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第二十一章 Rasha的背叛和永恆帝國(Rasha's Betrayal and the Eternal Empire)
紀元 22,885 - 22,905 AE年
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'It’s better to be hanged for loyalty than be rewarded for betrayal.'
-Valknu, Thirteen Aspects

「維持忠誠總比為了利益背叛來的好」 - Valknu, 十三位麥格瑪

Emperor Sargos rejected Rasha’s aggressive militarism, and it became a
source of growing animosity between them. After one of many arguments on how
to control the provinces, Rasha sought solitude within the unfinished Monolith
’s Inner Sanctum. Without knowing that someone else hid in the shadows, he
snapped a sacred twig from the Weeping Tree. Viscous red sap wept from the
wound, The Tears of Eyos.

皇帝Sargos反對Rasha所擁護的軍國主義，這也加深了兩人之間的緊張關係。在一次有關
治理行省的爭論後，Rasha跑到尚未完成的巨石柱內部，想在聖所大廳中獨處。在未察覺
有人隱匿在旁的情況下，他折下了哭泣之樹的一根枝條，深紅色的汁液隨之流出-是Eyos
的淚水。

Curious, he tasted it, and immediately felt a wellspring of magical power
surge through his veins. Eyos’ lifeblood augmented his physical strength and
drastically improved his ability to Bind and Surge his magic far beyond even
crystal-enhanced levels. Rasha kept his discovery secret, surreptitiously
returning to consume the sap again and again. With this new source of magical
energy, he consolidated his power, enhanced his military force, and with his
Kurikan enforcers, imprisoned his political enemies.

出於好奇心他嘗了一下味道，隨之而來的是滿溢的魔法能量流竄全身。Eyos的體液強化了
他的肉體機能，也大幅提升了他引導及釋放魔法的能力，這大大超出了平常利用晶礦所能
達到的程度。Rasha將這項發現藏在心裡，私下反覆地回去汲取聖樹汁液。有了這個契機
，他強化了自己的力量，提升他私有軍隊的實力，並且藉由所屬於他的組織「庫立坎」來
囚禁許多政敵。

His continued exposure to the Tears of Eyos eventually overwhelmed Rasha's
mind, driving him mad with power and an unquenchable thirst for more. Under
the cover of night, Rasha and his Kurikan swept through the Grand Trianon and
the Aestari Palace, ignobly murdering Sargos in his bedchamber. His warband
invaded each school of the Seventh Sanctum, executing any who remained loyal
to Sargos.

反覆攝取Eyos之淚最終令Rasha喪失心智，驅使他瘋狂地追求力量。一天夜裡，在夜色的
掩護下，Rasha和他庫利坎的部下們闖入Grand Trianon中的宮殿，不光彩地將Sargos暗殺
於臥室之中。他的軍隊勢力入侵各個七聖所的學院，任何人只要還忠於Sargos都被處決。

Valknu alone put up a heroic fight, but he was ultimately no match for the
combined power of Rasha’s forces. Sargos had shared his suspicions that the
Magmar were hiding something powerful, so Rasha threw Valknu into the palace’
s deepest dungeon and tortured him in a futile effort to learn the Magmar’s
secrets. Though imprisoned, Valknu magically communed with his fellow Magmar,
warning them of Rasha’s betrayal.

Valku獨自展開英勇的戰鬥，但終究不敵Rasha的優勢部隊。Sargos早已懷疑麥格瑪一族刻
意隱藏某種祕密，所以將Valku關入宮殿深處的地牢，徒勞地刑求他以套出線索。Valknu
雖然被監禁，但仍可以利用魔法與其它麥格瑪溝通，警告他們Rasha的背叛行動。

Rasha proclaimed himself the High Emperor, the Lord Magnus. He renamed
Aestaria, “The Eternal Empire,” believing himself the fulfillment of the
Prophecy of Ages. As Rasha’s madness and addiction made him increasingly
brutal, stories of his opponents’ imprisonment and slaughter spread, entire
families murdered, their ancestral homes burned to the ground.

Rasha自封為皇帝與魔王，並將艾斯塔利亞的國號改為「永恆帝國」，深信自己已實現那
則有關時代變遷的預言。Rasha的瘋狂和對力量的成癮令他愈加殘忍，有關他監禁、殺害
政敵的傳言不徑而走，更有甚者被抄家滅族，連祖墳也被夷為平地。

Some Aestari rebels hid in the mountains, but many more fled across the
increasingly turbulent oceans. A small number even reached Kaero and the
other continents, but many more drowned or were hunted down. As the
unfinished Monolith lay all but forgotten, Rasha and his armies turned their
attention outward.

其中一些艾斯塔利亞的反抗軍躲藏於山中，不過更多人則選擇橫渡充滿亂流的海洋，一小
撮人甚至到達了凱洛城和其它大陸，不過大部份人不是葬身海底就是被擒獲。巨石柱的工
程全面停止，而Rasha和他的軍隊則將目光投向其它大陸。

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最近在讀艾西莫夫的基地後傳
翻譯到現在，驚覺Keith Lee肯定致敬了不少基地系列和其它經典奇幻小說啊

第一帝國消亡，第二帝國將建立的預言 -> 謝頓心理史學的預言(基地系列)
Rasha崛起篡位 -> 騾的出現與動亂(基地系列)
七星武士千里種樹，有內鬼想獨佔種子 -> 遠征隊千里丟魔戒，有人被鼓惑想獨佔魔戒(魔
戒三部曲)
Vetruvian的節水服裝 -> 弗瑞曼人的特殊服裝(沙丘魔堡)

話說還有人能指出其它致敬元素嗎XD

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