After tenminutes, inroyal palace.
十分钟后,王宫内。SleptKing Llaneis cherishing fond hopes, was actually awakenedbyrapidknock.
已经就寝的莱恩国王正做着美梦,却被一阵急促的敲门声惊醒。„Your majesty, emergency situation.”
“陛下,紧急事态。”Even ifLlanehalfdreampartlyawakescanrecognize, thisishisdozensyears of good friendAnduin Lotharsound: „Damn! Is Anduin, how manyo'clock the present? Hopesyouremergency situationreallysomeyousaidis so serious.”莱恩哪怕半梦半醒都能认出,这是他几十年好友安度因*洛萨的声音:“见鬼!安度因,现在是几点钟?希望你的紧急事态真有你说的那么严重。”Similarlyawakened the queenin the sleepdid not say a word, dressedrapidlyforownhusband.
同样在睡梦中被惊醒的王后一言不发,迅速为自己的丈夫穿戴好。
After severalminutes, when the guardopens the front door of bedroomforLlane, Llanesawanxiousandfully-armedAnduin.
几分钟后,当卫兵替莱恩打开寝室的大门时,莱恩看到了一面紧张、全副武装的安度因。„Your majesty, discoveredsoutheast the kingdomtrace that the alien raceinvades. Howeverbeforeconfirmingmynews, Istronglysuggested that youhave a look atMedivhof that daytoyourHourglass Sand.”
“陛下,在王国东南部发现了异族入侵的痕迹。不过在确认我的消息之前,我强烈建议您去看看那一天麦迪文给您的沙漏。”Although the seasonto the early spring, in the airstillhas seepedcoldly, Llanebreathednightair, thought that ownlungswill soon ice up.
尽管时节已到初春,空气中依然沁冷,莱恩只是呼吸了一口深夜的空气,就觉得自己的肺部即将结冰了。„Thumpthumpthumpthump!”InStormwind Keepresounds the rapidsound of footsteps. Surrounded byenoughtwoteams of Royal Guard, Llanearrived atoneto tightly guard the storagebyfourguardswithAnduin.
“噔噔噔噔!”暴风要塞里响起急促的脚步声。在足足两队王家侍卫的簇拥下,莱恩跟安度因来到了一个由四名侍卫严加看守的储物室。„Opens!” The Llanesoundhasoneto shiver.
“打开!”莱恩的声音有着一丝颤抖。
The guardsopenaccording to the word, andrapid the emptystorageroom of thingwill only open, andlightensall aroundoil lamp.
侍卫依言打开,并迅速将仅有一物的空荡储存室打开,并点亮四周的油灯。Underten several rayilluminations of flareandoil lamp, Llane and Anduinvisionsolidifiessuddenly- blackHourglass Sand the completesandhas fallentobelow.
在十数道火把和油灯的光芒照射下,莱恩和安度因的目光霍然凝固-黑色的沙漏已然全部沙子都落到下面了。„Whenmatter?!”Llanethisis the question, butin the soundhad caught the stern countenanceunknowingly: „Didn't Iorder to inspectoneevery day?”
“什么时候的事?!”莱恩这是问话,但声音中已经不知不觉染上了厉色:“我不是下令每天都要检查一趟的吗?”
The chief aide-de-camp who is responsible forguardingis sweating profusely: „Indeedinspected, Iconfirmedpersonally,this morningalsohasfingerso manysand. Your majestyyourinstructionis, every day an inspection, when the Hourglass Sandsandleaksto informyouimmediately.”
负责守卫的侍卫长满头大汗:“的确检查了,我亲自确认,今天清晨还有一指头这么多的沙子的。陛下你的吩咐是,每日一次检查,沙漏的沙子什么时候漏完就立刻通知你。”
The King Llanecomplexionis pale, onlyputs outseveralcharacters: „Immediatelyconvenes the cabinet.”莱恩国王脸色铁青,只吐出几个字:“立即召集内阁。”
After a halfhour, Stormwind Keepis brilliantly illuminated.
半个小时后,暴风要塞已经灯火通明。On a giantmap, Anduinis pointing atsoutheastKingdom of Stormwind: „Firstdiscoveredwhatis improperis located in the Redridge Mountainssoutherngate house. Gate houseafterraisingthreeredsignal flares that representa lot ofmonsterinvasions, lost the contact. Itwomonths ago arrangedto take offin the Griffin(s)patrol of Redridge Mountainslakesidetown/subduesespeciallyimmediately, observes the gianthuman formmonsters of a lot ofgreenskinto well upfromSwamp of Sorrows.”
在一副巨大的地图上,安度因指着暴风王国东南部:“最先发现不妥的是位于赤脊山南部的哨所。哨所在升起了代表大量怪物入侵的三颗红色信号弹之后,失去了联系。我两个月前特地布置在赤脊山湖畔镇的狮鹫侦察队立刻起飞,观察到了大量绿皮肤的巨型人形怪物从悲伤沼泽涌出来。”„Giant? Giant?”King Llanescrewed tight the eyebrow.
“巨型?有多巨型?”莱恩国王拧紧了眉毛。„According tomagicpassed on a message, probablywas the height about sevenchi (0.33 m)greatman (Han), was generally more majestic than ourpeople. Moreoverhas the armor and greataxes, heavy hammervariousstylesand other heavy weapons.”
“根据魔法传讯,大概是身高七尺左右的巨汉,普遍比我们的人要雄壮。而且拥有各种样式的盔甲和巨斧、重锤等重型武器。”DukeBolvarclosely examines: „Youdetermined that isn'ttroll?”伯瓦尔公爵追问:“你确定不是巨魔?”Anduinshakes the head: „It is not, ourpeopletoconfirm, twoGryphon Ridershort distancediveshave also observed, Gryphon Rideralsobylong-range weaponkilled.”安度因摇摇头:“不是,我们的人为了确认,其中两位狮鹫骑士还近距离俯冲观察过,其中一位狮鹫骑士还被远程武器击杀了。”
The corner of the eye of King Llanejumpedunder.莱恩国王的眼角跳了下。Griffin(s)thisfour limbsare the lion, the head and wingare the giantbird of prey of eagleare not goodto raise. Do not look that the Griffin(s)buildis huge, fightsto be ableeasilyto overturn a humansoldier of brigade. Raisingto be valuable, Griffin(s)lets loose the words that the bellyeats, every daycaneat a cow.狮鹫这种四肢是狮子,脑袋和翅膀都是老鹰的巨型猛禽可不好养。别看狮鹫体型庞大,战斗起来可以轻易将一个大队的人类士兵打翻。养起来可贵了,一只狮鹫放开肚皮吃的话,每天可以吃一头牛。MerelytoreconnoiterlostGriffin(s), Llanesaid that not anxietyis false.
仅仅为了侦察就损失了一只狮鹫,莱恩说不肉疼是假的。At this time, had the messengerto come in: „Your majesty, Commander, fellowSirs, had the recentnews.”
这时候,有传令兵进来了:“陛下,指挥官,各位大人,有新的消息了。”Sees the latest news, entireroomdeathly stillness.
看到最新的消息,整个房间都死寂了。
The arrangementdefended the groupto be annihilatedinRedridge Mountainstrianglecrossroadsmall-scalestrongholdone. The Kingdom of Stormwindplacedefends the grouppopulationto be few, probablyis about 500, even so, whatreportedonwriteswas the groupdoes not have the lifeup and down.
安排在赤脊山三角路口小型要塞的一个守备团被歼灭了。暴风王国的地方守备团人数较少,大概是500左右,即便如此,报告上写的是全团上下无一生还。Thishasunder the protectionto be attacked, thisobtained the caution of frontgate house, in the groupgot ready for actionbelowbeing annihilated.
这不是没有防备下遭到突袭,这是得到了前方哨所的警示,在全团做好战斗准备下的全军覆没。Thisbackcomponent, is absolutely heavy.
这背后的份量,绝对是沉甸甸的。On a Llane and Llane liangs face, has painfulslightconvulsion- because ofthis means that theirmanyyears of good friendMedivhreallybetrayed, at leasthegave upas the Guardianresponsibility.莱恩个的脸上,更是有着痛苦的轻微痉挛-因为这意味着,他们多年好友麦迪文是真的背叛了,至少他是放弃了身为守护者的职责。Llanesways from side to sideis just liking the rustymachinerysameneck, lookstoAnduin: „InformedCouncil of Tirisfal?”莱恩扭动着恍若生锈机械一样的脖子,看向安度因:“通知提瑞斯法议会了吗?”„Informed, buthas not responded.” An oldcourt magereply.
“通知了,但没有回应。”一个年迈的宫廷法师回答。Llanesuddenlyhad the ominouspremonition.莱恩突然有了不祥的预感。However the imminentlarge-scaleinvasion, makingLlane have no time to attend to other thingsagain. In the middle ofSeven Human Kingdoms, Kingdom of Stormwindcalculated the powerful nation, buthow, Kingdom of Stormwindwas again impossible to raiseover100,000people of standing armies. Regardingtotal military strength, only thenless than30,000people of Kingdom of Stormwind, a placedefends the groupentireextinguishes, cannotbe the minor matter.
然而迫在眉睫的大规模入侵,让莱恩再也无暇他顾。七大人类王国当中,暴风王国算强国了,但再怎样,暴风王国也不可能养得起超过十万人的常备军。对于总兵力只有不到三万人的暴风王国来说,一个地方守备团的全灭,不能算是小事。The most important thing is, thisas ifmerelyis a start.
最重要的是,这似乎仅仅是一个开始。King Llaneboth handsaccording to table, sinkingsound said: „Information, Ineedmoreinformation. Whatghost are ourenemies? How does the strengthappraise? Armeddegree? Number? What are theirgoals? Weare impossibleeasilywithonecrowd of knowing nothingenemydecisive battles.”莱恩国王双手按在桌子上,沉声道:“情报,我需要更多的情报。我们的敌人到底是什么鬼?战力评价如何?武装程度?数目?他们的目标又是什么?我们不可能轻易跟一群一无所知的敌人决战。”Lotharheld up a finger: „Iproposed that makesDuke Marcuscometo attend the conference. Heas ifmademanypreparationsfor this reason.”洛萨举起了一根手指头:“我提议让杜克*马库斯前来参加会议。他似乎为此做出了更多的准备。”Lotharthissuggestion, actuallyencountered the firmoppositions of several other upperaristocrats.洛萨这一建议,却遭到了其余几位上层贵族的坚决反对。„SirLothar! Thisis a war! Thisis notonecanpermit the warfare game that 15 -year-old childparticipates in!”
“洛萨爵士!这是一场战争!这不是一个可以允许15岁小孩子参与的战争游戏!”Severalpowerfulupper-levelaristocratsopposed,Llanedoes not have idea, can only shake the headtoLotharslightly, the kingshifts the topic: „Anduin, Ineedyourpersonto organizeoneto hunt, catches the captive of opposite partywith every effort, is not good, the corpseis also good.”
数位位高权重的上层贵族反对,莱恩也没辙,只能对着洛萨轻微地摇头,国王转移话题:“安度因,我需要你的人组织一场捕猎,尽力抓到对方的俘虏,再不行,尸体也行。”„Respectfully followsyourinstruction, your majesty. HoweverIsuggestedbefore then, youmustannounce that the kingdomentered the state of war.”
“谨遵您的吩咐,陛下。不过我建议在此之前,你要宣布王国进入战争状态。”„State of war? No! Whatourenemy has not made clear, forone a military conflict that hasin the kingdomfarthestborderannounced that the entirekingdomdoes enter the state of war? Cracks a joke!”WhatspeechismarquisKamalon.
“战争状态?不!我们连敌人是什么都没搞清楚,就为一场发生在王国最远边境的武装冲突宣布整个王国进入战争状态?开什么玩笑!”说话的是卡姆龙侯爵。Easilyenters the state of war, thisto the interest of eacharistocratabsolutelyis the greatestharm. Because the state of warmeans that the kingcanreadilyorderingmake the aristocratspay the privatesoldier who the wartax, reassigns the aristocrat, isas fortemporarily the territory of directly underaristocrats.
轻易进入战争状态,这对各个贵族的利益绝对是莫大的损害。因为战争状态意味着国王可以轻易下令让贵族们缴纳战争税、抽调贵族的私兵、乃至于暂时直辖贵族们的领地。Thiskillingthemwas sadder.
这比杀了他们更难过。Kamalonmarquisand the othersattitudes, almostAnduin Lotharchoking. Veryregrettable, inproducingplentierevidence, proved before the gravity that situation, AnduinorKing Llane, can only treat asalien racethisinvasiontemporarily a border clashe of time.卡姆龙侯爵等人的态度,差点把安度因*洛萨给呛死。很遗憾,在拿出更多的证据,证明事态的严重性之前,无论是安度因还是莱恩国王,都只能暂时把这次的入侵当做一次异族的边境冲突。However, the situationdeterioration rate, is faster than everyone'sexpectation.
然而,事态的恶化速度,比所有人的预料都要快。Except for a person, Duke!
除了一个人,杜克!
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