040 惊人的真相

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" You!" Zann blurted out in surprise

“是你！”赞恩惊讶地脱口而出。

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His voice was louder than he'd intended

他的声音比预想的要大。

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He glanced nervously at the door, expecting Slib to burst in

他紧张地瞥了一眼门口，以为斯利布会冲进来。

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" Don't worry, Zann, he can't hear you."

“别担心，赞恩，他听不到你说话。”

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The old woman dropped the bag she was holding

老妇人放下了她拿着的袋子。

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" This room is hidden from most people."

“这个房间对大多数人来说都是隐形的。”

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" How do you know my name?" Zann demanded

“你怎么知道我的名字？”赞恩质问道。

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Then he realized he knew hers too — at least he thought he did

然后他意识到他也知道她的名字——至少他以为他知道。

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Teplo had mentioned it once." You're Wyssa, aren't you?"

特普罗曾经提过一次。“你是薇莎，对吗？”

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" That's what they call me, yes," Wyssa said

“是的，他们是这么叫我的，”薇莎说。

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" Now take my hand, and I'll zap you out of the palace before you're noticed."

“现在握住我的手，我趁你还没被发现，把你瞬间传送出宫殿。”

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" No!" Zann said." Not until you tell me everything you know about how my parents disappeared!"

“不！”赞恩说。“除非你告诉我你所知道的关于我父母是如何失踪的一切！”

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Wyssa looked startled." How did you —? Never mind," she interrupted herself

薇莎看起来很吃惊。“你怎么——？算了，”她打断了自己的话。

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" I suppose the old man told you I was involved."

“我猜是那个老头告诉你我与此事有关。”

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" Huh?" Now it was Zann's turn to be startled

“啊？”这次轮到赞恩大吃一惊了。

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" What old man? Wait — are you talking about Boz?"

“什么老头？等等——你是在说波兹吗？”

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" Who else?" Wyssa sighed." He's been poking around these past few years. I know he must suspect me."

“还能有谁？”薇莎叹了口气。“过去这几年，他一直在四处打探。我知道他一定在怀疑我。”

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Zann didn't know what to say. All this time he'd thought Boz was doing nothing to find Zann's parents

赞恩不知道该说什么。一直以来，他都以为波兹没有为寻找他的父母做任何事。

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" I suppose you deserve to know what happened," Wyssa said

“我想你应该知道发生了什么，”薇莎说。

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" It doesn't matter now anyway. It all began when a very demanding new customer sent me to pick up a scatter beast in Fardark."

“反正现在也没什么关系了。一切都要从一个非常难缠的新客户派我去法达克接一只散影兽开始说起。”

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" Fardark?" Zann said. The name sounded vaguely familiar, though for a moment he couldn't remember where he'd heard it

“法达克？”赞恩说。这名字听起来有点耳熟，但他一时想不起来在哪里听过。

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Then it came back to him. He'd seen it in Boz's diary while he was reading about his parents' travels

然后他想起来了。他在读波兹的日记，看父母旅行记录时见过这个词。

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Fardark was the name of another world!

法达克是另一个世界的名字！

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" It should have been an ordinary errand," Wyssa went on

“本来只是一趟普通的跑腿活儿，”薇莎继续说道。

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" But my customer insisted I return via a wormhole that was convenient for him — one near the university

“但我的客户坚持要我走一个方便他的虫洞——在大学附近的那个。

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Your parents happened to be entering at the same moment

你的父母恰好也在那一刻进入。

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The chaotic energy of the scatter beast turned what should have been a minor collision into an explosion of unstable magic

散影兽的混乱能量，把本该是一次小碰撞变成了不稳定魔法的爆炸。

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I tried to grab your parents, to pull them out with me

我试着抓住你的父母，把他们和我一起拉出来。

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But I wasn't able to save them. They went spinning off course and became stuck between worlds."

但我没能救出他们。他们偏离了路线，被卡在了世界之间。”

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Once again Zann was speechless. His mind buzzed with questions

赞恩再次说不出话来。他脑子里嗡嗡地冒出一堆疑问。

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But before he could ask any of them, a zap of energy shot through the room, and Morb appeared

但他还没来得及问，一道能量闪光掠过房间，莫布出现了。

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" There you are!" he said irritably, glaring at Wyssa

"你在这儿啊！"他恼怒地说，瞪着薇莎。

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" What in the world are you doing in here?

"你到底在这里干什么？

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I don't like having to track you when I — "

我可不喜欢追踪你，当我——"

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Morb stopped short as he noticed Zann. His eyes widened

莫布注意到赞恩，话戛然而止。他瞪大了眼睛。

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" You!" he spat out

"是你！"他恶狠狠地说道。

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" Where are they taking us?" Gliss whispered

"他们要带我们去哪儿？"格丽丝低声问。

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They had walked deep into the forest

他们已经走进了森林深处。

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Perda shrugged, glancing at their captors

佩尔达耸耸肩，瞥了一眼押送他们的人。

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There were about half a dozen of them, all with stern looks on their faces

大概有五六个人，个个表情严厉。

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None of them would tell Fala or the kids anything

他们谁都不肯告诉法拉和孩子们任何事情。

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Perda had been ready to fight back against that Floating spell

佩尔达本来准备好要反抗那个悬浮咒。

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But then she, Gliss, and Fala had Restrain spells placed on them

但就在这时，她、格丽丝和法拉都被施了定身咒。

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Perda looked down at her arms, which appeared to be stuck at her sides

佩尔达低头看了看自己的手臂，好像被牢牢粘在身体两侧。

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They came to a clearing. Several dozen people were gathered there

他们来到一片空地。那里聚集了几十个人。

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As Fala looked around, her eyes lit up

法拉环顾四周，眼睛顿时亮了起来。

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" Shem!" she called

“谢姆！”她喊道。

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A man turned around." Fala?" he exclaimed." I can't believe you're here."

一个男人转过身来。“法拉？”他惊呼道，“真不敢相信你会在这儿。”

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" Well, you have these people to thank for it."

“哼，这还多亏了这些人呢。”

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Fala nodded toward the captors." They grabbed us in the forest."

法拉朝押送他们的人点了点头。“他们在森林里把我们抓来的。”

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Shem laughed." You can remove the Restrain spells," he told the captors." They're on our side."

谢姆笑了。“你们可以解除束缚咒，”他对押送者说，“他们是自己人。”

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Perda shook her arms." Who are these people?" she asked Fala

佩尔达甩了甩胳膊。“这些人是谁？”她问法拉。

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" Don't worry," Fala said." They're friends."

“别担心，”法拉说，“他们是朋友。”

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Shem told Fala that he and his group had been among the people who'd marched on the palace that morning

谢姆告诉法拉，他和他的同伴也在那天早上向王宫进发的人群之中。

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Now they were hiding in the woods, trying to figure out how to fight back against Morb

现在他们躲在树林里，试着想出该如何反击莫布。

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" Fala can help us," Shem told the group

“法拉可以帮到我们，”谢姆对众人说。

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" She has powerful friends and much knowledge."

“她有强大的朋友，而且见多识广。”

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As the adults started discussing possible plans, Perda stopped listening

大人们开始讨论各种可行的计划时，佩尔达便不再听了。

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" I thought Zann would have found us by now," she whispered to Gliss and Darb." I hope he's okay."

“我还以为赞恩早就找到我们了，”她对格丽丝和达波低语道，“希望他没事。”

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Zann stared at Morb, gripped by the fury and triumph in the evil man's eyes

赞恩盯着莫布，被那恶人眼中的狂怒与得意攫住了。

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As Morb touched his fingertips together and sparks flew, Zann quickly rubbed his hands together

莫布将指尖相触，火星四溅，赞恩赶紧搓了搓自己的双手。

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" Zap!" he cried

“击！”他喊道。

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Nothing happened

什么都没发生。

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" Too late, boy," sneered Morb." Even a clever Red like you can't fight a Dousing spell."

“太迟了，小子，”莫布嘲笑道，“就算是你这样机灵的赤魔法师，也对抗不了禁魔咒。”

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Zann darted toward the exit. But at that moment, a troll stepped forward, blocking the doorway with its huge body

赞恩猛地冲向出口。但就在这时，一个巨魔走上前，用庞大的身躯挡住了门口。

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" Let me through!" Zann yelled, throwing himself at the troll

“让我过去！”赞恩大喊着，朝巨魔扑了过去。

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The troll grunted with surprise as Zann pounded on it with his fists

赞恩用拳头猛捶巨魔，巨魔惊讶地哼了一声。

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Then Zann saw a glint of silver. The talisman!

这时，赞恩看到了一道银光。是护符！

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He remembered Fala's words: If only we could get our hands on one of those talismans. It could be invaluable to us

他想起法拉的话：我们要是能拿到一块那样的护符就好了。它对我们来说会极其珍贵。

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Zann quickly grabbed the talisman and yanked it loose

赞恩飞快地抓住护符，一把扯了下来。

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" Get him!" Morb yelled

“抓住他！”莫布吼道。

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The troll reached down. Zann barely managed to slip free of the creature's grasp

巨魔伸手抓来。赞恩勉强从它的巨掌中挣脱了出来。

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He stuck the talisman in his pocket and ran to the middle of the room

他把护符塞进口袋，跑向房间中央。

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" There's nowhere to run, boy!" Morb laughed nastily

“无处可逃了，小子！”莫布恶毒地大笑起来。

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Zann was desperately trying to think of a plan when Wyssa stepped toward him." Take my hand, Zann," she said

赞恩正在拼命想办法，这时维莎走到他身边。“抓住我的手，赞恩，”她说。

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" What?" he blurted out

“什么？”他脱口而出。

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Wyssa grabbed Zann's hand and yanked him toward the corner

维莎抓住赞恩的手，把他猛地拽向角落。

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Morb watched her suspiciously." What are you — "

莫布狐疑地看着她。“你在做什么——”

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A thunderous humming sound drowned out Morb's voice, and a glowing ring of light appeared in the room

一阵雷鸣般的嗡嗡声淹没了莫布的声音，一个发光的环形光圈出现在房间里。

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As Zann peered into the swirling vortex, he nearly lost his balance

赞恩朝那旋转的漩涡深处望去，差点失去平衡。

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" Whatever you do, don't let go of my hand," warned Wyssa

“无论如何，千万别松开我的手，”维莎警告道。

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With that, she pulled Zann into the wormhole

说完，她拉着赞恩跳进了虫洞。