Sword of Dawnbreaker

Chapter 115: Rotational Wheel and Bearing

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

To be honest, after meeting this metal egg, Gawain finally realized how lucky his present circumstances had been: he hadn’t lost his memories; he landed in a world that was similarly dominated by humans; he even had an identity that allowed him to smoothly integrate into the current world (though this identity consisted of some scary and occult elements to some extent) and a satellite vision that might come in very handy. Most importantly, he possessed the memories of Gawain Cecil.

The last point was particularly important. It was precisely because he owned memories from two different worlds that he was able to face this universe, whose physics differed greatly from that of Earth, more easily and that he was able to use ‘this world’s’ experience to overcome difficulties when he was unable to resolve problems using his experience from Earth.

However, Nicholas Egg was completely unable to do the same. This metal ball’s circumstances, compared to Gawain’s, were virtually at another extreme end.

He lost his memories; he had no experience and knowledge that could be effective in the present world; he was captured and treated as a test subject the moment he arrived here. And the most, most important of all, he landed in a place belonging to the scary homo erectus1 with the image of an egg lifeform…

If Gawain having to plant fields and develop technology in a world with different physics was already hell-like tough, then this ball had practically crashed through the ceilings of all the kings in hell and then rolled into the cauldron of the Lord of Hell. The flavor of the soup inside was even mala1 and durian.

Therefore, Gawain could not help but admire this ball’s adaptability and the extent of his mental strength. After encountering such a despairing situation, he actually could still live so peacefully and became an outstanding joker… Could it be because the nerves of metal lifeforms were tougher?

“Hey, hey, why did you suddenly stop talking?” Nicholas Egg’s voice jolted Gawain from his thoughts. This big metal ball circled and floated around the latter. “I still want to hear your suggestions. What do you think I can do? Honestly, I really want to find something to do right now…”

Gawain immediately gave it some serious thought. As a matter of fact, he had been thinking of this before today. This metal ball that came from an alternate world and had intriguing abilities was probably only an experiment source material in the eyes of those Gondor Master Mages, but to Gawain, he was a potential high-technology talent. Only, knowing that this ball had just awakened from a deep sleep and might need some time to adapt and adjust his mentality, he didn’t rush to force him to get to work. However, now that Boss Egg had taken the initiative to mention it, he explained while tidying his thoughts. “You have the ability to control the flow of magical power and metals. These two abilities could both be turned to good accounts here, but I still don’t know the specific parameters of your control over magical power and metals, so it’s not easy to make arrangements.”

“I’m actually not too clear about my control of magical power either,” The metal ball replied. “You people call those energies magical power, but such a thing doesn’t exist in my world at all. When I am affecting the flow of magical power, I am actually just vibrating my own magnetosomes. This is a kind of organ in my body that produces high-frequency magnetic fields. In my world, we can form a protective barrier around our body surface when we vibrate magnetosomes, but I realized that the barrier doesn’t appear here. Instead, I am able to affect the kind of energy called ‘magical power’ that you people speak of and make it ineffective temporarily…”

Gawain cut off the other party right away. “You said magnetic field? You were actually using a magnetic field to influence the flow of magical power?”

“Yes, including the time you mentally conversed with me using magical power. Actually, I used magnetosomes to sense magic fluctuations… but it’s pretty regrettable. Although I can sense magical power and also use magnetic fields to influence it, I am unable to use it to produce spells like those ‘mages’ of yours. That female mage… called Heidi explained to me about spiritual power and spell molds, but I couldn’t understand a word of it.”