045 骷髅与巫术

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Perda's heart pounded. Despite Darb's shouts, Zann was still holding on to the skull

佩尔达的心怦怦直跳。尽管达布在喊叫，扎恩还是紧紧抓着那个骷髅。

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The energy around him was becoming more violent with every passing second

他周围的能量每过一秒就变得更加狂暴。

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If she and the others didn't convince him to drop that skull, its power might destroy him

如果她和其他人不能说服他丢掉那个骷髅，它的力量可能会毁了他。

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Zann glared at a tiny dragon that was harassing Zing

扎恩瞪着一只正在骚扰锌的小龙。

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" Stop!" he intoned, pointing at it

"停下！" 他吟诵道，指着它。

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Blast!

爆破！

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The spell singed Zing's tail, and with a yelp, the pet dragon dived behind a pile of rubble

咒语烧焦了锌的尾巴，随着一声尖叫，宠物龙躲到了一堆碎石后面。

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" We've got to stop Zann!" Perda cried

"我们必须阻止扎恩！" 佩尔达喊道。

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Without waiting for a response, she leaped at Zann

不等回答，她就向扎恩扑了过去。

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" Oof!" he grunted as she tackled him

"哎哟！" 当她扑倒他时，他闷哼了一声。

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The skull bounced out of Zann's grip and rolled away, coming to rest against the candlestick he had dropped

骷髅从扎恩的手中弹飞，滚了出去，停在他之前掉落的烛台旁边。

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Zann's eyes had stopped glowing, and he lay on the floor for a moment, breathing hard. Then he sat up and looked around the room

扎恩的眼睛不再发光，他在地板上躺了一会儿，喘着粗气。然后他坐起来，环顾房间。

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" Zann?" Darb said cautiously." Are you okay?"

“扎恩？”达布小心翼翼地问，“你还好吗？”

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Zann didn't respond. Climbing to his feet, he stepped toward the skull

扎恩没有回应。他站起身来，朝骷髅走去。

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" No!" Perda shouted." Don't touch it!"

“不！”佩尔达大喊，“别碰它！”

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" Please, Zann," Gliss said, sobbing

“求你了，扎恩，”格丽丝抽泣着说。

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Grabbing the candlestick, Zann lifted it over his head and brought it down as hard as he could, smashing the skull to bits

扎恩抓起烛台，把它举过头顶，然后用尽全力砸下去，把骷髅砸得粉碎。

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" No person should ever hold that much power," Zann said in a shaky voice

“任何人都不该拥有那么大的力量，”扎恩用颤抖的声音说。

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He smiled weakly." I guess now I know how Morb feels."

他虚弱地笑了笑。“我想我现在知道莫布的感受了。”

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Just then a small band of trolls, grunting heavily, rushed through the doorway and into the room

就在这时，一小队巨魔，重重地哼哧着，冲进门来，闯进了房间。

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" Oh no!" Perda cried." It looks like some of the trolls are still under Morb's control!"

“哦，不！”佩尔达喊道。“看来有些巨魔还在莫布的控制之下！”

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" How are we going to get out of here?" Gliss exclaimed

“我们怎么才能离开这里？”格丽丝惊呼道。

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Zann smiled." Magic — how else?" He waved toward the remains of the machine

扎恩笑了。“用魔法——还能怎么办？”他朝机器的残骸挥了挥手。

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" Morb can't track us anymore, remember?"

“莫布没法再追踪我们了，记得吗？”

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Gliss quickly zapped herself and Darb away

格丽丝迅速用魔法把自己和达布传送走了。

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Perda grinned and rubbed her fingers together." Zap."

佩尔达咧嘴一笑，搓了搓手指。“嗖。”

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She landed in a deserted hallway

她落在了一条空无一人的走廊里。

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Her friends were nowhere in sight, which was not surprising since there hadn't been enough time to agree on a destination

她的朋友们都不见踪影，这并不奇怪，因为他们没来得及商定目的地。

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But that didn't matter now that they could use magic

但这已经没关系了，因为他们可以使用魔法了。

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Perda was about to summon a message moth to track down the others when she heard loud voices nearby

佩尔达正要召唤一只传信飞蛾去寻找其他人，这时她听到附近传来很大的声音。

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Curious, she stepped toward the nearest window and discovered that she was on the second floor

出于好奇，她朝最近的窗户走去，发现自己在二楼。

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Another machine stood in the courtyard below

下面的院子里还有一台机器。

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" That must be the magic-sucking machine," thought Perda

“那一定就是吸魔机，”佩尔达心想。

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Standing near the machine were two people — Slib and Morb

机器旁边站着两个人——斯利布和莫布。

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" You've failed me!" Morb shouted. His face was twisted with anger

“你让我失望了！”莫布喊道。他气得脸都扭曲了。

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" I'm sorry, Your Majesty," Slib whined

“对不起，陛下，”斯利布哀声说道。

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" I searched all night, but I couldn't catch any leeches

“我找了一整夜，但一只水蛭也没抓到。

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Every time I displaced the water in the river, they wriggled into the mud before I could catch — "

每次我把河里的水排走，它们都会在我抓到之前钻进泥里——”

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" First someone tampers with my trolls, and now this!" Morb interrupted him

“先是有人对我的巨魔做了手脚，现在又出这种事！”莫布打断了他。

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" Schoolchildren all over Magica know how to catch those leeches, and yet you can't manage to bring me the single one I require?"

“整个马奇卡的小学生都知道怎么抓水蛭，而你却连我需要的那一只都抓不到吗？”

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Perda frowned, puzzled. Why did Morb need a single local leech?

佩尔达困惑地皱起眉。莫布为什么需要一只本地水蛭？

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Morb sent a sizzle of energy at Slib

莫布朝斯利布射去一道滋滋作响的能量。

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The energy surrounded Slib for a second, but as far as Perda could tell, it didn't do anything to him

能量笼罩了斯利布片刻，但佩尔达能看出，它对他没有任何影响。

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Then Morb snapped his fingers. Perda could hear a loud growl, and a strange striped creature stepped into view

随后，莫布打了个响指。佩尔达听到一声响亮的咆哮，一只奇怪的条纹生物步入视线。

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Slib looked at it." Your Majesty," he said." What... is... that?"

斯利布看着它。“陛下，”他说，“那……是……什么？”

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" It comes from a world with no magic," Morb said with an evil chuckle

“它来自一个没有魔法的世界，”莫布邪恶地轻笑道。

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" Of course, for an experienced Magician such as you, that shouldn't be a problem. There's just one minor detail..."

“当然，对你这样经验丰富的魔法师应该不是问题。只是有个小小的细节……”

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" Your Majesty?" said Slib

“陛下？”斯利布说。

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Morb smirked." I put a Dousing spell on you — you aren't able to use any magic," he said. Then he laughed nastily

莫布得意地笑了笑。“我给你施了封魔咒——你现在用不了任何魔法了，”他说，然后狞笑起来。

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Perda ducked out of sight as Slib's screams of terror echoed through the palace

当斯利布恐惧的尖叫声在宫殿里回荡时，佩尔达赶紧躲藏起来。

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Meanwhile Zann tiptoed along a windowless corridor

与此同时，扎恩踮着脚尖悄悄走过一条没有窗户的走廊。

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He knew he should look for his friends, but he couldn't stop thinking about his grandfather

他知道应该去找朋友们，可脑子里却总是不停地想着祖父。

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Boz was somewhere in the palace right now

博兹此刻就在宫殿里的某个地方。

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He thought about summoning a spy fly to help him locate Boz. But that would take too long

他想着召唤一只侦察蝇来帮他寻找博兹，但那太花时间了。

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Then he remembered a spell that he had learned in Family Spells class a few months earlier

这时，他想起几个月前在家庭咒语课上学到的一个咒语。

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Closing his eyes, he focused on a memory from when he was five years old — Boz had taken him to the ocean for the day

他闭上眼睛，专注地回想五岁时的一段记忆——那天博兹带他去了海边。

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The two of them were watching a group of giant sea dragons romp in the waves, and Zann was mesmerized by the enormous creatures

他们俩看着一群巨大的海龙在海浪中嬉戏，扎恩被这些庞大的生物迷住了。

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After a few minutes, he realized his grandfather had been watching him instead of the dragons

几分钟后，他才发现祖父一直在看他，而不是看那些海龙。

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" Why are you looking at me?" Zann asked

“您为什么看着我？”扎恩问。

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Boz smiled warmly." You're much more interesting to me than those dragons."

博兹露出温暖的笑容。“对我来说，你比那些龙有趣多了。”

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Zann focused on Boz's face from this exact moment, making sure he got every detail right." Expand," he murmured

扎恩专注地回想那一刻博兹的脸，确保每个细节都准确无误。“扩展。”他低声念道。

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The image expanded so that Zann could see the background

画面扩展开来，扎恩能看到背景了。

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Boz was sitting in a stone cell, looking worried

博兹正坐在一间石牢里，面露愁容。

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It was working!

咒语奏效了！

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Zann continued to focus, and the image grew larger and larger

扎恩继续保持专注，影像变得越来越大。

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Soon he could see the entire dungeon, and then he could see a stairwell leading to it

很快，整座地牢都尽收眼底，接着他看到了通往地牢的楼梯间。

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The image continued to expand until it contained the entire palace, including Zann's own current location

图像继续扩展，直到将整座宫殿、甚至扎恩自己当前的位置都包含在内。

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He quickly studied this three-dimensional map and memorized Boz's location five floors below

他飞快地研究着这张立体地图，牢牢记住了博兹在下面五层楼深的位置。

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" Zap!" Zann said

“瞬移！”扎恩念道。

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He landed in the dark, in the middle of a flight of steps

他落在了一片黑暗之中，正好在一段台阶的半中腰。

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Below he could see light and hear voices

他看到下面有光亮，还听到了说话声。

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Hurrying in their direction, Zann found himself in a long corridor lit by torches and lined with many cells

扎恩朝着声音的方向赶去，发现自己来到了一条长长的走廊，火把照亮着这里，两侧排列着许多牢房。

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In every one, red hair glowed in the torchlight

每间牢房里，都有红色的头发在火光中闪着光亮。

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" Zann?" a familiar voice called out

“扎恩？”一个熟悉的声音喊道。

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Zann smiled." Boz!" he shouted, rushing toward his grandfather's cell

扎恩笑了。“博兹！”他大喊着，冲向了祖父的牢房。