On the third day after reaching a consensus with Nicholas Egg, this "magical device that comes from the ruins of ancient Gondor, stores an ancient soul, and formed a friendship with the ancestor of Cecil" finally began to officially appear in New Cecil. before the leading people.
From then on, "he" must be used instead of "it" when addressing this egg.
His appearance naturally attracted a lot of attention. Even the most insensitive serfs and slave laborers could not help being curious about this metal ball. When it floats towards you, everyone can't help but stop and watch, and then discuss this thing with the people around you.
At first, many people were terrified, because the appearance of Nicholas Egg was unbelievable, and it was too bright under the sun, like a magic ball that was about to explode at any time. Seeing this thing, he couldn't help but run away in shock, but Gao Wen specially sent some soldiers to preach and introduce the origin of this "magic device", and emphasized that inside the egg is actually a respectable ancient The scholar, who had to be trapped in the metal ball only by a magical accident, was no different from the people in the camp except for this strange appearance.
After so many preachings, people are finally reconciled to such a metal ball. Of course, a little fear and nervousness cannot be avoided, but they do find that this chubby thing is harmless and can make noise. After communicating with others, coupled with Gao Wen's promise, everyone forcibly calmed down.
And Nicholas Egg himself... This ball is very satisfied with his current situation.
From the first day he was stranded in this strange world, he was in a difficult and embarrassing situation. First, he faced the strange environment, and then the locals with malicious intentions were caught in the laboratory as research samples, and he was almost caught A thousand years ago, the Gondor magisters cut into metal shavings, and were finally suppressed by those magisters with a seal for a thousand years. When he opened his eyes, he saw a new world after the collapse of civilization and technology. He thought he was going to He ended up with such continuous bad luck, but he didn't expect to meet such a different kind of person as Gao Wen.
Can communicate, can understand what he said, and is open enough to accept his various statements, neither like the ignorant and ignorant modern locals, nor like those ancient people who only know how to dissect and study.
Now that I think about it, I secretly wanted to escape a few days ago but was bumped into by someone... It's really a good thing, otherwise I don't know how long it will be before I continue to pretend to be a stone ball before I can come out for a walk like today.
But Nicholas Egg had a great time strolling in the camp, but someone ran to Gawain to complain, and Hetty stood in front of Gawain with a worried face: "That ball has been floating around in the camp, you really don't care Tube?"
Gao Wen was lowering his head to study the personnel information carefully: it was the general registration of a hundred technicians from the capital who had just arrived here two days ago. Hearing Hetty's words, he raised his head and smiled: "That ball is messing people up." Is it gone?"
"No trouble," Hetty shook his head, "but his curiosity is too strong, basically whenever he sees someone working, he will float over to look for a long time, his appearance is so eye-catching, workers will inevitably Affected."
"Sooner or later, everyone will get used to it. It's just a metal ball floating around, not a giant dragon." Gao Wen chuckled, "Of course, I'll remind him later so that he will try not to interfere with other people's work. By the way, let's talk Come back, do you have any thoughts on Nicholas Egg?"
Hetty's face became strange: "Are you sure you gave him this strange name?"
Gawain spread his hands helplessly: "There is no way, he just admits this."
Hetty sighed: "If you think about it... Actually, I have always wanted to study how he floats up. The energy response he emits is very wonderful, not like the magic power I am familiar with, and he can float in midair forever. If This is an innate spell... "
"Stop, stop," Gawain quickly interrupted Hetty's divergent thinking, "If you want to study, you should restrain yourself, that guy was arrested by the magisters of the Gondor Empire a thousand years ago to study It's been a long time, and now the psychological shadow is very serious, you will make him lose the trust he has built up with us."
"Of course, I'm just thinking about it now." Hetty smiled apologetically, "Compared with this, I care more about what you mentioned at this time. About the samples that were removed. I heard that you asked Philip Knight to organize an exploration team? Are you going to search for those dangerous things in the ruins now?"
"Of course not," Gawain shook his head. "You've said it all, it's a dangerous thing, and it's not something we can get our hands on now. I asked Philip Knight to organize a team mainly to explore the shallow layer of the ruins, and to see what happened when we entered the ruins before." Those side roads that have not been explored. You know, it is a huge and strong fortress... Don't you think it is a waste to just put it in the mountain and not use it?"
Hetty opened her eyes slightly: "Do you want to..."
"Use it a little bit, at least use the rooms between the entrance hall and the shallow corridor. After all, this is a dark mountain range, and danger will always appear. If there is an emergency, everyone can at least go to that fortress to take refuge Is not it?"
After saying this, he lowered his head and refocused on the list of one hundred people.
"There are fifteen official craftsmen, including stonemasons, carpenters, blacksmiths, cobblers, etc., and ten craftsmen who are good at building houses. There are only two official spellcasters. One of them is a second-level arcanist, and the other is a fourth-level spellcaster. A level rune master," Gawain couldn't help laughing while watching, "Jenny Perot, a level four rune master, is the highest-level professional in the team. This is the king's generosity. Intermediate spellcasters..."
Hearing what Gao Wen said, she couldn't help but frown, because she was actually dissatisfied with that "middle-level spellcaster": the fourth-level rune master was the highest middle-level person in the team of 100 people. According to the "three-level and first-level" division method, she already belongs to the middle level, and a middle-level spellcaster is indeed considered a high-end talent. After all, besides Gao Wen, the most powerful profession in the territory is the third-level profession. It can't be counted like this. Although they are also called "mages", they are actually "workers" in the mages. What they master is the technique of depicting runes and magic circles on various magic objects and magic circles. , their biggest specialty is that their hands are relatively steady...
How does the rune master advance? It means that everyone gets together to draw runes and magic circles, as long as they can draw as many and well as possible within the specified time, as for the ability to cast spells...
Rune masters only have the most basic magic skills. It is enough to be able to sense magic power and identify different elements. Usually, their mage level is around the second level, and even a first-level mage who has just graduated from an apprentice can become an official rune master.
In the eyes of ordinary people who cannot master magic power, rune masters who can draw magic circles are also mysterious and powerful "mage masters", but in the eyes of real mages, rune masters are "inferior" inferior to them, or even several ranks lower , its status is only slightly higher than the "rune craftsman" who is completely unable to cast spells. Rune masters usually can only serve as vassals for formal mages, and together with rune craftsmen help the latter make magic artifacts or draw magic circles, and because they do not have too high magic skills, rune masters can't even use them. Their weak magic power and poor magic control skills are not enough to control those complicated magic circles.
Therefore, it is a profession of making wedding dresses for others.
Hetty didn't have the lofty mentality of most mages, and she didn't discriminate against rune masters who were regarded as "magic servants" by mainstream mages, but she could tell at a glance that the rune master named "Jenny Perot" was actually a With such a middle-level spellcaster who was stuffed in by the king's capital to make up the numbers, Francis II would have done his best to be courteous, and even spread it out as a good story.
This is what makes Heidi most dissatisfied, and there are only two spellcasters in this team, and the rest are all mage apprentices or craftsman apprentices, which makes her think that the team sent by the king There was a serious lack of sincerity in the team.
Hetty is not a person who is very good at hiding expressions, especially in front of Gawain, so the latter can see her dissatisfaction at a glance: "What? Do you think a fourth-level rune master is insulting our IQ?"
"The king has no sincerity," Hetty said very bluntly. "A rune master Rebecca may be better than her if she practices her skills well. This is all just put in to make up the number."
"This shouldn't be what Francis II meant," Gawain waved his hand, "The king must be concerned about my attitude, so his support for Cecil's pioneering land will not be too much, but he must bear the pressure of other nobles in the capital. pressure, and those nobles do not necessarily hope that the Cecil family can rise quickly. In fact, more than half of them may wish that our former southern ruling family can die quietly in the Dark Mountains. Under such circumstances, do you think they Will a capable and valuable technical team be allowed to come here?"
Hetty's face became very ugly: "Those narrow-minded and greedy royal nobles... The Cecil family has no intention of competing with them for any interests, but they have spent so much effort to cause damage."
Gao Wen shook his head: "This is exactly the code of conduct for nobles. If you cannot accept it, it only shows that you are not a qualified noble according to their standards. Of course, I am not qualified either."
"Then what do you say about this list..."
"Of course it's Xiaona, why not?" Gao Wen laughed, "No matter what, it's a hundred technicians, even if they are put together randomly, it's better than nothing, these blacksmiths and carpenters are not even equipped with hammers You don’t even know how to use a saw? And I also want to meet this rune master named Jenny Perot, there is a sentence in her information that I am very interested in.”
"Which sentence?"
"Jenny Perot, a mage-level apprentice."