Chapter 202 - New Ore (1/2)
When Gawain saw ores being pushed over by the apprentices, he immediately determined that these ores contained a substance that was related to magic.
These were minerals with stripes that were grayish silver and had a hint of bluish purple. Under a specific angle of illumination, it would produce a metallic texture. When paying attention to the bluish-purple stripes, it would look hazy and illusory. They were distinctive characteristics of magic materials, especially magic materials with high purity and superior magic-conducting properties.
To discover brand new ores in the Dark Range that could be applied in the magic field was definitely great news, but Gawain was more worried that Nicholas Egg might have a long-term illness after being affected by such “stimulants”. “How long before you recover from your cold? Is this illness… severe among your species?”
“It is fine. There is no need to worry.” The giant silver emoji buzzed and vibrated. “I will be fine after two or three days. This is a small problem. Furthermore, as long as I don’t make direct contact with the stimulant within this period of time, I will be able to adapt to it later on and will not have the same problem.”
“…Your species is truly strange…” Gawain muttered softly before putting his attention on the ores again. After observing it, he asked the craftsman at the side, “Did Heidi study these ores?”
“Madam Heidi has already taken a sample. Her initial analysis determined that there is a great proportion of metal in the ore, so she delivered a portion of it to the Mechanical Manufacturing Facility and wanted Boss to purify it,” the craftsman reported seriously. “But we didn’t expect for Boss to fall on the ground after he touched it.”
“Alright, I shall personally look for her to find out more.” Gawain nodded and looked at Nicholas Egg who was lying on the ground. “You can have a good rest for the next two days. Since most of the extension machining beds are already online and you also have a batch of proficient workers, while the daily parts production and processing can be completed by the other facilities, you can just rest at ease. Do you have any requests for an environment to recover?”
The large metal ball merely rocked a little. “Just give me a place where I can bask in the sun. Also, pile up some metallic shards with iron and copper beside me, or the quartz sand is fine too. I can replenish my body…”
This was truly a very fitting and logical “setting”…
Gawain sighed in his heart before he rubbed his chin and looked at the large ball. “It isn’t going to be easy to shift you to a place to bask in the sun… looking at your size and weight. Wait a moment, I will look for Heidi to put a Weight Reduction spell on you…”
“Hey, no need, no need. I am not completely paralyzed, and I can still suspend myself in the air, just that I cannot float around.” Nicholas Egg buzzed and said, “Just look for someone to push me. Don’t worry, it is rather easy.”
Gawain truly had a hard time challenging his world outlook while trying to have a conversation with such a strange-looking metal-ball alien. Gawain was really trying hard not to burst out into laughter while trying to adapt to Nicholas Egg’s strange appearance and special physiology. After painstakingly holding back and twitching his mouth, he turned to look at the craftsmen and the apprentices and asked, “Which of you… will push your Boss out to bask in the sun?”
Immediately after, two sturdy and strong apprentices stood out and said, “We are willing to take care of Boss!”
Subsequently, Gawain looked at the two apprentices pushing their round Boss and rapidly rolling him out of the workshop. Behind them, all the craftsmen and apprentices were seeing them off with worried expressions. A craftsman then led his apprentice to pick out metallic shards to nourish their Boss’s body.
Gawain overheard them discussing softly:
“Does the Boss like sweet or savory things?”
“I don’t know… Do we actually have to sprinkle some seasonings on the iron and copper?”
“…Let’s just sprinkle some salt.”
“Pick the smaller ones. It should be easier to ingest.”
“Then again, where is the Boss’s mouth?”
“Why are you worried about this…?”
Gawain: “…”
Why did it seem like the apprentices and the craftsmen of the mechanical research station had spent too much time with the metal-ball alien? It seemed like their world outlook was transforming…
He shook his head and didn’t ponder about this matter anymore. After making sure there was nothing major with Nicholas Egg, Gawain ordered the other workers to return to their stations before he left the mechanical research station with Amber. They then headed for the magic laboratory that was outside the feudal lord residence where Heidi was currently at.
The feudal lord residence might have already finished construction. Heidi’s room and two other normal magic laboratories were also inside the residence, but not all magic experiments could be conducted inside the feudal lord residence. After considering the danger of magic experiments and also the uncertainty of testing new materials and spells, Heidi specially preserved the laboratory she had constructed on the territory in the beginning. She then renovated and reconstructed it to be used as a “testing center for dangerous spells and materials”.
Like the unfamiliar magic material harvested from the Dark Range which was obviously delivered to this testing center to appraise first.
Gawain and Amber arrived at the laboratory. When they were about to enter the place, there was a sudden explosion: bang!!
The explosion sounded like an extremely big firecracker getting lit. It was enough to blow a hole in the laboratory, and just hearing it from the outside was already very frightening. However, the people that were working on the spacious land in the vicinity didn’t react much. It seemed like the people that were around the vicinity were already used to this phenomenon.