9 Inside Alvin's War Bunker

9. INSIDE ALVIN'S WAR BUNKER It was a stupendous underground ice cavern, titanically huge, and lit with millions and millions of Glow-worms that sent the ice a-gleaming and a-dazzling as the Glow-worms moved. There were vast icicles hanging down from the ceiling, as if something had exploded from above and frozen into great spikes of turquoise ice. The floor of the cavern was sea, and above it, as Snotlout had said, the witch and Alvin had built a Viking town on stilts. A crazy maze of wooden platforms wound nearly from one side of the cavern to the other, with houses and blacksmith's forges and armouries and even a crooked Great Hall standing in the centre, made out of what looked like the jumbled remains of ships, with the skull-and-crossbones Treacherous flag flying from the top. At the edges of this town there were at least a hundred black ships, skulking like predatory black widow spiders, torches and flares glowing along their sides. And there was a melancholy, familiar sight of gigantic dragon cages, with that terrible sound of captured, terrified dragons, and the smell of chains

9. 在阿尔文的战争地堡里，那是一个巨大的地下冰洞，巨大得可怕，被成千上万的萤火虫照亮，萤火虫移动时，冰就闪闪发光。 巨大的冰柱从天花板上垂下来，好像有什么东西从上面爆炸了，冻成了巨大的青绿色冰柱。 洞穴的底部是大海，就像鼻子鼻子说的，女巫和阿尔文在上面建造了一座维京人的高跷小镇。 一个由木头平台组成的迷宫，几乎从洞穴的一边蜿蜒到另一边，上面有房屋、铁匠的锻炉和军械库，甚至还有一个歪歪斜斜的大礼堂矗立在中央，看起来是用混杂在一起的船只残骸做成的，顶上飘扬着骷髅交叉的背叛旗帜。 在这个城镇的边缘，至少有一百艘黑船，像掠食的黑寡妇蜘蛛一样鬼鬼祟祟地潜伏着，两边点着火把和照明弹。 巨大的龙笼是一种令人忧郁而熟悉的景象，伴随着被捕获的、惊恐的龙发出的可怕的声音，以及锁链的气味

being made out of molten metal, for Alvin and the witch were using dragons as slaves again. It was good for Hiccup to see this at this time, for it was so easy, in the chaos and the horror of war, to forget what they were fighting for. It reminded Hiccup that though he had made mistakes– he had released the Dragon Furious, he had lost Camicazi– he had made those mistakes for a reason. This must not happen. This misery, this slavery, this must not happen in the future. A new world HAD to be born. With a sick feeling in his stomach, Hiccup recognised Dragonmarker helmets on long poles sticking triumphantly above the town. Poor Camicazi was in there somewhere. Oh please let her be all right… Ferocious-looking Alvinsmen Warriors hurried along the wooden walkways, shouting at each other, and lighting flares, and cooking food, and making weapons. Circling above were the Alvinsmen sentries, riding Bullguard Slavedragons whose goggling eyes sent out searchlight beams as they patrolled the camp, guarding against intruders.

是由熔化的金属制成的，因为阿尔文和女巫又把龙当奴隶了。 对小嗝嗝来说，在这个时候看到这一点是件好事，因为在战争的混乱和恐怖中，很容易忘记他们为什么而战。 它提醒小嗝嗝，尽管他犯了错误——他发行了《龙之怒》，他失去了卡米卡齐——但他犯这些错误是有原因的。 这绝不能发生。这种苦难，这种奴役，将来绝不能再发生。 一个新的世界必须诞生。 胃里一阵恶心，嗝嗝认出了龙的标志头盔，长杆子上挂着胜利的标志。 可怜的Camicazi就在那里。 “哦，请让她平安吧……”凶狠的阿尔文战士们沿着木走道匆匆而过，彼此大喊大叫，点燃照明弹，烹饪食物，制作武器。 阿尔文家族的哨兵在上面盘旋，他们骑着牛头卫奴隶龙，在营地巡逻时，眼睛里闪烁着探照灯，防范入侵者。

It was extraordinary to think that such a huge gathering of houses and ships could have been hidden from the Dragonmarkers and the Dragon Furious for so long, but the roar of the waterfall had entirely muffled the noises and the smells and the lights of this busy underground town from outside. Hiccup adjusted his sword. 'Let's go,' he whispered. The three-headed dragon swooped down towards the wooden platforms of the bustling village, Windwalker and the Hurricane flying low under the Deadly Shadow's wings, so that they would be camouflaged as they passed through the circling Bullguard sentries. Snotlout's eyes gleamed admiringly as the beautiful Deadly Shadow Dragon plunged into a dive. 'I have to admit, reluctantly, Useless,' he whispered, 'that for a lot of runty little weeds, your team do travel in style.' Hiccup's heart was beating so hard, it felt like it might leap out of his chest at any moment as they soared near the Bullguards. One of the Bullguards whipped its head around, perhaps feeling the passing wind from the Deadly Shadow's wings or hearing the little muffled whispers of the hunting-dragons…

这么大的一群房屋和船只竟然能被巨龙标记和怒龙隐藏这么长时间，这真是不可思议，但瀑布的轰鸣完全掩盖了这个繁忙的地下小镇外面的噪音、气味和灯光。 嗝嗝调整了一下他的剑。 “我们走吧，”他低声说。三头龙猛扑向熙熙攘攘的村庄的木制平台，风行者和飓风号在死亡之影的翅膀下低空飞行，这样当它们穿过围拢的牛头卫哨兵时就能伪装起来。 当这条美丽的致命影龙俯冲下来时，鼻子哥的眼睛里闪烁着羡慕的光芒。 “我不得不承认，虽然很不情愿，没用的，”他小声说，“对于许多瘦小的小杂草来说，你们队的旅行确实很有风格。”小嗝嗝的心跳得很厉害，当他们飞到牛头卫队附近时，他觉得自己的心随时都可能跳出来。 其中一个牛头卫摇了摇脑袋，也许是感觉到了死亡之影翅膀吹过的风，或者是听到了猎龙低沉的低语……

Surely they must see us? thought Hiccup, petrified. They swooped downwards, and Hiccup tipped his face upwards, expecting at any minute a roar of discovery, and then the whine of a full aerial pursuit. But there was nothing, no suspicion in the faces of the Alvinsmen sentries or the dragons they were riding. The Bullguards continued their patrol, their eye-beams flashing around the Bay in steady circles. Down the Deadly Shadow swooped, and shot underneath the nearest wooden platform, followed by the Hurricane and Windwalker, and the Hogfly, Stormfly, Wodensfang and Toothless. Hiccup breathed a sigh of relief. There was barely room for the Deadly Shadow underneath the maze of wooden platforms. Its wings dipped into the sea as it flew, swerving through the stilts that stood in the water like legs. It was bizarre to be flying underneath the streets of a city. Looking up, in between the wooden boards, Hiccup could see the shoes of people walking up and down the walkways above. A hatch opened ahead of them, and the Windwalker swerved just in time, for someone chucked a bucket of fish guts through the hatch before slamming it shut again. Below them in the water were the rotting

他们一定看见我们了吧？小嗝嗝想，吓呆了。 他们俯冲下来，小嗝嗝的脸向上仰着，随时都在等着发现后的大吼，然后是空中全力追击的呜呜声。 但阿尔文森的哨兵和他们骑的龙的脸上却没有一丝怀疑。 牛头警卫队继续巡逻，他们的目光在海湾周围稳定地转着圈。 “死影号”俯冲而下，在最近的一个木平台下面疾驰而过，后面跟着飓风号和风行者号，还有霍格蝇号、暴风蝇号、巫登鲨号和无牙号。 嗝嗝松了一口气。 在迷宫般的木平台下面，几乎没有地方容得下死亡之影。 它的翅膀在飞翔时浸入海水中，在像腿一样立在水中的高跷间转弯。 在城市的街道下面飞行是很奇怪的。 小嗝嗝从木板中间抬起头来，可以看到上面人行道上人们走来走去的鞋子。 他们面前的舱门打开了，风行者及时转向，因为有人把一桶鱼内脏扔进舱门，然后又砰地关上了。 他们下面的水里是腐烂的东西

carcasses of sunken ships. Snotlout landed the Hurricane on the upturned hull of one of these submerged wrecks and gestured upwards with his thumb. 'This is the hatch,' he whispered. 'Before the witch caught us, the Hurricane and I went on loads of spying operations searching for the Things. Look, I've marked the hatch with an X, to be sure I'd get the right one when I came back.' Hiccup and Fishlegs landed their dragons beside him, and the three dragons sat in a row on the hull of the sunken ship, like three great cormorants roosting on a rock. 'And who is in there guarding them?' Snotlout's eyes gleamed. 'Oh, a couple of dozy Alvinsmen guards. But we can deal with them, can't we?' 'He lies…' whispered Stormfly in Dragonese. 'Trust a liar to know a liar…' 'If all three of us climb up,' said Snotlout, 'we can carry the Throne through the hatch and balance it on the back of the Deadly Shadow. And then we'll go on to the prison and rescue Camicazi.' Hiccup drew his sword, and swallowed hard. 'OK,' said Hiccup. 'Wodensfang, Hogfly and

沉船残骸。 “鼻子哥”号把“飓风”号降落在其中一艘沉在水中的沉船上，用大拇指朝上做了个手势。 “这是舱门，”他低声说。 “在女巫抓住我们之前，飓风号和我进行了大量的侦察行动，寻找那些东西。 瞧，我在舱门上画了个X，以便我回来时能找到正确的舱门。”小嗝嗝和鱼腿把它们的龙放在他身边，三条龙在沉船的船体上排成一排，就像三只栖息在岩石上的大鸬鹚。 “谁在里面看守他们？”鼻子精的眼睛闪闪发光。 “哦，几个阿尔文家的打瞌睡的卫兵。 但我们能对付他们，不是吗？“他在说谎……”暴风飞用龙语低声说。 “如果我们三个都爬上去，”鼻子鼻子说，“我们就能把王座从舱口抬出去，把它放在死影号的背上保持平衡。 然后我们再去监狱救卡米卡齐。”嗝嗝抽出剑，使劲吞咽。 “好吧，”小嗝嗝说。“沃登斯，霍格蝇和……

Stormfly, you stay here with Windwalker and the Deadly Shadow.' 'Woof, woof!' said Hogfly obediently. 'Keep to the left! Marry me, sunshine! Where's the exit?' 'Toothless,' said Hiccup, 'you can come with me, I don't want to let you out of my sight…' 'Because T-t-toothless is the Best Lost Thing?' Toothless smiled radiantly. 'See Stormfly… See W-w-wodensfang… See very very stupid dragon who looks like a pig… Toothless so important Hiccup can't let him out of his sight… Toothless V-V-VERY VERY important…' 'The Deadly Shadow can give all three of us a lift up to the hatch. Windwalker, could you open it for us please?' A single breath from Windwalker incinerated the bolts around the hatch, and it fell open. Hiccup, sitting on the back of the Deadly Shadow who was hovering just underneath the hatch, peered up inside. It was completely dark, and completely quiet. 'I'll go in first,' whispered Snotlout, 'because I know my way around…' Snotlout's eyes were curiously bright. Was it excitement? Or was it something more than that? Snotlout laughed at Hiccup's expression, which

暴风蝇，你和风行者还有死亡之影留在这里。“汪，汪！”霍格fly顺从地说。 “靠左边走！”嫁给我吧，阳光！出口在哪里？“没有牙齿，”小嗝嗝说，“你可以跟我走，我不想让你离开我的视线……”无牙笑得容光焕发。 “你看，暴风虻……你看，哇——哇——哇——哇——哇……你看，长得像一头猪的非常非常愚蠢的龙……没有牙齿这么重要，小嗝嗝不能让它离开自己的视线……没有牙齿——————非常非常重要……” 风行者，你能帮我们打开吗？”风行者的一口气就把舱门周围的螺栓烧成了灰烬，舱门打开了。 小嗝嗝坐在停在舱门下面的“死影”的背上，向里面窥视。 四周一片漆黑，一片寂静。 “我先进去，”鼻鼻子小声说，“因为我熟悉周围的路……” 是兴奋吗？或者还有别的原因？ 小鼻子笑了笑嗝嗝的表情