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第一章
The Risen
崛起
“当机灵第一次找到我们时，那些被选中的人被赐予了力量，但不是智慧。”
——领主萨拉丁
The Dark Age
黑暗时代
"No one knew what had happened to the Traveler. No one understood what had happened to the world. But they heard the whispered call."
“没有人知道旅行者发生了什么事，也没有人明白这个世界发生了什么事，但他们听到了低声的召唤。”
他们来自荒野，聚集在秘密的飞地，滑过破碎城市的嚎叫废墟，希望找到海岸，找到一艘船，拾起一个不可能实现的梦想的踪迹。
从黑暗中走来的觉醒者，他们的眼睛忧心忡忡。Exo们在难民队伍中行进，掩盖着苔藓和破碎的记忆。机灵也在其中，开始了他们的搜寻。
那是一个充满无尽苦难和胆寒邪恶的时代。但有一丝希望：旅行者下面有一个避难所的承诺。
Ⅰ. Lady Perun
Ⅰ. 佩伦夫人(注1)
佩伦站在一条陡峭高原上的斜坡狭窄小路的顶端。天还没亮，她脚下的山谷雾蒙蒙，一片漆黑。
“他也许不来了”，佩伦身边的一个瘦弱的女人说道，是他们身后高原上摇摇欲坠的银色废墟的镇长。
“我们不希望你们这些狼在这里。塞戈斯(注2)领主知道这一点。”
佩伦指着山谷以作回应，山谷出现了红光。
镇长发出一声哀嚎。塞戈斯会杀了我们所有人。或者更糟糕的是，他会把我们留给堕落者。
佩伦摇了摇头，“不会。”
镇长看了看佩伦和站在她旁边的两个泰坦。然后她转身跑回村里。
红光更大了，他们的耳朵里已经充满了重新修好的派克微弱的、波涛汹涌的哀鸣。“其中九个”，萨拉丁(注3)领主说。
“九个，就算九百个，他们还是得一次三个地从山口上来。”她掰响指关节。“手到擒来。”
拉德加斯特看着她，“南北路都没有设防。如果他们改变路线——”
“他们不会。”
“你怎么会知道？”
“这是为了让人们害怕——害怕塞戈斯，也害怕我们。让人们看到他的暴徒们在往这赶，知道他的到来要流血......恐惧是惩罚的一部分。无论如何，他没有预料到我们仍然在这里。所以他走的是西路，因为这是最明显，最直接的。”
拉德加斯特皱起了眉头。“然后是时候向塞戈斯表明他的暴政就要结束。”
“不只是塞戈斯，”佩伦说。她调转拇指朝身后的废墟指了指。警惕的面孔从窗户和防水布周围探出头来。“我们必须向他们展示。”
他们三人拿起了战痕累累的大金属盾牌。在他们的盾牌后面，每个人都拿着一把破旧的步枪，身上裹着布和锁甲。
现在，在清晨的雾霭中，派克骑手的脸都清晰可见。一个穿着红色长袍的男人把他的派克开前面，因为他们尖叫着停了下来。
“好吧，好吧，”塞戈斯说，“钢铁之狼。”
“停止你的侮辱”，萨拉丁吼道。
佩伦惊讶地看了他一眼，“这是侮辱？我还挺喜欢‘狼’这个词。”
“走开，狼”，塞戈斯冷笑道，“这些人是我的。”
“错了，”拉德加斯特反驳道，“你滥用了旅行者赋予我们的力量。”
塞戈斯笑了笑，耸了耸肩。“架盾！”佩伦喊道。
枪林弹雨倾泻在他们的盾牌上。佩伦、拉德加斯特和萨拉丁在尘土飞扬的小路上向后滑去。但他们用脚后抵进地面，稳住了盾牌。
“还击！”
塞戈斯和他的勇士们被困在羊肠小道上，一个个倒下。
佩伦，拉德加斯特和萨拉丁重新装弹，然后塞戈斯又站了起来，他的发光的幽灵在他的肩膀上。他疯狂地开枪，一颗子弹击中了拉德加斯特的头。
“宰了他！”佩伦喊道，拉德加斯特倒下了。
“我来掩护你！”萨拉丁回答。
佩伦、拉德加斯特和萨拉丁死了很多次，比塞戈斯的任何一个人都多。但每当其中一人倒下时，另一人就会掩护他们，直到他们再次踉踉跄跄地站起来。坚守盾墙。三人没有让步。
最后，他的长袍烧焦了，破烂了，塞戈斯发出撤退的信号。
“钢铁之狼！”他喊道，他的战士们四散奔逃，银色废墟中的人们欢呼起来。“我要屠杀所有曾经庇护过你的人！”
作为回应，佩伦再次向他开枪。
- 注1：佩伦(Perun)是钢铁领主的创始成员之一。她善于组织战略与每个军阀作战，能非常出色地评估形式和预测对手的行动。是猎人们协调团队和敏锐机智的标杆。
- 注2：塞戈斯(Segoth)是钢铁领主的创始成员之一。负责整合对抗军阀队伍里的新成员。非常著名和正义的泰坦。
- 注3：萨拉丁(Saladin)是钢铁领主创始人之一，萨拉丁响应拉德加斯特号召，加入钢铁领主对抗军阀
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原文：
CHAPTER1
The Risen
"When the Ghosts first found us, those who were chosen were blessed with power, but not wisdom."
—Lord Saladin
The Dark Age
"No one knew what had happened to the Traveler. No one understood what had happened to the world. But they heard the whispered call."
They came from the wild lands, gathering in secret enclaves, slipping through the howling ruins of shattered cities, hoping to find the coast, find a ship, pick up the trail of an impossible dream.
From the deep black came the Awoken, their eyes haunted. Exos marched in the refugee columns, cloaked in moss and shattered memories. And among them came the Ghosts, beginning their search.
It was a time of vast suffering and terrible evil. But there was one hope: the promise of a refuge beneath the Traveler.
Ⅰ. Lady Perun
Perun stood at the top of a sloping, narrow path cut into a steep plateau. It was not yet dawn, and the valley below her was foggy and dark.
"Maybe he's not coming." This from a thin woman at Perun's side, the mayor of the crumbling silvery ruins on the plateau behind them.
"We didn't want you wolves here. Lord Segoth knows that."
In answer, Perun pointed into the valley. A red light had appeared.
The mayor let out a wail. "Segoth will kill us all. Or worse, he'll leave us to the Fallen."
Perun shook her head. "Not gonna happen."
The mayor looked at Perun and the two Titans standing on her other side. Then she turned and ran back into the village.
The red lights were larger; already the faint, choppy whine of repaired Pikes filled their ears."Nine of them," said Saladin.
"Nine, nine hundred, they still gotta come up the pass three at a time." She cracked her knuckles.“Easy pickins."
Radegast looked at her."The north and south roads are undefended. If they change course—"
"They won't."
"How do you know?"
"It's about making people afraid—of Segoth, and of us. Seeing his goons coming a ways off, knowing he's coming for blood... the dread is part of the punishment. Anyway, he doesn't expect we'll still be here. So he takes the west road,'cause it's the most visible, and the most direct."
Radegast frowned."Then it's time to show Segoth that his tyranny will end."
"Not just Segoth," said Perun. She jerked a thumb toward the ruins behind her. Watchful faces poked out of windows and around tarps."We gotta show them."
The three of them picked up large, rough- hewn metal shields. Behind their shields, each held a worn rifle, wrapped with cloth and chain mail.
The Pike-riders' faces were now visible through early morning gloom. A man in long red robes pulled his Pike ahead as they screeched to a halt.
"Well, well," said Segoth."The Iron Wolves."
"Cease your insults," Saladin barked.
Perun shot him a surprised look."That's an insult? I kinda like ‘Wolves'."
"Begone, wolves," Segoth sneered."These people are mine."
"Wrong," Radegast retorted."You abuse the powers the Traveler has entrusted us."
Segoth smiled, and shrugged."Shields up!" Perun shouted.
A hail of bullets slammed into their shields. Perun, Radegast, and Saladin slid backwards on the dusty path. But they dug in their heels, and the shields held.
"Return fire!"
Trapped in the narrow path, Segoth and his warriors fell one by one.
Perun, Radegast, and Saladin reloaded and then Segoth was up again, his glowing Ghost at his shoulder. He fired wildly, and a bullet struck Radegast in the head.
"Got him!" Perun shouted as Radegast collapsed.
"Covering you!" Saladin returned.
Perun, Radegast, and Saladin died many more times than any one of Segoth's men. But any time one of them fell, another would cover them until they staggered to their feet again. The shield wall held. The three gave no ground.
Finally, his robes singed and ragged, Segoth signaled a retreat.
“Iron Wolves!" he shouted as his warriors scattered and a cheer went up from the people in the silver ruins.“I will slaughter everyone who has ever sheltered you!”
In answer, Perun shot him again.