001 紧急信息

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The ancient fortress stood on a craggy, windswept ridge on the western slope of Mount Mystery

古老的堡垒矗立在神秘山西坡嶙峋多风的山脊上。

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Miles of dense, shadowy forest guarded by fearsome creatures separated it from the rest of Magica

数英里的茂密阴暗森林，由可怕的生物守护，将它和魔法大陆的其他地方隔开。

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Most people had forgotten the fortress was even there

大多数人甚至忘记了堡垒的存在。

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But to those who remembered, it was a reminder of the Old Times, when Magica was not the peaceful place it was now

但在那些记得的人心中，它提醒着过去那个魔法大陆并不和平的旧时代。

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A gaunt man with glittering amber eyes stood at a high window staring down at the forest

一个瘦削的男人，闪烁着琥珀色的眼睛，站在高高的窗前，俯视着森林。

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He heard a grunt and turned to see that a troll had entered

他听到一声咕哝，转头看见一只巨魔走了进来。

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" What is it?" the man demanded

“什么事？”男人质问道。

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The troll grunted again. A puff of magic energy rose above him, showing a rough image of ugly troll teeth tearing into food

巨魔又咕哝了一声。一股魔法能量从他上方升起，显示出一个粗略的画面：丑陋的巨魔牙齿撕扯着食物。

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Hungry. The trolls were hungry

饥饿。巨魔们饿了。

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" You'll have to wait a little longer," the man said

“你们还得再等一会儿，”男人说。

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" But soon you'll have all the food you want."

“但很快你就会得到所有你想要的食物了。”

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He stepped over to the contraption in the center of the room

他走向房间中央的那台装置。

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He'd finished building it moments ago

他刚刚才把它建造完成。

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It was a mishmash of many things: dragon bones and scales, leather-bound books, stones gathered from the Cave of the Unknown, and more

那是许多东西的大杂烩：龙骨和鳞片、皮装书、从未知洞穴收集的石头，等等。

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At the very top of the pile was an ancient human skull bleached white by time

在这堆东西的最顶端，是一个被岁月漂白了的古老人头骨。

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The man rubbed his hands together and placed them over the skull's eye sockets

男人搓了搓双手，然后将它们放在头骨的眼眶上。

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The machine shuddered to life and belched out an image: a map of all of Magica

机器颤动起来，喷出一幅图像：整个马吉卡的地图。

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Tiny red dots glowed here and there. Hundreds of them! The man smiled

微小的红点在各处闪烁。有数百个！男人笑了。

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The Secret Eye worked, just as the ancient writings had predicted. This would make things much easier

秘密之眼奏效了，正如古老文献所预言的那样。这会让事情变得容易得多。

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It was time to go and take what was rightfully his

是时候去夺取本应属于他的东西了。

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" Zann, you're next. Zann. Zann! ZANN!"

“扎恩，轮到你了。扎恩。扎恩！扎恩！”

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Zann blinked and looked at the teacher

扎恩眨了眨眼，看向老师。

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" Sorry, Professor Liblow," he said." Could you repeat that?"

“对不起，利布洛教授，”他说，“能再说一遍吗？”

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Several of Zann's classmates laughed

几个同学笑了起来。

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" It's your turn to perform today's exercise," Professor Liblow said patiently

“轮到你来做今天的练习了，”利布洛教授耐心地说。

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" Please move your assigned objects according to my instructions."

“请根据我的指示移动指定的物体。”

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" Oh. Okay." Zann stood up. Everyone was watching him

“哦，好的。”扎恩站起来，大家都在看着他。

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He had no idea what instructions the teacher had given or what his assigned objects were

他完全不知道老师下了什么指令，也不知道自己要移动哪些物体。

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He'd been too busy daydreaming

他刚才一直在做白日梦。

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He looked at the table at the front of the room

他看向教室前方的桌子。

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All sorts of things were sitting there — fruit, rocks, shoes, and more

桌上摆着各式各样的东西——水果、石头、鞋子，还有别的。

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Which items was he supposed to move?

他到底该移动哪些物品？

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" Books," a voice hissed behind him, too softly for the teacher to hear

“是书。”一个声音在他身后低语，轻得老师听不见。

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" You're supposed to stack them by size."

“你得按大小把它们摞起来。”

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It was Perda, his next-door neighbor and friend. He shot her a grateful look

是他的邻座兼朋友珀尔达。他感激地看了她一眼。

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Then he glanced at the books. Transporting stuff was easy

然后他瞥向那些书。搬运东西很简单。

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But it wasn't easy to do it with the control and precision that the teacher wanted. Especially for someone like Zann

但要做到老师所要求的那种控制力和精准度却不容易。尤其对扎恩这样的人来说。

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He was good at bigger magic, like zapping himself to a new place or creating clothing or food out of nothing

他擅长大型魔法，比如让自己瞬间转移到新地方，或是凭空变出衣服或食物。

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This smaller, more detailed type of magic was not easy

这种更小、更精细的魔法可不容易。

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It required a quiet mind, and Zann's mind was rarely quiet

这需要内心平静，而扎恩的内心难得安宁。

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He rubbed his thumb against his other fingers

他用拇指搓了搓其他手指。

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There was a crackling sound as sparks began to jump from his hand

一阵噼啪声响起，火花开始从他的手上跳出。

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Zann pointed at the largest book, and everything on the table flew into the air and exploded

扎恩猛地指向那本最大的书，桌上所有东西都弹到半空，炸开了。

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The other students giggled, and Zann smiled sheepishly

其他学生窃笑起来，扎恩尴尬地笑了笑。

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" Oops," he said." Sorry about that."

“哎呀，”他说，“抱歉弄成这样。”

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Professor Liblow rubbed his hands together

利布洛教授搓了搓双手。

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" Restore!" he said. The items reappeared." Try again, please, Zann. And try to focus this time

“恢复！”他说道。物品重新出现了。“请再试一次，扎恩。这次要试着集中注意力。

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We don't want you accidentally transporting the entire school to the peak of Mount Mystery."

我们可不想你一不小心，把整座学校都传送到神秘山峰顶上去。”

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That made everyone laugh, including Zann

这话把所有人都逗笑了，包括扎恩自己。

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Then he tried again. This time he did his best to focus

接着他又试了一次。这回他尽了最大努力集中精神。

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" Come to me," he murmured

"到我这儿来，"他低声念道。

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Now only the largest book rose

这一次，只有那本最大的书升了起来。

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It flew through the air and landed gently on his desk

它飞过空中，轻轻地落在他的课桌上。

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One by one, he brought the other books to him

一本接一本地，他将其他的书移到了自己面前。

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Finally a slim volume titled Dragon Taming Tips landed neatly atop the pile

最后，一本薄薄的、名为《驯龙小贴士》的书，整齐地落在了那摞书的最上面。

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Most of the class clapped. Zann gave a playful bow

班上大部分同学都鼓起了掌。扎恩俏皮地鞠了一躬。

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" Pretty slow," a boy said loudly." And you had to use a focusing phrase

"真够慢的，"一个男孩大声说道。"而且你还得用聚焦咒语。

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I thought Reds were supposed to be better at magic than the rest of us."

我还以为红魔法族的人本该比我们其他人更擅长魔法呢。"

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" Enough, Jev," the teacher said sternly." If you think you can do better, you may go next."

"够了，杰夫，"老师严厉地说。"如果你觉得你能做得更好，下一个就你来。"

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Zann sat down." Thanks for saving me," he whispered to his friend

扎恩坐了下来。"多谢你救了我，"他小声对朋友说。

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Perda leaned forward." No problem. But you really should pay attention," she whispered

珀尔达探身向前。“不客气。不过你真的该专心听讲。”她小声说。

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" Even Reds can't just fake their way through every class they don't like."

“即便是红魔法师，也不能在自己不喜欢的每堂课上蒙混过去。”

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Zann didn't answer. Physical Objects was one of his least favorite classes

赞恩没有回答。实物操控课是他最不喜欢的课之一。

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It was boring — even more boring than Food and Drink Creation

这课很无聊——比食物饮品创造课还要无聊。

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When would he ever need to move things around like that, anyway?

再说，他什么时候需要像那样移动东西呢？

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He wasn't planning on becoming a physical builder or anything of the sort. No way

他可不打算成为什么实体建造师之类的。绝对不。

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He was going to be an explorer like his parents

他要像父母那样成为一名探险家。

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That's why he spent most of his time in school daydreaming about exciting adventures

所以他在学校的大部分时间都在做白日梦，想象着刺激的冒险。

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" I'm finished!" Jev announced as he lined up one last shoe on his desk

“我完成了！”杰夫一边把最后一只鞋在桌上排好，一边宣布。

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He shot Zann a smug look." Much faster than the Red."

他得意洋洋地瞥了赞恩一眼。“比那个红魔法师快多了。”

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Zann frowned. Jev always had to make him look bad

赞恩皱起了眉头。杰夫总是要让他难堪。

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Just then a pretty girl named Gliss pointed to the door

就在这时，一个名叫格莉丝的漂亮女孩指向门口。

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Gliss was the only other Red in the class besides Zann

格莉丝是班上除了赞恩以外，唯一的另一个红魔法师。

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" An echo crow!" she cried

“一只回声乌鸦！”她喊道。

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A large, purple-feathered crow flapped into the room

一只巨大的紫羽乌鸦拍打着翅膀飞进了房间。

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" Message! Message!" it squawked." Urgent message from the king and queen!"

“消息！消息！”它嘎嘎叫，“来自国王和王后的紧急消息！”

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Several kids gasped, and Zann sat up straight in his chair

几个孩子倒吸了一口气，赞恩在椅子上坐直了身子。

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He couldn't remember anyone from Magica's capital, First City, sending a message to boring old Swamp Bottom before

他不记得魔法国的首都第一城，以前有谁给无聊的老沼泽底发过消息。

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Especially not the king and queen!

更别说是国王和王后！

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" Hush," Professor Liblow told the class. Then he nodded to the crow." Go on, please."

“安静，”利布洛教授对全班说。然后他朝乌鸦点了点头。“请继续。”

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" Urgent! Danger!" the crow squawked." Danger for all Reds!"

“紧急！危险！”乌鸦嘎嘎叫。“所有红魔法师都有危险！”