This is the end of the crisis.

As the last monster fell to the ground wailing under Knight Philip's sword, there were no living aberrations to be seen on the battlefield, only the scattered bones and a group of soldiers who had run out of strength.

No new monsters rushed out of the mountains, and the thunderous roar of thunder could no longer be heard in the direction of the Dark Mountains.

It was a full half minute before the Byron knight took the lead and was the first to cheer.

Then the soldiers, then the militia, then the civilians and serfs in the camp, cheered on the south bank of the Whitewater, and everyone knew about the victory—and for those who lived through the old Cecil, it had a special significance.

The people who made the plan knew how much of this victory was due to the right time and place, how much luck and risk, and how many uncontrollable variables there were, but most of the ordinary people didn't know, they only knew that there were hundreds of monsters attacking from the south, almost ten times the number of the camp fighters, but in less than half a day, all these monsters had been wiped out, and not even a single one of them had broken into the fence wall of the camp.

The huge psychological pressure was vented into carnival-like cheers at this time, and even Amber, who had just returned to the camp with Hetty, couldn't help but be infected and celebrated with cheers.

After cheering for a while, she noticed that Gawain was not with everyone, so she grabbed Betty, a little maid passing by, who was holding a bunch of potion bottles and following behind the druid Pittman: "Where's your master?" ”

Betty shook her head, "I don't know! ”

"He's in that tent to the south," Pitman said as he paused, turning his head quickly, "as if the dragon egg was out of trouble again." Ah, I won't tell you, I'll send the potion over first—there are a lot of wounded! ”

The little old man and the little maid ran away as fast as they could, and Amber looked around, and felt that there was really nothing to do with her, so she disappeared into the shadows.

In the tent in the south of the camp, Gawain and Rebecca had already heard the cheers that resounded throughout the camp: the general situation was decided, and this crisis was safely passed. Just now, the Byron knight had already sent someone to inquire about the follow-up arrangements, and Gawain sent a message to let the two knights carry out the aftermath of the battlefield first, while he and Rebecca stayed here temporarily, facing the stone ball that was suspected to be a "dragon egg".

The monster corpses outside the tent are rapidly disintegrating, and the remaining skeletons are collected and stacked by the soldiers, waiting for natural decomposition, and the stone ball that has just shown its power has now returned to the tent, and 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," the stone ball shook in place, and a metallic trilling voice came from within, "what are you...... Aberrations, huh? Why are they all coming at me all of a sudden......"

"I don't know what attracts them to you, but you killed a dozen monsters by one 'person', and at this time you say that you are scared, are you embarrassed?" Gawain squinted at the strange ball, "And after a long time, you can not only move on your own, but also speak...... You've been pretending to be that before? ”

Shiqiu is not ashamed at all (of course, it is true that he can't see the expression from its surface): "Is there anything wrong with a strong sense of self-preservation?" I don't know your intentions, so let's keep a low profile. Originally, I wanted to observe for two more days, but today I suddenly heard a commotion outside, and there were many fewer soldiers guarding, so I wanted to sneak out and see the situation...... I didn't know that as soon as I moved, all those monsters came! ”

Gawain nodded, he had figured out the whole thing: this stone ball had obviously deliberately suppressed some of its own "activity" before, so its sense of existence was thin, and even Pitman only discovered its life reaction by coincidence, but today the monster attacked, this stone ball felt that maybe it was an opportunity, so he desperately wanted to run out, but as soon as he moved, his breath leaked out - this leaked breath may not be anything to humans, but for those aberrants who feed on life reactions and magic reactions, But it was as conspicuous as a light in the night, and in the minds of those monsters, the life and magic reactions of this stone ball were obviously more "delicious", so the unexpected situation happened later.

Luckily, it all worked out in the end.

After thinking about this, Gawain couldn't help but look up and down at the neuropathic egg in front of him who almost succeeded: "So are you still going to run now?" I can tell you, those monsters are just a small wave of wandering around, and if you run right under their noses, no one will be able to protect you. ”

Rebecca next to her knew that her ancestor was scaring people when she heard it...... egg, but Shiqiu didn't know the real situation, so he was naturally frightened: "Oh - I won't run away, this place is too dangerous." And then again...... I'm kind of convinced of what you said before. ”

"Oh?" Gawain raised his eyebrows, "What do you believe?" ”

"You guys and the people who took me into the lab...... It really shouldn't be a gang. ”

Gawain felt amused, and just wanted to ask how it was judged, but out of the corner of his eye, he saw an amber popping out of the shadow in the corner of the tent, and Miss Half-Elf had obviously heard the conversation just now, and as soon as she jumped out, she asked in a hurry, "How did you see it this time?" ”

The stone ball floated up and down: "You guys are much more humble than the gang back then, such a big camp doesn't even have a magic cannon, it must not be a group of people......"

Gao Wen's forehead jumped, but he heard Rebecca next to him nodding thoughtfully: "Oh, it makes sense......

Amber stepped up to Gawain's side in a shadow and lowered her voice: "Seriously, if I were you, I would have expelled this disgraceful descendant from the house the day after the coffin was revealed......"

A shame of all things dares to say that others are ashamed?

Gawain glared at Amber and turned his head to look at the stone ball floating in the air, "So you're finally willing to believe what I told you that day?" ”

"Wait, I just believe that you are not in the same group as the group back then, and I don't believe all of your words, especially after a thousand years...... I'll have to make sure of this," Shiqiu shook his body with a special look, and then continued a little reluctantly, "Of course, I basically believe that you have no ill intentions now, well, I remember that you just ran over to save me." ”

This attitude is still a little underwhelming, but it is somewhat better than before, Gawain knows that he can't force this mysterious sphere that was rescued from the laboratory and was once roughed by the Imperials to trust others easily, so he nodded: "Okay, trust can be built slowly, let's ...... Wait, turn to the side and let me see—turn left, turn left. ”

Amber and Rebecca also came over curiously when they heard Gawain's words, while the stone ball turned inexplicably: "What are you doing?" Something on me? ”

The stone ball spun a little to the side, and Amber finally knew what Gawain had found.

On the side of the lower half of the stone ball, a small piece of the originally solid and dense shell between rock and metal somehow fell off, and several long cracks spread from the shedding and extended to the waist line of the sphere.

"Your shell seems to be cracked," Rebecca said with a wink, carefully pointing to the cracked part of the ball with her staff, "doesn't it hurt you?" ”

"Huh?" Only then did Shi Qiu seem to notice the cracks in his shell, and his tone was a little panicked, "Ah! It must have been broken when it fell from the sky several times before! ”

"Is it okay for your shell to crack?" Gawain was suddenly a little worried, "Do you want me to find a stonemason or blacksmith or something to help you fix it?" ”

“…… Tsk, forget it, it's time for me to break the shell anyway, and you're not an enemy," Shiqiu seemed to think about it for a moment, then shook his body, "You guys stand out of the way, I'm going to come out of the shell." ”

Amber's eyes widened suddenly: "Wait! You said you were going to break the shell?! Then you wait! I've got to call someone! ”

Miss Half-Elf put down this sentence, and without waiting for anyone at the scene to react, she flashed back into the shadows, leaving Shi Qiu and Gao Wen to look at each other for a few moments, and Shi Qiu was silent for a few seconds before speaking: "Then I can't get out?" ”

"Wait a minute, she'll be here soon," Gawain couldn't grasp the half-elf's train of thought, so he could only say casually, "She always has her own thoughts." ”

Then, after a while, Amber ran back in a frenzy, and pulled Hetty and Pitman with them.

The two men were apparently dragged over in a state of confusion.

"Ancestor, what's going on here?" As soon as Hetty came in, she saw the stone ball floating in the air, and then she looked at Gawain, "I didn't understand what Amber hurriedly said just now that the dragon egg was about to hatch......

As soon as Pitman entered, he noticed the peeling and cracking marks of the lower part of the stone ball, and the little old man immediately exclaimed: "Oh my God! This dragon egg is about to hatch! ”

"yes, yes!" Amber was excited as if it was her who was about to burst out of her shell, "That's why I called you two over!" By the way, will you two take care of the little dragons? ”

The two people who were forcibly pulled in were stunned for a moment, and Gawain immediately wondered if he should throw the amber out now, but the stone ball was no longer patient to wait for these strange people to mess around, and there was a strange low hum from inside it, as if it was charging, and the surface of the sphere trembled violently, and those dense and rough shell substances continued to crack in the tremor, starting from the falling off of the lower part of the sphere, and one after another "shells" began to fall off from its surface.

Everyone stopped talking, and they looked at the mysterious orb with expressions of surprise and anticipation, waiting for the moment when the life inside it would burst out.

Finally, with a series of popping and crisp 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 was a slick metal ball.

The metal ball shook: "How's it going?" Am I bright? ”

Only then did Pitman realize that the whole shell-breaking process was over, and he looked at the metal ball floating in the air in amazement: "Isn't it...... Is that the end of it? Are you sure you've come out of the eggshell? ”

Metal Ball: "Confirmed." ”

"But you're still an egg!" The old druid's tone seemed to be going crazy, "You're still an egg!" Is it a dragon egg? ”

Rebecca looked at the silver-white ball floating in front of her in a daze, and only after a long time did she say, "So this is actually a ball......"