王国保卫战故事：官方原创

　　DANTE′S LOVE STORY: ENEMIES BY NATURE, LOVERS BY FATE

　　And then he saing his attention.

　　His idea of rushing in guns blazing, which had seemed so efficient a few moments ago, had failed. He had intended to break in the castle and shoot down his mark: Vasile. The bloodsucker punk had been terrorizing the populace all over Linirea, and it was his duty to put an end to it. It would have been over by now if it hadn't been for her and the utter distraction she brought.

　　He knew Vasile had female company as he heard a velvety voice arguing with the old vampire, but he never expected to be smitten by her. If someone had even suggested such a thing could happen to an old seasoned hunter, he would have mocked them.

　　Vasile, knowing the odds were not on his favor, as his army of Vampiresas was not around, disappeared in a smoke cloud, leaving his daughter at the mercy of the hunter.

　　Dante pointed at her, masking his feelings under a blank stare and ordered her to stand still. Lucrezia silently looked at him to evaluate his adversary and the quickest way to get him out of her way, but her sight got caught in his eyes. In her countless years, she had never seen such profound eyes, like two dark pits, that mesmerized her. ?She blinked quickly to break the eye contact and gather herself back.

　　-Who are you? Why do you dare to break into my father's lair? ?I can't decide whether you are a fool, if you have a death wish... or both.-She said with a soft voice.

　　-I am here to end Vasile's reign of terror, and whoever stands on my way to his demise, will face the same fate.-Dante replied.

　　-I can agree he has done too much damage to these lands, but you are truly delusional if you think you can take him down with a few shots of your guns. ?He is an ageless immortal; it would take a lot more than that to banish him.

　　Dante quickly evaluated the situation; what she was saying was not lacking in truth. It was painfully obvious he needed a new strategy ( a much better thought out plan) than the one he had. Dante needed to know Vasile's weaknesses, and he was staring at the creature that could enlighten him with that valuable information. He was going to get it, ?even if it meant bringing her along in his journey.

　　He ordered her to come with him, but she had other plans. With a mischevious grin, Lucrezia jumped through one of the castle's windows and disappeared. Dante cursed and tried to follow her, but she was nowhere in sight.

　　Dante was both frustrated and curious about this mysterious creature, not to mention, in desperate need of her knowledge; So he spent the next months tracking her down. ?Much like a chess game, every time he managed to make a move and almost have her in his grasp, she managed to outsmart him and escape.

　　With each encounter, the respect and admiration for the other flourished. Soon both began to yearn for those moments without even noticing it.

　　It is a dangerous thing for a hunter to be distracted from his objective, and this was almost Dante's downfall. He was tracking her down through the woods, planing a new antic to throw her off guard when he walked into a trap. Vasile and his vampiresas had surrounded him.

　　Dante knew his time had come, but he was not going to go down without a fight. He fought bravely and took many vampiresas down, but he knew he could never win as he was grossly outnumbered.

　　Vasile grabbed him and was about to rip him into pieces when suddenly a strong force pushed Vasile away. ?Lucrezia had come to Dante's aid and managed to tear him away from the danger.

　　She held out her hand to him, and he took it, fleeing from danger and knowing, fully well, they were never going to let the other one go.

　　A word of caution to the reader: When you walk through the roads of Linirea, you have to keep your eyes open; you never know when you will fall into an ambush... or into love.

　　译文如下：

　　但丁的爱情故事：天命之敌，宿命之爱

　　他看到她时，整个世界在怦然心跳之声中暂停了。他把这种怪异的暧昧感推到一边，并且嘲笑自己被敌人的女儿吸引了注意力。

　　但丁本来想借着枪口闪烁的炽光强行冲锋，这个想法在几个瞬间之前看上去还是相当高效，但最终失败了。他打算强行闯入城堡并且击毙他的目标：瓦西里。这个低劣的吸血鬼一直对利尼维亚的百姓实施恐怖统治，而他的使命就是终结它。如果不是她突然出现所分散了他的注意力，这一切本都会马上被他结束的。

　　瓦西里身边有个女人——但丁听到了一个如天鹅绒般柔软光滑的声音在和老吸血鬼争吵，但他从没想到自己会被她迷住心神。如果有人甚至去猜测这种事会发生在一个经验丰富的老道的猎人身上，但丁会去狠狠地嘲笑他。

　　瓦西里知道现在的形势对他不利，他的吸血鬼大军并不在他身边，单独对上专门猎杀吸血鬼的猎人，他优势不大。瓦西里化作一团烟云消失，只把与他争吵的女儿和少量护卫留下了——拖住猎人为他的逃跑争取时间。

　　但丁把几个护卫解决后将冒着烟雾的枪口对准了她，在茫然的凝视中掩饰了他的心思并且命令她站着不动。柳克蕾齐娅默默地看着但丁，评估着他的实力以及尽快逃脱的方法，但她的目光被他的眼睛吸引了。在柳克蕾齐娅无数年的生命之中，从未见过如此深邃的眼眸，像两口幽深的井，使她入迷。她迅速地眨了眨眼，打断了眼神交流，使自己振作了起来。

　　“你是谁？为什么你敢闯入我父亲的洞府？我不能判断你究竟是傻，还是想死……抑或两者都有？”柳克蕾齐娅用柔软的声音说道。

　　“我来这里终结瓦西里的恐怖统治，无论谁挡在他的死亡之路上，都将面临同样的命运。”但丁把枪上了膛，用尽可能冰冷的语调回答道。

　　“我可以肯定他给这片土地带来了巨大的伤害，但你别有开几枪就可以杀死瓦西里的错觉。他是个永生的不朽者，把他击杀并非是几颗子弹能解决的事。”

　　但丁快速递评估了一下形式。她说的话并不缺乏可信度，很明显，他需要一个新的战略——一个比他现有计划更好的深思熟虑的计划。但这意味着他需要知道瓦西里的弱点，他盯着这个能给他提供这些宝贵信息的女吸血鬼，很奇怪自己并没有杀死她的欲望。但丁需要得到这些情报，即使这意味着柳克蕾齐娅要跟他一起旅行了。

　　他命令她跟他一起走，但柳克蕾齐娅有其他的打算。她淘气地露齿一笑，跳出城堡的一扇窗户消失了。但丁咒骂着想要追上她，但她已经无影无踪。

　　但丁对这个神秘的女吸血鬼沮丧又好奇，更不用说他迫切地需要她的情报，所以他花了几个月的时间去追踪她。两个人就像在下国际象棋，但丁每一次设法移动一点并且几乎抓住她时，柳克蕾齐娅都会设法智胜他并且逃之夭夭。

　　每一次斗智斗勇，他们对对方的尊重和钦佩都会增加一点。很快，两人都开始下意识地怀念那些四目相对的时刻吗，一种暧昧的情愫在他们心中悄无声息地生长着。

　　猎人从他的目标身上分心是件很危险的事情，这就导致了但丁的失误。他当时正在追踪她穿过树林，一边赶路一边计划着一个新的滑稽动作去逗她一笑，这使他毫无察觉地一脚踏入了一个陷阱。躲在暗处观察着但丁的柳克蕾齐娅措手不及——瓦西里和他的吸血鬼大军出现了，并且包围了他。

　　但丁知道他最后的时刻到了，但他不会因此自暴自弃而放弃抵抗。他英勇地击倒了许多吸血鬼，但他知道他永远不会赢，因为吸血鬼的数量远远超过了他们。

　　终于，瓦西里抓住了他。当老吸血鬼正要把但丁撕成碎片时，一股强大的力量突然把瓦西里推开。柳克蕾齐娅来营救但丁，设法使他脱离危险。

　　他握住了她递过来的手，两人一同逃离了危险。他们都很清楚，他们都永远不会放弃对方。

　　给读者们一点忠告：当你走在利尼维亚的街道上时，一定要睁大眼睛：你永远不知道自己何时会坠入陷阱……或坠入爱河。

　　（注：

　　《但丁的爱情故事：宿命之敌，天命之爱》（原名《DANTE′S LOVE STORY: ENEMIES BY NATURE, LOVERS BY FATE》）原文来源于https://www.ironhidegames.com/News（铁皮游戏工作室官网）

　　参考《新英汉词典》《牛津高阶双语词典》

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