Book3:WereMyDreamIs (第305/327页)

s.ButtheappusewasnotasloudandstrongasbeforeandMr.Kaffeewasnotasoptimistic.Hesawthatthebravewarriorsaroundhimhadbeendecimatedtolessthanahundred,whilethenumbersoftheenemiesmorethandoubledtheirown.Bothsideshadsacrificedthelivesandlivelyyoungmenwhowerenowlyingonthegroundalloverthebattlefieldascorpseswhosebodytemperaturehadcooled.Someofthosebodieswerestillseepingblood.Mr.KaffeereanizedhistroopsintoanaggressivearrowheadshapeheadedbythebraveandceousRichard,sayinginaloudvoice,

    “Wewillnowmakeourfinaldashagainsttheenemyandwewillnotbackdownuntiltheverystofushadgivenupourlivesforourbelovedhomend.For,ifweotdestroytheeheywillkilleveryoneofusandnotleaveonesinglepersonalive.Soletuschargeandkillthebarbarianinvaders.Letusgiveourlivesforthissacredpiedwelovesomudwhichwearewillingtodietoprotect!”Upoheaationofthenativewarriors,thebarbariansoldiersknewatlewasabouttobegin.Theyshiveredinapprehensionknowingthiswastheultimatebattle.Whenfagdeath,menalwaysgtolifeandfeardeath.Thatisnormalhumanbehavior.Butthebattlefieldisastrangepcepcedthere,thebrainsofthesoldiersseemtosolidifyandbeenumb.Theonlythingtheycouldthinkofwastokilltheenemyorbekilledthemselves.Seeingtheirleaderentahapuffofsmoke,thebarbariansoldiersdidnotknowwhattodo.Sinoorderhadbeeoretreat,noonedaredtomoveafoot.Theystayedputandbothsidesremaiastalemate.Wheivewarriorsreformedtheirranksaoattack,thebarbariantroopscouldohemhead-on…

    Thetwosidescshedliketwbutopposingwaves,resultinginargewhirlpoolwhichtersubdividedintosmallerwhirlpoolsalroulefield.Somewhirlingclockwise,someterclockwise.Amidstthesewhirlpools,headandlimbsseveredinbloodlustwerescatteredeverywhere.OldMr.KaffeeaandcrookedDavidwerethefirstoodieiialcshofthetwosides.Mr.KaffeeiercedbyalohroughthechestandDavidwasbeheadedbyabarbarianktlecriesandshoutsroseeverywhere.Corpsesmultipliedandpiledup.Mankilledeachotherlikeblood-thirstyanimals.Butwhirlpoolsbroaden,widenandfinallydostop.ThestpersoandingwastheindomitableandceousRichardwhowasthemostskilledfighterofthemall.Buthewasbadlywoundedandhisbodycoveredwithbrownish,reddishblood.Hewashandclutgontoalongspearwithhisrighthand,whileholdingabloodyknifeinhisrighthand.Eyesdazed,helookedaroulefieldthinking,“WhydidIkillsomanypeople?Whydidallthesethousandsofpeopledieonthekillingfield?”Lookihebattlefield,hegncedoveratWhiteFairy.

    Atslookedatthewhitepuffofsmokecirgoverheadandwasfastthinkingofawaytocaptureher.Ahideousgrinmarredhisyounghandsomefaceashereturnedhisswordtoitssheath.Hetookasheep-skinsathebackofhishorse,opewideandwaveditthreateninglyatWhiteFairyasifhewasgoingtocaptureherwiththesack.Atshadlongheardofthefamoushundred-flowerwinemadeintheKingdomofDreamsandloasteit.Butitwasmadeonlyonrareoccasionsanditwassaidthatoed,iterieobefotten.KingZeusoeditandneverlikedanyotherwierthat.AtshadthesheepskinbagmadeespeciallyforthehundredflowerwinehemeanttogetfromtheKingdomofDreams.Remindedofherformerexperience,WhiteFairybhthethoughtthatthemanhadthoughtofawaytodealwithher.Justthen,fromtheerofhiseye,Atscaughtsightoftheonlymaanding.I