["My Lord."]
As the scarecrow walked forward, it asked in confusion, ["The spirit stones you left for White Eagle, there were five, right?"]
"Yeah, so?"
["You do know White Eagle can only count to three, right?"]
"I know."
["My Lord, don't you think that's kind of sneaky?"]
"How is that sneaky?", Ethan laughed, "Wasn't I just worried it would get bored?"
["You sure you're not just stingy?"]
"How could that be?", Ethan spread his hands, "You've seen that trick where they tie a carrot in front of a donkey's face, right? Then the production team's donkey works like crazy and runs like crazy, all just to take a bite of that carrot!"
"But it can never quite eat it, so it gives it huge motivation and makes it keep working nonstop."
"That's the power of hope. That way, White Eagle will keep counting just to eat the spirit stones."
"See? Then it won't get bored, right?"
Ethan's twisted logic actually sounded pretty convincing.
But after listening, the scarecrow just rolled its eyes hard. It only had one thought in its heart, White Eagle is really pitiful. How did it end up with a master like this?
Woo~ Woo~
Suddenly, while the three of them were walking and chatting, all the mermaid oil lamps around them suddenly went out at the same moment.
And… At the instant the lights went out, they even heard a kind of "woo woo" crying sound by their ears.
At first it sounded like a woman crying, but if you listened carefully, it also sounded like a conch shell being blown. It was extremely eerie.
["M-My L-Lord."]
The scarecrow asked in a trembling voice, ["D-Did you hear that? That crying sound like a female ghost, d-did you hear it?"]
"Female ghost my foot!"
Ethan knocked the scarecrow on the head, "It's nothing. Why are you scaring yourself?"
"Are you saying this place isn't creepy enough already, so you want to summon some dirty stuff out too?"
["I-I didn't! Stop talking, I'm scared!"]
The scarecrow spoke with a sobbing tone. But in the darkness that the scarecrow didn't know about, Ethan had already quietly put on his invisibility cloak and even pulled Daji into it with him, leaving only the scarecrow alone to draw the monsters.
After all… That guy couldn't be killed.
But he and Daji could get hurt. They could die.
Before knowing when the enemy would appear, how it would appear, and in what form, Ethan didn't want to take risks.
"Brother Scarecrow, you've got an oil lamp in your backpack. Take one out and give it a try?", Ethan had given the scarecrow a ten-thousand-slot backpack.
Because he discovered that this guy could easily take all kinds of things out from the space inside. As for White Eagle and Daji, they couldn't. They could carry backpacks, but they couldn't fully understand human speech.
So they wouldn't be able to find what Ethan needed from inside.
If he let them carry backpacks, the only effect... Would probably just be increasing their weight.
But now Ethan had the Witch's Tail Ring and also a ten-thousand-slot backpack, so his carrying capacity was completely enough. There was no need to consider increasing it anymore.
So he didn't give White Eagle or Daji backpacks, since it would still somewhat affect their agility and movements.
["Why don't you take it yourself?"]
The scarecrow sensed something was off. It always felt like Ethan was using it.
Especially this guy. Every time he needed its help… He would call it Brother Scarecrow.
If he didn't need its help, or in daily conversation, he would just call it scarecrow, or even directly call it you idiot.
So at this moment… The scarecrow thought about it and felt something was definitely wrong.
"It's too inconvenient to light a fire with flint here," Ethan continued speaking to the scarecrow through telepathy, "So I can only use the Great Fireball Technique to light it."
"And the Great Fireball Technique needs two hands to cast."
"So if you don't take the kerosene lamp, who will?"
"You can't expect Daji to hold it with her cat paws, right?"
The scarecrow was half convinced, ["Really?"]
"If I lie, I'm a puppy!"
Ethan replied with a smile.
Since Ethan had said that, the scarecrow naturally stopped doubting. It quickly took out a kerosene lamp from the backpack and placed it on top of its head, ["Alright!"]
"Mm!", As he spoke, Ethan quickly cast a Great Fireball Technique toward the scarecrow.
And the moment he released the fireball, he immediately changed position.
Afraid of being discovered by the enemy.
"Woo... Woo…"
However, just as Ethan lit the kerosene lamp on top of the scarecrow's head.
That eerie "woo woo" sound appeared by their ears again. Immediately after, Ethan saw the scarecrow's body split directly into two halves.
Then its upper body slid down from the slanted cut surface of the lower body, just like in the instant where light and darkness met.
It had been attacked by something.
What made Ethan feel terrified was that he hadn't seen anything attack the scarecrow at all. Even Daji hadn't shown any hostility.
Every time Daji encountered danger or an enemy attack… she would instantly arch her back.
But today she didn't. Not only had Ethan noticed nothing, even Daji had no reaction at all.
And yet the scarecrow suffered a fatal attack.
If it hadn't been because it wasn't human, it would probably already be dead.
Bang!
The scarecrow's upper body, along with the kerosene lamp in its hand, fell to the ground.
The moment it hit the ground, the firelight went out again.
["M-My Lord!"]
["What happened to me? Why did my body suddenly stop listening to me?"]
The scarecrow was about to go crazy.
And Ethan also felt that sense of terror. He quickly communicated with the scarecrow mentally, "Did you see anything attack you just now? Or did you feel anything strange?"
["N-No?"]
The scarecrow shook its head, ["I just did what you said and put the kerosene lamp on my head. And the moment you lit it! I just felt like my upper body suddenly couldn't hold up anymore, and then it started sliding down."]
"What exactly is going on?", Ethan didn't dare to light the lamp recklessly again for now.
He felt that the attack just now might have something to do with light.
So he decided to observe first.
But to make sure… Ethan quietly reached into his pocket and took out the Queen Bee, "Queen Bee, have one killing bee hide inside the scarecrow's body, then glow and give it a try."
"Remember, after glowing, transfer immediately."
"Buzz!"
The Queen Bee responded.
Then it ordered one of its subjects to fly out of Ethan's pocket and into the scarecrow's straw-stuffed belly.
Soon… The evolved killing bee began to glow and heat up inside the scarecrow's belly.
The temperature at the evolved killing bee's rear was extremely high. Before, it had even burned down its own hive, let alone just the scarecrow's belly.
Sure enough, it only exerted a little power, and smoke began to rise from the scarecrow's belly.
Then it was quickly set on fire.
And that evolved killing bee was very smart. Following the Queen Bee's command, after igniting the straw stuffing, it immediately flew back.
Until the moment the firelight burned again.
Only then did Ethan finally see several red exclamation marks appear on the ground, quickly moving toward the scarecrow through the darkness.
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