035 出发行动

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Zann knew he should try to get away before the troll grabbed him

赞恩知道自己应该在山怪抓住他之前设法逃走。

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But the collision had knocked the breath out of him

但刚才的撞击让他喘不过气来。

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All he could do was stare at the creature's broad chest, inches from his face

他只能盯着眼前那生物宽阔的胸膛，那胸膛离他的脸只有几英寸。

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A glint of silver caught his eye

一道银光吸引了他的目光。

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A small talisman hung around the troll's neck

山怪的脖子上挂着一个小护身符。

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It was slim and delicate, so tiny that Zann never would have spotted it from a distance

它又细又精致，非常小，赞恩从远处根本不可能发现它。

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Zing let out a whistle and flew at the troll

小叮发出一声哨音，朝山怪飞去。

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Ignoring Zing's attack, the troll shoved Zann aside and hurried down the corridor

山怪不理睬小叮的攻击，把赞恩推到一边，匆匆穿过走廊。

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The troll hardly seemed to have noticed the kids at all

山怪似乎几乎没有注意到这些孩子。

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A puff of magic energy was floating above its ugly head, showing a chaotic image of running Reds and a pile of turnips

一股魔法能量漂浮在它丑陋的脑袋上方，显示出奔跑的红魔和一堆芜菁的混乱景象。

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" Wow, that was close!" Gliss exclaimed

“哇，好险啊！”格丽丝喊道。

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" Yeah. Why did that troll let me go?" Zann wondered

“是啊。为什么那个山怪放了我？”赞恩纳闷道。

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" It didn't even seem to see you," said Perda

“它好像都没看见你。”佩达说。

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Darb was staring after the creature

达布盯着怪物离去的方向。

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" Trolls have trouble thinking about more than one thing at a time," he said

“山怪很难同时思考不止一件事。”他说。

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" It looked like that one was running to tell Morb about the escaped prisoners at the zoo

“看起来那只山怪是跑去告诉莫布动物园里逃跑了囚犯。

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It probably barely noticed we were in the way."

它大概几乎没注意到我们挡了路。”

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" Lucky for us," Zann said." Now let's get out of here!"

“我们真走运，”赞恩说，“现在我们快离开这儿吧！”

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Wyssa picked up the battered old brass pot

薇莎捡起那只破旧的黄铜罐子。

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In Magica there was no need for the tonics and potions she'd learned to mix as a child

在马吉卡，不需要她小时候学会调制的那些补药和药水。

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But she often needed such things in her travels, especially to those dangerous places that didn't have any natural magic

但旅途中她常需要这类东西，尤其是去那些无自然魔法的危险地方。

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After placing the pot carefully into a large cloth bag, Wyssa straightened up with a groan

把罐子小心放入大布袋后，薇莎呻吟着直起身。

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Years of traveling had been hard on her body

多年奔波给她的身体带来了损耗。

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Her gaze fell on a worn blink image of a happy family, and she grimaced

她的视线落在一张磨损闪烁的幸福家庭图像上，不禁皱起了眉。

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Some of her travels had been hard on her soul too

有些旅途也让她的心灵备受煎熬。

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Picking up the picture, she forced herself to stare at the smiling faces — especially that of the Red boy

她拿起照片，强迫自己凝视那些笑脸——尤其是那个红发男孩的脸。

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Keeping the image around reminded her to be careful

留着这幅照片提醒她要小心行事。

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That was why she was leaving the home she'd made for herself in Wormwood

这就是她离开沃姆伍德自建之家的原因。

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And this time she wasn't coming back

而这一次，她不会再回来。

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She had one last errand to run, one last item she'd promised Morb

她还有最后一件差事：去取那件她答应莫布的东西。

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Then she was going somewhere he could never find her

然后她要去一个他永远找不到她的地方。

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Whatever happened next in Magica, she wouldn't be responsible

不管马吉卡接下来发生什么，都与她无关了。

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As she tucked the picture into her bag, Wyssa heard a shuffling step outside her hut

薇莎把照片塞进包里时，听到小屋外传来拖沓的脚步声。

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Looking out, she saw Hap staring curiously at the pile of objects she'd put outside the entrance

向外望去，她看到哈普正好奇地盯着她堆在门口的那堆东西。

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" Going somewhere, Wyssa?" the Void asked in his hoarse, high-pitched voice

“要出远门吗，薇莎？”虚空用嘶哑又尖细的声音问道。

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" We're all going somewhere, my friend," she responded

“我们都在去往某处，我的朋友，”她回答。

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" As for me, it's time for choice to put an end to what chance has started."

“至于我，是时候用选择来终结命运开启的一切了。”

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Hap blinked at her." Eh? What do you mean by that?"

哈普朝她眨了眨眼。“啊？这话是什么意思？”

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" Never mind." Wyssa waved an arm at the pile

“没什么。”薇莎朝那堆东西挥了挥胳膊。

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" If there's anything you'd like in there, you're welcome to it

“里面要是有你喜欢的东西，尽管拿去。”

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You can have my hut too, for that matter

我那间小屋也给你吧，既然说到这儿了。

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You've been as good a neighbor as one could expect in a place like this."

在这种地方，你算是个难得的好邻居了。”

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She cast a glance around Wormwood. She wouldn't miss it

她环顾了一圈沃姆伍德。她不会想念这里的。

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Hap's eyes went wide." My thanks to you, Wyssa," he said, shooting a greedy look at the hut

哈普瞪大了眼睛。“多谢你了，薇莎，”他说着，贪婪地瞥了一眼小屋。

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" It'll do my old bones good to have a roof over my head for a change."

“我这把老骨头能换个地方，头顶有个屋檐，也是件好事。”

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Wyssa went back inside just long enough to grab a few more items, which she stuffed into her bag. The rest didn't matter

薇莎回到屋里，只待了一会儿，又抓了几样东西塞进包里。剩下的都无关紧要了。

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" You're welcome," she told Hap, who was already admiring a frayed hat he'd found in the pile

“不客气，”她对哈普说，后者已经在那堆东西里发现了一顶磨损的帽子，正欣赏着。

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" Good luck to you in the days ahead."

“祝你往后的日子一切顺利。”

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Hap muttered another " thanks," though he didn't look up as Wyssa stepped toward the old tree without a backward glance

哈普又咕哝了一声“多谢”，但当薇莎头也不回地走向那棵老树时，他并没有抬头。

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" I can't believe Morb just declared himself king like that,"

“我真不敢相信莫布就这么自己宣布当国王了。”

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Perda said for about the tenth time since she, Zann, and the others had escaped from the palace

佩达又说了一遍，这大概是她、赞恩和其他人从宫殿逃出来后第十次这么说了。

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" It's not as if anybody could stop him," Gliss reminded her." You saw what he did."

“又不是说谁能阻止他，”格丽丝提醒她，“你也看到他干的事了。”

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" Yeah," Zann agreed." He's got tons of power, all of it stolen from the Reds he kidnapped."

“是啊，”赞恩赞同道，“他力量超强，全都是从被他绑架的红法师身上偷来的。”

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Zann clenched his fists as he walked, thinking about Boz and Teplo and all the others

赞恩边走边握紧拳头，心里想着博兹、特普罗还有其他所有人。

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" Not to mention those horrible little dragons and all those trolls," Darb added

“更别提那些可怕的小龙和所有那些山怪了，”达布补充道。

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Zann shuddered when he thought back to his close call with the troll." Hey, that reminds me," he said

赞恩想起自己跟山怪那次险遇，不禁打了个哆嗦。“嘿，这倒提醒了我，”他说。

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" The troll I ran into was wearing a talisman around its neck

“我碰到的那个山怪，脖子上戴着一个护身符。

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I've been wondering if that's how Morb is feeding the extra magical energy to the trolls

我一直在想，莫布是不是就这样把额外的魔力输送给山怪。

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Maybe all of them are wearing talismans."

说不定它们全都戴着护身符。”

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" That would explain why the trolls have so much power," said Perda

“这倒是能解释为什么山怪拥有这么强的力量，”佩达说。

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" It might also explain how Morb is able to feed magic to them remotely," said Zann

“这或许也能解释莫布怎么能远程给它们输送魔力，”赞恩说。

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" They became more powerful when we were at the zoo, and Morb wasn't even there."

“我们在动物园的时候它们变强了，而莫布根本不在那里。”

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" We should tell Fala about this," said Darb

“我们应该把这事告诉法拉，”达布说。

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" She might know how talismans like that work."

“她或许知道那种护身符是怎么起作用的。”

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They'd slowed to a walk a couple of blocks earlier to catch their breath

几条街之前，他们就放慢脚步走起来，好缓口气。

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The mention of Fala's name reminded Zann that they needed to hurry

提起法拉的名字，让赞恩想起他们得加快速度了。

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The sooner they told Fala what was happening, the sooner she could help them think of a plan

他们越早把情况告诉法拉，她就能越早帮他们想对策。

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" Come on, let's run," he suggested

“来吧，咱们跑起来，”他提议。

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Zing let out a whistle, flying faster as the kids broke into a jog

小叮吹了声口哨，见孩子们小跑起来，自己也飞得更快了。

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Soon they were just a few blocks from the safe house

很快，他们离安全屋就只有几条街的距离了。

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" I hope Fala's back by now," Gliss said

“希望法拉现在已经回来了，”格丽丝说。

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Zann hoped so too. He also hoped that Fala would have some ideas for stopping Morb

赞恩也希望如此。他还希望法拉能想出些阻止莫布的办法。

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Because with the palace under Morb's control and most Reds trapped in Morb's dungeon, Zann and his friends were probably Magica's only hope

因为宫殿已在莫布控制之下，大多数红法师都困在莫布的地牢里，赞恩和他的朋友们恐怕是马吉卡唯一的希望了。