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1、BOOKlIThelandingparty.Theprophecy.ANunexpectedencounter.Itwashotthatmorning,damnablyhot.FartoohotforlatespringonAnsalon.Almostashotasmid.Thetwoknights,seatedintheboat'sstern,weresweatingandmiserableintheirheavysteelarmor;theylookedwithenvyatthehalf-nakedmenplyingtheboat'soars.Thekn
2、ights'blackarmor,adornedwithskullanddeathlily,hadbeenblessedbythehighcleric,wassupposedtowithstandthevagariesofwindandrain,heatandcold.ButtheirDarkQueen'sblessingwasapparentlynot.respondingtothisunsea-sonableheatwave.Whentheboatdrewneartheshore,theknightswerefirstout,jumpingintothe
3、shallowwater,lavingthewaterontotheirreddeningfacesandsun-burnednecks.Butthewaterwasnotparticularlyrefreshing."Likewadinginhotsoup,"oneoftheknightsgrumbled,splashingashore.Evenashespoke,hescrutinizedtheshorelinecarefully,eyeingbushandtreeandduneforsignsoflife."Morelikeblood,"saidhis
4、comrade."Thinkofitaswadinginthebloodofourenemies,theenemiesofourqueen.Doyouseeanything?""No,"theotherreplied.Hewavedhishandwithoutlookingback,heardthesoundofmenleapingintothewater,theirharshlaughterandconversationintheiruncouth,gutturallanguage.Oneoftheknightsturnedaround."Bringtha
5、tboattoshore,"hesaidunnecessarily,forthemenhadalreadypickeduptheheavyboat,wererunningwithitthroughtheshallowwater.Grinning,theydumpedtheboatonthesandbeachandlookedtotheknightforfurtherorders.Hemoppedhisforehead,marveledattheirstrengthand—notforthefirsttime—thankedQueenTakhisisthatt
6、hesebarbarianswereontheirside.Thebrutes,theywereknownas.Notthetruenameoftheirrace.Thatname—theirnameforthemselves—wasunpronounceable,andsotheknightswholedthebarbarianshadbeguncallingthemtheshortenedversion:brutes.Thenamesuitedthebarbarianswell.Theycamefromtheeast,fromacontinentthat
7、fewpeopleonAnsalonknewexisted.Everyoneofthemenstoodwelloversixfeet;somewereastallasseven.Theirbodieswereasbulkyandmuscularashumans,buttheirmovementswereasswiftandgracefulaselves.Theirearswerepointedlikethoseoftheelves,buttheirfaceswereheavilybeardedlikehumansordwarves.Theywereasstr
8、ongasdwarves,andlovedbattl
