20 Hiccup the God

20. HICCUP THE GOD The Romans flocked to the Circuses in their thousands to be entertained. They expected a glorious theatrical experience– blood, guts, heroism, feats of astonishing physical prowess. They were certainly getting their money's worth NOW. This was a sight no one had ever seen before. A flying boy? The crowd leaped to their feet, amazed. Fishlegs nearly fell out of the boat. And slowly, majestically, Hiccup rose up through the rain with his arms spread out wide, as if held up by magical forces. 'Brilliant,' whispered Camicazi. 'I don't know HOW he's doing it, but it's brilliant.' Hiccup rose and rose up to the metal 'ceiling' of the amphitheatre, the netting that the sharp teeth of the Flashfangs had failed to bite through in their terror… At a single stroke of

20.。成千上万的罗马人涌向马戏场享受娱乐。 他们期待着一场辉煌的戏剧体验——鲜血、勇气、英雄主义、惊人的身体力量。 现在他们的钱花得物有所值了。 这是以前没有人见过的景象。 会飞的男孩？人群惊奇地跳了起来。 鱼腿差点掉出船外。 小嗝嗝慢慢地、庄严地从雨中站了起来，张开双臂，好像被魔法力量支撑着。 “太棒了。”卡米卡齐小声说。 “我不知道他是怎么做到的，但这真是太棒了。”小嗝嗝一升一升，一直升到圆形剧场的金属“天花板”上，那是闪牙的尖牙在恐怖中没能咬穿的网

Hiccup's hand the netting split in two… He burst through and hung in the air, every awestruck eye upon him. The Fat Consul fell to his knees. Even Alvin's jaw dropped. 'MY NAME,' boomed Hiccup, in a voice he had never used before, 'MY NAME IS THOR THE THUNDERER, ANCIENT GOD OF THE VIKING TRIBES!' The crowd gasped. 'WELL MAY YOU TREMBLE,' bellowed Hiccup. 'FOR YOU ROMANS HAVE INVADED SACRED VIKING TERRITORIES AND MADE ME MAD…' 'We're very, very sorry…' stammered the Fat Consul. 'FOR THIS,' boomed Hiccup solemnly, 'I HAVE

小嗝嗝的手把网劈成了两半……他从网里冲了出来，悬在空中，每个人都带着敬畏的目光看着他。 胖领事跪了下来。 就连艾尔文的下巴都掉了下来。“我的名字，”小嗝嗝用一种他以前从未用过的声音说，“我的名字是雷神托尔，维京部落的古老之神！”人群倒吸了一口气。 “但愿你颤抖，”嗝嗝吼道。 “因为你们罗马人入侵了维京人的神圣领土，把我逼疯了……”“我们非常非常抱歉……”胖执政官结结巴巴地说。 “为了这个，”小嗝嗝严肃地说，“我有

SENT A PLAGUE UPON YOU AS THEIR LEADER…' The Consul scratched himself miserably. 'AND I SHALL PLAGUE YOU FOR EVER UNLESS YOU PROMISE TO GO FROM HERE AND NEVER RETURN.' 'We promise,' said the Consul. 'Here,' he sobbed, 'I offer you my shield, O Mighty One, as a sign of your protection from the Romans. Never again shall we come this far north.' 'I WILL TAKE YOUR SHIELD AS A SIGN OF YOUR PROMISE,' cried Hiccup, 'AND ALSO THE BOOK YOUR SERVANT STOLE FROM ME… OH, AND ONE MORE THING…' 'Anything, anything,' pleaded the Consul. 'I EXPECT YOU TO BE A STRICT VEGETARIAN FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE.' The godlike Hiccup flew towards the Consul's balcony. Still on his knees, the Consul offered him the rectangular Roman shield. Alvin put his trembling hand into his breast pocket and found the tattered copy of How to Speak Dragonese, the two halves sewn together carefully with golden Roman thread.

作为他们的领袖，给你带来了瘟疫……”执政官痛苦地挠了挠自己。 “我要永远折磨你，除非你答应离开这里，永远不回来。“我们保证，”执政官说。 “在这里，”他抽泣着说，“上帝啊，我把我的盾牌献给你，作为你免受罗马人伤害的标志。 我们再也不会到这么北的地方来了。“我要拿你的盾牌作为你承诺的凭证，”希卡普嚷道，“还有你仆人从我这里偷走的那本书……哦，还有一件事……” “我希望你在你的余生里成为一个严格的素食主义者。”神一般的小嗝嗝飞向领事的阳台。 执政官仍然跪在地上，把长方形的罗马盾牌递给他。 艾尔文把颤抖的手伸进胸前的口袋，找到了那本破旧的《如何说龙语》，两半用罗马金线小心地缝在一起。

He fumbled to get rid of the booby trap he had placed inside the book. For Alvin was a careful man. He had slipped something very nasty indeed between the pages, a nanodragon called the Venomous Vorpent, so that anybody who tried to steal the book would get a horrible shock. But one does not booby- trap a god, and Alvin was desperately trying to shake out the poisonous nanodragon, when he caught a close-up sight of the shirt Hiccup was wearing… 'Hang on a second…' said Alvin. But it was too late. Hiccup snatched the book from him (still with the Venomous Vorpent inside it, please note), and rose swiftly into the air. He held the shield victoriously above his head and made his final speech. 'I HOLD THE SHIELD AS A SIGN OF YOUR PROMISE… BUT IF YOU EVER BREAK THAT PROMISE, YOU CAN TELL YOUR CAESAR THAT THE FORCE OF MY ANGER SHALL REACH INTO THE HEART OF THE EMPIRE AND ROME HERSELF WILL BE SWEPT AWAY BY THE DELUGE…' Hiccup pointed his sword at the dam.

他摸索着摆脱了他放在书里的诡雷。 因为阿尔文是个细心的人。 他在书页之间塞进了一种非常讨厌的东西，一种叫做“毒Vorpent”的纳米巨龙，所以任何想偷这本书的人都会受到可怕的惊吓。 但是一个人不能给神设陷阱，阿尔文拼命地想甩掉那只有毒的纳米龙，这时他近距离看到了小嗝嗝穿的衬衫。 但为时已晚。小嗝嗝从他手里抢过那本书（请注意，书里还有那只毒毒蛇），迅速飞向空中。 他胜利地把盾牌举过头顶，作了最后的演讲。 “我拿着盾牌作为你的承诺的标志……但是如果你违背了这个承诺，你可以告诉你的凯撒，我的愤怒的力量将到达帝国的心脏，罗马自己将被洪水冲走……”嗝嗝把他的剑指向大坝。

Right on cue a couple of cracks appeared. And the dam split in half and numberless tons of seawater burst into the stadium.

就在这时，出现了几道裂缝。 大坝裂成两半，无数吨的海水涌进体育场。