28 Golem (1/2)

The scarecrow turned it's body to face him. It slowly levitated off the ground hovering a foot off the ground. Xin Fan could hear the horrible noise of metal screeching as the scarecrow lifted it's arm. It had a somewhat robotic voice.

”Detected hostile entity. Proceeding to battle mode.”

Huh? Xin Fan was quite confused. He did not even think about attacking the scarecrow in the first place. The scarecrow quickly glided forwards slamming it's metal arm down. Xin Fan blocked the attack with his arm only to regret it a second later. Xin Fan was pushed back by the force with a numb feeling throughout his entire arm. The scarecrow was after all still school property and Xin Fan did not want to bother with the consequences of breaking it. Xin Fan released a low powered 'Harvest Slash' at the scarecrow. A barrier of energy appeared in front of it and blocked the blade of energy.

”Huh?”

Xin Fan released blades of energy from his arms and charged forwards at the scarecrow. The scarecrow glided back and rotated it's torso to swing it's arm like a whip. Xin Fan easily dodged it by ducking low. However, the joints on the arm dislocated and Xin Fan felt a blunt force to the back of his head.

”Energy warning 10%”

The scarecrow's arm relocated itself and once again slammed down onto Xin Fan's head. Xin Fan rolled to the side to give himself some breathing space. Xin Fan returned to an upright position to see the scarecrow just missing it's attack. It's red eyes glowed for a second before turning a darker shade of red. It's arms are no longer rigid in the T position. It arms now resembled that of a person. Xin Fan charged forwards slashing down with his blades. However as expected the energy barrier popped up in front of it and blocked the attack. The scarecrow punched forwards hitting Xin Fan square in the chest launching him across the field.

*Khk*

Xin Fan felt all the air escaped from his lungs. By compulsion, he started to breath heavily as he watched the scarecrow approach. He grit his teeth as he tried to endure the pain.

”Ahh that hurt.”

”Energy warning 9%”

”Energy? I can waste it's energy!”

Xin Fan quickly retreated as the scarecrow loomed. He sent waves of energy slowly chipping at the barrier protecting the scarecrow. He could see the eyes of the scarecrow becoming a deeper and darker shade of red.

”Energy warning 5%. Switching to emergency combat mode.”

The scarecrow's speed tripled and instantly appeared in front of Xin Fan. It sent a flurry of repeated punches to Xin Fan's chest. Xin Fan barely blocked it with his arms before being launched into the air. The scarecrow predicted where he was going to land and glided to the predicted landing spot and readied a punch towards the descending Xin Fan. Xin Fan flailed his arms readjusting his position in the air. He aimed the blades on the energy on his arms at the scarecrow. As he landed the screeching sound of the barrier against the blades emanated throughout the field. Before the scarecrow could finish it's attack, it's eyes turned black and everything stopped. The barrier suddenly dissipated leaving an empty husk. Xin Fan deactivated his blades and fell to the ground.

*Huff Huff*

”Why did nobody tell me it was this strong?”

Xin Fan slowly moved towards the scarecrow. He took off the hat and peered inside the 'skull'. Inside was a rusty ball like object. It looked almost identical to the core that Jun Fan gave him. He carefully took out the object inside the scarecrow's head. The core was dull with most of the formation markings faded. Xin Fan inserted the new core back into the scarecrows's head. He put it back on and then it jolted back to life. The eyes glowed a bright green and stood there as if it was loading up.

”Recognition Software Activated. Combat System Activated. Communication's System Activated. Surveillance System Activated. Golem Model PP3 has activated,”

The scarecrow floated off from the ground and inserted itself back to it's original position. A static voice was emitted from the scarecrow.

”Xin Fan! You there?”

”Yes. I'm here.”

”Oh Thanks. You didn't get too hurt I hope. Don't worry mate, I'll treat you to some food next time.”

”Ok...Thanks.”

Xin Fan dusted the dirt off his clothes disgruntled. What could he do. The other party was a teacher. Xin Fan put the used core into his inventory.

[ Grade 0 Core (0%) has been added to inventory ]