Chapter 9

chapter nine Dirk jerks awake at the sound of a loud SCHWOOM followed by a BANG! "Whazzat?" he grunts, half-asleep but already kicking off the flea-bitten motel bathrobe he was using as a blanket. Drooler meep-meeps good morning as Dirk grabs his sword. Coming out of the pool, Dirk spots Quint. He's standing with his conjurer's cane on the pool's uprooted diving board, masked in silhouette by the morning sun. "Dude, you're already up?" Dirk asks, still rubbing gunk out of his eyes. "More like... still up!" Quint says with a sly—and slightly unnerving—grin. "Did you get any sleep?" "Oh, sure! Got a solid three minutes. I slept standing up. Like a horse!" Dirk peers at Quint sideways, noticing he looks a little twitchy, like he pounded ten movie theater–sized fountain sodas. "Are you all right, bud?" Dirk asks. "I haven't seen you this wired since that time you tried to control Big Mama with your brain..."

第九章德克被一声巨响惊醒，接着是一声巨响！“什么？”他嘟囔着，半睡半醒，但已经脱掉了他用来当毯子的被跳蚤咬过的汽车旅馆浴袍。 当德克抓起他的剑时，流口水的喵喵叫着早上好。 德克从水池里出来，发现了昆特。 他拿着魔术师的手杖站在游泳池被连根拔起的跳水板上，晨光遮住了他的剪影。 “伙计，你已经起床了？”德克问，还在擦眼睛里的黏糊。 “更像…还了!”昆特带着狡黠而又有点令人不安的笑容说。 “你睡了吗？”“哦,当然!有整整三分钟。 我站着睡觉。像匹马！”德克侧身看着昆特，注意到他看起来有点焦躁不安，好像刚喝了十瓶电影院大小的喷泉苏打水。 “你没事吧，伙计？”德克问道。 “自从那次你试图用大脑控制大妈妈之后，我就没见过你这么兴奋过……”

"That would have worked if you hadn't stopped me," Quint says, flashing a way-too-wide smile. "Now, to your point—I may be a bit over-energized, yes, but I feel GREAT. I crammed HARD, friend. And I believe I have mastered ONE conjuration: Kinetic Volley. It is the second level of the Kinetic Dynamo conjuration tree." "Wait... Kinetic Dynamo? Isn't that the one that teleported us??" "Close! It was Kinetic Crescendo that teleported us —that's the seventh level of the Kinetic Dynamo conjuration tree. But the technology in my cane

“如果你没有阻止我的话，那就可以了，”昆特说，脸上露出了一个大大的微笑。 “现在，正如你所说，我可能有点精力过剩，是的，但我感觉很好。 我死记硬背了，朋友。我相信我已经掌握了一个咒语：动能凌空。 这是动力发电机咒树的第二层。” “等等……动发电机吗?不就是那个把我们传送到——？”“关闭!传送我们的是动力渐强——这是动力发电机召唤树的第7级。 但是我手杖里的技术

allows me to adjust the energy—the power, if you will —of the conjuration. Do you follow?" Dirk scratches his chin. "Uh, yeah, I follow. Maybe. But explain it again for Drooler." Quint beams, happy to continue. "Every conjuration has levels—just like a skill-tree in a video game! At its maximum level, Kinetic Dynamo produces enough energy to teleport, like you saw. But at a lower level, it's akin to a small laser blast. By adjusting a few dials and knobs, it becomes a less powerful—and less teleporty—conjuration! Behold!"

让我可以调整咒语的能量——如果你愿意的话。 你明白吗？”德克挠了挠下巴。 “嗯，是的，我明白了。也许吧。 不过再给流口水解释一遍。” 古色古香，快乐继续。 “每个咒语都有等级——就像电子游戏中的技能树一样！动能发电机的最大能量足以传送，就像你看到的。 但在较低的水平上，它类似于小型激光爆炸。 通过调整几个刻度盘和旋钮，它变得不那么强大，也不那么能瞬间传送！看哪!”

Kinetic Valley, BOOM SLASH BOOM, BOOM, BOOM. Drooler meeps once. "Uh-huh, Drooler," Dirk responds. "Whoa is right." Just then, Kimmy shambles over. Her tall ears are sticking out at wild angles, like monster bedhead. "Too early," she mutters. "Awake bad." "Look who's up!" Quint calls cheerfully. "Hey, sleepyhead, you ready to slay a Drakkor?" Kimmy cocks her head, a little surprised by Quint's energetic eagerness, then grins. "Ooh, yesyesyes," she

动能谷，轰隆隆，轰隆隆，轰隆隆。 流口水者只会一次。“嗯哼，流口水，”德克回答。 “哇，没错。”就在这时，吉米摇摇晃晃地走过来。 她那高高的耳朵歪歪斜斜地伸出来，像个怪物的床头。 “太早了，”她嘟囔着。“清醒坏。” “看谁起来了！”昆特高兴地叫道。 “嘿，瞌睡虫，你准备好杀死一个德拉科了吗？”吉米歪着头，对昆特精力充沛的急切感到有点惊讶，然后笑了。 “哦，是的，是的，是的，”她说

says, suddenly all business. They rouse Galamelon, who missed all the commotion thanks to a crude pair of chewing gum earplugs. "Just a little bit longer..." he mumbles. "I'm in the middle of a powerful dream. Dreams often foretell the future, and as a conjurer, I must heed the dream's call. It may hold much meaning..." "You talking about this dream?" Kimmy asks, projecting for all to see... forty at Galamelons tonight or GalaMellons invited. "You're here to help Quint," Dirk growls, grabbing Galamelon's eye mask and yanking him to his feet. "So get up and start helping. Unless you wanna handle the Drakkor alone?"

说着说着，忽然全是公事。 他们把加隆叫醒了，幸亏他戴着一副粗糙的口香糖耳塞，他才躲过了所有的骚动。 “再等一会儿……” 他喃喃而语。“我正在做一个强大的梦。 梦常常预示着未来，作为一个魔术师，我必须听从梦的召唤。 这可能很有意义……” “你说的是这个梦吗？”吉米问道，向所有人展示…… 今晚四十人在加拉麦伦或者邀请加拉麦伦。 “你是来帮助昆特的。”德克咆哮着，一把抓住加拉美隆的眼罩，把他拽了起来。 所以，站起来，开始帮忙吧。 除非你想独自对付德拉库？”

"There is nothing I would desire more," Galamelon says. "However, I promised to guide Quint—so I must restrict the usage of my own powerful abilities. No easy task for a master conjurer like me—but I am being disciplined." "You can be disciplined in the Jeep," Dirk says. "C'mon." Carol gallops hard down sunbaked streets, speeding through the thick, humid air. The sun is midway in the sky when, at last, the adventurers reach the Drakkor's lair. Hold up King Possum's family fun palace. That's the drag horse layer. King Possum's family fun palace, fantastic. We'll slay the Drakoor free the queen in armor and still have plenty of time left over for ski ball Quint's agenda for the win. Just one quick note. The tracker is up there,

“没有什么比这更让我渴望的了，”加隆说。 “但是，我答应过要指导昆特——所以我必须限制我自己强大能力的使用。 对于像我这样的魔法大师来说，这可不是一件容易的事——但我正在接受训练。” 德克说：“你可以在吉普车里接受训练。” “来吧。”卡罗尔在被太阳晒得暴晒的街道上疾驰，在浓密潮湿的空气中疾驰。 当冒险家们终于到达德拉寇的巢穴时，太阳已经升到半空中了。 挡住负鼠王的家庭娱乐宫殿。 这是拖马层。 负鼠王的家庭娱乐宫殿，太棒了。 我们会杀死德拉库尔释放穿盔甲的女王还有足够的时间来完成滑雪球昆特的胜利计划。 只是一个简短的提示。追踪器在上面