Chapter Fifty-seven It is a distant hope. Alendi has survived assassins, wars, and catastrophes. And yet, I hope that in the frozen mountains of Terris, he may finally be exposed. （这边跟现有版本57章一样） “Humans, Mistress,” the large koloss said, his speech slurred. “We have found humans.” “A village?” Vin asked, perking up. She sat on a rock in the middle of her koloss ‘camp.’ The creature stared at her blankly, blinking beady red eyes. Koloss had trouble distinguishing some things, such as groups. To them, it appeared that a village was nearly the same as an army. “Were there buildings there?” Vin asked. “Structures, made of wood and stone?” “No,”the koloss said.“The buildings were made of cloth." A camp, Vin thought. She knew better than to ask more. Koloss had trouble visualizing abstractions. To them, everything was individual and concrete. If another koloss was bigger than they were, that was someone to obey. If the koloss were smaller than they, then that was someone to command. If the koloss were roughly the same size as they were, then that was potentially someone to kill. 「人类女皇…」大只的克罗司含糊地说：「我们发现了人类的踪迹。」 「村庄吗？」纹问，感到精神振奋。她坐在克罗司营地中央的石头上，那些生物瞪大红眼 茫然地看着她。克罗司很难分辨一些事物，例如团体。对牠们而言，村庄和军队没什麽两 样。 「那里有建筑物吗？」纹问，「木头或石头做的结构？」 「没有。」克罗司回答，「那些建筑物是用布做的。」 一个营地。纹心想。她不必再问下去。克罗司同样难以辨别抽象的事物。对牠们而言，任 何东西都是独立且具体的。如果有一只克罗司比其他的体型还大，那麽其他克罗司就会服 从牠。反之，体型较小的克罗司就得听从其他克罗司的命令。若一只克罗司几乎等同於他 同伴的体型，那麽牠们很有可能会杀死对方。 Except, Vin didn’t allow that any more. As the koloss ‘leader’ stared at her, she could feel his desires. He wanted to attack her. He wanted to attack this camp they’d found. He was annoyed and frustrated, and he had no outlet for his anger. Vin didn’t give him one. She maintained her control, her mind pressing against his through the unseen bond she still didn’t understand. The creature bowed its head, then turned and lurched away, seeking something to eat. Vin sighed, leaning back on her rock, rubbing her forehead. Defeating a single koloss like that wasn’t difficult. However, maintaining such a tight grip on the entire group was exhausting. It was like. . .like she were in a contest, pulling on thirty-thousand small threads. The harder she pulled, the better the koloss obeyed. If she relaxed, there were accidents. 此外，当克罗司「领导者」瞪她时，她可以感受到牠的渴望。牠想要攻击她，想要攻击牠 们发现的这个营地。牠感到恼怒和挫折，却没有地方可以发泄牠的愤怒。 纹并没有让牠得逞。她维持对牠的控制，使力压过牠那无形的渴望。那怪物向她鞠躬，踉 跄地转身寻找吃的东西去了。 纹叹气，擦去额头的汗水并躺回石头上。击退一只克罗司并不难，然而要维持力量控制一 整群的克罗司非常累人。这就像…就像她在一场战斗中必须同时铁拉三万条细线一样，她 越用力，克罗司越顺从；若她稍有放松，就会发生意外。 It usually happened while she slept. Small fights would break out. When she awoke, immediately yanking her army back into line, she would find that a half-dozen or so of her soldiers were dead—beaten, killed, and flayed by their peers. She struggled to keep the events from happening, but it was growing more and more difficult as she tired. The koloss only seemed to need a few hours of sleep each day, and she had been pushing herself hard to keep up with them. 这件事发生在她睡觉的时候。小规模的打斗便发生了。当她醒来时，她立即将军队拉回控 制，但她发现几乎半打或更多的克罗司士兵已经死亡－被咬死的、被杀死的、或是被同侪 剥皮的都有。她努力阻止这些事件发生，但军队内的斗争越来越频繁，让她更加疲惫。克 罗司似乎每天只需要几个小时的睡眠时间，而她很难做到如此。 She sighed, rising from the cold rock. The more detailed her request—and the more self-control it required of them—the more draining it was to keep them doing what she wished. She was beginning to understand just why the Lord Ruler had locked the koloss within their own enclaves, leaving them to their depravity until he needed them for a specific task. 纹叹气，从冰冷的石头上起身。她下的指令越详细，牠们所需要的自我控制能力越多－让 牠们去做她想要的事只会让负担越重。她开始了解为何统御主要把克罗司留在外统御区， 让牠们随心所欲地破坏直到他需要牠们做事。 She walked through the camp, cloak pulled tight. Despite her difficulties, she had to admit that the creatures made for an efficient army. When she called halt for the day, they immediately gathered into feeding groups— though she had trouble telling the creatures apart enough to decide if the groups were stable. The creatures barely needed any sleep, and they seemed to be able to eat almost anything. Though they tried to catch game when she called camp, most of the time she saw them chewing on twigs, clumps of grass, or even dirt. It seemed ridiculous that they’d be able to maintain their massive forms and tireless marching without suitable grains or meat, yet they did. 她穿过营区，将迷雾披风拉紧。尽管这很难相信，但她必须承认克罗司是支很有效率的军 队。当她宣布停止行军，牠们立刻组队前去蒐集食物－虽然她很难分辨哪些队伍够不够稳 定去做这件事。这些怪物几乎不需要睡眠，而且似乎什麽东西都吃。虽然牠们对纹呼叫整 个营队去搜寻食物感到厌倦，但纹发现牠们大多数时间会咀嚼嫩枝、矮树丛，甚至泥土。 夸张的是牠们竟然能够维持魁梧的体型和长久的行军移动却不用吃大量的肉类补充体力， 至少目前是如此。 When the time for camp came, the koloss gathered wood and made bonfires. She passed between several of them now, burning in the misty morning light. Koloss sat huddled around their fires, backs hunched, eyes watching her as she passed. The camp smelt of smoke and musk, and was dreadfully silent, save for the crackling of fires. She thought she could see resentment in their inhuman eyes as they watched her. They could only feel two emotions, and she forbade them one of the two. 当休息时间到来，克罗司蒐集木柴搭建篝火。她经过几个克罗司身旁，在充满迷雾的早晨点起篝火。克罗 司蜷缩在牠们的篝火旁，弓起背，看着她走过眼前。营地飘散烟味和麝香味，且极其静谧 ，只听见柴火劈啪作响。当克罗司看着她时，纹认为自己在那群怪物的眼睛中看见了愤恨 。牠们只有两种情感，而她禁止了其中一项。 Vin ignored the looks. She wasn’t certain why the creatures made the fires— most of them didn’t have anything to cook. Yet, the firepits seemed important to them, and when they were sitting quietly, staring into the flames, it seemed a bit easier for Vin to control them. She eventually reached the edge of the camp. The koloss she had spoken with earlier—one of the large, ten-foot tall beasts—stood there, looking northward. He had sharp features, and the pressure on his face had split his skin along the cheekbones, making him distinctive enough that Vin could keep him separate. 纹忽视那些注目。她不确定为什麽那些怪物要搭建营火－牠们大部分没有东西可煮。然而 ，火坑对牠们来说似乎很重要。当牠们安静地坐在营火旁，注视着火焰，似乎能让纹更加 轻松地控制牠们。 她终於来到营地的边缘。她稍早谈话过的克罗司－军队里一只大型的、十尺高的怪物－站 在那里，注视着北方。牠有着尖锐的面貌，脸上的皱褶使得牠的皮肤沿着颧骨分裂，突出 的样貌让纹能够区分牠与其他的克罗司。 “Where are the humans?” she asked. He pointed. “That way. We will kill them?" “No,”Vin said firmly. He turned toward her, twin lines of blood running down his cheeks, massive sword strapped to his back.“Why?”he asked. Vin frowned. It was the first time any of the creatures had asked her a question like that. “Because,” she said. “It is better to let people live than to kill them.” 「那些人类在哪？」纹问。 牠指向某处，「在那里。我们要杀死他们吗？」 「不。」纹坚定地说。 牠转向纹，将巨剑绑回背上，两条血痕滑落牠的脸颊。 「为什麽？」牠问。 纹皱眉。这是克罗司第一次问她这样的问题。 「因为…」她回答，「让人类活着比杀死他们还有价值。」 He watched her. It was difficult to discern expressions on his face, since the face muscles were pulled so tight by ill-fitting skin.“We are not people,”he finally said. “I don’t know if you are or not,” Vin said quietly. “We could have been,” he said. “We were free for a time. We could have taken your city. Then we would have been people.” Vin felt a chill. “Stay here,” she said, walking out of the camp. “I’m going to see who these ‘humans’ are.” “Of course,” the koloss said, standing quietly behind her as she trudged off into the day’s mist. 牠看着纹，由於脸部的肌肉被不合身的皮肤绷紧，很难解读牠脸上的表情。最後牠终於开 口：「我们不是人类。」 「我不晓得你们是不是。」纹轻声地说。 「我们能成为人类。」牠说。「让我们自由一段时间，我们就能占领你的城市，然後我们 就会成为人类。」 纹感到发寒，「待在这里。」她命道，并走出帐篷。「我会去看看这些『人类』究竟是谁 。」 「当然。」克罗司说，静静地望着她的背影消失在白日的迷雾中。 -------------------------------------------- 第一次翻译文有错或不顺的地方请见谅^^" 这只是其中一小节 後面有几节跟出版版本相似就先不翻 全文太长了我翻完大概就跨年了吧XD 有请高手补上後续内容=^= -- 标题 [闲聊] 台服最佳五人？ 作者 lnick32117 (lnick) 看板 LoL 我个人不知道要怎麽排这名单……，因为最喜欢的TPA已经面目全非，所以到版上问问各 位乡民心中的最佳五人 --

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