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.

　　轉(zhuǎn)眼間便又過(guò)去了半年時(shí)間，在刻苦的訓(xùn)練身體、打熬力氣中，林雷度過(guò)了溫暖的春天、熾熱的炎夏，踏入了充滿(mǎn)涼意的深秋。烏山鎮(zhèn)東邊那空地旁邊的一排高聳的白楊樹(shù)如今每一陣風(fēng)吹過(guò)，總會(huì)有著不少片枯黃的樹(shù)葉飄飄蕩蕩地，打著轉(zhuǎn)的緩慢落下。整個(gè)空地上也布滿(mǎn)了枯黃的落葉。

The sky had slowly grown dark.

　　天已經(jīng)漸漸黑了。

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

　　今天東邊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.”

　　“今天傍晚的訓(xùn)練，到此結(jié)束。”希爾曼微笑著說(shuō)道，“在這之前，大家先祝愿我們?yōu)跎芥?zhèn)這一批即將去參軍的孩子們?！?/p>

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.?

　　當(dāng)秋天農(nóng)忙過(guò)后，便是參軍時(shí)節(jié)了，在整個(gè)大陸都尚武的時(shí)代，每一個(gè)少年都以成為偉大的戰(zhàn)士為榮。

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.

? ? ? ? 當(dāng)然也有很多人想要成為魔法師。只是想要成為魔法師的難度太大，有成為魔法師資質(zhì)的人，一萬(wàn)人中大概才會(huì)有一個(gè)。這么低的概率，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.

　　成為戰(zhàn)士卻容易的多，達(dá)到十六歲成年，并且最低達(dá)到一級(jí)戰(zhàn)士。只要附和這兩個(gè)條件便很可以輕松進(jìn)入軍隊(duì)。

“Uncle Hillman, thank you!”

　　“希爾曼叔叔，謝謝！”

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歲的少年們恭敬地躬身行禮。平常這些少年是不來(lái)參加訓(xùn)練，他們都已經(jīng)成年，是有自己工作的。不過(guò)他們是被希爾曼從小培養(yǎng)起來(lái)的。希爾曼就相當(dāng)于他們的恩師。

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

　　在參軍之前，他們是要和希爾曼來(lái)告別的。