To be honest, this metal egg hatched from a stone egg is really bright. It looks a little smaller than before, but it still has a diameter of about 1.3 meters. Its surface is pure silvery white, extremely smooth like a mirror , the smooth spherical surface even has a feeling of industrial precision polishing, it just floats in the air less than half a meter from the ground, and a bb mixed with metal trills comes out from the sphere: "I will never accept this name! Is it a name! Open your eyes and take a good look, how do I look like an egg and when did I say that I am an egg?!"
"We always thought you were a dragon's egg..." Rebecca circled the metal ball like a curious cat, occasionally daring to poke it up with her staff (the ball was surprisingly fine with it) response), "I didn't expect you to hatch from an egg and still be an egg... Isn't the egg of the egg just a ball?"
The metal ball buzzed and vibrated, and the voice sounded exasperated: "You just hatched as an egg! Your whole family is called Dandan! I have always been like this, and our whole family has been like this since we grew up!"
Gao Wen tried his best to suppress the twitching of his face, and forcibly suppressed the tendency of the three views to collapse with countless years of satellite elite cultivation. He struggled to maintain his rationality and composure, and tried to communicate with the metal egg in front of him: "You just said Your whole family? Are there many… creatures like you? What the hell are you…? Why have I never seen a strange life like you?”
No matter what this ball is, it is unlikely to be a dragon, but Gawain can be sure that he has never heard of such a strange life form in this world if it is really a life form. The shape of this metal sphere is completely different from all creatures in this world. If it really evolved naturally on this land, then it and its race could not hide from Gawain, the pair of creatures that have been hanging in the sky for countless years. Eye.
Unless it's in those time periods of Gawain's "fragments".
Yuanqiu heard Gao Wen's question, but didn't cooperate very much: "You have involved my secret, I'm not sure if I can trust you barbarians, and I have to say my name clearly before saying anything. Even if I die, I can't be called Eggy..."
"Do you have a name yourself?" At this time Hetty asked curiously from the side, which was considered to be on point.
"Name... eh, yes, I should have a name," the metal egg stood still in the air and tried to think, "Oh my god... forgot."
Everyone: "..."
Gao Wen: "You don't even remember your own name, so what if someone else named you one?!"
The metal ball's tone was suddenly particularly harsh: "Then I'm not called Eggy anyway."
The veins on Gao Wen's forehead couldn't help popping out again: "Could it be that I have to call you Saint Nicholas Eggy?"
The metal ball was stunned for a moment, and then it shook from side to side in satisfaction: "Oh? That's a good name..."
Gao Wen felt that communicating with this ball would consume his lifespan at three times the speed, and he also remembered that there are a lot of troublesome things outside that need to be dealt with by himself, so he shook his head: "Okay, in a word, if you Be honest for a day, we just had a monster attack and I have to deal with a whole lot of follow-up troubles and I don't want you to add more mess to me in the meantime."
The metal egg landed slowly, and lay down in the pit where it had been before: "Alright, alright, you can do your work, I'm too lazy to run around, I almost died of exhaustion after all the tossing around today..."
Gao Wen looked at this silver-white "giant egg" with some doubts, wondering whether this guy could really keep quiet and do nothing, but considering that this guy had just experienced a thrilling and failed "escape" , it is estimated that it will not try a second time in a short time, so I just believe it.
It doesn't matter if you don't believe it, there are still many things to deal with in the camp, and you can't spend all your time messing with a ball.
A group of people left the tent, and Hetty couldn't help but look back at the tent curtain that had been tied up again before leaving: "Shall we just leave that ball there?"
Although what she said seemed to be worried that the ball would cause trouble, her eyes were full of curiosity and exploration. As a mage and a researcher, Hetty had endless interests in the "unknown", and A floating, talking metal sphere was definitely more "unknown" than any "unknown" she had encountered in her life. To be honest, if it wasn't for the responsibility on her shoulders and the possibility that the ball would not cooperate, she really wanted to transport that big ball to her laboratory right now so she could study it for half a month in one go.
Don't talk about slicing, at least you have to drill your eyes to see what's inside...
Gao Wen now has some understanding of Heidi, and he can tell what the eldest granddaughter is thinking by looking at her expression, but he didn't say anything, but just shook his head: "It's not a girl who just stays in place. It is a stone, it can move and think, and it seems to have good athletic performance, and it also has the talent to manipulate metal and magic power. Forcibly controlling it is not beneficial, not to mention that it may not be able to control it, so it is better to let it actively cooperate."
As he spoke, he glanced at the soldiers standing guard not far away.
These soldiers still follow the previous instructions and guard the cordon ten meters away from the tent. Although it is not certain whether this distance is beyond the metal control ability of the Nicholas egg, this can somewhat reassure the soldiers.
"Of course, we still need to strengthen our vigilance," Gao Wen said, "replace the militiamen with family warriors, but monitor them from a distance. Tell the soldiers in advance that the sphere in the tent is a magical device that stores ancient souls. They should not have too much contact and communication with the ball. If the ball is really running around, let them report to the top immediately. Don't start a conflict. Although the ball is cowardly, when it jumps up and hits people, even the distortions are one by one. Ordinary soldiers can't stop it at all."
"What do you think that ball is?" Hetty frowned and asked, "Is it... Could it really be a magical creation of the ancient Gondor Empire?"
After the "Dragon Egg Hypothesis" was ruled out, Hetty couldn't help thinking of this direction. In this world, the legacy of Gondor and the legend of the dragon have many similarities. something that acts like metaphysics on Earth...
"The Gondor Empire is not omnipotent," Gawain shook his head. "Even the Arcanists and Puppeteers in the Starfire Era couldn't create magical creatures with this level of intelligence."
But he didn't say the other half of the sentence: let alone the magic artificial intelligence expert of the Gondor Empire, even every kingdom, every generation of civilization, and every kingdom that was active on this continent before the Gondor Empire There has never been an intelligent creation of this level in any race.
Gawain still doesn't dare to completely rule out the possibility that the ball is an "artificial object", but at least he can be sure that the ball is not the creation of any race on this continent.
In fact, he was more inclined to think that the ball really came from some kind of strange, intelligent race beyond human cognition.
Just don't know how it came to this continent...
Hearing Gawain's answer, Hetty lowered his head slightly and fell into deep thought, while the druid Pittman next to him remained silent. In fact, he had stopped talking suddenly since he was in the tent just now, until now. Now his face is still full of entanglement and frustration, which made Gao Wen couldn't help but look at him twice: "You also have questions?"
"Why is that egg still an egg when it hatches..." The old druid's eyebrows were almost tangled together, "Why isn't it a dragon's egg?"
Even Hu Po couldn't stand it anymore: "Why are you so obsessed with dragon eggs!"
The little old man grabbed his beard: "Dragon egg! It is a dragon when it is hatched! Do you know how much you can exchange for a scale or a little blood? Even if I can't exchange money, I will directly carry a young dragon to the holy place. Long Duchy, at least come back with a real earl!"
"Based on your thinking, throwing it to the Holy Dragon Principality would require hanging for at least forty times." Gawain glared at the little old man, "If you have enough time to think about it, tell me how the wounded are doing."
The little old man twirled his beard vigorously, and let go of the topic with a sigh: "Oh... well, it's either a dragon egg or a dragon egg. Don't worry too much about the wounded, I've prepared the best one I can get. The potions have been delivered, and those with more serious injuries have been treated with magic to ensure that there will be no more serious injuries and deaths. To be honest, this is a miracle. I thought that even if your bold plans worked, the camp The guards also had to die, but I didn't expect that basically all of them were wounded, and none of them died."
"You underestimated the standard equipment of the ancient Gondor Empire," Gawain shook his head. "The soldiers of that era were very difficult to die."
The little old man glanced at Gao Wen, and said indifferently: "Then you better have a sense of crisis, I heard the two knights in your family chatting, most of the armor and battle crystals on the soldiers are already in battle Damaged, and those things don’t seem to be able to be repaired and recharged. Although you saved your life, you can’t save the equipment itself. At this consumption rate, you will have to sit and eat in a short time.”
"Don't worry, we already have better weapons," Gao Wen smiled and looked towards the camp, "What's more important is that we have better ideas."
This time it was Amber who spoke: "You mean those explosive crystals you used to blow up cliffs and make traps?"
Gawain nodded slightly.
"Well, those crystals are really powerful, but it's not realistic to solve all problems with them alone," Amber shook her head, "They are too restrictive to use, and they lack a safe way to detonate. Tell me, when Hetty detonated it, I was almost scared to death. I got into the shadow world, and I was blown by the shock wave several times. I have to sue. Your granddaughter with big breasts and no brains actually I only supported myself with a shield... "
Heti, who was walking behind Gawain, immediately glared at Amber.
Gawain didn't notice the little spark between the half-elf and the great-great-great-granddaughter. He just smiled and looked into the distance. On the horizon, the giant sun was slowly sinking. The light diffused around the wheel complements each other, extremely brilliant.
Everything is flawed when it first appears.
Now that the aberrant crisis has subsided for the time being, it's time to focus on addressing these flaws.