015 脆弱的联盟

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" You want to ask Jev to help us spy on Morb?"

“你想让杰夫帮我们监视莫布？”

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Zann stared at Gliss, hardly believing his ears." Are you kidding?"

赞恩盯着格丽斯，简直不敢相信自己的耳朵。“你在开玩笑吗？”

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" Maybe Gliss is right," Perda said." I know Jev's not your favorite person, Zann. But he's good at magic."

“也许格丽斯是对的，”珀达说，“我知道杰夫不是你最喜欢的人，赞恩。但他擅长魔法。”

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" So what?" Zann said." Lots of people are good at magic

“那又怎样？”赞恩说，“擅长魔法的人多的是。

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We could ask your parents to help instead

我们可以请你父母帮忙啊。

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Or maybe one of our teachers or the mayor."

或者找我们的老师或市长。”

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" It would take too long to explain everything to them," Gliss pointed out

“跟他们解释一切太费时间了，”格丽斯指出。

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" Besides, Jev will definitely do it if I ask him."

“再说了，如果我开口，杰夫一定会做的。”

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Zann couldn't believe the girls were seriously thinking about going to Jev for help

赞恩简直不敢相信女孩们竟然真的想去找杰夫帮忙。

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He glanced at Darb, expecting his friend to be on his side

他瞥了一眼达布，指望朋友会站在自己这边。

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Darb had a thoughtful look." Well, it's not a bad idea," he said

达布若有所思地说：“嗯，这主意不坏。”

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" Let's go find him," Perda said

“我们去找他吧。”珀达说。

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Before Zann could say another word, the others were hurrying out of the Hollow

赞恩还没来得及说什么，其他人就已经匆匆离开了空洞。

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He had little choice but to follow

他别无选择，只能跟上去。

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Soon they were all hiding in a clump of trees near Jev's house

很快，他们都躲在杰夫家附近的一丛树林里。

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Jev was in the yard playing with his pet dragon, but they didn't dare call to him

杰夫正在院子里和他的宠物龙玩耍，但他们不敢叫他。

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By now it was afternoon, and there were a lot more people around than there had been earlier

此时已是下午，周围的人比之前多了不少。

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They all knew that Morb could be awake and lurking out there somewhere

他们都知道莫布可能已经醒了，正潜伏在某个地方。

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" I wish we could just use a Summoning spell," Perda complained." Living without magic is hard!"

“真希望我们能直接用一个召唤咒。”珀达抱怨道，“没有魔法的日子可真难熬！”

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" I have an idea." Darb reached into his pocket for a pencil and paper

“我有个主意。”达布伸手到口袋里，掏出一支铅笔和一张纸。

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Scribbling a note, he held it out to Zing." Take this to Jev, okay, buddy?"

他匆匆写了张纸条，递给Zing。"把这个带给杰夫，好吗，伙计？"

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At first Zing didn't understand what Darb wanted

一开始，Zing不明白达布想让它做什么。

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He tried to eat the note, and then he tried to roast it. But finally he figured it out

他先是试着吃掉纸条，接着又想用火烤它。但最后终于弄明白了。

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Jev looked up when the dragon flew at him." Shoo! You'll scare Hazi."

杰夫看到龙朝他飞来，抬起头说。"嘘！你会吓到哈兹的。"

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Then he blinked." Wait a minute. Aren't you..."

然后他眨了眨眼。"等等。你不是……"

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Zing whistled and dropped the note by Jev's feet

Zing吹了声口哨，把纸条丢在杰夫脚边。

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Jev grabbed the paper and read it

杰夫抓起纸条，读了起来。

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A second later he picked up his dragon and headed toward his house

过了一会儿，他抱起自己的龙，朝自家房子走去。

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" See?" Zann whispered." He's ignoring the note! I told you he was — "

"看到了吧？"赞恩低声说。"他不理那纸条！我早说过他——"

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" Wait," Gliss interrupted." He's just putting his dragon inside."

"等等，"格丽斯打断他。"他只是把龙放进屋里。"

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Sure enough, Jev was already hurrying toward them

果然，杰夫已经匆匆向他们走来。

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When he heard what they wanted, he smirked at Zann

听完他们的来意，他对赞恩得意地笑了笑。

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" Wow, it must be tough living with no magic like a Void all day, huh?" he said

“哇，整天像个虚空人一样没法力，日子肯定不好过吧？”他说。

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" Especially for a snooty Red like you."

“尤其是像你这种高傲的红魔法师。”

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" Will you help us, Jev?" Gliss asked, grabbing his arm." Please?"

“你会帮我们吗，杰夫？”格丽斯拉住他的胳膊问。“求你了？”

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Jev glanced down at her hand on his arm." Um, sure," he said

杰夫低头瞥了一眼她搭在自己胳膊上的手。“呃，好吧。”他说。

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" I was just kidding around. What do you want me to do?"

“我刚开玩笑呢。你们要我做什么？”

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It didn't take long for Jev to summon and send a spy fly to Morb

杰夫很快就召出一只间谍蝇，派去了莫布那里。

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Zann watched the whole process, chafing silently at seeing his enemy do magic when he himself was powerless

赞恩看着整个过程，眼见仇敌施展法术而自己却无能为力，心中暗自恼怒。

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" Thanks, Jev," Perda said." Can you come find us in the Hollow when the spy fly returns?"

“谢了，杰夫。”珀达说。“间谍蝇回来时，你能来密谷找我们吗？”

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" The Hollow?" Jev looked a little nervous." Sure, I guess."

“空洞？”杰夫看起来有点紧张。“行吧，我想。”

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Just then he noticed Gliss rubbing her stomach

就在这时，他注意到格丽斯在揉肚子。

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" Are you hungry? I could conjure up some lunch."

“你饿了吗？我可以变出些午饭来。”

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" That would be great!" Gliss said." We haven't eaten since yesterday."

“那太好了！”格丽斯说。“我们从昨天起就没吃东西了。”

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She talked him into conjuring up enough food for all of them, along with some fresh clothes

她说服他为大家变出了足够的食物，还有一些干净衣服。

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After that they left Jev and headed for the Hollow

之后，他们告别了杰夫，朝空洞走去。

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When they got there, Zing whimpered

当他们到达那里时，Zing呜咽了一声。

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" I know, Zing," said Zann with a sigh." I don't like being here either

“我知道，Zing，”赞恩叹了口气说。“我也不喜欢待在这里。”

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But it's safer than being out in the open."

但总比露宿在外边安全。”

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" How long do you think it will take the spy fly to get there and back?" Gliss asked

“你觉得间谍蝇来回要花多长时间？”格丽斯问道。

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The others shrugged. Spy flies were very fast. Like message moths they could zap themselves long distances when necessary

其他人耸耸肩。间谍蝇速度很快，就像信蛾一样，必要时能瞬间远距离转移。

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But there was no way of telling how long it would take the little creature to find Morb and observe what he was doing

但谁也不知道这小家伙要多久才能找到莫布，并观察他在做什么。

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By now Morb had probably woken up and left Zann's house

莫布这会儿大概已经醒了，离开了赞恩的家。

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Zann pulled out Boz's diary." Guess I'll start reading this while we're waiting

赞恩拿出博兹的日记。“趁我们等着，我就开始读这个吧。”

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Maybe we can figure out whether it's still worth trying to get it to the palace."

也许我们能弄清楚，还有没有必要把它送到王宫去。”

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" Too bad none of us can do an advanced Restore spell yet," Perda said

“可惜我们谁都不会高级修复咒。”珀达说。

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" Maybe we could take the diary to Professor Liblow."

“也许我们可以把日记拿给利布洛教授。”

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" It was dangerous enough to leave the Hollow to find Jev," Darb said

“离开空洞来找杰夫就已经够危险了。”达布说。

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" Morb and his trolls could be anywhere."

“莫布和他的巨魔可能在任何地方。”

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" He's right," Zann agreed." Besides, we don't even know if we need a Restore spell yet."

“他说得对，”赞恩同意了，“再说，我们连需不需要修复咒都还不知道呢。”

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Zann opened the diary to the first page

赞恩把日记翻到第一页。

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For a moment he just stared at his grandfather's familiar, loopy handwriting

他盯着爷爷那熟悉又潦草的笔迹，看了好一会儿。

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Zann had always found it strange that Boz, a highly accomplished Magic Master, chose to record his life in such an old-fashioned and non-magical way

赞恩一直觉得很奇怪，博兹作为一个成就极高的魔法大师，竟然选择用这么老派、毫无魔法的方式记录生活。

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Pushing that thought aside, Zann started to read

赞恩抛开这个念头，开始读了起来。

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The diary began before Zann was born

日记从赞恩出生前就开始记了。

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In fact, one of the earliest entries mentioned Zann's mother — Boz's daughter — meeting a handsome young explorer

实际上，最早的一则日记就提到了赞恩的母亲——博兹的女儿——遇见一位英俊的年轻探险家。

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" Dad," Zann murmured, tracing his father's name

“爸爸，”赞恩轻声念着，用手指划过父亲的名字。

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It was tempting to read everything about his parents ' early days together

他很想把父母早年在一起的事全读一遍。

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He knew he didn't have time though

但他知道自己没时间。

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He skimmed over some entries about Boz's day-to-day life as a Magic Master

他快速翻过博兹作为魔法大师那些日常生活的记录。

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They were surprisingly boring, but then Zann saw pages filled with stories about his parents' explorations and adventures

那些内容出奇地无聊，但接着赞恩看到好几页，写满了父母的探险和冒险故事。

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" I can go back and read those later, when Boz is safe," he told himself

“等博兹安全了，我可以再回头读这些。”他对自己说。

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He tore his gaze away from a description of his own third birthday party and continued flipping through the diary

他强迫自己把视线从对自己三岁生日派对的描述上移开，继续往后翻。

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The next few pages were missing

接下来的几页不见了。

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When Zann turned to the next legible page, a familiar name jumped out at him; in bold, angry letters, his grandfather had scrawled " Morb."

赞恩翻到下一页还能辨认的字迹时，一个熟悉的名字赫然映入眼帘；他的爷爷用粗体、愤怒的笔迹潦草地写着“莫布”。