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1、NAKEDEMPIRE-TerryGoodkindCHAPTER1Youknewtheywerethere,didn'tyou?"Kahlanaskedinahushedtoneassheleanedcloser.Againstthedarkeningsky,shecouldjustmakeouttheshapesofthreeblack-tippedracestakingtowing,beginningtheirnightlyhunt.Thatwaswhyhe'dstopped.Thatwaswhathe'
2、dbeenwatchingastherestofthemwaitedinuneasysilence."Yes,"Richardsaid.Hegesturedoverhisshoulderwithoutturningtolook."Therearetwomore,backthere."Kahlanbrieflyscannedthedarkjumbleofrock,butshedidn'tseeanyothers.Lightlygraspingthesilverpommelwithtwofingers,Richa
3、rdliftedhisswordafewinches,checkingthatitwasclearinitsscabbard.Alastfleetingglimmerofamberlightplayedacrosshisgoldencapeasheletthesworddropbackinplace.Inthegatheringgloomofdusk,hisfamiliartall,powerfulcontourseemedasifitwerenomorethananapparitionmadeofshado
4、ws.Justthen,twomoreofthehugebirdsshotbyrightoverhead.One,wingsstretchedwide,letoutapiercingscreamasitbankedintoatightglidingturn,circlingonceinassessmentofthefivepeoplebelowbeforestrokingitspowerfulwingstocatchitsdepartingcomradesintheirswiftjourneywest.Thi
5、snighttheywouldfindamplefood.KahlanexpectedthatasRichardwatchedthemhewasthinkingofthehalfbrotherthatuntiljustrecentlyhehadn'tknownexisted.Thatbrothernowlayahardday'straveltothewestinaplacesonakedtotheburningsunthatfewpeopleeverventuredthere.Fewerstilleverre
6、turned.Thesearingheat,though,hadnotbeentheworstofit.Beyondthosedesolatelowlands,thedyinglightsilhouettedaremoterimofmountains,makingthemlookasiftheyhadbeencharredblackbythefurnaceoftheunderworlditself.Asdarkasthosemountains,asimplacable,asperilous,theflight
7、offivepursuedthedepartinglight.Jennsen,standingtothefarsideofRichard,watchedinastonishment."Whatintheworld...?""Black-tippedraces,"Richardsaid.Jennsenmulledovertheunfamiliarname."I'veoftenwatchedhawksandfalconsandsuch,"shesaidatlast,"butI'veneverseenanybird
8、sofpreythathuntatnight,otherthanowls---andthesearen'towls."AsRichardwatchedtheraces,heidlygatheredsmallpebblesfromthecrumblingjutofrockbesidehim,rattlingtheminaloosefist."I'dneverseenthembefore,either,
