那天我去了一趟位于地下墓穴中的我祖母的坟墓,以告慰先灵。当最终抵达原先计划中的目的地时,我才发现那里的坟墓都被毁坏殆尽,而且有人已经将那些尸体挖出来了!究竟是谁会做出这如此天理难容的事情?! 冷静下来后我注意到了一些蛛丝马迹:被刨开的坟墓旁有两条平行的拖拽痕迹,它们直通一条甬道,一条在原先的位置我从未见过的甬道。无论是谁打算亵渎这片神圣的死者安息之地,将尸体拖走,他都要付出代价! 当我低下身钻过刚刚发现的甬道,我来到了一个镶嵌着许多头骨的巨大房间,其中由石头构造的结构大多已经开裂,木质的地板也已经全部腐败,蜘蛛网遍布天花板,看上去多年来这个房间都无人踏足。 I came to visit my Grandparent's tombinside the catacombs, and pay my respects. When I finally arrived I discoveredthe tombs had been destroyed, someone had dug up the bodies! Who would do suchan evil thing? I noticed two parallel streaks connectingthe uncovered grave site to a tunnel I had never seen before inside theCatacombs. Whoever decided to desecrate a sacred burial ground and drag thebodies away, they will surely pay! After I exited the tunnel, I came upon alarge room. It was inlaid with many skulls, a plethora of its stonework wasdeeply cracked, the wooden tiles completely rotten and cobwebs littered theceiling, as if no one stepped foot in here for years.
接着,从甬道更深处传来了一声低沉的嘶吼。我需要跟着那两条痕迹往深处走,但现在我已经不由自主地开始担心起来,在前方的黑暗之中到底有可能潜伏着什么。 当我一路不停地跟踪尸体的去向,我听到呻吟的声音越来越大。尽管还是很害怕,我还是鼓起勇气继续前进。转过最后一个转角,我看到了——它。 我从路边捡起一把破碎的残剑来防身,同时小心翼翼地朝里面慢慢走去。正当差不多可以打到那个声音的来源时,我不小心踩到一根骨头,动静吸引了那个东西的注意力。当它转过头的那一瞬间,我被吓得面目苍白,手中的残剑也随之落地。 I heard something, a deep growl, and it wascoming from deeper inside of the tunnel. I need to go further and keepfollowing this trail but I can't help being afraid at what possibly lurksinside. As I relentlessly pursued the bodysnatcher, I heard the groans get louder and louder. Although I was scared, Igathered up my courage and kept going. As I turned the corner I saw it. Carefully picking up the remnants of abroken sword beside me, I slowly began to approach it. As I was nearing combatdistance, I stepped on a bone, alerting the creature. As it turned around, Idropped my weapon and my face turned pale.
那是一张夹杂着悲伤,因痛苦而变得扭曲的脸。它身上的一片片肉缓慢却不可阻挡地脱落,好似一颗彻底腐烂的水果。那是,那是我祖母的脸!“祖,母?是你吗?”我心中仍抱有最后一丝期许,向那个东西问到,但是很显然,我那时候还是太天真了。 她朝着我冲了过来,冰冷而残酷的笑容像是在撕扯着她自己的脸。那张脸绝对会出现在我最害怕的噩梦中,我甚至忍不住呕吐起来。接下来,她,不,它,它向我冲刺起来。边哭我边转身跑起来。 我真不知道那时候我跑了多久,最后我的腿已经要没有力气了“那东西不是她,它不是我的祖母,这,这一切怎么可能!”我想要有人拉我一把我希望有人可以现在马上出现安慰我,但是很显然现在在地下墓穴,我只能靠自己的腿跑出去,跑不出去,只能永远与这些死尸长眠。 在我耗尽最后一丝精力后,我终于一路跑回了甬道的入口。“我现在必须马上上报法师协会,他们一定可以处理这个情况!”要我说,这一切最可能的原因,绝对是黑魔法。 ——Karylle,Karylle的日记 It was a distorted face of sorrow andanguish. Pieces of flesh were slowly falling off her, as if she was a rottenfruit. It was the face of my Grandma. "G-grandma, is that you?" Iasked with expectation, but my own naivety betrayed me. It stepped towards me, a cruel grinstretching her face to unbelievable proportions. That face terrified me, I eventhrew up. Then she - no - it lunged at me. With tears flowing down my face, Iturned around and began running. I don't know how long I ran for, but thefeeling in my legs gave out long ago. "That wasn't her, there's noway!" I wanted to plead for help, I wanted someone to comfort me. But deepdown I knew the truth, and that help would never come. Worn out, I finally backtracked to thetunnel's entrance. "I need to report this to the mage association, theycan solve this predicament!" But what happened was most definitely evilmagic. —Karylle, Karylle's Diary