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.