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Splash!

扑通！

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As Zann had hoped, he landed in the middle of the river near the palace, with Morb and the Mask still shackled to him

正如扎恩所希望的，他掉进了宫殿附近的河中央，莫布和面具仍与他铐在一起。

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" No!" Morb cried." I can't — " A wave washed over his head

“不！”莫布喊道。“我不会——”一个浪头淹过了他的头顶。

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Zann yanked him up." What's the matter?" he said." Can't swim?"

扎恩把他拽起来。“怎么了？”他说，“不会游泳吗？”

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Morb glared. Then panic filled his eyes as he began to sink again." Save me!"

莫布瞪了他一眼。然后，当他再次开始下沉时，眼中充满了恐慌。“救我！”

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Zann pulled the villain up out of the water

扎恩把恶棍从水里拉了上来。

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" I'll rescue you, but only if you unshackle yourself from the Mask."

“我会救你，但前提是你解开面具的束缚。”

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Anger burned in Morb's eyes

莫布眼中燃烧着怒火。

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But as more water splashed over his face, he looked nervous

但当更多的水溅到他脸上时，他显得紧张起来。

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" How do I know I can trust you?"

“我怎么知道我能相信你？”

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" You don't know that," Zann said

“你不知道，”扎恩说。

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" But what choice do you have?

“但你有什么选择呢？

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I'll let us both drown before I let you steal all the magic from Magica."

在我让你偷走玛吉卡所有的魔法之前，我会让我们俩都淹死。”

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Morb glared at him again

莫布再次瞪着他。

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But when another wave washed over him, he whimpered and then snapped his fingers

但当又一个浪头淹没他时，他呜咽了一声，然后打了个响指。

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The magic shackles fell away

魔法镣铐应声脱落。

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Zann hesitated for a second, letting one last ripple of strong, wonderful energy run through him

扎恩犹豫了一秒，任由最后一波强大而美妙的能量涟漪流过全身。

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Then he unshackled himself from the Mask too

然后他也解开了自己与面具的束缚。

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The relic drifted away with the current

那件遗物随水流漂走了。

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Zann winced as the Mask smashed against a rock and broke into a dozen pieces

扎恩看到面具撞上一块岩石，碎成十几片，不由地皱了下眉头。

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The current swept them away

水流冲走了他们。

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" Help me!" Morb gurgled." You promised!"

“救我！”莫布咕噜噜地喊道，“你答应过的！”

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Zann dragged Morb out of the current to the shallows

扎恩把莫布从激流中拖到了浅水处。

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Then he rubbed the fingers of his free hand together to create energy for a Swelling spell, to make his voice louder

然后他搓了搓空闲着的那只手的手指，凝聚能量准备施展扩音咒，好让自己的声音更响亮。

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" Help!" he called to the people in the palace square nearby

“救命！”他向附近宫殿广场上的人喊道。

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" I need the palace guards over here!"

“我需要宫殿卫兵过来！”

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" Why don't we zap to the university instead of walking?" Gliss said

“我们为什么不直接闪现到大学，而是走路呢？”格丽斯说。

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Zann grinned at her." I want to walk," he said

扎恩对她咧嘴一笑。“我想走走，”他说。

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" I never really got a chance to show you guys around First City before everything happened."

“在那一切发生之前，我一直没机会带你们好好逛逛第一城。”

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" True." Perda laughed." This has been the craziest visit ever!"

“确实。”佩达笑道。“这真是最疯狂的一次造访了！”

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Zann had to agree

扎恩不得不同意。

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It was hard to believe that life was nearly back to normal less than two days after Morb's defeat

很难相信，莫布被击败不到两天，生活就几乎恢复了正常。

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Just hours after Morb's capture, the king and queen had reappeared and explained why they'd quit so abruptly

莫布被捕后仅仅几小时，国王和王后就重新现身，解释了为何突然退位。

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Laddno had kidnapped one of the queen's young nephews and threatened to toss him into the vortex if the king and queen didn't step down

拉德诺绑架了王后的一个小侄子，威胁说如果国王和王后不让位，就把他扔进漩涡。

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Still, Zann couldn't help feeling sad

尽管如此，扎恩还是忍不住感到难过。

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Gliss' uncle Gar was planning to zap Gliss, Perda, and Darb back to Swamp Bottom the next day

格丽斯的叔叔加尔打算第二天把格丽斯、佩达和达布传送回沼泽底部。

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When would he see his friends again?

他什么时候能再见到朋友们呢？

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" It was fun watching Queen Venna's inauguration yesterday," Gliss said

“昨天看薇娜女王的就职典礼很有趣，”格丽斯说。

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Perda nodded." I'm glad they figured out that Laddno tampered with the vote toads."

佩达点点头。“我很高兴他们查清了，是拉德诺篡改了投票蛤蟆。”

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" He never could have done it without Morb's help," Darb said

“没有莫布的帮助，他根本做不到这点，”达布说。

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Even though the king and queen had returned to the palace, they'd decided to retire

尽管国王和王后已经回到宫殿，但他们决定退位。

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They promised to do everything they could to support Queen Venna

他们承诺会尽一切可能支持薇娜女王。

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Gliss took Darb's hand

格丽斯握住了达布的手。

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" I think Venna will make a good queen

“我觉得薇娜会成为一个好女王。

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For one thing, she's promising to meet with the leaders of the Void Rights groups."

其一，她承诺会与虚无法案组织的领导人会面。”

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" Not Laddno," Perda said." The real leaders."

“不是拉德诺，”佩达说，“是真正的头目们。”

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" We're here," Zann said as they reached the entrance to the university campus

“我们到了，”扎恩说，他们已经走到了大学校园的入口。

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" Are you sure you want to see this?"

“你们确定想看这个吗？”

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Perda nodded." I want to see for myself that he can't get free."

佩达点点头。“我要亲眼确认他无法逃脱。”

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Gliss and Darb nodded too

格丽斯和达布也点了点头。

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At one end of the campus, there was an enormous, clear cube

在校园的一角，有一个巨大的透明立方体。

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A small island sat in the middle of it, surrounded by deep water

立方体中央有个小岛，四周被深水环绕。

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The island contained a chair, a table, a cot — and Morb

岛上有一把椅子、一张桌子、一张小床——还有莫布。

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He sat slumped in the chair, looking miserable

他瘫坐在椅子上，看起来非常沮丧。

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The prison cube had been Teplo's idea

这个囚禁立方体是特普洛的主意。

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It was laced with spells — some that provided Morb with food and other basic necessities

它布满了咒语——有些能为莫布提供食物和其他基本生活所需，

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and some that ensured that he couldn't break out or communicate with anyone

另一些则确保他无法逃出去，也无法和任何人沟通。

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" If he tries anything evil, we'll know right away," Zann said

“如果他试图做任何邪恶的事，我们马上就会知道，”扎恩说。

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" Let's go. My parents are expecting us at the lab."

“我们走吧。我父母在实验室等着我们。”

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" Why do they want us to come to the lab, anyway?" Gliss said as they walked

“话说回来，他们为什么想要我们去实验室？”格丽斯边走边说。

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" Maybe they need our help cataloging the relics, now that Mari isn't around anymore," Perda said

“也许他们需要我们的帮助来编录遗物，既然玛瑞已经不在了，”佩达说。

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Zann felt sorry for Mari, who'd gone into hiding along with most of her family

扎恩为玛瑞感到难过，她和大部分家人一起躲藏起来了。

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Queen Venna had sentenced Laddno to a year of hard labor on the slopes of Mount Mystery

薇娜女王判决拉登诺在神秘山山坡上服一年苦役。

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" I'm glad all the relics were recovered," Perda said

“我很高兴所有遗物都被找回了，”佩达说。

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" Boz says they even managed to fish all the pieces of the Mask of Zanta out of the river."

“博兹说他们甚至设法从河里捞出了赞塔面具的所有碎片。”

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" I wonder what they'll do with the relics now," Gliss said

“我想知道他们现在会怎么处理那些遗物，”格丽斯说。

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When they stepped into the lab, there was a burst of lights and music

当他们走进实验室时，突然灯光和音乐响起。

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" Surprise!" many voices cried

“惊喜！”许多声音喊道。

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Zann grinned. The place was packed

扎恩咧嘴笑了。这个地方挤满了人。

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His parents and Boz were there, along with Teplo, Fala, Gliss' uncle, and many other people

他的父母和博兹在那里，还有特普洛、法拉、格丽斯的叔叔和许多其他人。

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Even Maff was there

连马夫也在那儿。

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" We wanted to throw your friends a going-away party," Nax explained

“我们想给你的朋友们办个送别派对，”纳克斯解释道。

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" And also a thank-you party for saving Magica."

“也为了感谢拯救马吉卡而办的答谢会。”

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" Again!" Fala added

“又一次！”法拉补充道。

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" Thanks," Zann said." You didn't have to do this."

“谢谢，”扎恩说。“你们不必这样做的。”

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" Sure we did. And there's more. These are for you."

“我们当然有。还有更多。这些是给你们的。”

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His mother handed each of the kids a silver twig with a crystal on the end

他的母亲递给每个孩子一根银色的细杖，末端嵌着一颗水晶。

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" Are these from Atmo?" Zann asked

“这些是阿特莫送的吗？”扎恩问道。

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His father grinned." It's our latest invention."

他的父亲咧嘴一笑。“这是我们最新的发明。”

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" Wyssa helped us before she left Magica," Asta said

“薇莎离开马吉卡之前帮了我们一把。”阿斯塔说道。

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" They're called zap accelerators," Boz said

“它们叫做瞬移加速器。”博兹说。

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" They'll allow you to travel between First City and Swamp Bottom with a single zap

“它们能让你们只需一次瞬移，就能往返第一城和沼泽底部。

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Now you kids can visit each other whenever you like!"

这样一来，你们孩子们随时都能互相串门了！”

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Zann was so stunned that he couldn't speak for a second

扎恩惊讶得一时说不出话来。

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The past couple of weeks had been strange and often scary

过去几周既离奇，又常常令人提心吊胆。

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But this was the best happy ending — and surprise extra birthday gift — that he could ever have hoped for!

但这却是他能想到的最美好的幸福结局——也是一份意外惊喜的额外生日礼物！

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" Wow, thanks!" he exclaimed at last

“哇，谢谢！”他终于欢呼出来。

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His heart swelled with good feelings." Now let's party!"

他心中洋溢着美好的感觉。“我们来庆祝吧！”