第二十章：Hook（One） (第2/2页)

LohmannaskedTriertomakehisImperialGuardianbodyevenstronger，butTrierrefused.TheangryLomankilledTrierandalsokilledothers.ThenLohmanfoundhisownboat，butfoundhisshipwasabitsmallforhisbody，andhethreatenedsomeoftheseasidefarmerstocreateahugeshipforhim.Finallyhetooktheshipandreturnedtohimself.Hometown.Thepeasantswhomasteredtheshipbuildingtechnologycontinuedtobuildshipsandeventuallyfledfromthewar-torncontinenttothedepthsoftheunknownsea.ThepeasantswentinalldirectionsandoneofthemcametoNgauTauIslandwhereourmaincharacterislocated.Thisisanislandthatlookslikeabull'shead.
　　
　　Afterlearningtobuildaboat，theprotagonist，theoldman，ranoffwithallhisfamilyandlefttheprotagonistinthemiddleofhislifeandhismotherwhowaslyinginbed.Theprotagonist'smotherdidnottakemuchtimetogetridofherhand，andtheprotagonistinYuzhongwasadoptedbythepeasantandbecamehisson.Countlessyearslater，theprotagonistgrewupandwasfullofcuriosityabouttheseaandtheworldbeyondthesea.Finally，hetookashiphehadmadeandleftNgauTauIsland，wherehelivedformanyyears，headingtowardsthedepthsofthesea.
　　
　　Hereisabriefintroductiontoourprotagonist.HeiscalledCookHook.Heis20yearsoldthisyearandisproficientinshipbuilding，fishing，makingtraps，somesimplefightingtechniques，andmakingsomesimplemedicine.
　　
　　Cooklosthiswaytotheseaandeventuallylandedonanuninhabitedisland.Atthesametime，thedisputesoftheTwilightContinentwereover.AnempirenamedKlinwasbornundertheswordofKlinnJordan.Klingsentnumerousfleetstospreadinalldirectionsandtriedtofindhimontheseatoescape.Theelderbrother，MeadJordan.ButhemaynothaveimaginedthatMeadJordanhadcaughtthecoldontheseconddayoftheseaandeventuallydiedonboard.Theboatmenthrewhisbodyonanuninhabitedislandandthenleft.ThiscausedCook，whoreturnedfromfishingatsea，tolookatthedeadbodyinaveryconfusedway:
　　
　　“Wheredoesthisbodycomefrom?“
　　
　　HefoundamaponMead，amapoftheentiretwilightcontinent，includingthegeographicalsituationoftheoffshorearea.Therearealsoseveralbooksandseveralbooksonengineering.WhilesearchingfortheTwilightmainland，Cookreadthesebooks.ThewordsontheTwilightmainlandarequitedifferentfromthoseonNgauTauIsland.However，Cook'srighteousfatherwasoriginallyamainlanderontheTwilight，soCookcanreadthewordsontheTwilightmainland.Inthisway，CooklearnedengineeringandfoundtheTwilightContinent.
　　
　　Cooklookedatthecityinfrontofthecity，nearthesea，acityonthePearlIsland，anislandbuiltonthemouthoftheDragonRiver.Therearevariouspeoplelivinginthecity.Theyarecomingfromalldirectionstofindthebountyhunterwhohasalreadydiedinthesea.Cookisveryclearthattheportraitisdead，buthedidnotsayanythingwiththisperson.Onthecontrary，hefilledthisbountywithabountyhunterandwasreadytojoinateamofbountyhunterscalled“Robins.“Therobin'sbossisknownasEthanSmith，thedescendantoflegendaryswordsmithMelSmith.LegendaryswordsmanMelDorncreatedatotalofsevenswords:“Slaughter，““Terminator，““Vow，““Dagger，““Destroyer，““Death，“and“Mel.“Thelastofhistwo-handedswords，namedafterhim，wasfinallypassedtoItelierandbecameherfamousweapon.
　　
　　IfCookwantstojointherobin，hewillacceptthetestfromtherobin.