Chapter 436: The Crazy Scarecrow (Ⅱ)

"How is this possible?" Edward interjected with a frown, "All activated scarecrows have been tested repeatedly before they are sold to ensure that they are foolproof. Unless the owner of the scarecrow control password orders them to attack someone, they will never take the initiative to attack someone. Humans use violence."

"Maybe the scarecrow who attacked Pete mistook him for a robber?" Martin made a guess.

"You have such an idea if you don't understand the construction principle of the activated scarecrow!" Thomas refuted angrily, "Mr. Rawls deliberately limited their attack targets to invade its patrol at the beginning of designing the core module of the activated scarecrow. Beasts and birds in the area, in addition, there is a second layer of insurance, even if a wild beast rushes to the scarecrow, unless the other party initiates an attack, the scarecrow will never attack first."

"As for the defense measures against robbers, there is an additional restriction. The owner must activate this function in advance, and the scarecrow will add the creatures suspected of robbers to his own resistance."

"To put it simply, if a scarecrow is activated to repel thieves and finds strangers in his inspection area, he will first monitor whether the other party has abnormal behaviors, such as picking fruits from the owner's tree, catching chickens and ducks Livestock, casting nets for fish, and the like.”

"Then it will issue a warning to the other party, asking him to stop the above-mentioned behavior, or ask the other party to recite the preset password, indicating that his behavior has been authorized by the master, and will only use force to expel the other party if the warning is invalid."

"Pete is my family's serf. All the activated scarecrows in this farmland recognize him. It stands to reason that it is unlikely that he will be mistaken for a thief."

Having said that, Thomas hesitated for a moment, then turned to look at Pete.

"Did you say the password authorizing the corn harvest when the Scarecrow attacked you?"

"Of course there is! 'The king's daughter will not worry about marrying'! But it's no use at all, that madman is still slashing at me with a knife!" Pete spread his hands aggrievedly.

"'The king's daughter is not worried about marrying'? This password... is really interesting." Xiao Miao couldn't help laughing out loud.

"Most farmers are ignorant, and they can't remember complicated passwords, and they have to change passwords every once in a while, so try to be as simple as possible." Thomas frowned after a simple explanation, "Peter clearly read the password correctly, Why does the Scarecrow still attack him...it doesn't make sense!"

"Master, in fact, I am not the only one who was attacked by scarecrows. Since early this morning, there have been rumors that all the scarecrows in the field have gone crazy, and no less than ten people have been hacked and injured. Mr. Freeman, who is in charge, firmly believes that They were injured in a drunken fight, and they teamed up to make up lies to avoid punishment. I didn't believe it at first, until I met that crazy monster..." Pete shuddered and couldn't continue speaking in fright .

Seeing that he didn't seem to be lying, Joan said to Thomas, "Anyway, we're going to visit your house, why don't we drop by the fields and find out what's going on."

"Alright, I'll send a letter to the farm manager Freeman first, and ask him to come over and explain in person."

Thomas touched the storage bag and took out a 2-ring "Wind News" scroll. Just as he was about to unfold the scroll to cast a spell, there was a sudden rustling sound from the corn bushes by the roadside.

Joan looked in the direction where the sound came from, and vaguely saw a thin figure swaying in the cornfield like a green veil, quickly approaching the roadside, his stiff and strange walking posture made him have bad associations, and he quickly reminded his companions to be careful.

Under everyone's gaze, the black shadow came out of the corn field, with slightly bent knees, suddenly jumped forward, stepped over the ditch beside the field, and landed on the road with both feet. An activated scarecrow in a coir raincoat, holding a blood-stained sickle in his right hand, with simple facial features outlined in ink on a cotton-sewn face, and the obsidian inlaid in the eye sockets gleaming coldly.

"That's it!"

Pete pointed at the animated scarecrow approaching with a knife, his tongue tied in fright.

"Young Master! Just, just now, it was this monster who suddenly slashed at me from behind!"

Before he finished speaking, the activated scarecrow raised his bloody sickle and walked straight over.

"The king's daughter will not worry about marrying!"

Thomas shouted at the scarecrow, but the other party didn't seem to hear the command, and was still approaching with a knife in a murderous look.

"It seems that this guy is really out of order."

Edward pulled out his saber backhand and stepped towards the scarecrow.

Two beams of blue light shot out from the scarecrow's eyes, sweeping across Edward's face, the beam then turned into a hostile red, his arm dropped suddenly, and the snowy scythe slashed at Edward's neck.

Edward dodged in time to avoid the sickle, stabbed with his sword in his right hand, and with a bang, the sharp rapier pierced the scarecrow's wooden palm, and with a flick of his wrist, the sickle fell from its hand.

Before the onlookers had time to applaud Edward's exquisite swordsmanship, the activated scarecrow suddenly swung his left arm, and the sharp fingertips were like a row of sharp knives towards Edward's throat.

Edward hastily drew his sword to dodge, dodging the hand knife in a thrilling manner, and slashed at the opponent's left wrist with his sword.

The moment the sword edge touched the activated scarecrow's wrist, the sound it made didn't sound like cutting wood, but rather like the clang of metal colliding.

The rapier only scratched a shallow scar on the scarecrow's wrist before being bounced off, which surprised Edward. He hurriedly took two steps back, frowning and staring at the activated scarecrow's left paw emitting magical brilliance.

"I'll deal with this monster!"

Xiao Miao took two steps forward, replacing Edward and confronting the activated Scarecrow.

Edward's swordsmanship is not bad, but he is a mage after all, and his strength and speed are far behind professional warriors.

As a ranger, Xiaomiao's spellcasting ability is not as good as that of a mage, but when it comes to fighting, he is much better than Edward in terms of experience and skills.

The "activated scarecrow" is a low-level construct without self-awareness and thinking ability. His combat skills come entirely from the modules pre-set by the maker, and there are only two moves back and forth, not to mention any tactical changes.

Seeing the scarecrow sweeping across with its claws, Xiao Miao calmly lowered his head and dodged it. He swung his elbow and hit the scarecrow's chin at the same time, knocking it to the side of the road with a bang.

The "activated scarecrow" twisted its body awkwardly, trying to turn over and get up, Xiaomiao jumped over and stomped on its back, forcing it to lie on the ground and unable to get up.

This crazy scarecrow hadn't given up struggling until now, and suddenly grabbed Catwoman's ankle with its backhand-the ball joints of the limbs, which can be bent in reverse!

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