This is how the crisis ended.
As the last monster fell to the ground wailing under the sword of Knight Philip, no living aberrations could be seen on the battlefield, only the decomposing and scattered skeletons all over the ground, and a group of already dead monsters. A soldier who is about to run out of energy.
No new monsters rush out of the mountains, and the thunderous roar can no longer be heard in the direction of the dark mountains.
After half a minute like this, Byron Knight took the lead and was the first to cheer.
Soldiers, militiamen, and then civilians and serfs in the camp followed. Cheers resounded throughout the south bank of the Baishui River. Everyone knew about this victory-and for these people who had experienced the old For people who suffered from the Cecil disaster, this victory has a particularly extraordinary significance.
Those who make the plan know how much of the victory is due to the right time and place, how much luck and risk there are, and how many uncontrollable variables there are, but most ordinary people don’t know, they only know that there will be success Hundreds of monsters came from the south, and their number was almost ten times that of the combatants in the camp. However, in less than half a day, all these monsters were wiped out, and not even one of them broke into the fence wall of the camp. .
The huge psychological pressure was vented into carnival-like cheers at this time. Even Amber, who had just returned to the camp with Hetty, couldn't help being infected and started cheering and celebrating.
After cheering for a while, she noticed that Gawain was not with everyone, so she grabbed the little maid Betty who was passing by - the latter was holding a bunch of potions at this time. Bottle, followed Druid Pittman: "Where is your master?"
Betty shook her head: "I don't know!"
"He is in the south "In that camp," Pitman stopped and turned around and said quickly, "It seems that the dragon egg is in trouble again. I won't tell you. I'll send the potion there first - there are many wounded!" /p>
The little old man ran away quickly with his little maid. Amber looked around and felt that he really had nothing to do here, so he disappeared into the shadows.
In the tent in the southern part of the camp, Gawain and Rebecca had already heard the cheers that resounded throughout the camp: the situation has been decided, and this crisis has been safely passed. Just now, Knight Byron has sent someone to inquire about the follow-up arrangements. Gawain sent a message to the two knights to deal with the aftermath of the battlefield first, while he and Rebecca stayed here temporarily, facing this suspected "dragon egg" of stone balls.
The monster corpses outside the tent were rapidly disintegrating, and the remaining skeletons were collected and piled up by the soldiers, waiting for natural decomposition. However, the stone balls that had just shown their power had now returned to the tent. Now it is floating quietly dozens of centimeters above the ground, maintaining some kind of awkward confrontation with Gawain.
"To be honest, it was really scary just now." The stone ball shook on the spot, and a metallic vibrating sound came from inside. "Those, what, what... aberrations, right? How come they are like that?" suddenly allThey are all coming towards me..."
"I don't know what attracts them to you, but you killed a dozen monsters by yourself, now you say you are scared. Are you sorry? Gawain squinted at the strange big ball, "And after a long time, you can not only move by yourself, but also speak... So you have been pretending before?" "
Shi Qiu is not ashamed at all (of course, there is really no way to tell his expression from its surface): "Isn't it wrong to have a stronger sense of self-preservation? I don’t know your intentions, so naturally I’ll keep a low profile for now. Originally, I wanted to observe for two more days, but today I suddenly heard a commotion outside, and there were a lot less soldiers guarding. I wanted to quietly come out to see the situation... Little did I know that as soon as I moved, those monsters would appear. They're all here! ”
Gawain nodded. He had already understood the whole process: this stone ball had obviously deliberately suppressed some of its own "activity" before, so its sense of existence was thin. Even Pitman was there. It was a coincidence that I discovered its life response, but today when a monster attacked, the stone ball thought it might be an opportunity, so it tried desperately to run out, but as soon as it moved, its aura leaked out - this leaked aura It may be nothing to humans, but to those aberrations that feed on life reactions and magic reactions, it is as conspicuous as a bright light in the night, and in the minds of those monsters, the life and magic power of this stone ball The reaction was obviously more "delicious", so the unexpected situation happened
Fortunately, everything turned out to be safe in the end.
After thinking about this, Gawain couldn't help but look up and down at the lunatic in front of him who almost succeeded in trying to commit suicide: "So are you still planning to run away now? Let me tell you, those monsters are just a small wave wandering over. If you get under their noses, no one can protect you. "
Next to her, Rebecca knew that her ancestor was trying to scare people...but Shi Qiu didn't know the real situation, so he was naturally frightened: "Hey - I won't run. Yes, this place is too dangerous. And having said that...I kind of believe what you said before now. ”
“Oh? Gawain raised his eyebrows, "What do you believe?" "
"You and the people who took me into the laboratory back then...should really not be the same group. ”
Gawain found it interesting and was about to ask how it made its judgment. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw an amber popping out of the shadow in the corner of the tent. The half-elf lady had obviously heard it. As soon as the conversation just came up, he asked in a loud voice: "How did you figure it out this time? "
The stone ball floated up and down: "You are much poorer than that group of people back then. Such a big camp does not even have a magic cannon, so it must not be a group of people..."
p>A vein in Gawain's forehead jumped, but he heard Rebecca nodding thoughtfully next to her: "Oh, that makes sense..."
Amber took a shadow step He came closer to Gawain and lowered his voice: "Seriously,If I were you, I would have kicked this shameful descendant out of the house the day after he raised his coffin..."
How dare a person who is the shame of all things dare to talk about the shame of others?
Gawain glared at Amber, then turned to look at the stone ball floating in the air: "So you are finally willing to believe what I told you that day? "
"Wait a minute, I just believe that you are not the same group of people back then, and I didn't say that I believed everything you said, especially after a thousand years have passed... I have to confirm this carefully. It's only after confirmation." Shi Qiu shook his body in a particularly dignified manner, and then continued with a bit of reluctance, "Of course, I basically believe that you don't have any malicious intentions now. Well, I remember that you ran over to save me just now. ”
This attitude is still a little bit harsh, but it is much better than before. Gawain knew that he could not force this mysterious sphere that was rescued from the laboratory and had been treated roughly by the empire. He believed in others easily, so he nodded: "Okay, trust can be built up slowly, let's... wait a minute, turn to the side and let me see - turn left, turn left. "
After hearing Gawain's words, Amber and Rebecca immediately came over curiously, while the stone ball was spinning inexplicably: "What? Is there something on me? ”
The stone ball turned a little to the side, and Amber finally knew what Gawain had discovered.
On the side of the lower half of the stone ball, the originally solid and dense A small piece of the outer shell between rock and metal fell off at some point, and several long cracks spread from the place where it fell off, extending to the waistline of the sphere.
" Your shell seems to be cracked," Rebecca blinked and said, carefully pointing at the cracked part of the ball with her staff, "Don't you feel any pain? "
"Ah? "Shi Qiu then seemed to notice the cracks in his shell, and his tone was a little panicked, "Ah! It must have cracked when it fell from the sky several times before! "
"Is it okay if your shell is cracked? Gawain suddenly felt a little worried, "Would you like me to find a mason or blacksmith to help you repair it?" "
"...Tsk, forget it, it's time for me to break out of my shell anyway, and you're not an enemy." Shi Qiu seemed to think about it for a moment, then shook his body, "You guys move away. , I want to come out of my shell. "
Amber's eyes suddenly widened: "Wait a minute! You said you want to break out of your shell? ! Then wait! I have to call someone! ”
The half-elf lady said these words in a loud voice, and without waiting for anyone at the scene to react, she rolled back into the shadows, leaving Shi Qiu and Gawain looking at each other in confusion. Circle, Shi Qiu was silent for a few seconds before speaking: "Then can I still come out? "
"Wait a moment, she will definitely come soon," Gawain couldn't grasp the half-elf's thoughts, so he could only say casually, "She always has her own ideas. ”
Then after a while, Amber ran back in a hurry, and even pulled Hetty and Pitman with her.
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The two people were obviously dragged over in confusion.
"Ancestor, what happened here?" Hetty saw the stone ball floating in the air as soon as she came in, and then she looked at Gawain, "Just now Amber hurriedly said that the dragon egg was about to hatch. , I didn’t understand either..."
As soon as Pittman came in, he noticed signs of peeling and cracking on the lower half of the stone ball. The little old man immediately exclaimed: "Oh my God! This dragon! The egg is about to hatch!"
"That's right!" Amber was as excited as if she was about to break out of the shell, "So I'll call you two over here! Are you taking care of the little dragon?"
The two people who were forcibly pulled here were stunned. Gawain immediately thought about whether to throw the amber out now, but the stone ball had no patience to wait any longer. These weird people were messing around, and there was a strange low hum inside it, as if it was being charged. The surface of the sphere trembled violently, and the dense and rough outer shell materials continued to crack during the tremors. The falling off point of the lower half of the sphere is the starting point, and piece after piece of "shell" begins to peel off from its surface.
Everyone stopped talking. They looked at the mysterious sphere with expressions of surprise and expectation, waiting for the moment when the life inside it would break out of its shell.
Finally, with a series of crackling sounds, the sphere was quickly covered with fine cracks, and then all the shells exploded with a "bang"!
The shell of the stone ball fell off.
Inside is a smooth metal ball.
The metal ball shook: "How is it? Can I shine?"
It was only then that Pittman realized that the whole shell-breaking process was over. He stared at the floating ball in stunned silence. The metal ball in mid-air: "Uh, isn't it...that's it? Are you sure you have come out of the eggshell?"
Metal Ball: "Confirm."
" But you are still an egg!" The old Druid's tone seemed to be going crazy, "You are still an egg! Did you say it was a dragon egg?"
Rebecca looked at it blankly. The silver-white ball floating in front of me took a long time to say: "So this is actually an egg..."