Those two stone sculptures, each over five meters tall, were actually two statues with human bodies and dog heads, standing on stone platforms.
Both of them held a long sword in their hands. When the Great Fireball appeared, the Scarecrow finally saw the shadows of the statues move.
The shadows of the two statues were like living things. They actually swung the shadows of the great swords in their hands.
Then one sword slashed toward the shadow of the Great Fireball that had fallen onto the ground.
Whoosh!
That's right, the sword shadow struck the fireball's shadow.
But what split apart was the fireball itself. The Great Fireball, which had been slowly flying through the air, suddenly split into two halves in that instant and fell to the ground.
"Oh!"
The Scarecrow opened its mouth wide in shock.
It was the first time it had seen something this outrageous. Not only could shadows attack people, but as long as the shadow was attacked, the owner of the shadow would also suffer a heavy blow.
["How the hell are you supposed to defend against this?",] The Scarecrow took a deep breath, completely speechless.
'This stage is guarded by monsters at this level, and Ethan actually says it is easy?'
'Who is he kidding?'
'Even a ghost probably can't get through this stage.'
"No need to defend."
Wearing the invisibility cloak, Ethan walked calmly past the Scarecrow and said, "As long as you don't have a shadow, that's enough. Why bother defending?"
["Ethan, you already planned to wear the invisibility cloak to get through, and you didn't tell me!"], Hearing the footsteps by its side, the Scarecrow's eyes widened, ["You bastard, you tricked me into coming in as a lab rat on purpose, didn't you?"]
"When did I trick you? You were the one who insisted on coming in."
Ethan shrugged, though the Scarecrow couldn't see it.
Then, he just walked straight through between the two stone statues.
From time to time, he even released a Great Fireball to light up the road ahead, as if he wasn't afraid of being attacked by the shadows at all.
Hearing the footsteps getting farther and farther away, the Scarecrow suddenly became anxious, ["Hey! Ethan, you're not just going to leave me here and ignore me, are you?"]
"What did you just call me?", Ethan asked back.
The Scarecrow hurriedly changed its tone, ["Lord, please, take me with you too, okay?"]
"Why should I take you?", Ethan shrugged, "So you can keep telling me what to do along the way?"
["I won't teach you anymore, I was wrong!"]
The Scarecrow's voice trembled like it was about to cry, ["I promise, as long as you take me out of this damn place, I'll listen to you from now on. If you point east, I absolutely won't say west. Is that good enough?"]
"You said that yourself. Don't say I forced you!"
Of course Ethan wasn't going to leave the Scarecrow behind. After all, this guy was still a powerful weapon that wasn't afraid of curses.
But right now, Ethan also wanted to knock down its arrogance a bit.
So it wouldn't keep acting all high and mighty the whole way.
["Th… that's only natural!"]
The Scarecrow gritted its teeth as it said that.
'If I don't agree, you won't save me.'
'And that's not forcing?'
"Now that's more like it."
By this time, Ethan had already reached the other end of the stone chamber. Just as he was about to open the other stone door, the two stone statues that had been standing in the hall seemed to suddenly realize… Since when had someone passed them and gone through?
So, at the very moment Ethan pulled open the stone door, the two statues turned around on the spot.
Scrape! Scrape! Scrape!
The sound of stone grinding against the ground rang out.
Ethan didn't dare waste any time. He immediately took out the Ghost Claw and threw it toward the Scarecrow.
At the same time, he released another Great Fireball to draw the statues' attention.
Sure enough, the dog-headed stone statues' attention was immediately attracted by the Great Fireball.
Taking advantage of the moment, Ethan hooked onto the Scarecrow and quickly dragged it back.
Because the Scarecrow moved, the two statues finally noticed the Ghost Claw and the thing it had grabbed.
The statues' shadows immediately swung the shadow swords in their hands, slashing toward the Scarecrow. Luckily, Ethan's timing was sharp enough, so the sword shadows never managed to accurately hit the shadows of the Scarecrow and the Ghost Claw.
["Ahhhhhh!"]
Watching the sword shadows flashing back and forth in front of it, the Scarecrow let out a string of ghost-like screams.
By the time it finished screaming, it had already been pulled into the other stone doorway by Ethan. The stone door closed again, finally cutting off the attacks from the two Shadow Guards.
["Damn it! Damn it! I was really scared to death just now."]
The Scarecrow started rambling in Ethan's mind again.
Ethan rolled his eyes at it, "Shut up already. You can't even die."
["Who says!"]
The Scarecrow exploded in anger, ["If that shadow sword injured my eyes, I'm telling you, I'd go blind in a second!"]
"What does it matter if you go blind? Even if you look, you can't get hard. And even if you could, you can't do anything," Ethan mocked, "So what's the point of those eyes of yours?"
["Get lost, you bastard! My eyes are the only thing I've got left that still works, and you're saying stuff like that!"]
"Hah! Say one more word and see if I don't throw you back into the Shadow Guard chamber."
["Lord, I was wrong!"]
The Scarecrow's speed in admitting fault was almost faster than light.
Ethan snorted, then looked at this new stone chamber.
This chamber was quite different from the previous three. In the other chambers, before Ethan even pushed the door open, he could already see the danger inside, or at least some hint of the monsters within.
But this chamber had none of that, until he stepped inside.
Only then did Ethan realize, throughout the entire chamber, whether on the floor, the walls, or even the low ceiling, there were small red exclamation marks everywhere.
He randomly checked a few of them.
[Stone Slab Trap: This slab is hollow. Once you step on it, you will fall straight down into the giant pit below.]
[Hidden Arrows: These are concealed arrows installed in the wall. If you accidentally trigger the mechanism, countless arrows will shoot you full of holes.]
[Ground Spikes: Beneath this brick are countless spikes. Not just you! Even a rat passing by would be pierced clean through. So if you can't fly, don't get close lightly.]
[Sea of Fire: There is a pool of magma underneath. The stone slabs laid over it are shaky and unstable. Once you misstep, you will be buried in the flames.]
After scanning the whole place, Ethan more or less understood. So this was a trap room.
The previous chambers had been: the cursed painting monster, the poisonous gas attack from the farting bees, the magic-based attack from the Shadow Guards, if those three kinds of attacks couldn't stop a challenger, it meant the challenger was probably someone skilled in magic or dealing with curses.
In other words, most likely a Great Magus level figure, or someone similarly proficient in magic.
But people like that usually weren't great at physical movement, or their physical defense was average at best. So this stage was designed entirely with physical traps.
Maybe a Great Magus would have a headache dealing with this kind of level, but for someone like Ethan, who could casually see through traps like he was cheating, there was basically no pressure at all.
Right away, the corner of Ethan's mouth lifted into a faint smile.
He looked up toward the end of the stone chamber. At the end of this long, narrow room, there was a tall stone platform. On the platform sat a golden long-spouted teapot.
'That should be the ultimate treasure of this Treasure Land, right?'
[Aladdin's Lamp: As long as you touch the lamp with your hand, you can make a wish to it.]
[T/N: Please don't make a dumb wish!]
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