04 Surrounded

CHAPTER 4 SURROUNDED The friends followed Grey, keeping low. "The shield is breaking!" Blaze cried. Tag looked up at the dome of light. Dark spots appeared where the tiger bats had attacked. One by one, the tiger bats darted through these holes into Valor Wood. Grey, Blaze, and Tag flew faster.

朋友们低调地跟在格雷后面。 “护盾要破了！”大火哭了。 泰格抬头望着圆顶的光。 虎蝠袭击的地方出现了黑点。 虎蝠一只接一只地从这些洞里窜进英勇森林。 格蕾、火焰和泰格飞得更快。

Suddenly, a black-and-orange blur swooped down, knocking Tag to the ground. "Tag!" Skyla yelled. A second tiger bat flew out of the trees. Its sharp beak snapped at Skyla's tail. Grey flew high up into the sky. Then he zoomed toward Thorn's spies, knocking three of them over. He pulled a golden sword from his armor. The tips of Grey's wings sparkled with magic. "You are not welcome in Valor Wood!" Grey yelled. The tiger bats scattered.

突然，一个黑色和橙色的模糊物俯冲下来，把泰格撞倒在地。 “标签!”Skyla喊道。另一只虎蝠从树上飞了出来。 它的尖嘴咬住了斯凯拉的尾巴。 格雷飞上了天空。 然后他冲向索恩的探子，撞倒了三个人。 他从盔甲里抽出一把金剑。 格蕾的翅膀尖闪耀着魔法。 “你在英勇森林不受欢迎！”灰色喊道。 虎蝠散开了。

Grey landed and turned to Tag. "Are you okay?" Tag nodded as he dusted off his feathers. "I could have fought them," he said. "I know," Grey replied with a smile. Blaze stamped her feet, throwing Skyla off her back. "Something bit me!" Blaze cried. "Blaze!" Skyla said. "What... Ouch! That stings!" Tag felt something bite his foot, too. "More prickle ants!" The friends turned to run the other way but came face-to-face with a gigantic mega beetle. It was made from hundreds of crag beetles. This mega beetle was even bigger than the ones they had met near the Whispering Oak.

格蕾上了岸，转向泰格。 “你还好吗？”泰格点了点头，掸掉身上的羽毛。 “我本可以和他们战斗的，”他说。 “我知道，”格雷笑着回答。 火焰跺着脚，把斯凯拉从背上摔了下来。 “什么东西咬了我！”大火哭了。 “大火!”Skyla说。“什么…… 哎哟!那刺!”泰格也觉得有什么东西咬了他的脚。 “更多的刺蚁！”朋友们转身向另一个方向跑去，却遇到了一只巨大的巨型甲虫。 它是由数百只岩甲虫制成的。 这只巨型甲虫比他们在低语橡树附近遇到的那些还要大。

"Time to fight!" Tag said, pulling out his dagger. He attacked the mega beetle. The beetles' shells were so hard that Tag couldn't hurt them. But wherever he hit the mega beetle, small crag beetles fell to the ground. Skyla shot acorns, while Grey and Blaze attacked with their beaks and talons.

“是时候战斗了！”泰格说着，抽出了匕首。 他攻击了巨型甲虫。 甲虫的壳非常坚硬，泰格伤不了它们。 但无论他在哪里击中巨型甲虫，小岩甲虫都会掉到地上。 斯凯拉射击橡子，而格雷和火焰则用喙和爪子攻击。

Suddenly, the beetles scurried away as though something had scared them. Why are they running away? Tag wondered. GRRRRRRRRR! There was a loud growl behind him, and Tag knew the answer. He had heard the same sound when they had been captured in The Shadowlands. "Wolves!" Skyla squeaked.

突然，甲虫们赶紧跑开了，好像有什么东西把它们吓坏了。 他们为什么要逃跑？ 标签很好奇。GRRRRRRRRR !他身后传来一声响亮的咆哮，泰格知道了答案。 他们在暗影之地被俘时，他也听到过同样的声音。 “狼!”Skyla发出“吱吱”的响声。