第二章 龙血战士家族（上）（1）

In the blink of an eye, another half year had passed. Training hard and  strengthening his body, Linley passed through the gentle, warm spring, the blazing summer, and the chilly autumn. The white poplar tree next to the  empty training field of Wushan would always scatter some dried leaves onto the ground whenever the wind blew. The leaves slowly whirled down, covering the entire training ground.

　　转眼间便又过去了半年时间，在刻苦的训练身体、打熬力气中，林雷度过了温暖的春天、炽热的炎夏，踏入了充满凉意的深秋。乌山镇东边那空地旁边的一排高耸的白杨树如今每一阵风吹过，总会有着不少片枯黄的树叶飘飘荡荡地，打着转的缓慢落下。整个空地上也布满了枯黄的落叶。

The sky had slowly grown dark.

　　天已经渐渐黑了。

Today, there was an exceptionally large number of people on the training grounds, nearly three hundred.

　　今天东边空地上的人格外的多，差不多有三百多人。

“Today’s evening training session ends now.” Hillman smiled. “Before leaving, however, everyone needs to first congratulate this next crop of children who are about to leave Wushan and join the army.”

　　“今天傍晚的训练，到此结束。”希尔曼微笑着说道，“在这之前，大家先祝愿我们乌山镇这一批即将去参军的孩子们。”

With autumn’s end came the season of military recruitment. With the entire continent engaged in an age of warfare, every youngster viewed becoming a mighty warrior as a badge of honor. 

　　当秋天农忙过后，便是参军时节了，在整个大陆都尚武的时代，每一个少年都以成为伟大的战士为荣。

Naturally, there were also those who wished to become mages, but becoming a mage is an extremely difficult task. Perhaps only one person in ten thousand had the necessary qualifications to become a mage. With such a low probability, the average person wouldn’t even consider it.

        当然也有很多人想要成为魔法师。只是想要成为魔法师的难度太大，有成为魔法师资质的人，一万人中大概才会有一个。这么低的概率，一般人是不要想了。

Becoming a warrior was much easier. Upon turning sixteen, as long as they were at least warriors of the first rank, they could easily enter the army.

　　成为战士却容易的多，达到十六岁成年，并且最低达到一级战士。只要附和这两个条件便很可以轻松进入军队。

“Uncle Hillman, thank you!”

　　“希尔曼叔叔，谢谢！”

A hundred and twenty six children, all age seventeen, respectfully bowed  towards Hillman. These youngsters normally did not attend training. They had all become adults, and had their own jobs to do. But since they had all  been trained by Hillman since they were toddlers, they all considered Hillman to have been their benevolent master.

　　一百二十六名十七八岁的少年们恭敬地躬身行礼。平常这些少年是不来参加训练，他们都已经成年，是有自己工作的。不过他们是被希尔曼从小培养起来的。希尔曼就相当于他们的恩师。

Before joining the army, they all came here to say farewell to Hillman.

　　在参军之前，他们是要和希尔曼来告别的。