此時它們靜悄悄地從陰影里冒出來,與第一個異鬼長得一模一樣,
[00:06:28]Three of them?four?five?Ser Waymar may have felt the cold that came with them, but he never saw them, never heard them.
三個……四個……五個……,威瑪爵士或許能感覺伴隨他們而來的寒意,但他既沒看到它們、也沒聽見它們的聲音。
[00:17:01]Will had to call out. It was his duty. And his death, if he did. He shivered, and hugged the tree, and kept the silence.
威爾應該警告他,畢竟那是他職責所在。然而一旦出聲,他便必死無疑。于是他顫抖著緊抱樹干,不敢作聲。
[00:26:38]The pale sword came shivering through the air.
慘白的長劍厲聲破空。
[00:29:26]Ser Waymar met it with steel. When the blades met, there was no ring of metal on metal;
威瑪爵士舉起鋼劍迎敵。當兩劍交擊,發(fā)出的卻非金屬碰撞,
[00:36:01]only a high, thin sound at the edge of hearing, like an animal screaming in pain. Royce checked a second blow,
而是一種位于人類聽覺極限邊緣,又高又細,像是動物痛苦哀嚎的聲音。羅伊斯擋住第二道攻擊,
[00:44:07]and a third, then fell back a step. Another flurry of blows, and he fell back again.
接著是第三道,然后退了一步。又一陣刀光劍影之后,他再度后退。
[00:50:28]Behind him, to right, to left, all around him, the watchers stood patient, faceless, silent,
在他左右兩側(cè),前后周圍,其余異鬼耐心地佇立旁觀。它們一聲不吭,面無表情,
[00:57:37]the shifting patterns of their delicate armor making them all but invisible in the wood. Yet they made no move to interfere.
盔甲上不斷變化的細致圖案在樹林中格外顯眼。它們遲遲未出手干預。
[01:06:38]Again and again the swords met, until Will wanted to cover his ears against the strange anguished keening of their clash.
兩人不斷交手,直到威爾想要捂住耳朵,再也無法忍受武器碰撞時刺耳的詭異聲響。
[01:14:45]Ser Waymar was panting from the effort now, his breath steaming in the moonlight.
威瑪爵士的呼吸開始急促,呼出的氣在月光下蒸騰如煙。
[01:19:30]His blade was white with frost; the Other’s danced with pale blue light.
他的長劍已結(jié)滿白霜,異鬼的劍則依舊閃耀著蒼藍光芒。
[01:25:20]Then Royce’s parry came a beat too late. The pale sword bit through the ringmail beneath his arm.
這時羅伊斯一記擋格慢了一拍,慘白色的劍頓時咬穿他腋下環(huán)甲。
[01:32:27]The young lord cried out in pain. Blood welled between the rings. It steamed in the cold,
年輕貴族痛苦地喊了一聲,鮮血流淌在鐵環(huán)間,熾熱的血液在冷空氣中蒸汽朦朦,
[01:38:36]and the droplets seemed red as fire where they touched the snow. Ser Waymar’s fingers brushed his side.
滴到雪地的血泊,紅得像火。威瑪爵士伸手按住傷口,
[01:45:49]His moleskin glove came away soaked with red.
鼴鼠皮手套整個浸成鮮紅。