafterwards，therewasamarathonwarbetweenthesecountrieswhichlastedformorethan300years.Finally，amannamedNeilputanendtothiswarandestablishedanempirenamednewmoononthislandwhichoriginallybelongedtodawnempire.Crescentempireattachedgreatimportancetoalchemyandengineering，andinvestedalotofmanpowerandmaterialresourcesinthisrespect.Finally，thealchemistsandengineersworkedtogethertocreateahugewarmachine，whichwasnamed“imperialguardian“.Butshortlyafterthat，theimperialguardianlostcontrol，destroyingthewholeimperialcity，andthenewmoonempirewasdestroyed.Andtheimperialguardianwascompletelydestroyed.

Aftercountlessyears，amannamedSamanoverthrewthedukeofthenortherncitywithhislittlebrothers，andthentravelledsouth，finallyestablishinghisownempire，Samanempire.Samanisnotsatisfiedwithinheritingtheterritoryofpreviousgenerations，andheisconstantlysendingarmiesacrossthedeadmountainstofindnewland，atthesametime，heisvigorouslydevelopingtheshipbuildingindustry.Theboatmenhavebuiltanironboatwhichcansailonthesea.Samanivnamedthisironboat“unsinkable“.ThesonofSamaniv，thefutureSamanvsecretlydrovetheboatintothevastsea，anddisappearedintothedeepseaforever.

ShortlyafterSamanempirewasdestroyedbytherisingpeasants，adozenlargeboatssailedoutfromthedeepsea.thesepeoplewerebusinessmenfromanothercontinent，andtheirleaderwasthesonofSamanivwhosneakedoutinthosedays.theoriginaloffspringofSamanvwasnamedlomanSaman.Lomancametoprotectthedestroyedempire.Whenhelearnedoftheexistenceoftheimperialguardianfromhisparents‘mouth，hehopedtoseeit.Now，hecametothiscontinentwherehisancestorsusedtolivewithhiscaravan.Atthistime，therearestilldisputeseverywhereonthemainland，andpeoplestillliveinhotwater.

Lomanmetthedestroyedimperialguardianwhowasplacedinthedarkvalley.amongthosewithhim，amannamedtrierclaimedthathecouldrepairtheimperialguardian.lomanagreedtohisrequestandlethimrepairtheimperialguardian.Trierdidit，andherepairedtheimperialguardian.Whenlomanenteredtheimperialguardian‘scontrolroom，hefeltwiththeimperialguardian，andhissoulleftthebodyandmergedwiththeimperialguardian，becomingawhole.

Lomanmadetrierbecomestrongerastheguardianofhisempire，buttrierrefused.Angrylomankilledtrierandothersaswell.Thenlomanfoundhisownboat，onlytofindthatitwasalittlesmallforhisownbody，sohethreatenedsomeseasidefarmerstobuildhimagiantboat，andfinallyherodetheboatbacktohishometown.Farmerswhohavemasteredtheshipbuildingtechnologyconstantlybuildboats，andfinallytheyallfledthewar-torncontinentandwenttothedepthsoftheseafullofunknown.Thesefarmersaregoinginalldirections，oneofwhomcametoniutouisland，whereourheroislocated，whichisanislandthatlookslikeacow‘shead.

Afterlearninghowtomakeaboat，theleadingroledadranoffwithallhisfamilyproperty，leavingtheinfantleadingroleandhismotherwhowasillinbed.Thehero‘smotherdiedsoonafter，andtheherowhowasstillininfancywasadoptedbythefarmerandbecamehisseme.Aftercountlessyears，theherogrewupandwasfullofcuriosityabouttheseaandtheworldoutsidethesea.finally，hegotonhisownboat，leftniutouisland，wherehehadlivedformanyyears，andheadedforthedeepsea.

Let‘sbrieflyintroduceourherohere.hisnameiscookhook，20yearsold，andheisproficientinshipbuilding，fishing，makingtraps，somesimplefightingskillsandmakingsomesimplepotions.

Cooklosthiswayintheseaandfinallylandedonanuninhabitedisland.Atthesametime，theconflictindawnmainlandcametoanend，andanempirenamedklingcameintobeingundertheswordofklingJordan.klingsentcountlessshipstospreadinalldirections，tryingtofindhisescapedolderbrothermeadJordaninthesea.Butperhapshedidn‘texpectthatmeadJordangotcaughtinthecoldthenextdaywhenhewentouttosea，andfinallydiedontheboat.theboatmenthrewhisbodyonanuninhabitedisland，andthenleft.Thisledcook，whoreturnedfromfishingatsea，tolookatthecorpseinfrontofhiminadaze.

“wheredidthisbodycomefrom”

HefoundamaponMeade，amapofthewholedawncontinent，includingthegeographicalsituationintheoffshorearea.Therearealsoseveralbooks，severalbooksaboutengineering.Whilesearchingforthedawncontinent，cookreadthesebooks.Thecharactersofdawnmainlandareverydifferentfromthoseofngautauisland，butcook‘sadoptivefatherwasoriginallyadawnmainlander，socookcanunderstandthecharactersofdawnmainland.Inthisway，cooklearnedengineeringandfoundthedawncontinent.

Cooklookedatthecityinfrontofhim，nearHaicheng，acitybuiltontheislandpearlislandatthemouthoftenglongriver.Thereareallkindsofpeoplelivinginthiscity，whocomefromalldirectionstofindthebountyhunterofmeadwhohasdiedinthesea.Cookknewclearlythatthemanintheportraitwasdead，buthedidn‘ttellanyoneaboutit.Onthecontrary，heplayeddumbandbecameinvolvedinbountyhunters，andhewasreadytojoinabountyhunterteamnamed“robin“.TheeldestbrotherofrobinisterrySmith，thedescendantoflegendaryswordmakerMelSmith.ThelegendaryswordsmanMelcreatedsevenswordsduringhislifetime，namely“slaughter“，“terminator“，“vows“，“beheading“，“destroyer“，“death“and“Mel“.Thelastbigtwo-handedswordnamedafterhimfinallyreachedterryandbecameherfamousweapon.

Butifcookwantstojoinrobin，hewillhavetoacceptthetestfromrobin.