第一章:战士(11)
‘Because instinctively I don’t think the Jewel is there,’ replied Hiccup. ‘That is because your heart is not yet in your Quest,’ replied the Wodensfang, solemnly. ‘At the moment, you are on a different Quest, the Quest to find your friend Fishlegs and your father. Admit it, that’s why we’re here.’ It was why they were there. The Hooligans were supposed to have hidden out in this country after Berk was burnt out by the Dragon Furious. ‘OK,’ admitted Hiccup. ‘I am worried about Fishlegs, he’s always sort of relied on me.’ Fishlegs was a ‘runt’ who had been washed up on the beaches of Berk fourteen years ago. He had no parents, so it was Hiccup who looked after him and stopped the other Hooligans from bullying him. ‘And this is getting in the way of your true Quest,’ interrupted the Wodensfang, ‘which is to find the Dragon Jewel.’ ‘Not entirely,’ said Hiccup, ‘because I still don’t think the Jewel is in the Amber Slavelands, whatever the map says.’ They had walked such a long way now, that they stopped right underneath the tree the Warrior was sitting in. Hiccup got out the map.