大地兽赫拉克勒斯的十二试炼 Dromas Heracles' Twelve Trials

请不要将这个作品太当真——虽然它的作者其实很想让你把它们当真。 Please treat this work as fiction, though its author really wants you to think it's real.

大地兽赫拉克勒斯曾走过千山万水，在遥远的异国留下它的英雄事迹。谨在此记录下它最伟大的十二次试炼，希望你也能够借此理解我对大地兽的热爱传颂大地兽赫拉克勒斯的威名。

The dromas Heracles once traveled the lands, its heroics lauded even in distant kingdoms. This hereby records its grandest Twelve Trials, which I hope will allow you to understand my great love for dromases evangelize the repute of the dromas Heracles.

勇斗真言狮口：

Battling the Verax Leo:

传说中没有一句话有纰漏的真言狮口被赫拉克勒斯发现了破绽！面对真言狮口尖酸刻薄的质疑，赫拉克勒斯用绝对的力量成功让它闭嘴，并在支付赔偿费用之后把它的面具装饰在了自己的鞍具上。

The fabled Verax Leo that does not slip on its words was thwarted by Heracles! Against the Verax Leo's acerbic inquiries, Heracles successfully silenced it with sheer strength, and after paying the compensation fee, adorned its saddle with the lion's mask.

拯救小奇美拉：

Little chimera rescue:

许德拉是一只受伤的小奇美拉，它在黑潮的侵蚀中已经损失了九条尾巴中的八条。但好在赫拉克勒斯出手了！当时它飞奔向这只小奇美拉，把它安置在自己的背上，成功冲出了黑潮的重围。

Hydra was a wounded little chimera, losing eight of its nine tails from black tide corruption. 'Twas fortunate Heracles lent a hand! It lunged toward this little chimera and carried it on its back, successfully breaking through the black tide's encirclement.

解救艾格勒的猎人：

Liberating Aquila's hunter:

自称受艾格勒赐福的猎人塞勒涅追逐一只预言中的鹿已有数年之久。眼尖的赫拉克勒斯从黑潮残迹中辨认出了一支鹿角，成功说服了这名猎人放弃那已经无法达成的使命。

Hunter Selene, self-proclaimed recipient of Aquila's blessing, had been pursuing a deer of prophecy for many years. The eagle-eyed Heracles sighted a pair of antlers among the black tide's vestiges, and successfully persuaded this hunter to abandon a mission that could never be accomplished.

帮助奥莱诺斯的农民：

Helping Oleinus' farmers:

奥莱诺斯的农民们深受野猪侵扰，它们四处破坏、速度极快又凶猛异常。智慧的赫拉克勒斯驮来了大量水果引诱它们，将它们引出村庄后一网打尽。

Oleinus' farmers suffered from a wild boar invasion. They rampaged throughout the countryside, fleeting and erratically violent. The erudite Heracles procured ample fruits to lure them away, and defeated them in one fell swoop outside the village.

清理伊卡利亚的大地兽之家：

Cleaning the Icaria dromases' home:

伊卡利亚的大地兽之家缺乏管理，以脏乱差闻名于世，当地的大地兽不同程度地忍受着疾病的困扰。但是没关系！勇敢的赫拉克勒斯掘开了大地兽之家两侧的河堤，引两条河流的水将那里冲刷干净，大地兽们从此又过上了清洁幸福的生活。

Icaria's dromas stable lacked upkeep, and was infamous for its filthy state. The local dromases tolerated the threat of sickness to varying degrees, but never fear! The brave Heracles dislodged the riverbanks on both flanks of the dromases' abode — water from the two artificial inlets gushed the place clean, and the dromases could once again enjoy a life of cleanliness.

赶走斯廷法洛的怪鸟：

Driving away the Stymphalian avians:

斯廷法洛有一种长着金属羽毛的怪鸟，经常为了偷橄榄油而袭击风车和榨油作坊。大地兽赫拉克勒斯邀请当地人站在自己的背上用弹弓驱赶它们，经过三天的努力终于将它们彻底赶跑。

There lived oddly-visaged birds with metal plumes on Stymphalia, frequently stealing olive oil and attacking oil mills and presses. The dromas Heracles invited the locals to stand on its back and pelt them with slingshots. After three days of non-stop stone showers, the birds were finally driven away.

寻回汉达克的宝贝公牛：

Finding Handak's prized bull:

汉达克的纯种公牛是当地的镇邦之宝，但有头「最纯公牛」跟着另一头普通的花斑母牛私奔了…还好赫拉克勒斯强壮无比，将这头不听话的畜生硬拖回了汉达克城下的牛棚。当地人为了感谢赫拉克勒斯，还允许它在汉达克不限量地享受免费红土！

Handak's pedigree bulls were the pride of the local town, but a certain purebred bull had "eloped" with an ordinary spotted cow... 'Twas fortuitous that Heracles unleashed its unmatched might and forcefully dragged the obstinate animal back to the cattle pen in Handak city. Appreciative of Heracles' deed, the locals even let it revel in unlimited quantities of Handak's red earth!

驯服奥德里西安的发狂大地兽：

Taming Odressian's frenzied dromases:

奥德里西安的大地兽饲养员由于粗心大意，给大地兽投喂了被黑潮污染过的红土，导致那里的四头大地兽都陷入了发狂的状态。好在我们还有强壮的赫拉克勒斯，它以一己之力牢牢地看住了这四头发狂的大地兽，直到它们体内的黑潮成分全都代谢干净，精神状态重新稳定下来。

Due to the negligence of Odressian's dromas caretaker, red earth tainted by the black tide was fed to them, causing the four dromases there to go berserk. Fortunately, the mighty Heracles was with us — it single-handedly held down this quartet of enraged dromases till all traces of the black tide were fully digested in their systems, returning their mental states to their usual docility.

赢下受刻法勒祝福的鞍具：

Winning the saddle blessed by Kephale:

除了外出冒险，在奥赫玛，赫拉克勒斯也是众所周知的冠军大地兽！在奥赫玛举办的首届大地兽运动会上，作为最先报名的1号种子，赫拉克勒斯赢下了全部项目的冠军，从5名参赛选手中脱颖而出，获得了受刻法勒祝福的神圣鞍具（赞助人：伊阿宋先生）。

Besides braving the dangers of the world, Heracles is also a champion dromas renowned by all in Okhema! When the city organized its inaugural Dromas Games, as the top seed that registered first, Heracles clinched top spots in all participating events, convincingly triumphing over the other five contenders, and winning a sacred saddle blessed by Kephale (Sponsor: Mr. Iason).

带回加蒂尔的走失大地兽：

Bringing back Kadir's lost dromases:

加蒂尔邦的三头大地兽被一个骗子趁着夜色带走了。赫拉克勒斯凭借自己灵敏的鼻子锁定了骗子逃走的方向，在一个山沟里追回了消失在人们视野中的这三头大地兽，并且还帮助卫兵将骗子捉拿归案。

A trio of Kadir city's dromases were stolen away by a fraudster in the dead of night. Using its acute olfactory senses, Heracles adroitly pinpointed the direction in which the culprit fled, recovering the lost dromases in a mountain ravine, and aided the guards in apprehending the fraudster.

夺得神悟树庭的奖励苹果：

Attaining the Grove of Epiphany's reward apple:

奥赫玛的第二届大地兽运动会，由神悟树庭的一位匿名热心人士赞助举办，奖品是树庭特制的一只红土苹果。最终赫拉克勒斯不负众望再次拔得头筹，开心地吃掉了这只价值不菲的人造「水果」。

Okhema's second Dromas Games was sponsored and organized by an anonymous enthusiast of the sport from the Grove, with its prize being a redsoil apple specially produced by the Grove of Epiphany. Inevitably, Heracles did not disappoint its supporters, emerging champion, and happily wolfed down this priceless synthetic apple.

协助提取黑潮造物样本：

Assisting in extracting black tide creation samples:

这是赫拉克勒斯迄今为止最不可思议的试炼！多亏了它的长脖子，人们在毁灭万物的黑潮边缘打捞出了一份珍贵的样本，完成了连树庭都认为难以实现的任务。唯一可惜的是，赫拉克勒斯过于闲庭信步的表现，让人们意识不到这个任务其实有多危险……

This was Heracles' most incredible trial till now! It was all thanks to its long neck that the people managed to retrieve a precious sample from the edge of the all-annihilating black tide, accomplishing a mission that even the Grove deemed nigh impossible. The sole lament was Heracles' nonchalance throughout the ordeal that everyone failed to grasp the peril of this quest...

以上就是大地兽赫拉克勒斯经历的十二次伟大试炼——相信在不久的将来，这个清单将会扩展到十三、十四…直到二十四次！

The above is the Grand Trial of Twelve that Heracles the dromas performed! I trust that in the near future, this list will only be extended to thirteen, fourteen... till it reaches twenty-four feats!