Ethan, in his scarecrow state, could actually still make sounds, which directly stunned the scarecrow.
But after the scarecrow glanced at Ethan, it only jumped around even more happily, as if it wouldn't be satisfied until it smashed Daji to bits.
"Ah!"
Ethan realized that the more he struggled, the looser the restraints on his body became.
It was as if something was being gradually pried loose.
As long as struggling worked, that was enough.
[Magic Defense +1]
[Magic Defense +2]
[Magic Defense…]
As a series of system notifications popped up, Ethan roughly understood that he was being protected by the goblin helmet.
This allowed him to gradually struggle free from the magical restraint.
One finger… two fingers… Very soon, Ethan's entire palm could move.
Once he confirmed that his whole body could move, Ethan immediately charged straight at the scarecrow.
"Die for me!"
Ethan threw a punch straight into the scarecrow's head.
The scarecrow's head was smashed by that punch and began spinning rapidly, like a loosened bead on a bracelet, spinning nonstop.
The scarecrow struggled desperately, trying to jump up.
But Ethan had it completely pinned down, leaving it no chance to hop at all.
Ethan punched its face, punched its belly, roaring in anger, "I wanted to save you, but you wanted to harm me!"
"What grudge do you have against Daji, what hatred, to treat it like this!"
However, the scarecrow couldn't answer, couldn't retort.
It could only blink frantically, pain showing clearly in its eyes.
"Go to hell!!"
Ethan grabbed the scarecrow's head and yanked upward.
The scarecrow's head was torn off just like that.
Gururu~
Ethan casually tossed the head aside.
But that round head rolled and rolled like a ball, rolling around on the ground, instantly getting covered in mud and bits of grassm
"Meow!"
Just as Ethan was about to rush over and stomp that brainless scarecrow head flat with one foot, then stomp it some more until it became a pot mat, a nearly imperceptible meowing sound suddenly rang in Ethan's ears.
"Daji?"
Hearing this, Ethan immediately forgot about the scarecrow and hurried back to Daji's side.
He saw that Daji, which had originally been petrified, actually stretched out a small pink fleshy paw from within the shattered stone shell.
"That's great! Daji, are you okay?"
Ethan quickly brushed away countless fragments of the broken stone shell and finally pulled Daji out from inside.
But what was surprising was that Daji hadn't completely returned to flesh.
The areas where the mummy's burial wrappings were hidden on its body were still maintaining the petrification effect, as if they were protecting Daji's injured parts from worsening.
'Could it be…'
Ethan looked awkwardly toward the scarecrow's head.
He saw the scarecrow wearing an aggrieved expression, tears streaming down its face.
(⌇ຶД⌇ຶ)
Uh…
It really did seem like he had wronged it.
Ethan braced himself and asked, "Just now, when you stepped on Daji, was it to crush the petrified skin on Daji's body?"
Tearful blinking, once!
"Gulp~"
Ethan swallowed and continued asking, "It was for increasing the success rate of petrification revival?"
The scarecrow cried even harder.
But it still forced itself to blink once.
Now it was Ethan's turn to feel awkward.
He quickly put Daji down, then walked over to the scarecrow's head, carefully picked it up, and returned to the bamboo-pole body that had been dismembered.
Ethan hurriedly propped its body upright, then stuck the head back on.
"I'm really sorry!"
Ethan hurriedly clasped his hands together and explained, "Um, Scarecrow Big Bro, I really didn't know you were doing that for Daji's sake."
"I just saw you bullying Daji. Look how pitiful my Daji already is, and you were still jumping up and down on it…"
"I really couldn't stand it. My anger flared up, so I didn't hold back and ended up beating you up."
"And you know…"
"Why didn't you say something earlier? Then we wouldn't have misunderstood things this badly!"
(இдஇ)
The scarecrow's tears fell even more fiercely.
So much so that Ethan hurriedly took out a bottle of water and tried to comfort it, "Scarecrow Big Bro, don't cry anymore. Hurry and drink some water."
Ethan also knew that Scarecrow Big Bro couldn't drink water, so he hurriedly fed it anyway.
Splash! Splash!
But unfortunately, the scarecrow couldn't drink water.
All the water Ethan poured in flowed straight down from the scarecrow's neck, soaking its whole body.
And it also got its nice little suit completely wet.
The scarecrow lowered its gaze, looked at its clothes…
"Sorry, Scarecrow Big Bro. Want me to take it off and wring it dry for you?"
Ethan reached out, about to help the scarecrow take off its clothes.
The scarecrow immediately tried to hop backward, preparing to escape Ethan's range of harm.
Especially this…
'Who are you insulting?'
'I can't drink water. Is that my fault?'
'And you still want to strip me?'
The damage might not be big, but the insult was extremely strong.
But what the scarecrow didn't expect was that it had clearly intended to jump backward, yet instead it leapt straight into Ethan's arms.
Then, Ethan took a closer look and hurriedly held the scarecrow's head, saying, "I'm really sorry, Scarecrow Big Bro!"
"I helped you turn your head around. I put it on the wrong side. I'm really, really sorry."
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