15 The battle at Death’s Head Headland

15. THE BATTLE AT DEATH'S HEAD HEADLAND While Hiccup and his team had been enraging the Green Death, Thuggory and his team had been infuriating the Purple Death. The two monsters ran smack into one another as they met at the corner of Death's Head Headland. One of Fireworm's wings was broken in two places from her experience in the Green Death's grip but she bravely flew back and made her final speech into his ear, as he sat gasping for air in the shallows. 'Here he is,' shouted Fireworm. 'My Master, the Purple Horror, who will tear you limb from limb and spit out your toenails!' And Fireworm flew away lopsidedly as fast as she could, with one wing trailing behind her. The Green Death was having a bad day. Ordinarily, a Seadragonus Giganticus Maximus would not dream of attacking another animal of the same breed. They avoid fighting each other because

15. 当Hiccup和他的团队激怒了绿死时，Thuggory和他的团队激怒了紫死。 两个怪物在死亡岬的拐角处撞在了一起。 火虫的一只翅膀因为被绿死魔抓住而折断了两处，但她勇敢地飞了回来，对着他的耳朵说了最后的话，这时他正坐在浅滩上大口喘气。 “他来了。”萤火虫喊道。 “我的主人，紫色恐怖，他会把你撕成碎片，吐出你的脚趾甲！”萤火虫一边飞快地飞开了，一只翅膀拖在身后。 绿死乐队那天过得很糟糕。 通常情况下，巨型海龙不会想到攻击其他同类动物。 他们避免打架是因为

they know they are so heavily armed that the battle risks ending in death for both of them. However, the Green Death had been attacked and jeered at by minuscule creatures who had inflamed and outraged his vanity. This Creature, who seemed to think he was tougher than the Green Death himself, had struck him heavily in the chest. The Green Death wasn't thinking too hard. He leapt at the Purple Death with his talons outstretched, breathing great bursts of fire, which lit up the landscape all around like lightning. The ground and the sea shook in great earthquakes as the two gigantic monsters lunged crazily at each other, swearing the most unrepeatable oaths in Dragonese. The Green Death's foot completely destroyed Wrecker's Reef with one blow. The Purple Death's wings caused great landslides to come tumbling down from the Headland's cliffs. Now their job was done, the Viking boys were running away as fast as they could, their eyes popping with terror, in case one of the dragons survived the fight. Every now and then they looked back to see

他们知道他们全副武装，战斗可能会以他们两人的死亡告终。 然而，绿死魔受到了一些微小生物的攻击和嘲笑，这些生物点燃并激怒了他的虚荣心。 这家伙似乎认为自己比绿死魔还要强壮，狠狠地打在他胸口上。 绿死并没有想太多。 它伸出爪子，扑向紫死魔，喷出阵阵火焰，像闪电一样照亮了周围的景色。 当这两个巨大的怪物疯狂地扑向对方时，大地和大海都发生了巨大的地震，他们用龙语发出了最不可重复的誓言。 绿死神的脚一击完全摧毁了沉船礁。 紫死魔的翅膀造成了巨大的山崩，从海岬的悬崖上滚落下来。 现在他们的任务完成了，维京男孩们以最快的速度逃跑，他们的眼睛因恐惧而瞪得大大的，以防有一条龙在战斗中幸存下来。 他们不时地回头看看

how the battle was going. With ghastly, eerie cries, the Dragons slashed and bit and tore pieces off one another. The Sea Dragon is the most well-defended creature that has ever lived on this planet. Its skin is over three feet thick in places, and so encrusted with shells and barnacles that it almost has the effect of armour. It is also the most well-armed creature that has ever lived on this planet and its razor sharp claws and teeth can rip open its own iron crust as if it were made out of paper… Now both Dragons had terrible wounds, and their green lifeblood was pouring out of them. The Green Death gripped the Purple Death around the neck with a deadly Throatchoker Grip. The Purple Death hugged the Green Death around the chest with a deadly Breathquencher Hug. Neither would let go– and the grip of a Dragon is a terrible thing. They reminded Hiccup of a picture on one of his father's shields: of two dragons forming a perfect circle as they ate one another, each with a tail in their mouth. The Dragons thrashed around wildly in the surf,

战斗进行得如何。恶龙们发出可怕、怪异的叫声，互相撕咬撕扯。 海龙是这个星球上有史以来防御最严密的生物。 它的皮肤有些地方有三英尺厚，上面覆盖着贝壳和藤壶，几乎有盔甲的作用。 它也是这个星球上曾经生活过的装备最精良的生物，它锋利的爪子和牙齿可以撕开自己的铁壳，就好像它是用纸做的一样……现在两条龙都有可怕的伤口，它们的绿色生命血液从它们身上流出来。 绿死神用致命的掐喉器抓住了紫死神的脖子。 紫袍死神用致命的屏息拥抱绿袍死神的胸膛。 谁也不肯放手——被龙抓住是件可怕的事。 它们让小嗝嗝想起了他父亲的盾牌上的一幅画：两条龙组成一个完美的圆圈，互相吃着，每条龙的嘴里都叼着一条尾巴。 巨龙们在海浪中疯狂地翻滚，

gagging and choking, with their eyes popping, their tails causing such tidal waves that the boys were soaked, even though they were scrambling away from the Headland as fast as they could. Finally, with some last heaving shudders and grim gurgles, both mighty beasts lay still in the water. There was silence. The boys stopped running. They stood gasping for breath, watching the motionless beasts with dread. The boys' dragons, which were flying some way ahead of the boys, also turned, and hung still in the air. The Terrible Creatures didn't move. The boys waited two long minutes, as waves lapped gently over the great, motionless bodies. 'They're dead,' said Thuggory at last. The boys started laughing, rather hysterically, now that the terror was over. 'Well done, Hiccup!' Thuggory slapped Hiccup on the back. But Hiccup was looking worried. He was squinting his eyes and straining to hear something. 'I can't hear anything,' said Hiccup anxiously. 'You can't hear anything because they're DEAD,' said Thuggory joyfully. 'Three cheers for Hiccup!'

虽然他们正以最快的速度从海岬逃开，但它们的尾巴却掀起了一阵阵巨浪，把孩子们淋得浑身湿透。 最后，随着最后一阵剧烈的颤抖和可怕的咯咯声，两只巨大的野兽安静地躺在水里。 一阵沉默。男孩们停止了奔跑。 他们站在那里喘着粗气，恐惧地看着那些一动不动的野兽。 男孩们的龙在他们前面飞了一段距离，也转过身来，一动不动地悬在空中。 可怕的生物没有动。 孩子们等了足足两分钟，海浪轻轻地拍打着那些一动不动的庞然大物。 “他们死了。” 孩子们笑了起来，有点歇斯底里，因为恐惧已经过去了。 “干得好，小嗝嗝！”暴徒在嗝嗝的背上拍了一下。 但是小嗝嗝看起来很担心。 他眯着眼睛，努力想听点什么。 “我什么也听不见，”小嗝嗝焦急地说。 “你什么也听不见，因为他们都死了。” “为小嗝嗝欢呼三声！”

Halfway through the boys' cheering, Fireworm let out a terrible noise. 'DESERT!' she shrieked. 'Desert, desert, desert, desert!' The head of the corpse of the Green Death was slowly lifting up and turning in their direction. 'Uh-oh,' said Hiccup.

男孩们欢呼到一半时，萤火虫发出了一声可怕的声音。 “沙漠!她尖叫道。“沙漠，沙漠，沙漠，沙漠！”绿死尸的头慢慢地抬起，朝他们的方向转了过来。 “哦哦，”小嗝嗝说。