Chapter 14

chapter fourteen A dozen skeletal arms and hands push the RV upward and then, finally, hurl it aside! Instantly, a swarm of bony figures crawls from out of the crater. Nearby, I see scattered, disconnected bones. They rattle and shiver—then also begin to rise. "Thrull's skeleton soldiers..." I gasp. "It's the bombs!" Quint says. "Each one is a tightly wrapped sphere of bone and vine." "And when the bomb blows," Dirk says, "the bones scatter." "And the scattered bones join together, forming skeleton soldiers," June realizes. "So... bone bombs, yeah?" I say. "Can we call them bone bombs?"

第十四章十来只干瘪的胳膊和手把那只RV往上推，最后又把它扔到一边！瞬间，一群瘦骨嶙峋的人从火山口爬了出来。 在附近，我看到了散落的、不相连的骨头。 它们嘎嘎作响，颤抖着——然后也开始上升。 “瑟鲁的骷髅兵……” 我感到喘不过气来。“是炸弹！”五度音说。 “每一个都是由骨头和藤蔓紧密包裹的球体。” “当炸弹爆炸时，”德克说，“尸骨四散。” “分散的骨头连在一起，形成骷髅兵，”琼意识到。 “所以……骨头炸弹，是吗？”我说。 “我们能称它们为骨弹吗？”

The vines seek out other vines. They snap out, lashing around bones, connecting them. They form skeletons. Skeletons that are now on the move... Some rise fully formed; others are still piecing themselves together as they start toward us. They are malformed monstrosities, with legs where arms should be, skulls turned the wrong way, spinal cords trailing like nightmarish tails. And just our luck—these malformed monstrosities still manage to wield weapons. One flashes a hatchet with a monster-scale blade. Another swings a bone club covered in spiky teeth.

藤蔓寻找其他藤蔓。 它们突然跳出来，缠绕着骨头，把骨头连接起来。 它们形成骨架。现在正在移动的骷髅…… 有些完全成形；还有一些人在向我们走来的时候，还在把自己拼凑起来。 它们是畸形的怪物，本该长胳膊的地方长着腿，头骨歪了，脊髓像噩梦般的尾巴一样拖着。 我们真走运——这些畸形的怪物还能挥舞武器。 其中一人亮出一把带有怪物级刀刃的斧头。 另一个挥舞着布满尖牙的骨棒。

"Oh, my word!" a voice cries out. It's Johnny Steve, ducked behind the base of the dinosaur. A few other monsters join him. But that cover won't keep them safe for long. More Mortar Monsters appear, all approaching the Mallusk. Bone bombs continue to explode, scattering bone and vine and forming new skeletons. All along the length of the Mallusk, the monstrosities are rising and marching. "We've gotta get back inside!" June shouts. "The enemy is blocking our only path," Quint says, pointing to the skeletons climbing over the RV. "Then we go through them," June says. Dirk smiles. "That's my kinda plan." And with that, we charge forward, barreling into the monstrous mob! I swing the Slicer wildly, crack after crack ringing out as baseball bat meets bone. A long, swiping arm—protruding from the place where the skeleton's head should be—is severed.

“噢，天哪！”一个声音喊道。 是约翰尼·史蒂夫，躲在恐龙底座后面。 其他一些怪物也加入进来。 但这个掩护不会让他们安全太久。 更多迫击炮怪出现，全部逼近马鲁斯克号。 骨弹继续爆炸，将骨头和藤蔓分散开来，形成新的骨架。 沿着马勒斯克山脉，怪物们正在崛起和前进。 “我们得回屋里去！”6月大喊。 “敌人挡住了我们唯一的路，”昆特指着爬过房车的骷髅说。 琼说：“然后我们再检查一遍。” 德克的笑容。“这就是我的计划。” 说完，我们向前冲，冲进这群可怕的暴民！我疯狂地挥动着切片机，噼噼啪啪地响着，就像棒球棒碰到骨头一样。 一条长长的、挥动的手臂——从应该是骷髅头的地方伸出来——被切断了。

But all around us, the bony figures roar—twisting and fusing and rising higher to engulf us in a chaotic, close- quarters brawl...

但在我们周围，瘦骨嶙峋的身影咆哮着扭曲着，融合着，上升得更高，把我们吞没在混乱的近距离争吵中……

The only way to take these guys out for good is drer and we don't have him. Thanks for the reminder. Really appreciate it.

唯一能彻底除掉这些家伙的办法就是德瑞，而我们没有抓到他。 谢谢你的提醒。非常感谢。

We're able to split the skeleton horde into two groups, allowing us to fight our way through the middle. I feel a sharp breeze as one final ax swing just misses me, then— "See ya around!" June shouts as we push through, leaving them in the dust. "But there's bad news ahead, friends," Quint says, pointing to the stucco dinosaur. A skeleton pack has descended upon it, swarming Johnny Steve and a group of Mallusk City monsters. Johnny Steve slashes his walking sword at the skeletons, keeping them at bay. The monsters move back and forth along the dinosaur's tail, ducking beneath it as one skeleton attacks, then hopping back over it as more approach. "Get them back to the Mallusk!" I shout at Johnny Steve. "Go now! You have a clear—" BOOM! The bone bomb explodes in the open space between the gangplank and the dinosaur. The rising skeleton monstrosities have cut the only path back to the Mallusk. Terrified screams fill the air as our monster friends realize they're trapped...

我们能把骷髅部落分成两组，这样我们就能从中间打出去。 我感到一阵刺骨的微风，最后一把斧头挥得离我而去，然后——“回头见！”琼在我们推过去时大喊，把他们甩在了尘土里。 “但是前面有坏消息，朋友们，”昆特指着灰泥恐龙说。 一群骷髅已经降临，约翰尼·史蒂夫和一群马鲁斯克城的怪物蜂拥而至。 约翰尼·史蒂夫用他的行走之剑砍向骷髅，让他们无法靠近。 这些怪物沿着恐龙的尾巴来回移动，当有骷髅攻击时，它们会躲到它下面，当有更多的骷髅靠近时，它们又会跳回来。 “把他们送回马卢斯克号！”我对约翰尼·史蒂夫大喊。 “现在就走!你有一个清晰的“BOOM!”骨弹在跳板和恐龙之间的空地上爆炸。 正在崛起的骷髅怪物切断了通往马勒斯克的唯一道路。 当我们的怪物朋友意识到他们被困住时，恐惧的尖叫声充斥着空气……