20 The Last Song of Grimbeard

20. THE LAST SONG OF GRIMBEARD THE GHASTLY Neighing in terror, the valiant Windwalker leapt into the sky, carrying his helmeted rider towards the oncoming army of Alvinsmen. For each Bullguard with a rider, there were five more attached to the riders' wrists by long chains, like horses pulling racing chariots in the air. The Bullguards halted, wings humming, not quite sure what to make of a lone boy attacking them. Were there more invisible Deadly Shadow dragons backing him up? Surely he could not be alone? Did this impudent human not know how terrifying they were? Hiccup picked up the backpack with the still sleeping Hogfly in it, and put it on his back. 'Don't worry, Toothless!' he called through the locked hatch to his little dragon. 'It's all perfectly fine…' Hiccup turned the ship straight south now, out of the protection of Wrecker's Bay, directing its furling sails towards the screaming hurricane of the Wind. Further back and invisible to all, Camicazi and Fishlegs had just left Alvin's underground war

20.。可怕的嘶鸣，勇敢的风行者跃上天空，带着他的头盔骑士冲向迎面而来的阿尔文士军队。 每有一名牛头卫骑手，就会有另外五名牛头卫骑手被长链子绑在他们的手腕上，就像马在空中拉着赛车一样。 牛头卫们停了下来，翅膀嗡嗡作响，不知道该怎么对付一个孤身一人攻击他们的男孩。 还有更多隐形的致命暗影龙在背后支持他吗？ 他肯定不是一个人吧？ 难道这个厚颜无耻的人不知道他们有多可怕吗？ 嗝嗝拿起那只还在睡觉的猪虻的背包，背在背上。 “别担心，无牙！”他隔着锁着的舱门对他的小龙喊道。 “一切都很好……”小嗝嗝现在把船直接转向南方，驶离了沉船湾的保护，把卷起的帆引向呼啸的飓风。 在更遥远的地方，大家都看不见，卡米卡齐和鱼腿刚刚离开了阿尔文的地下战争

bunker and were urging the Deadly Shadow forward. They weren't quite within range of shooting at the Bullguards yet. 'Oh for Thor's sake!' moaned Fishlegs. 'That's Hiccup! Why is he riding at Alvin's army?' The witch herself was seated on a Queen Bullguard, a dragon rather larger than the rest of its species. Her white cloak streamed out behind her. Alvin was on a King Bullguard by her side. She, too, thought she recognised Hiccup. 'It's him…' she whispered. 'The Hiccup boy… his dragon must have saved him… But what is he doing now? Has he turned mad?' It was typical of Snotlout, somehow, that even in a situation of desperate peril, he was still showing off. For as he flew towards the swarm of hovering Bullguards, Snotlout threw in an entirely unnecessary somersault. It was one of Flashburn's favourites, a Loop-de-Loop Special, and highly difficult to carry out at the best of times. You had to grip very tightly indeed on to the dragon's back with your knees in order not to fall off when the dragon was upside-down. 'You see!' Snotlout called over his shoulder for Hiccup's benefit, though Hiccup could hardly hear

地堡，催促死亡之影前进。 他们还没有进入射击公牛卫队的范围。 “哦，看在托尔的份上！”鱼腿呻吟道。 这是打嗝!他为什么在阿尔文的军队里骑马？”女巫自己坐在一头牛头女王身上，这是一条比其他同类都大得多的龙。 她的白色斗篷在身后飘动。 阿尔文骑在她身旁的国王牛头卫上。 她也觉得自己认出了小嗝嗝。 “是他……”她低声说。 “小嗝嗝男孩……他的龙一定救了他……可他现在在干什么？” 他疯了吗？”不知怎么的，这是鼻鼻子的典型特征，即使在极度危险的情况下，他仍然在炫耀。 因为当他飞向那群盘旋在空中的牛头卫时，鼻涕精做了一个完全没有必要的翻筋斗。 这是Flashburn的最爱之一，一个Loop-de-Loop Special，在最好的时候也很难执行。 当龙倒立的时候，你必须用膝盖紧紧地抓住龙的背部，以免掉下来。 “你看!”小鼻子从肩膀后面喊了一声，虽然小嗝嗝几乎听不见

him. 'I'M THE BEST DRAGON FLYER IN THE WORLD!' He then tried to get up on his feet, another Flashburn trick, but the Windwalker was flying too fast now for that one, and he hastily re-seated himself. As Snotlout rode straight at the Bullguards, Hiccup could hear him singing Grimbeard's song, the song that Grimbeard sang once, long ago, when he sailed into the west on his ship The Endless Journey, after he had killed his own son and broken up the kingdom of the Wilderwest. Here is that song that Snotlout sang: I sailed so far to be a King but the time was never right… I lost my way on a stormy past, got wrecked in starless night… But let my heart be wrecked by hurricanes and my ship by stormy weather I know I am a Hero… and a Hero is… FOREVER! Hiccup could feel the sea beneath the ship picking up more strongly as he sailed closer and closer, nearer and nearer, to that howling hurricane din, the Winter Wind of Woden. In another time, another place, I could have been a

他。“我是世界上最好的飞龙手！”然后他试着站起来，这又是一个闪光的把戏，但风行者现在飞得太快了，他赶紧重新坐了下来。 当鼻涕鼻子直奔牛头卫时，嗝嗝听见他在唱Grimbeard的歌，很久以前，当他乘着“无尽之旅”号船向西方航行时，他杀死了自己的儿子，摧毁了西部荒原的王国，就唱过这首歌。 这是鼻涕虫唱的那首歌：我远航成为国王，但时间从来都不对……我在暴风雨中迷失了方向，在没有星星的夜晚被摧毁……但让我的心被飓风摧毁，我的船被暴风雨摧毁我知道我是一个英雄……一个英雄是……永远！小嗝嗝可以感觉到船下的海水越来越猛烈，他越驶越近，越来越近，越来越接近那呼啸的飓风，沃登的冬风。 在另一个时间，另一个地方，我可能是

King But in my castle's ruined towers the lonely seabirds sing I burnt up my Tomorrows, I cannot go back ever But I am still a Hero… and a Hero is… FOREVER! The Bullguards hovered suspiciously. Their whiskers were out, feeling the air. 'What is he doing?' hissed the witch suspiciously. 'It could be a trick…' But Alvin was sensing imminent triumph. He screwed in his favourite hook. 'No, he knows he's trapped,' Alvin gloated. 'That's Grimbeard the Ghastly's Last Song he is singing there… He knows he is trapped and he is going down fighting… He is going down like a Hero, trying to make us look bad, the little rat.' For behind their leaders, Alvin was acutely aware that the Alvinsmen were whispering to one another, 'Wow, he's still alive… and he's singing that song….' 'ATTACCKKKKKK!' roared Alvin the Treacherous. The Bullguards let out a simultaneous scream, terrible to hear. And the Bullguard and Alvinsman army

国王但在我城堡的废墟里，孤独的海鸟歌唱我烧毁了我的明天，我再也回不去了，但我仍然是英雄，永远是英雄！牛头卫兵怀疑地徘徊着。 他们伸出胡须，感受着空气。 “他在干什么？”女巫怀疑地嘶嘶地问。 “这可能是个骗局……”但阿尔文感觉到胜利即将来临。 他拧上他最喜欢的钩子。 “不，他知道自己被困住了，”阿尔文幸灾乐祸地说。 “他在那儿唱的是鬼胡子的绝唱……他知道自己被困住了，他要下去战斗……他要像个英雄一样下去，想让我们出丑，这只小老鼠。”因为在他们的领导人身后，阿尔文敏锐地意识到，阿尔文的人正在互相窃窃私语，“哇，他还活着……他还在唱那首歌....。“ATTACCKKKKKK !背信弃义的阿尔文吼道。 牛头卫兵们同时发出一声惨叫，听起来很可怕。 还有牛头军和阿尔文曼军

shot after Snotlout and the Windwalker like a vast swarm of hornets, with the witch still shrieking, 'No… Wait! It could be a trick! It could be a trick!' Screaming like a madman, Windwalker beneath him glazed with terror, Snotlout fled through the sky, pursued by the Alvinsman army. 'Oh, for Thor's sake,' whispered Hiccup, petrified, scared to look over his shoulder but looking nonetheless. 'Oh for Thor's sake…' On Snotlout charged, howling joyful insults over his shoulder and firing arrows at the pursuing Bullguards. 'Come and get me, you buck-toothed, pig-ugly grandmas! Catch-me-if-you-can, you lickspittle, worm-wriggling night-creatures!' Hiccup was too far away to hear what the insults were, but he almost grinned as he imagined them, for Snotlout had always been brilliant at insults on the Pirate Training Programme. 'Take that, you mangy, hippo-slow vipers-for-hand-bags! Can't catch me, you vile, rabbit-hearted loser-snakes!' Hiccup was steering the boat very close to the Wind now. Snotlout was sailing very close to the wind himself, for though the Windwalker could fly much

像一大群大黄蜂一样追着鼻涕鼻子和风行者，女巫还在尖叫：“不……等等！”这可能是个骗局！这可能是个骗局！”像疯子一样尖叫着，风行者在他下面吓得呆头呆脑，鼻鼻子在天空中逃跑，被阿尔文曼军队追赶。 “哦，看在托尔的份上。”嗝嗝低声说，他吓呆了，不敢回头看，但还是看了。 “哦，看在托尔的份上……”鼻鼻子冲了上去，一边在身后欢快地咆哮辱骂，一边向追击的牛头卫兵射箭。 “过来抓我，你们这些长着龅牙、长得像猪一样丑的奶奶！”能抓我就抓我，你们这些讨厌的、蠕动着虫子的夜行生物！”小嗝嗝离得太远了，听不清这些侮辱是什么，但他想象的时候几乎要咧嘴笑了，因为在海盗训练计划中，鼻子鼻一向很擅长侮辱人。 “拿去吧，你们这些贪吃的、慢吞吞的毒蛇！”抓不到我，你们这些卑鄙的、兔心眼的失败者！”小嗝嗝现在正把船开得离风很近。 鼻鼻子自己也在顺风航行，因为虽然风行者可以飞得很远

faster than the Bullguards, Snotlout was deliberately flying the dragon slowly to make himself a more tempting lure to chase. The maddened swarm converged on Snotlout so closely that Hiccup thought for one heartstopping moment that they might have caught him. And then Snotlout pulled out an impudent Death Dive, steering Windwalker down, down, like he was a peregrine falcon diving, at over one hundred and eighty miles per hour, towards the sea. The Bullguards followed, plunging after him like arrows falling from the sky. At the absolute last minute, Snotlout brought Windwalker out of the dive, so late that the Windwalker brushed the tops of the waves with the tips of his wings. A large number of Bullguards could not correct themselves in time, and went plunging into the water. Many others put the brakes on in the nick of time, but were put off course, and went spiralling into other Bullguards. When the swarm righted itself, squawking, and set off in pursuit once more, they had lost about a third of their number, who were picking themselves up out of the sea. 'Ha ha! You chocolate-coated pig-dragons! You

鼻子哥比牛头卫跑得还快，他故意让龙慢慢飞起来，好让自己成为更诱人的追逐对象。 疯狂的蜂群聚集在鼻子鼻子身上，离得如此之近，以至于小嗝嗝一度心跳加速，以为它们可能抓住了它。 然后鼻涕哥开始了一个鲁莽的死亡俯冲，驾驶着风行者往下，往下，就像一只游隼，以每小时180英里的速度向大海俯冲。 牛头卫兵跟在后面，像天上掉下来的箭一样扑向他。 在最后一刻，鼻子怪把风行者从潜水中救了出来，时间太迟了，以至于风行者用他的翅膀尖擦过了海浪的顶部。 大批牛兵没能及时改正，纷纷跳入水中。 其他许多人在关键时刻踩下了刹车，但却偏离了轨道，旋即变成了其他的“牛头卫士”。 当这群人站直身子，尖声叫着，又开始追赶时，他们已经失去了大约三分之一的人，他们正在从海里爬起来。 “哈哈!你们这些裹着巧克力的猪龙！你