While walking towards the town, Li Ke saw no less than a dozen scarecrows. These scarecrows were rather shabby and crude. It was as if a casual person had willfully created these things. Traces of perfunctory work could be seen everywhere.
"Why are the farmers here making so many scarecrows in winter?"
Li Ke couldn't help but ask Alice when she saw piles of scarecrows around the town. Alice stared blankly for a moment before realizing the same problem as Li Ke. After spotting another scarecrow, she couldn't help but pucker her brows. Not only were there a large number of scarecrows, but crows were also gathering in this area.
"This is indeed abnormal. I don't remember there being so many scarecrows on this road. Besides, there isn't a custom of making scarecrows in this period of time."
Although she wasn't proficient in martial arts, she was well-educated in other aspects and was exceptionally outstanding. She was the exact opposite of Karina. However, she knew that the situation before her meant that something strange had happened in the vicinity of Demacia's capital. Therefore, she stopped a panic-stricken farmer and showed him her medal. Then, she asked him what happened.
There was a trace of fear on the face of this farmer who was in a hurry, as well as deep worry. But after knowing that Alice was a noble and seeing the two two-handed swords on Li Ke's back, his face lit up with joy. Even though he was still trembling and stuttering when he spoke, he still managed to tell Li Ke and Alice everything that had happened.
"Two teams of patrolling soldiers disappeared. Then, when we woke up in the morning, these scarecrows appeared in our town. When we woke up … at first, we thought it was a prank, but there were too many of them. This can't be explained by a mere prank."
He glanced at the scarecrows swaying in the wind as though he was afraid of them.
"And our town's night watchman also went missing last night … His clothes were on a scarecrow! The Royal Guard who came here ordered us to gather people from other towns and have arranged for people to remove these scarecrows. "
He gave a brief explanation before looking around. Then, he looked at Alice cautiously and lowered his voice a notch.
"Madam, this isn't the doing of those … those Mages, right?"
Alice furrowed her brows at the middle-aged man's words, but she still shook her head kindly and comforted the farmer who was obviously frightened out of his wits.
"Don't worry, citizen. The soldiers of Demacia won't allow dark magic to harm you. Besides, isn't there a Royal Guard who came here?"
Alice's words made the farmer reveal an expression of sudden realization, and the uneasiness and apprehension on his face disappeared by quite a bit. He even managed to squeeze out a smile and bowed to Alice. Then, he pointed at a rather spacious room in the town.
"The Royal Guard is in there. He's discussing matters with our Mayor. T-Then, I'll take my leave. "
After saying all this, he stuttered a little nervously. Then, as Alice bade him farewell, he left the place and ran towards the other towns. At the same time, Alice turned to look at Li Ke.
"Are we going to contact Miss Karina now?"
Li Ke thought for a while and shook his head. He felt that Karina might not want to see him right now. After all, she had just seen the person she loved die in front of her yesterday. If she saw him, the person she loved, today, it might cause her to feel even more pain.
"There's no need for that, Alice. I'm already very grateful to you for bringing me here. I'll take care of the rest myself. This place is too strange, so it's better for you to leave as soon as possible. "
Li Ke shook his head and dismounted from the horse. Alice didn't say anything about staying behind.
"I understand, Mr. Li Ke. I'll wait for you at the station in front of the city gate. You just need to ask the guards about the Bouvier Family's caravan and the people there will guide you."
After she finished speaking, she turned her horse around and smiled at Li Ke again.
"But, Mr. Li Ke, after you've dealt with everything, can you tell me how you defeated the evil here?"
Her smile was very beautiful, and her slightly childish face was filled with gentleness. Li Ke also nodded because of this smile.
"If there's a chance, I will."
After saying that, Alice gave Li Ke an even more adorable smile and rode away. Li Ke also put away his joyful mood and began to treat this place seriously. After all, whether it was the scarecrow or this atmosphere of fear, it could only remind him of one person. That was the one who had relied on this skill to farm without taking any damage and was loved by the players. However, because he was too fragile, he was successively hit by Q, W, E, R, passive, attribute, attribute growth, and other attributes, and left the stage of history.
However, Li Ke clearly remembered the identity of this guy. It was an otherworld creature that was summoned by a reckless summoner. It could inspire fear in people's hearts, causing them to involuntarily retreat when they saw it. And from the fact that it hadn't been killed by the various powerful creatures in this world for so long and even moved to Demacia at this time, it was enough to prove that it was difficult to deal with.
But, after all, it was just a creature from another world. No matter how strong it was, its strength would be greatly reduced in the face of the Forbidden Magic Stone of Demacia. Besides, with the intervention of the army, even if it could control the crows, how powerful could it be? Li Ke recalled the scarecrow's combat strength in the cinematics. Although he knew that it wasn't completely realistic, he didn't think that the scarecrow's thin body could withstand a full blow from him wielding Atokus!
So, he felt that it was safe.
So, Li Ke, who only remembered the oldest scarecrow, after asking a few other villagers, headed towards the 'ominous place' that they mentioned. He didn't have the slightest intention of looking for Karina. Instead, he planned to injure the monster in advance.
This was confidence in his own strength, but …
Times have changed.
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