Gawain was woken up by the movement outside while he was in a daze.
The sound of soldiers running and shouting woke him up from his sleep, mixed with shouts such as "The stone ball is alive", and it sounded like there were several footsteps heading towards his tent. Running towards the direction, Gawain, who had not been sleeping deeply, immediately woke up, grabbed his clothes and put them on his body, and shouted outside: "What happened?!"
The voice of Knight Philip Came from outside the tent: "Sir, something is wrong with the stone ball you brought back!"
What does it mean that something is wrong?
The always smart and capable young knight used such a vague description. Gawain immediately realized that the situation might be quite complicated, so he quickly sorted out his clothes and brought a bag with him at all times. With the pioneer sword, he opened the tent door and walked out of the tent.
It was still two hours before dawn, and there was no sign of light on the horizon. However, the burning braziers and torches everywhere prevented the camp from being completely enveloped in darkness. As soon as Gawain walked out of the tent, he felt a shadow suddenly twisting at his feet, and then Amber emerged from the shadow - the half-elf lady hadn't had time to put on her usual leather armor, but was wearing a Wearing light casual clothes, she was escaping from the shadow while yelling: "What's going on, what's going on, I'm sleeping here, why... Hey, I'm stuck, I'm stuck, please help..." < /p>
Gawain broke out in a cold sweat and pulled Amber by the collar of her neck to pull her out of the shadow. He felt that she was as light as a cat: "A shadow master like you is still stuck in his own body." Shadow step?"
"Isn't it a bit rushed and you haven't woken up yet?" Amber looked a little embarrassed and quickly transferred the embarrassment, "What's wrong?"
"I'll take it with you. There seems to be something wrong with the stone ball that came back," Gawain said casually, and motioned to Knight Philip to lead the way, while he led Amber to follow the knights and soldiers, "Let's go and see the situation together."
When Amber heard that this was the case, she yawned immediately: "Ah, I want to go back to sleep..."
As soon as he was halfway through speaking, he was taken away by Gawain in his armpit.
The independent tent in the south of the camp has been surrounded by soldiers and militia. A circle of people formed a defense line within ten meters of the tent. The burning torch made the area bright as day, and in the camp area The civilians in the south have been awakened by the movement here, but almost no one dares to come out of the tent to check the situation: most people just huddle in the tent fearfully, and it's good to poke their heads out to take a look.
Because Amber struggled fiercely, Hetty was already at the scene when Gawain arrived with the half-elf on his side. She outlined magic runes in the air, in the area around the tent. She set up a weak protective barrier, and when she saw Gawain, she couldn't help but be a little shocked: "Ancestor, what are you..."
Gawain put Amber down smoothly: "This guy competes at nightOur senses are keen, but she doesn't want to come. "
Hubo jumped on her feet and protested: "I won't bring you like this! You almost strangled me! "
However, no one listened to her protest...
"How is the situation inside? "Gawain looked in the direction of the tent and noticed that there was an uninhabited isolation zone between the tent and the defense line, as if there would be great danger if he got close to the stone ball, "Are there any casualties? "
"There were no casualties, but two militiamen and a soldier were trapped inside." Hetty looked strange, "It was... absorbed." "
"Suck? Gawain was stunned for a moment, "Does a magnet attract metal like that?" "
"Similar, but very weird," Hetty said about the current situation. "At first, the night watch militiamen found that the magic equipment on their bodies suddenly lost their magic power, and then their weapons and armor were stoned. The stone ball is attracted, but not all metals will be sucked. The stone ball seems to be selective. Some people are fully armed and walk near the stone ball without being affected... because they are not sure what other changes there are in that thing. , so I don’t allow anyone to get close to it for the time being. Only the druid named Pitman is checking the situation of the three trapped people in the tent. ”
Selective attraction? Also affects the magic power? This property is not like a magnet at all.
Gawain pondered for a moment and casually took off his pioneer sword He handed it to Knight Philip next to him and patted Amber on the shoulder: "Let's go in and take a look - you leave all the metal products on your body. ”
“Why...why should I go too?” Amber suddenly looked frightened, "Shouldn't a knight like you be the first to go into such a dangerous situation?" "
"Yes, so I will go ahead in a moment and you will follow," Gawain nodded, "Unless you don't want this month's salary. ”
Amber gritted her teeth and threw the metal objects she carried with her on the ground with a desperate expression - two small daggers, two amulets, a small pendant, and the next door The pocket watch of the old housekeeper of Viscount Andrew's family in Tanzania...
She hasn't returned this thing yet?
Gawain's eyes glanced at the pocket watch, and finally he looked straight at it. He stared at Amber, making the latter's hair stand on end before he said, "Where's the money bag?" "
Amber immediately covered her waist in horror: "This is absolutely not possible! ”
Gawain continued to stare at her.
A few seconds later, Amber finally reluctantly took out her money bag and held it in her hands. After counting it over and over again, he finally handed it over to Knight Philip next to him: "I tell you, I counted it clearly! If there is one missing when I come back..."
"I swear on the honor of a knight! I will definitely protect the property entrusted to me by others! "The young knight immediately raised his chest and said loudly, but Amber was startled: "Hey, you don't have to shout so loudly, there is actually not much money in it..."
"Ancestor, I will be with you... "Hetty took half a step forward, but was stopped by Gawain. He looked into Hetty's eyes and said: "You and Philip are guarding here. That ball may affect the flow of magic power. If you get close, it will not send out any weapons." It will come in handy."
Hetty nodded and bowed down: "Then please be more careful."
Gawain sighed in his heart: What a good wife. Ah...how about asking her when she plans to get married?
With the unreasonable thoughts in his mind, Gawain walked towards the tent with Amber who looked like he was facing an enemy.
Using danger perception in front of the tent to confirm the situation inside, and after roughly judging that there was nothing that could threaten him, Gawain carefully opened the door curtain.
He first saw the big ball placed in the center of the tent. The ball looked unchanged, still looking like a rough stone, but around the stone ball there were comically three people in full armor. Armed men.
A militiaman, a militia captain, and a regular soldier.
He also saw the figure of the little old man. Pitman was indeed here to take care of the trapped soldiers as Hetty said. When Gawain opened the door curtain, the little old man was squatting there. The militia captain spoke kindly in front of him: "...So you are obviously causing bad luck. Do you really not want to try the transfer ceremony of our Druid sect?"
"The Druid sect has a Fart's transfer ceremony, don't fool my soldiers here." Gawain strode into the tent and looked down at the three soldiers, "Who is the first to be trapped?"
Three of them? The soldiers who were sucked to the stone ball were already in a very depressed and nervous state, and then a nagging little old man came here to sell them the transshipment ritual. Basically, their mentality had reached the critical point of explosion, and Gao Gao Wen's sudden appearance immediately eased everything. In any case, the inspiration that the legendary pioneer knight can give them is huge (although this legend himself only knows how wet he is), the three of them immediately let out a sigh of relief as if they had been saved, and then the remaining soldier The bearded militia captain tried his best to tilt his neck to the side: "Sir, Locke was the first one to be trapped. I was also standing nearby wearing armor at the time, but I was not trapped. I was very curious. As a result, I was sucked in when I was curious..."
The third soldier sighed in frustration: "Sir, I was sucked in when I came to check the situation."
Gawain looked down at the soldiers and found that the stone ball had indeed sucked their armor. There was also a long sword sucked to the top of the stone ball, but the strange thing was that it was right next to the stone ball. There was an iron ring on the ground that had fallen off from the armor—but the iron ring showed no signs of being attracted at all.
Gawain picked up the iron ring and rubbed it against the stone ball, feeling no magnetism at all.
At this time, the druid Pittman next to him spoke: "I just checked, this is not a simple magnetism, and their armor seems to be 'solidified'.In this way, it becomes completely immobile, so I can't take it off. "
It seems that this guy who promotes the transshipment ritual is not doing anything serious.
"It sounds like some kind of magic effect..." Gawain pondered, Then he turned to look at Amber, "Try from the shadow level to see if you can remove this effect. ”
The shadow is something that exists with the real world, but is located on a different level. Therefore, the power of shadow is very suitable for interfering with the magic running in the real world, and even destroying extra dimensions. This is why Stalker The profession has the most skills to dispel magic traps and break seals, and as the darling of the shadow force, Amber is a master in this area.
She is brought here to deal with similar situations.
At this time, Amber no longer made trouble, but nodded, and seriously mobilized her natural power.
Her body became hazy and illusive in an instant, and her whole body entered. In a state between the real world and the shadow realm, some vague shadows extended from her feet and gradually merged with the shadows around the stone ball.
As Amber began to crack. , Gawain tried to push the stone ball and found that it didn't move at all.
"Isn't this thing very light..." He frowned, with a look of confusion on his face, "Even if it is added now. It's impossible for the weight of three people to even push me. "
"This is also something wrong," Pitman nodded. "I heard about the scene when you brought this stone ball back. A person can easily push it with one hand. But now... I estimate that it is at least as heavy as an equal volume of black gold rock. The abnormally light weight before might have been a magical effect, but now it was its true weight. "
As soon as Pittman finished speaking, Amber suddenly "jumped" out of the shadow form and sat down on the ground: "Oops——"
高Wen quickly reached out and pulled her up: "What's going on? "
Amber also looked confused: "I don't know... there seems to be a strange energy field around this ball. As soon as I stretched my spirit over it, it was bounced away... "
"Wait a minute! Pitman suddenly said loudly, "There was a life reaction just now!" ”