On the third day after reaching a consensus with Nicholas Egg, this "magic device from the ruins of ancient Gondor, storing an ancient soul, and forging friendship with ancestor Cecil" finally began to officially appear in New In front of the people in Cecil's territory.
From now on, you can no longer use "it" to call this egg, but must use "he".
His appearance naturally attracted a lot of attention - even the most insensitive serfs and slave workers could not help but become curious about this metal ball. When they saw a floating ball with a diameter of 1.5 meters, When the bright, clear metal ball floats towards them in mid-air, everyone can't help but stop and watch, and then talk about it with the people around them.
At first, many people felt scared, because the appearance of Nicholas Egg was really incredible, and it was too bright in the sun, almost like a magic ball that was about to explode at any time. Those Civilians with little knowledge and deep superstition would even scream and run away when they saw this thing. However, Gawain specially sent some soldiers to preach and introduce the origin of this "magic device", and emphasized that there was actually something inside the egg. He was a respectable ancient scholar, but he had to be trapped in a metal ball due to a magical accident. Apart from his strange appearance, he was no different from the people in the camp.
After preaching this many times, people were finally able to accept such a metal ball - of course, a little fear and nervousness were unavoidable, but they did find out that this chubby guy was It was harmless, and it could also make sounds to communicate with others. Coupled with Gawain's promise, everyone was forced to calm down.
As for Nicholas Egg himself... Benqiu is extremely satisfied with his current situation.
From the first day he wandered into this weird different world, he was in a difficult and embarrassing situation. First he faced the strange environment, and then he was caught in the laboratory by the malicious locals. When studying samples, they were almost cut into metal shavings by the magisters of Gondor a thousand years ago. Finally, they were suppressed by those magisters with a seal for a thousand years. When I opened my eyes, I saw a new world after the collapse of civilization and technology. The world - he thought he was going to be doomed by such continuous bad luck, but he didn't expect to meet such an alternative person like Gawain.
Be able to communicate, understand what he said, and be open-minded enough to accept his various opinions. He is neither ignorant like the modern locals, nor like those in ancient times who only knew how to explain. Plane research.
Now that I think about it, it was a good thing that I secretly tried to escape a few days ago but was caught by someone... Otherwise, I don’t know how long it would take for me to continue pretending to be a stone ball. I went out for a walk openly and openly today.
But Nicholas Egg was having a great time walking around the camp, but someone came to Gawain to complain. Hetty stood in front of Gawain with a worried look on his face: "That ball keeps floating around the camp. Go away, you really don’t care?”
Gawain was looking down at the person carefully.Staff information: That was the rough registration of one hundred technical staff from the royal capital who had just arrived here two days ago. Hearing Hetty's words, he raised his head and smiled: "Did someone mess with that ball?"
"It's not like he's causing trouble," Hetty shook his head, "but his curiosity is too strong. Basically whenever he sees someone working somewhere, he will drift over and look at it for a long time. His appearance is really eye-catching. , the workers will inevitably be affected."
"Everyone will get used to it sooner or later. It's just a metal ball floating around, not a giant dragon." Gawain chuckled, "Of course, I'll look back. Remind him to try not to interfere with other people's work. By the way, do you have any thoughts about Nicholas Egg? This strange name?"
Gawain spread his hands helplessly: "There is no way, he just recognizes this."
Hetty sighed: "If you think about it...actually. I have always wanted to study how he levitates. The energy reaction he emits is very strange, unlike the magical power I am familiar with, and he can float in the air permanently. If this is an innate spell..."
"Stop, stop," Gawain quickly interrupted Hetty's thoughts that had begun to diverge, "If you just want to do research, you'd better restrain yourself. That guy was raped by the demon of the Gondor Empire a thousand years ago. The mentors have been arresting and studying for a long time, and now the psychological shadow is particularly serious. If you do this, the trust he has finally built up in us will disappear."
"Of course, I am just thinking about it now. Hetty smiled apologetically, "Rather than this, I am more concerned about what you mentioned. There are still samples hidden in the mountain ruins that could not be removed a thousand years ago. I heard you. Let Knight Philip organize an exploration team? Are you going to look for those dangerous things in the ruins now?"
"Of course not," Gawain shook his head, "You said it, that's right? Dangerous things are not something we can get our hands on now. I asked Knight Philip to organize the team mainly to explore the shallow layers of the ruins and check out the forks that we failed to explore when we entered the ruins before. You know, it is a huge and solid one. Don't you think it's a waste to just leave the fortress in the mountains without using it?"
Hetty opened her eyes slightly: "You want to..."
"A little bit. To make use of it, at least use the rooms between the entrance hall and the shallow corridor. This is a dark mountain range after all, and dangers will always arise. If there is an emergency, everyone can at least take refuge in that fortress—— Isn't it?"
After saying this, he lowered his head and focused on the list of one hundred people again.
“There are fifteen formal craftsmen, including stonemasons, carpenters, blacksmiths, cobblers, etc., and ten craftsmen who are good at building houses. There are only two formal spellcasters, one of whom is a second-level arcana. Magician, and the other is a fourth-level rune master," Gawain couldn't help but look at it.He laughed out loud, "Jenny Pero, a fourth-level rune master, the highest-level professional in the team. This is the generosity of the king, there is actually an intermediate spell caster..."
< p>Hetty listened to Gawain's words, but couldn't help but frown, because she was actually dissatisfied with the "intermediate spell caster": the fourth-level rune master was the highest-level among the 100-person team. One person, according to the "three-level and one-level" classification method, she already belongs to the middle level. A middle-level spell caster is indeed considered a high-end talent. After all, except for Gawain, the most powerful profession in the territory is the third level profession, but Rune masters cannot actually be counted like this - although they are also called "mages", they are actually "workers" among mages. What they master is the technology of carving runes and magic circles on various magic artifacts and magic circles. Compared with regular mages, their biggest advantage is that their hands are relatively stable...How do rune masters advance? It means that everyone gathers together to draw runes and magic circles, and it is enough to draw as many and as well as possible within the specified time. As for the ability to cast spells...
The rune master only has the most basic magic skills, which can sense magic and identify different elements. That's enough, usually their mage level is around the second level, and even a first-level mage who has just graduated from apprenticeship can become a formal rune master.
In the eyes of ordinary people who cannot master magic, rune masters who can draw magic circles are also mysterious and powerful "mages", but in the eyes of real mage, rune masters are one level lower than them, or even lower than them. Several levels of "inferior products" are only slightly higher than the "rune craftsmen" who are completely unable to cast spells. Rune masters can usually only work for formal mages, acting as vassals, and working with rune craftsmen to help the latter make magic artifacts or draw magic circles. However, since they themselves do not possess high magical skills, rune masters cannot even use them to make them themselves. Magic circles and props - their weak magic power and poor magic control skills are completely insufficient to control those complex magic circles.
Therefore, this is a profession of making wedding clothes for others.
Hetty does not have the condescending mentality of most mages, and she does not discriminate against rune masters who are regarded as "magic servants" by mainstream mages, but she can tell at a glance that the person named "Jenny... "Pero"'s rune master was actually recruited by the royal capital to make up the number - a nominal mid-level spell caster. With such a person in the team, Francis II has fulfilled his etiquette, and even spreads it out and can be regarded as A nice talk.
This is what makes Hetty 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 The team sent by the royal capital showed a serious lack of sincerity.
Hetty is not a person who is very good at hiding her expressions, especially when in front of Gawain, so the latter can see her dissatisfaction at a glance: "What? I think a fourth-level rune master is insulting Our IQ?”
“The king is not sincere,” Hetty said bluntly, “If Rebecca can practice her skills properly,Maybe they are all better than her, they are just thrown in to make up for the numbers. "
"This should not be what Francis II meant," Gawain waved his hand, "That king must be concerned about my attitude, so his support for Cecil's pioneering land will not have much water, but He must withstand the pressure from other nobles in the royal capital, and those nobles may not necessarily hope that the Cecil family will rise quickly. In fact, most of them probably wish that our former southern ruling family could die quietly in the Dark Mountains. Under these circumstances, do you think they would allow a capable and valuable technical team to come here? "
Hetty's face became very ugly: "Those narrow-minded and greedy nobles of the royal capital... The Cecil family has no intention of competing with them for any interests, but they spend so much effort to do so. destroy. "
Gawain shook his head: "This is exactly the code of conduct of the nobles. If you cannot accept it, it only means that you are not actually a qualified noble - according to their standards. Of course, I'm not qualified either. "
"Then what do you think of this list..."
"Of course you accept it, why not? Gawain laughed, "No matter how you say this, it's still a hundred technical talents. Even if they are pieced together randomly, it is better than nothing. These blacksmiths and carpenters can't even use hammers and saws, right?" And I also want to meet this rune master named Jenny Perrault. There is a sentence in her profile that interests me a lot. "
"Which sentence? "
"Jenny Perrault, mage level - apprentice. ”