Ethan rummaged through everything at full speed.
But the problem was that the wilderness witch simply had far too many things.
And most of them were useless items. Or maybe they were not useless, but Ethan had no idea what they were even meant to be used for.
For example, the horn of a horned horse.
[Horned Horse's Horn: It is the horn on a horned horse's head. It is best if it is sawed off alive while the horned horse is still living. That way, it will have the best medicinal effect.]
And for another example, the hoof of a horned horse.
[Horned Horse's Hoof: It is the hoof of a horned horse. The horned horse is valuable all over its body, and its hooves are also a top-tier alchemical material! Of course, you must find a living horned horse and saw its hoof off alive. Otherwise, you won't be able to lock in the life force within the hoof, and it will just turn into a pile of trash.]
"All garbage!", Ethan wildly tossed a bunch of useless items aside.
This witch really had all kinds of messy junk. Treefolk arms, dryad roots, boarman tusks, anyway, they were all things Ethan had no use for at the moment.
Flip~ Flip~ Flip~
A scarecrow was flipped out by Ethan.
But at the instant the scarecrow was turned out.
He saw the scarecrow hopping in place several times, and it even looked like it was about to run away.
[Cursed Scarecrow: A witch used magic to turn a servant into a scarecrow. It must guard farmland for ten years before it can return to human form. As a guard, it possesses the ability to confuse intruders into imitating its actions.]
[PS: If it is never planted in farmland, it will never be able to return to human form. Remaining time (years): 9/10]
'The witch's servant?'
When Ethan saw this prompt, his eyes immediately lit up.
'Then this guy should definitely know what is inside the witch's pinky ring. Maybe it can even help me find medicine for Daji to use.'
"Brother! Brother!"
Ethan shouted at the scarecrow that was preparing to flee, "Stop running around! If another witch catches you, won't you be completely screwed!"
Boing!
The cursed scarecrow froze for a moment.
It stopped its one-legged stilt hopping and didn't bounce anymore, just standing there blankly, as if waiting for what Ethan would say next.
"I read your instruction manual. It looks like you only have one year left as a scarecrow before you're released," Ethan explained, "But it says you have to be on duty in farmland for it to count. I have a garden at home. I'll stick you in there."
Boing!
The cursed scarecrow, as if it could understand Ethan's words, suddenly turned around.
Its human-like eyeballs stared straight at Ethan.
Then, it blinked.
As if responding to Ethan's words.
"You can… understand what I'm saying?"
Ethan looked at the scarecrow in surprise, and the scarecrow blinked again.
'This is insane.'
'A person turned into a scarecrow actually still has consciousness.'
'This is even worse than being in prison, alright!'
If there were no awareness, it would be fine. Just treat it like being asleep. But…
"Um, can I ask, did you provoke the witch?", Ethan looked at the scarecrow in front of him with some sympathy, then added, "If it was you, blink once. If it wasn't you, blink twice."
Blink! Blink!
"Two blinks, so it wasn't."
Ethan raised an eyebrow and said, "Then could it be that the witch took a liking to you, like she did to me?"
Blink!
"Uh…"
'So that's how it is.'
'This wilderness witch really has no bottom line at all.'
If she wanted to turn you into a servant, it was purely based on her mood.
In short, whoever got noticed was unlucky.
"Then logically, you should have become a servant. How did you end up turned into a scarecrow?", Ethan asked in confusion, "Did you make the witch unhappy?" [T/N: Meanwhile, Daji died.]
Blink! Blink!
"You didn't make the witch unhappy?", Ethan thought for a moment, then stroked his chin, "Could it be that you didn't serve her well, and she wasn't satisfied? So she turned you into a scarecrow to train your endurance?"
Blink!
'Holy crap, I actually guessed it.'
"Don't tell me you're a three-second man?"
The scarecrow hesitated for a moment. But in the end, it still blinked with difficulty, its eyes filled with sadness.
"Alright!"
Ethan spread his hands. This was a wound a man couldn't touch.
So he didn't ask any further and instead got straight to the point, "Brother Scarecrow, you live inside the witch's ring all the time. Can I ask you to help me find something?"
Blink!
"I need some medicine to treat injuries."
Ethan gently stroked Daji's yellow fur, "It was badly hurt while searching for me."
"But the witch has too many things, and most of them are materials that no one knows what they're for. Can you help me find some healing items? Or healing-type magic would also work."
Ethan didn't know if the scarecrow could really help, but he spoke anyway.
And the scarecrow actually blinked once.
That meant yes.
"You can help me find it?"
Ethan was overjoyed. With a scarecrow acting as the witch's steward to help, things would be completely different.
But after the scarecrow agreed, it just stood there without doing anything.
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