Chapter 11

Chapter 11 THE ENDERMONSTER IS WHAT? YOU'RE PULLING MY STONE LEG! Theo didn't put the pumpkin back on his head. He wanted the Endermonster to really see him. Maybe the part of it that was once the Evoker King would recognize Theo as a friend. He would just have to avoid making eye contact. He wanted to be very careful not to anger it again, now that the mob had finally calmed down. He could feel his friends' eyes on him as he descended the ladder into the pit. They were nervous. Morgan, especially. Because Morgan didn't like it when things were out of his control. And this time, it all came down to Theo.

第十一章底怪是什么？ 你在骗我！西奥没有把南瓜戴回头上。 他想让末底怪真正看到他。 也许曾经是闪回王的那部分会把西奥当成朋友。 他只需要避免眼神接触。 既然暴民终于平静下来了，他要非常小心，不要再激怒它。 当他下梯子进入坑里时，他能感觉到朋友们的目光在盯着他。 他们很紧张。摩根,特别是。 因为摩根不喜欢事情超出他的控制。 这一次，一切都取决于西奥。

Once he was off the ladder, Theo kept his eyes on the ground. The soul sand was eerie. As if this situation weren't frightening enough! "I, uh, I come in peace," he said. "I JUST WANT TO TALK." The Endermonster didn't say anything. But it didn't attack, either. "Do you remember me? I'm Theo. We were both going to be 'the new kid' at the same time." He took a shuffling step forward. "YOU CALLED YOURSELF THE EVOKER KING." The mob made that horrible shrieking sound. Theo flinched, and he held his hands up in front of him. But he kept his eyes on the ground. The shriek faded. And the Endermonster spoke. "Not Evoker King," it said. "Evoker King's… FEAR." "Fear?" Theo felt it himself. "I don't understand."

西奥从梯子上下来后，眼睛一直盯着地面。 灵魂之沙令人毛骨悚然。好像这种情况还不够可怕似的！“我，呃，我是为和平而来，”他说。 “我只是想谈谈。”末底怪什么也没说。 但它也没有攻击。 “你还记得我吗？”我弟弟。 我们将同时成为‘新人’。” 他拖着脚向前迈了一步。 “你自称是召唤者之王。” 暴民发出了可怕的尖叫声。 西奥畏缩了一下，双手举在身前。 但他的眼睛一直盯着地面。 尖叫声渐渐消失了。于是末底怪说话了。 “不是埃沃克尔·金，”它说。 “埃弗克·金的……恐惧。”“害怕?”西奥自己也感觉到了。 “我不明白。”

"Evoker King…was ONE. Evoker King…is SIX." It took Theo a moment to make sense of what the Endermonster was saying. He gasped as the truth sank in. Did he understand correctly? Was such a bizarre metamorphosis possible? The Evoker King hadn't just become this new mob. He had become six new mobs. Theo remembered the moment when Jodi had convinced the Evoker King to be their friend. The

“埃弗克·金……只有一个。埃弗克·金……六岁了。” 西奥过了一会儿才明白末底怪在说什么。 他明白了真相，倒吸了一口气。 他理解正确吗？ 这种奇怪的变形是可能的吗？ Evoker King不只是变成了一个新的暴民。 他变成了六个新的暴徒。 西奥想起了乔迪说服唤起王做他们朋友的那一刻。 的

Evoker King had been scared. He was terrified of change. Was the Endermonster that piece of him? The part of him that was afraid? "Listen to me," Theo said. "I know what it's like… to be afraid. I know what it's like to not want people to see you. Because what if they don't like what they see?" He took a deep, shaky breath. "It feels safer to be invisible. SAFER…BUT IT'S SO lonely. Aren't you lonely?" The Endermonster didn't say anything. But Theo could hear it making the strange, otherworldly sounds of an enderman. It was close.

埃弗克·金很害怕。 他害怕改变。 末底怪是他的一部分吗？ 他害怕的那部分？ “听我说，”西奥说。 “我知道害怕是什么感觉。 我知道不想让别人看到你是什么感觉。 因为如果他们不喜欢他们所看到的呢？”他深深地、颤抖地吸了一口气。 “隐形让人感觉更安全。 安全了…但是很孤独。 你不寂寞吗？”末底怪什么也没说。 但西奥能听到它发出一种奇怪的、超凡脱俗的声音，就像一个终末人。 很接近。

He took another small step forward. "I'm going to look at you now," he said. "I know it's scary. But I want you to be brave. Because I'm your friend. And you have to let your friends see the real you." Theo raised his square chin. He gazed into the Endermonster's face. He looked right into its bloodred eyes. "Not afraid," it said. "Good," said Theo. "That's good." The mob's eyes glowed red. Its whole body glowed. It leaned forward and whispered something in Theo's ear. Theo didn't have a chance to respond. The Endermonster was engulfed in a burst of light—light in the shape of blocky, pixelated butterflies. There was a swarm of them, and they washed over Theo, filling his vision with color. He had to shield his eyes and look away.

他又向前迈了一小步。 “我现在要看看你，”他说。 “我知道这很可怕。但我希望你勇敢一点。 因为我是你的朋友。你必须让你的朋友看到真实的你。” 西奥抬起方正的下巴。 他凝视着末底怪的脸。 他直视着它血红的眼睛。 “不怕，”它说。“很好，”西奥说。 “那就好。”暴民们的眼睛通红。 它全身发光。它向前倾着身子，在西奥耳边低语着什么。 西奥没来得及回应。 末底怪被一阵光吞没了——光是一块块的、像素化的蝴蝶形状。 有一群人，他们冲到西奥身上，使他的视觉充满了色彩。 他不得不捂住眼睛，把目光移开。

When the butterflies had all faded or flown away, Theo saw that the Endermonster was gone. Where it had stood just a moment before, there was now a long, rectangular block. "What is that?" asked Jodi. "It's a leg," said Theo. "IT'S THE FIRST PIECE OF THE EVOKER KING." "The first piece?" said Ash. "You mean…that was just the beginning?" Morgan asked. "I'll explain everything," said Theo. He poked the leg. "But first, we need to figure out who's putting that leg in their inventory."

当蝴蝶都消失或飞走时，西奥看到末底怪不见了。 刚才它还站着的地方，现在变成了一个长方形的长木块。 “那是什么？”乔迪问。 “是一条腿，”西奥说。“这是唤醒王的第一块。” “第一块？”阿什说。 “你是说……那只是个开始？”摩根问道。 “我会解释的。”西奥说。 他戳了一下腿。“但首先，我们需要弄清楚是谁把这条腿放进了他们的库存。”