The poor village, without the polite country bumpkin, with the unvisited swamp, is most Temeria people to the only impression of Velen. 贫穷的村庄,没礼貌的乡巴佬,与人迹罕至的沼泽,是大多数泰莫利亚人对威伦的唯一印象。 But now, Witchers is located in this piece of Velen swamp. 而现在,猎魔人们正位于这片威伦的沼泽之中。 „Anybody, so long as dares to have the idea of my student, I pledged, must make it pay the deeply grieved price!” Clear roaring in the swampy ground sky reverberation, Maoji your excellency is still holding the hand of boy Carl, walks in the team center, traces in the air with the companion the residual blood, the master of that ear. “任何人,只要敢打我学生的主意,我发誓,一定要让它付出惨痛的代价！”清晰的咆哮犹在沼泽地上空回荡,猫鹫阁下正牵着男孩卡尔的手,走在队伍中央,和同伴一起追踪空气中残留的血液,那只耳朵的主人。 Letho explores the way with Viper Silver Sword in the frontline, Auckes Brothers about looks all around in behind vigilantly. 雷索在最前方用毒蛇银剑探路,奥克斯兄弟在后面警惕地左右环顾。 The swampy ground that the dense fog covers is not always institute of the peace, Ghoul, Drowner and Water Hag, and other scavenger lifeform looks for food in this, the external traveller incautiously, will become the Monster excrement. 迷雾笼罩的沼泽地向来不是什么和平之所,食尸魔、水鬼、沼泽巫婆、和其他食腐生物在此觅食,外来的旅行者一不小心,就会成为怪物的粪便。 In addition, they must guard against the ground that undercuts suddenly, everywhere, compared with Monster more fearful swallowing human life viscous silt. 此外,他们还得提防突然下陷的地面,无处不在的,比怪物更可怕的吞噬人命的粘稠淤泥。 Roy brings up the rear end of the team, every foot treads, Manticore shin armor will fall into the moist soft black mud place gently, this affected his ability to act slightly. 罗伊在队伍末尾殿后,每一脚踏出,飞狮怪胫甲都会轻轻陷入湿润绵软的黑泥地,这稍稍影响了他的行动能力。 He looked at the sky, the weather shone thoroughly. 他看了看天空,天色彻底亮了起来。 Beginning morning sun reveals, the temperature rises, the water vapor starts the transpiration, covers a gentle tissue for the crisis-ridden swamp. 朝阳初露,气温上升,水汽开始蒸腾,为危机四伏的沼泽蒙上一层轻柔的薄纱。 The Witcher field of vision can only to 20 meters distance, an eye of institute, in the jet black muddy land overspreads the weed, proliferates the muddy water puddle, in the water puddle is distributing several wryneck subtrees scattered, they can also see several animal corpses that in the swamp corrupt changes beyond all recognition occasionally. 猎魔人的视野只能到二十米远近,目之所及,漆黑的泥地上铺满杂草,遍布浑浊的水洼,水洼中零散地分布着几棵歪脖子树,他们偶尔还可以看见沼泽里腐烂得面目全非的几具动物尸体。 In the corpse spreads „quack” crying out strangely, then drilled several fur colour glossy crows, the Flutter passing over gently and swiftly midair. 尸体里传出“呱呱”的怪叫,然后钻出几只毛色油亮的乌鸦,振翅掠过半空。 The breeze strokes lightly. 微风轻拂。 The muddy swamp water surface exudes ripple, as if has anything to break open the water surface. 浑浊的沼泽水面泛起一圈圈波纹,仿佛有什么东西要破开水面。 „Teacher, I... I am afraid...” The Carl small face is pale, vision Glimmer, closely is sticking to the strong arm of Fliess. “老师,俺…俺害怕…”卡尔小脸惨白,目光闪烁着,紧紧地贴住弗利厄斯的强壮的胳膊。 „Did little monkey, how I tell you before?” Fliess made an effort to shake the hand of boy, the vision shoots towards swamp deep place, „Monster in swamp had common characteristics, they most liked the blood and heart of coward, you were the fear, dying will be quicker.” “小猴子,我之前怎么跟你讲的？”弗利厄斯使劲握了握男孩的手,目光射向沼泽深处,“沼泽里的怪物有个共同的特征,它们最喜欢胆小鬼的血液和心脏,你越是害怕,死的就会越快。” The Carl body shook shaking, straightens one's neck and rises to blush, „I... I do not fear...” 卡尔身体抖了抖,梗着脖子、涨红着脸,“俺…俺不怕了…” „Understands well!” Fliess coldly smiles, „you also felt relieved, who dares to move you, my sword will not make it comfortable!” “明白就好！”弗利厄斯冷冷一笑,“不过你也放心,谁敢动你,我的剑都不会让它舒服！” „fellows! What is that?” “伙计们！那是什么？” Frontline Letho stopped by calling out the people suddenly, is pointing at not far away, a float in swamp water surface the offal-timber of crawling full moss. 最前方的雷索突然叫住了众人,指着不远处,一根漂浮在沼泽水面的爬满苔藓的腐木。 The people vision transferred. 众人目光都转了过去。 This wood/blockhead from looked on the whole is not extraordinary, however carefully observes, in the tree trunk top pit, is growing unexpectedly strangely a whorl shape, probably the thing of thallophyta. 这根木头从大体上看并不出奇,然而仔细观察,树干顶部的凹坑里,竟然诡异地生长着一个涡状的,像是菌类植物的东西。 „Ear?” “耳朵？” „Right, is the ear of human, the time was very long putrefies rottenly.” “没错,就是人类的耳朵,时间很久都发霉腐烂了。” Witcher silent, they feel this strange arrangement faintly, some certain special meanings. 猎魔人沉默了下来,他们隐隐觉得这种奇怪的布置,有某些特殊的含义。 „The ear in Velen swamp... Whispess?” Roy rubs the forehead to ponder over to say. “威伦沼泽里的耳朵…呢喃婆吗？”罗伊揉着眉心思忖道。 „What you are whispering, Boy?” “你在嘀咕什么,小鬼？” „I think a story that in the Velen swampy ground spreads.” “我想到了威伦沼泽地里流传的一个故事。” „Which book from saw that your ‚feels’? Mentioned listens.” “又是从哪本书里看到的,还是你的‘感觉’？说来听听。” „That is about Velen local area several ancient exists...” Roy just began, stated that is forced to terminate. “那是关于威伦当地几个古老的存在…”罗伊刚开了个头,陈述便被迫终止。 In the people present dense fog and malaria, spread the melodious singing sound suddenly, strange intonation, meaning unclear lyrics. 众人眼前的迷雾和瘴气里,突然传出悠扬的歌声,诡异的声调,含义不明的歌词。 The attention of people was attracted, raises up the ear in abundance, depended cautiously. 众人的注意力被吸引,纷纷竖起耳朵,小心翼翼靠了过去。 „Three sisters, hand in hand, the shuttle flood and field, frighten the broken person guts, so advance ： three times you, three times I, three times, a total of nine...” “三姐妹,手牵手,穿梭海陆,吓破人胆,如此前进：三次你,三次我,又三次,总共九…” A crude thatched hut, before two are planting the foreign root celery and root of cattail stalk farmland, neatly. 一座简陋的茅草屋,两块整齐栽种着洋根芹和蒲菜的农田前。 A middle-aged man forgets kindnesses hums, although lacks musical sense to hear the people to knit the brows, but guts and throat exceptionally big. 一个中年男人正地忘情地哼唱,尽管五音不全听得众人直皱眉,但胆量和嗓子又异常地大。 His about 40-year-old appearance, the whole face life devastates the deep gully that leaves behind, a flax cotton garment, the appearance and ordinary countryside Farmer is not different, but he was injured probably, the right side face is binding the pure white bandage, on the bandage has the bloodstain of twinkle star. 他大概40岁的样子,满脸生活摧残留下的深深沟壑,一身亚麻布衣,打扮和普通的乡下农夫没什么两样,但他好像受伤了,右侧脸正裹着洁白的绷带,绷带上带着星星点点的血迹。 Investment that extremely he sang, almost quite the same as absorbed, sang, while is watering a golden liquid with the water ladle toward the farmland, has not noticed to arrive at Witcher completely secretly. 他唱的太过投入,几乎浑然忘我,一边唱,一边用水瓢往农田里浇灌着一种金黄色的液体,完全没注意到偷偷来到身边的猎魔人。 Until the shoulder was patted, he has a scare, the wrist/skill shakes in the water ladle the transparent oily liquid not to scatter the ground carefully, immediately expression distortion, reveals the color of loving dearly. 直到肩膀被拍了一下,他吓了一大跳,手腕一抖水瓢里透明的油状液体不小心撒到地面,顿时表情扭曲,露出心疼之色。 „Who are you? Walks like the mouse, comes to frighten me specially?” The man evil report slander exclaimed, obviously too did not welcome them. “你们是谁？走路像老鼠一样,专门过来吓我吗？”男人恶声恶语地吼道,明显不太欢迎他们。 „Is sorry the friend, we passed by this place accidentally Witcher, some issues consult you.” Fliess crosses the people to push front, this discovered, opposite man right profile is not only wrapping the bandage, the ear of left face side did not have, he was also short of half of hair, seems the large surface area patchy bald, reveals half smooth head, other half keeps thick brown to send. “抱歉老兄,我们是偶然路过此地的猎魔人,有些问题请教你。”弗利厄斯越过众人挤到前面,这才发现,对面的男人不仅右半边脸包着绷带,左边脸侧的耳朵也没了,他还少了一半的头发,好似大面积斑秃,露出半个光溜溜的脑袋,另一半留着浓密的褐发。 His eyebrow was also shaved, a left leg by the table leg same woodware replace, the whole person was been seemingly funny and strange. 他的眉毛也被剃掉,一条左腿被桌子腿一样的木制品替换,整个人看上去滑稽又古怪。 Four Witcher attention lock the strange man, but Roy is paying attention to two mu farmland, the crops in farmland are much longer, this is doomed is the year of harvest. He swept near a male human foot bucket, the inside golden liquid is sending out the delicate fragrance of oak. This is not the ordinary manure, pours to be similar to the oil that oak tree fruit squeezing becomes. 四名猎魔人注意力锁定住陌生的男人,而罗伊关注着两亩农田,农田里的庄稼长得茂盛至极,这注定是个丰收的年头。他又扫了一眼男人脚边的水桶,里面金黄色的液体散发着橡木的清香。这绝不是普通的肥料,倒类似于橡树果实压榨而成的油。 „What did you say?” The men yelled to Witcher, „I cannot hear clearly you to speak!” “你们说啥？”男人冲着猎魔人大叫,“我听不清你们说话！” This fellow was ripped the ear, hearing probably also received the influence. 这家伙被割掉了耳朵,听力大概也受到了影响。 Helpless Fliess pasted the man ear side to repeat. 弗利厄斯无奈贴到男人耳侧重复了一遍。 The men listen not to wave patiently, „Witcher, why I cannot comprehend you to come to this countryside small place, I do not have comission to give you, does not have money to pay the reward!” He referred to the west side, nearly in the action of driving away, „goes to Crookback Bog and Downwarren, tries one's luck!” 男人听完不耐烦地挥了挥手,“猎魔人,我搞不懂你们为啥来这种乡下小地方,我没有委托给你们,也没钱付报酬！”他指了指西边,近乎于驱赶,“去驼背沼泽和下瓦伦,碰碰运气！” „I spoke frankly!” Fliess does not have the patience to consume again with the farmer, pulls out from the waistband behind a fine dagger that mounts the gem, demonstrated. “那我就直说了吧！”弗利厄斯再没有耐心跟农民耗下去,从身后腰带掏出一把镶嵌宝石的精致匕首,展示了出来。 „This thing, do you know?” “这东西,你认识吗？” The farmers saw clearly weapon in Witcher hand, the complexion change suddenly, are staring, open big mouth to reveal the full mouth decayed tooth, the stutter said, „you... you, dared unexpectedly, blaspheme... blaspheme...” 农民看清猎魔人手中的武器,面色豁然大变,瞪着眼睛,张大嘴露出满口烂牙,结结巴巴地说,“你…你们,竟然敢,亵渎…亵渎…” „Blasphemed your ghost!” Fliess fiercely an ear that brings the blood forced in the mouth of man, stopped up the belly his remaining words, is raising his chest front clothes, put up the single foot to takeoff him, “亵渎你个鬼啊！”弗利厄斯猛地将一只带血的耳朵塞进了男人的嘴巴,把他剩下的话堵回了肚皮,然后提着他胸前的衣服,将他架得单脚离地而起, „Bastard, does not want to endure hardship do not use the trick to me, replied me honestly, actually in this swamp to have anything, turned into this vice- ghost type you, but also dares to mislead my apprentice.” “王八蛋,不想吃苦就别给我耍花招,老老实实回答我,这片沼泽里究竟有什么东西,把你变成这副鬼样,还敢蛊惑我的徒弟。” Fliess look like blade sharp, as if must poke several holes on the man. 弗利厄斯眼神像刀一样锋利,仿佛要在男人身上戳出几个窟窿。 The man hears Yanshuang pupil turns white, does not know that was mad, the fear results in the whole body to tremble. 男人闻言双眸翻白,不知是被气的,还是害怕得浑身发抖。 „partner, you his mouth blocking, how making him reply, with buttocks?” Roy takes the ear in farmer mouth. “伙计,你把他嘴给堵上了,让他怎么回答,用屁股吗？”罗伊取掉农民嘴巴里的耳朵。 The latter gasps for breath, this fiercely threat said that „idiot! You moved Holy Artifact arbitrarily, will certainly the penalty of received gods.” 后者喘了口气,这才恶狠狠地威胁道,“蠢货！你们擅自移动了圣器,必将受到神明的惩罚。” „Makes a mistake, but also dares to threaten me?” Fliess clapped a farmer cheeks palm of the hand moderately, leaves behind a bright red mark, „believes me first to make you live to might as well die?” Saying, Fliess has been pointing at drew half Sign nimble and resourceful. “有没有搞错,还敢威胁我？”弗利厄斯不轻不重地拍了农民脸颊一巴掌,留下个鲜红的印记,“信不信我先让你生不如死？”说着,弗利厄斯已然手指灵动地画了半个法印。 But Roy caught his arm. 但罗伊拽住了他的胳膊。 „No, do not use Axii Sign.” “别,别用亚克席法印。” „Gives me a reason.” Fliess very surprise. “给我个理由。”弗利厄斯很诧异。 „Roy said right,” Auckes rune/symbol Hedao, „some time ago we just obtained a lesson, do not use Axii to believer of some gods casually, otherwise the consequence is very serious.” “罗伊说的没错,”奥克斯符和道,“不久前我们刚刚得到一个教训,不要随便对某个神明的信徒使用亚克席,否则后果很严重。” He refers to Vizima that Lionheaded Spider beggar believer. 他指的是维吉玛中那个狮面蜘蛛的乞丐信徒。 „Our advanced house searches for... you favor him, Maoji...” “我们先进房子搜一搜…你看好他,猫鹫…” Letho, Auckes Brothers and Roy flood into that crude thatched hut one after another. But Fliess rolled arrange/cloth Jin toward the farmer mouth stopper, stopped up his cursing. 雷索,奥克斯兄弟和罗伊相继涌入那间简陋的茅草屋。而弗利厄斯往农民嘴里塞了团布巾,堵住了他的咒骂。 „You toward his mouth stopper what, Teacher?” “你往他嘴里塞了啥,老师？” „Little ape, Witcher must first learn to control the exuberant curiosity. Good... this time makes an exception the small trousers that told you... that is you wet the bed to change the day before yesterday...” “小猴子,猎魔人首先要学会控制住旺盛的好奇心。好吧…这次就破例告诉你…那是你前天尿床换下的小裤…” „Wú...” Farmer hears word who was immobilized both hands carries to fall to the ground fiercely, likely dead fish pulls out. “唔…唔…”被钳制双手的农民闻言猛地载倒在地,像死鱼似的一抽一抽。 ...... …… The thatched hut of farmer is very crude, compared with most poor, except for the makeshift beds on the ground and some worn-out life appliances, huge oil painting —— that on the motley wooden wall is most noteworthy is that hanging 农民的茅草屋很简陋,比大部分贫民更甚,除了地铺和一些破旧的生活器具,最引人注目的是斑驳的木墙上悬挂的一副巨大的油画—— „Will the remote poor Velen swamp, in the worn-out narrow small log cabin, how have the so fine oil painting?” big baldy stands in front of the oil painting the reveal surprise. “偏远贫穷的威伦沼泽,破旧狭窄小木屋里,怎么会有如此精美的油画？”光头大汉站在油画前面露诧异。 This oil painting does not know that was born many years, but mounts very well, preserves to improve, on the golden frame the pattern is exquisite, the paper surface feel smooth, does not see a scratch and pellet trash, obviously handles frequently. 这副油画不知诞生了多少年头,但装裱得很好,保存完善,金色的边框上花纹细腻流畅,纸面手感平整,不见一丝划痕和颗粒垃圾,明显经常打理。 But the content of oil painting, that is three lifelike beautiful women, they are throwing over the black fine gauze, reveals the snow white flesh, with beautiful and charming stature. 而油画的内容,那是三位栩栩如生的美人,她们披着黑色的轻纱,露出雪白的肌肤,和姣好的身材。 Three Lady bare tips of the toe, the shoulder is pasting the shoulder, sits one pile, the whole body is sending out elusive graceful makings, as if in Elf that the mountains and plains rests, waits to rest, they will sway from side to side the waist, walks leisurely from the oil painting. 三位女士光着脚尖,肩头贴着肩头,坐成一堆,浑身散发着一种空灵优雅的气质,仿佛正在山野间小憩的精灵,等休息完,她们就会扭动腰肢,款款地从油画中走出来。 Without a doubt, this picture made forgetting of one seeing vulgar. 毫无疑问,这幅画令人见之忘俗。 Auckes Brothers also arrives under the oil painting, unknowingly looks is enthralled. 奥克斯兄弟也走到油画下,不知不觉看得入了神。 Only has Roy, swept an oil painting, the confirmation is the ordinary goods, searches the bed, uncovered yellowing frivolous book —— «She Who Knows». 只有罗伊,扫了一眼油画,确认是个普通物品,就自顾自地搜索床铺,搜出了一本泛黄轻薄的书——《全知的她》。 „Folk say they were four at first. The Mother, She-Who-Knows, the Lady of the Wood, came here from a faraway land and, since she suffered terribly from loneliness, she made three daughters out of dirt and water...” “据说威伦原本有四位夫人。仙母来自遥远的土地，孤独使她痛苦不堪，因此她用泥土和水做成了三个女儿…” „Roy, what did you discover?” “罗伊,你发现了什么？” „A legend story...” Roy looked at an oil painting, „probably what said is this above three Lady origins.” “一个传说故事…”罗伊看了一眼油画,“大概说的是这上面三位女士的来历。” „Mentioned listens, Boy.” “说来听听,小鬼。” Viper School Witcher encircled, listens respectfully to Roy narration ： 蛇派猎魔人都围了过来,聆听罗伊的讲述： „ A long, long time ago the Mother was sole ruler of all of Velen. Her daughters brought her the people's requests and served as her voice. Each spring, sacrifices of grain, animals, and men were made to the Lady of the Wood on her special night. “很久很久以前，威伦只有一个统治者，她叫做仙母，仙母因为孤独创造了三个女儿，四个女人幸福地生活在一起。 May not last forever, for some unknown reason, The Mother starts to lose the reason, becoming cruel is unkind, afterward was getting more and more crazy, is going to conquer by killing entire Velen, therefore her three daughters stood, massacred The Mother, and her soul seal under Whispering Hillock. 可好景不长,出于某种未知的原因,仙母开始丧失理智,变得残暴不仁,后来越来越疯狂,将要血洗整个威伦,所以她的三个女儿站了出来,杀掉了仙母,并把她的灵魂封印在呢喃山丘之下。 From now, three Ladies of the Wood ruled Velen, enjoys offering sacrifices of Velen resident, simultaneously grants them the harvest and health. ” 从此以后,三位林中夫人统治了威伦,享受威伦居民的献祭,同时赐予他们丰收和健康。” ...... …… Long time later, Witcher said looking pensive, „the three women on oil painting are Ladies of the Wood?” 良久之后,猎魔人若有所思道,“油画上的三个女人就是林中夫人？” „To be more exact, they are called Weavess respectively, Brewess, Whispess.” The Roy heart said one, answered, „I think that this book content cannot all believe that in the book these happy good descriptions, were Ladies of the Wood are used to beautify absolutely their. I have seen the clearly opposite introduction from another old book, Ladies of the Wood is not the good stubble.” “更确切地说,她们分别叫做织婆,煮婆,呢喃婆。”罗伊心头说了一句,又解释道,“不过我认为这本书内容不可全信,书中那些美好善良的描述,绝对是是林中夫人用来美化自身的。我从另一本古籍上看到过截然相反的介绍,林中夫人绝不是什么善茬。” „Weavess with the human hair knitting clothing, outside that man offered the hair of half head to her, with eyebrow. Brewess excels at cooking Ren meat/flesh, I have not guessed that the wrong words, a that farmer leg does not have. But Whispess ripped his ear, places Velen somewhere, as her informer.” “织婆用人类毛发编织衣物,外面那个男人就向她献出了半个脑袋的头发,和眉毛。煮婆擅长烹饪任肉,我没猜错的话,那个农民一条腿就是这么没的。而呢喃婆割掉了他的耳朵,放在威伦某处,作为她的耳目。” The people gawked, cannot mouth make the blood boil Sin at once oil painting the beautiful woman and in Roy on relates. 众人愣了一下,一时之间没能把油画上的美人和罗伊口中令人发指的罪行联系起来。 „Therefore was Whispess misled Carl?” “所以是呢喃婆蛊惑了卡尔？” People simultaneously turns head, actually sees Fliess not to know when entered the room. 众人齐齐一回头,却见弗利厄斯不知何时进了屋。 „Well? Doesn't make you defend outside?” “咦？不是让你在外面守着？” „Relax, I knocked down that fellow, for a short time he cannot wake up.” “放心,我把那家伙打晕了,一时半会儿他醒不来。” „Carl?” “卡尔了？” „Carl visits him outside, with my so many days, this/should output air/Qi.” “卡尔在外面看着他,跟了我这么多天,也该出点力气。” „Oh no!” “糟糕！” Roy yelled, finishes speaking, out of the door transmits the clear scream and Jie Jie smiles strangely. 罗伊大叫了一声,话音刚落,门外传来清脆的尖叫和桀桀怪笑。 When Witcher hurries to rush out, actually can only see that in the midair has flown black one crowd such as the crow of black ink, has curled like dark clouds, suddenly vanishes in Skyrim. 当猎魔人慌忙冲出门,却只能看到半空中飞过一群黑如墨的乌鸦,就像一片乌云卷过,眨眼间消失在天际。 But Carl is missing, the ground only has one by the farmer of hewing person stick. 而卡尔不见了踪影,地上只剩下一个被削成人棍的农民。 He lies down in the ice-cold ground, the mouth spitting blood froth and internal organs fragment, in the look flashes through desperately, is unwilling, pain. 他躺在冰冷的地面,嘴里吐着血沫和内脏碎块儿,眼神中闪过绝望,不甘、痛苦。 The whole body twitched several, swallows the final one breath. 浑身抽搐了几下,咽下最后一口气。 But his chest front, the correct use blood is smudging several striking large character —— BorderPost( Downwarren) 而他的胸前,正用鲜血涂抹着几个醒目的大字——BorderPost(下瓦伦)