messenger from the wasteland

Chapter 21 A Different Way to Dawn

Parliament Mountain, as the meeting place of the Four Nations Parliament, is also the highest mountain on the mainland.

The peaks of the mountains are covered with never-melting ice and snow. Long ago, this place was once a taboo place where humans could not set foot.

And later, after the establishment of the Four Kings to unify the divided human beings, people began to set foot in inaccessible places on the mainland one after another.

Until the end, people began to challenge this mountain that leads to the sky.

They built stone steps on the mountain peak, and carved magical runes on the cold and solid rock beside the road of each stone step.Stone steps lead to the top of the mountain, and magical runes drive away the wind and snow.

So the road leading to the sky was opened up, and tens of thousands of stone steps stretched upward along the mountain peak, submerged into the clouds, and the forbidden land of the gods was finally conquered by humans.

Of the four roads that people have built, each country has built one.

These four roads are called the Road of Dawn, because it is said that standing at the end of the road, on the top of the mountain, you can see the most beautiful dawn.

But few people can really see the dawn on the mountain top.

Because these four roads are also called the king's road, the end of the road, the top of the mountain is the parliamentary circle of the Four Kingdoms Council, where only the king and his entourage can step in.

About a month later, the four-nation parliament officially convened.

Different from the grand occasions of other state affairs, the ceremony at the beginning of the four-nation parliament was extremely simple.

Each king took his own entourage and knights, set foot on the road symbolizing each country, and marched towards the top of the mountain.

The four roads are located in the four directions of the mountain. On the way, the four kings will not meet each other. They will only meet each other on the top of the mountain, next to the parliament circle.

Therefore, the ceremony before the start of the four-nation parliament is the process of each king walking through tens of thousands of stone steps.

Under the Parliament Hill.

In the distance of a road, a team of more than ten people came towards the road. In the team, Hillman sat on the king's car, looking up at the towering mountain.

On the side of the team, a black knight walked slowly on the back of a fine horse.

Hillman didn't bring any soldiers, just as she said, she just brought a team of servants, and Chu.

On both sides of the mountain road, the mountain watchers standing at the foot of the mountain saw Hillman, and lowered their heads to get out of the way.

The watchmen of the mountain are the people who guard the mountain path. They have guarded here for generations and will not allow anyone except the king and his entourage to enter the mountain.

Before the team reached the mountain road, Hillman stopped the team and got off the king's car.

She walked slowly to the front of the team, stepped on the stone steps of the mountain, and walked up the mountain in silence.

This is the way she chose to go up the mountain, stepping on every stone step with her own feet.

Few of the kings of the four countries would choose this way of going up the mountain.

But in the earliest days, the tens of thousands of stone steps were actually more like a test. Only those who truly possessed the will of the king could walk the road and set foot on the mountain.

Hillman still remembers that when she was 12 years old, her father took her to the Parliament Hill for the first time.

It was also that time that her father left her some water and food, threw her on the mountain road, and let her go up the mountain alone.

That was the first time she had stepped on this kingly road. When she was exhausted and reached the top of the mountain, she assured that she saw the most beautiful dawn.

At that time, she was able to understand why the so-called King's Road was also called the Dawn Road.

The so-called king is the one who leads everyone through the long night to the dawn.

The first followed behind Hillman, and all the entourage followed behind Hillman, walking towards the sky.

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On the other side of the mountain, on the road symbolizing Mantern.

The team from the Kingdom of Manteun approached.

But at the foot of the mountain, the watchman of the mountain did not move away, but took a step forward and stopped in front of the team.

Because Mantern's team, in addition to the king and the king's entourage, also brought thousands of soldiers.

Soldiers are not allowed to enter the mountain.

"Excuse me, why did you stop me?"

In Mantern's royal carriage, Mantern's king slightly opened his closed eyes and asked in a deep voice.

"Honorable Majesty King Mantern." Among the mountain guards, one came out and said with a bow.

"I believe His Majesty the King also understands that soldiers cannot enter the mountain. Please leave the soldiers here."

"And what if I say I need to take soldiers with me?"

A silent majesty began to exude from the aged King Mantern.

Even so, the mountain guards did not move away, their hands were on the hilts at their waists.

"Then forgive me for not giving way."

The atmosphere became stalemate, and a leaf fell from a tree by the side of the road.

"In that case." Mantern's king closed his eyes again, and said calmly to a person beside him.

"Let them return to the embrace of the sky."

"I obey, Your Majesty." A heavy answer sounded, and the ground trembled slightly.

Under the determined gaze of the mountain watcher, a tall figure slowly walked out from the side of Wang Jia.

This figure is more than two meters tall, and just standing there requires everyone to look up.The muscles on his body were piled up like a rock, and he carried two giant axes on his back. He pulled out one giant ax from his back, and the blade of the ax shone with a cold light, illuminating his face.

This person is the sage of the mountain country, the strongest mountain warrior, Loveman.

As the mountain watchers who have guarded the mountain for many years, they naturally understood the power of this sage, but they did not retreat, but pulled out the swords from their waists together and aimed at Lufman.

They are the guardians of the Parliament Mountain, and they will never allow anyone to violate the sanctity of the mountain.

"Heh." Seeing the mountain watchman pointing his sword at him, Loveman grinned and raised his giant axe.

"bring it on."

He advocates fighting, so he will face any opponent with all his strength.

"Whoosh whoosh!"

Several mountain watchers jumped out in an instant, and their figures were almost dragged into a black line, and they stabbed Loveman's body with the sword in their hands.

Loveman stood still, smiling and looking at the people rushing towards him.

"Dang Dang Dang Dang!"

There was a sound of clashing gold and iron, and several mountain watchers appeared beside Loveman, and the swords in their hands pierced Loveman's throat, lower abdomen, heart and kidney respectively.

However, their movements stopped, because no matter how hard they tried, the sword in their hands could not penetrate any more.

As a mountain warrior, Loveman has the most powerful body on the mainland.It is rumored that his body is like a mountain, not afraid of the sharp edge of the sword, not afraid of ice and flames.

"Ziz." The blade made a piercing rubbing sound against Lufman's skin.

Lufman smiled and lowered his head, looked at several mountain watchers around him and asked.

"Can't you push harder?"

A drop of cold sweat dripped from the forehead of one of the mountain watchers.

Loveman raised his hand and put it on his shoulder: "Then, is it my turn?"

The next moment, there were loud and dull crashes on the road under the parliament mountain, one after another.

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"boom!"

The last mountain watcher was thrown to the ground, his body twisted limply like a piece of rag, blood was left from the corner of his mouth, and he looked at the sky with empty eyes.

On the ground aside, the corpses of the mountain watchers were no longer breathing.

Lufman moved his neck, put away the giant axe, turned around, and said to King Mantern on the king's carriage.

"Your Majesty, there is no obstacle in the way forward."

"Yes." King Mantern waved his hand.

"Let's go, then, the council is about to begin."

Mantern's team walked into the mountain, and the body of the mountain watchman fell silently on the roadside.

(End of this chapter)