046 巧妙的办法

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" We have to find the dungeon!" Gliss exclaimed

“我们必须找到地牢！”格丽丝大喊道。

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" That's where my parents are being held!"

“我的父母就被关在那里！”

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" I know," Darb said calmly." But there's no sense rushing into the dungeon on our own

“我知道，”达布平静地说，“但我们自己贸然冲进地牢是没有意义的。

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We should find our friends first, and then look for it together. That was the plan."

我们应该先找到朋友们，然后再一起找地牢。这才是计划。”

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Gliss gritted her teeth, feeling frustrated. She and Darb had been arguing ever since she'd zapped them away ten minutes earlier

格丽丝咬紧牙关，感到沮丧。自从十分钟前她把他们传送走后，她和达布就一直在争论。

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" Why are you being so unbelievably stubborn?" she cried

“你怎么会这么固执得让人难以置信？”她喊道。

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She was so exasperated that she poked him in the chest

她气坏了，用手指捅了捅他的胸口。

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To her surprise, Darb reached out and gave her a hard shove in return

令她惊讶的是，达布伸手狠狠地推了她一把。

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" Hey!" she blurted out in surprise as she stumbled backward and onto the floor." How dare you — "

“嘿！”她惊讶地脱口而出，踉跄着后退，摔倒在地。“你竟敢——”

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" Shh!" said Darb

“嘘！”达布说。

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Just then Gliss felt something whiz past her head

就在这时，Gliss 感到有东西嗖地从她头顶飞过。

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" Stay down!" Darb cried, flinging himself to the floor beside her

“趴下！” Darb 喊道，猛地扑倒在她身旁的地上。

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Thud!

砰！

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Gliss heard the thing hit the wall at the end of the hallway

Gliss 听到那东西击中了走廊尽头的墙壁。

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Then she ducked her head as another whizzing object shot over them

接着她低下头，又一个嗖嗖作响的物体从他们头顶掠过。

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" What was that?" she yelped." Is someone shooting arrows at us?"

“那是什么？” 她尖叫起来，“有人在朝我们射箭吗？”

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" I don't think they're arrows!" Darb pointed toward the end of the hall

“我觉得不是箭！” Darb 指向走廊尽头。

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Gliss saw a long, narrow creature hanging there

Gliss 看见那里趴着一只又长又细的生物。

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It looked like some kind of lizard with suction cups for feet

它看起来像是有吸盘的蜥蜴。

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As she watched, it pulled its snout out from the stone wall, revealing a sharp blade

正看着，它把口鼻从石墙里拔出来，露出一个锋利的刀刃。

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Pushing off with its feet, the lizard hurled itself straight at them again

蜥蜴用脚一蹬，再次径直向她们冲来。

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" Ah!" Gliss cried, rolling to the side just in time

“啊！”格丽丝叫了一声，及时滚向一旁。

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" Sorry I shoved you," Darb said breathlessly." There was no time to — "

“抱歉我推了你，”达布气喘吁吁地说，“当时来不及——”

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Three more of the creatures sailed past them

又有三只那种生物从她们身边飞掠而过。

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" I know," Gliss said." And now it's my turn to save you." She grabbed his hand." Zap!"

“我知道，”格丽丝说，“现在轮到我来救你了。”她抓住他的手。“闪！”

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Zann grasped his grandfather's hands through the bars, feeling happier than he had in days

赞恩透过栏杆握住祖父的双手，感觉这是他连日来最开心的时刻。

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" Are you sure you're okay?" he asked

“您真的没事吗？”他问道。

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Boz chuckled, squeezing Zann's hands." I'm fine," he said

博兹轻笑着，捏了捏赞恩的手。“我没事，”他说。

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" Luckily, I haven't been a victim of Morb's leech treatment for a couple of days."

“幸运的是，这几天我都没再受莫布的水蛭疗法之苦了。”

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" Nor have I," said Teplo from the next cell

“我也是，”隔壁牢房的特普洛说道。

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" I'm starting to think Morb ran out of those nasty creatures."

“我开始觉得莫布把那些恶心的怪物都派光了。”

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Zann was happy to hear that Boz and Teplo were okay. But some of the other Reds in the dungeon looked weak and ill

赞恩很高兴听到博兹和泰普罗没事。但地牢里其他一些红袍巫师看起来又虚弱又病态。

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The king and queen were sharing a cell nearby

国王和王后被关在附近的一间牢房里。

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Both were slumped on the floor, pale and shaking

两人都瘫倒在地，脸色苍白，身体颤抖。

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Zann also spotted several other familiar faces

赞恩还看到了其他几张熟悉的面孔。

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The mayor of Swamp Bottom was a few cells from the king and queen

沼泽底镇的镇长被关在离国王和王后几个牢房远的地方。

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Gliss' parents were huddled together farther down the aisle

格丽斯的父母在过道更远处蜷缩在一起。

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Some of Boz's other Magic Master friends were there too

博兹的其他一些魔法大师朋友也在那里。

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" I've got to get you all out of here," Zann said. He glanced at Teplo

“我必须把你们都救出去，”赞恩说。他瞥了一眼泰普罗。

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" Fala is here — some other people too — and everyone is ready to fight Morb."

“法拉也来了——还有一些其他人——大家都准备好对抗莫布了。”

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" Ah, you've raised a brave boy, Boz!" Teplo said with a smile

“啊，你培养了一个勇敢的孩子，Boz！”Teplo 笑着说。

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Zann rubbed his hands together and pointed at the huge metal lock on Boz's cell door." Open," he said

Zann 搓了搓手，指着 Boz 牢门上那把巨大的金属锁。“打开。”他说。

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Nothing happened." Don't bother, Zann," Boz said

什么都没发生。“别费劲了，Zann，”Boz 说。

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" Morb has put a Dousing spell over the entire dungeon."

“Morb 给整个地牢都施了灭魔咒。”

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" That's right," Teplo added wryly." Do you think we would have stuck around if we'd had a choice?"

“没错，”Teplo 挖苦地补充道，“你觉得如果我们有得选，还会待在这儿吗？”

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Zann's shoulders slumped. He'd just regained his magic, and now it was useless again

Zann 的肩膀耷拉下来。他才刚恢复魔法，现在又没用了。

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" Without magic, how am I supposed to..." His words trailed off

“没有魔法，我该怎么……”他的话说到一半停住了。

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He could almost hear Darb's voice in his head: It is possible to get into a house without magic, you know!

他几乎能听到 Darb 的声音在脑海里响起：不用魔法也能进屋的，你知道！

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Zann grinned. Any door that could be opened with magic could also be opened without it

Zann 咧嘴笑了。任何能用魔法打开的门，不用魔法也能打开。

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He stepped away from the cells and scanned the walls near the steps

他从牢房旁走开，仔细扫视着台阶附近的墙壁。

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The item he needed should be here somewhere..

他需要的东西应该就在这附近的某个地方……

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" Aha!" said Zann. He reached over and grabbed a key off a hook on the wall

“啊哈！”赞恩说着，伸手从墙上的挂钩上取下了一把钥匙。

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It was inside the stairwell, just out of sight of the prisoners

钥匙就挂在楼梯间里，囚犯们刚好看不到的地方。

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Boz's eyes widened when he saw it

博兹看到钥匙时，眼睛都睁大了。

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" Good thinking, my boy! Now hurry and get us out of here!"

“好主意，孩子！快，把我们弄出去！”

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Morb rubbed his fingers together and touched the talisman in his hand

莫布搓了搓手指，碰了碰手中的护身符。

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Energy emanated from it and flowed through the air and into the talismans of the trolls standing in front of him

能量从中散发出来，穿过空气，流入站在他面前的巨魔们的护身符里。

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Morb hated to give up that magical energy, especially when he had so little left

莫布很不情愿放弃那些魔法能量，尤其是在他自己所剩无几的时候。

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But he couldn't risk leaving the palace without strong trolls to guard him — especially not now, when he was so close to victory

但他不能冒险离开宫殿而没有强壮的巨魔护卫——尤其是现在，他离胜利如此之近。

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" Come with me," Morb ordered the trolls

“跟我来。”莫布命令巨魔们。

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They marched behind him as he walked through the palace

当他穿过宫殿时，巨魔们紧跟其后。

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The blob Wyssa had brought last week was still guarding the entrance, but it shrank back respectfully as Morb passed

维萨上周带来的那团软泥怪还在守着入口，但当莫布经过时，它恭敬地退缩了回去。

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Morb strode across the square, ignoring the few citizens that were scurrying about. Soon he reached the riverbank

莫布大步穿过广场，无视那些匆忙赶路的零星市民。很快，他来到了河岸边。

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" I should find what I need here," he muttered

“我应该能在这里找到需要的东西。”他喃喃自语。

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Rubbing his hands together, Morb focused on the river before him

莫布搓着双手，集中精神凝视着面前的河流。

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" Levitate!" he intoned

“漂浮术！”他吟诵道。

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Energy sizzled from Morb's hands. With a groan the entire riverbank rose, dripping water and dirt

能量从莫布的手中嘶嘶作响地射出。随着一阵轰隆声，整段河岸升了起来，水和泥土不断滴落。

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Morb waved a hand, and the mass moved until it was directly over him

莫布一挥手，那块巨大的土块就移动到了他的正上方。

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The trolls stepped back, staring fearfully up at the huge chunk of earth hanging overhead

巨魔们向后退去，惊恐地仰望着悬在头顶的这块巨大土石。

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Morb smiled as his sharp amber eyes spotted a small, gray shape wriggling out of the dirt above him

当莫布锐利的琥珀色眼睛发现一个小小的灰色身影从上方的泥土中蠕动出来时，他笑了。

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Just as he'd expected, the leeches had burrowed into the riverbank as soon as they'd felt his spell

正如他所料，水蛭们一感觉到他的咒语就钻进了河岸里。

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Now they had burrowed straight through and were falling from the bottom

现在它们已经直接钻穿了土块，正从底部掉下来。

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Morb reached out and caught the first leech as it fell

莫布伸出手，接住了掉下来的第一条水蛭。

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Then he turned away, ignoring the dozens of others that were raining down around him

然后他转身走开，无视了周围如雨点般落下的几十条水蛭。

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" That's all," he told the trolls." Let's go."

“就要这个，”他对巨魔们说，“我们走。”