第六章：另一边的故事(14)
‘Yes, but the witch and Alvin are getting worse,’ said Hiccup anxiously. ‘They’ve been killing people. I’ve seen Dragonmarker helmets hung from the trees of the forest outside as a warning that they are trying to claim this territory for the Alvinsmen…’
It was true.
Out in the forest there were long stakes, driven into the ground, and hanging on the end of each stake were either the heads of dragon rebels or Dragonmarker helmets that had been taken as trophies, and put there to warn other Dragonmarkers that this land was claimed by Alvinsmen.
Quite apart from all these worries, the sound of the Dragon Furious and the Rebellion outside wasn’t exactly a lullaby: that noise of the blackened remains of the forest being torched once again, the flickering of flames, the roar as they turned from flickers into a great storming, roaring conflagration, burning so hot and high that the firelight from down below poured upwards and inwards, through the window of their hideout, to dance wickedly on the ceiling.
It was true.
Out in the forest there were long stakes, driven into the ground, and hanging on the end of each stake were either the heads of dragon rebels or Dragonmarker helmets that had been taken as trophies, and put there to warn other Dragonmarkers that this land was claimed by Alvinsmen.
Quite apart from all these worries, the sound of the Dragon Furious and the Rebellion outside wasn’t exactly a lullaby: that noise of the blackened remains of the forest being torched once again, the flickering of flames, the roar as they turned from flickers into a great storming, roaring conflagration, burning so hot and high that the firelight from down below poured upwards and inwards, through the window of their hideout, to dance wickedly on the ceiling.
第五人格约瑟夫和卡尔的故事
