Chapter 268 Heart and Brain
Gao Fei opened the star disk and checked the repaired Tin Man.
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·Nick (Enlightened Living Armor)
Challenge Rating: Level 2
Equipment: Masterwork Battle Axe
Absolutely Neutral, Medium Construct (Enlightened Subspecies)
Health: 38 (4d8, +4×5/Reduced Armor)
Speed: Walk 25 feet
Defense: 19 (Natural/Plate +9)
Melee: Masterwork Battle Axe (Two-handed) +6 (1d10+5/Strong)
Attributes: Str 17, Dex 10, Con -, Int 10, Wis 18, Cha 15
Skills: Perception (Disadvantage/Curse) +6
Senses: Blindsight 60 feet, Passive Perception 16
Special Abilities: Construct Characteristics, Shapeshifting, Damage Reduction 5/Blunt Attacks, Alertness (First Attack Advantage, No Surprise Attack), Curse·Indifference (Disadvantage on Perception-related Ability Checks)
Special Attacks: Power Attack, Cleave
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The Tin Man twisted his newly repaired neck, making a creaking sound.
His eyes swept over Ma Yun, Gao Fei and Jiang Feng one by one, lingered on the funny face of the scarecrow Vita, and finally fell on the tree spirit Enya. His eyes were still so cold, without any spark of love.
"Nick! My beloved, you finally woke up!"
Enya couldn't control his excitement, and threw himself into the arms of the tin man with tears, hugging him tightly.
"Hello, Enya, we meet again." A muffled voice came from the helmet of the tin man, "Although I don't understand what's so exciting about this, so that you shed tears on me, you know, the iron sheet is easily corroded by tears and rusts."
"I didn't expect that this tin man speaks quite humorously!"
Jiang Feng said to Gao Fei with a smile.
"But I think... he doesn't seem to be joking."
Gao Fei replied in a low voice.
The cold attitude of the tin man Nick towards his lover reminded him of the "indifference" curse he suffered. This is probably a big pit.
"It's rare for couples to reunite, so let's not be light bulbs here."
Ma Yun winked at Gao Fei and Jiang Feng, and walked out of the forest, leaving Enya and Nick a private space to talk about their feelings.
Not long after, Enya walked out of the forest alone, with tears on her beautiful face and sorrow in her eyes.
"Enya, you seem to have something on your mind?" Ma Yun asked the tree spirit.
"Alas, kind-hearted Miss Mage, thank you for waking up Nick, but..." Enya hesitated.
"But your lover seems to have changed his personality, and his attitude towards you has become cold and indifferent, no longer passionate about love?" Gao Fei spoke out her worries for her.
Enya nodded, choked up and said: "It's not Nick's fault, it's all the evil of the old witch Ivanola! My poor lover, cursed by Ivanola, has lost all his emotions and has become as cold as his steel body."
Gao Fei sighed. It seems that the thing he was most worried about has happened.
Enya wiped the tears from her eyes, looked at Ma Yun with red eyes, and pleaded sadly: "Miss Mage, can you think of another way to help poor Nick remove the curse?"
"This..."
Ma Yun checked the main plot prompts he had just received, and said to the sad tree spirit:
"Enya, I don't have the ability to remove the curse on Nick, but Master Oz in the Emerald City may be able to do it. If you don't object, you can take Nick with us to the Emerald City and ask Master Oz for help."
"Miss Mage, I will let Nick accompany you to the Emerald City. As for me, unfortunately, I can't stay away from the oak tree that I live with. I can only stay in this forest and look forward to your early return." Enya said sadly.
"That's the only way. Now let's go talk to Nick."
Everyone returned to the forest and explained the next itinerary to the Tin Man Nick, inviting him to join the tour group to the Emerald City.
The Tin Man listened to Ma Yun silently, glanced at Enya who was reluctant to leave, and then nodded to accept Ma Yun's invitation.
System prompt: "Tin Man" Nick has joined your team!
System prompt: Reach the milestone of this chapter, star chart energy +1!
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Ma Yun received the system prompt, breathed a sigh of relief, and said to Gao Fei and Jiang Feng: "The main plot of this chapter has been settled, and it's dark. Let's camp in the woods and continue our journey tomorrow morning."
Gao Fei and Jiang Feng had no objection, so everyone took a long rest in the open space in the woods.
Scarecrow Vita had been looking at Tin Man Nick curiously, and finally couldn't help but take the initiative to chat.
"Hey! Buddy, I heard that you were also cursed by the old witch Ivanora?"
The Tin Man turned his head and looked at him, and said coldly: "It seems so, I don't think there is anything funny about this."
"Listen to me, buddy, I don't mean to gloat over other people's misfortunes."
"But you are laughing happily."
"That's because my face was drawn with charcoal pencil, and people drew such a smiling face for me, so I can only keep this cheerful expression, even if I feel sad in my heart."
The Scarecrow shrugged.
"You mentioned 'heart', Scarecrow, do you have a heart?"
The Tin Man found a topic of interest.
"Heart?" Vita poked her chest, "I don't have a heart. In fact, there is only a bag of hay in my chest, just like my head."
"You are so pitiful."
The Tin Man's eyes rarely showed a trace of sympathy.
"In my opinion, things like the heart are dispensable. What I care more about is the brain. Man, do you have a brain?" Vita asked the Tin Woodman.
"No, my head is empty." Nick touched his helmet, "But compared to the brain, I think the heart is more important. If both of these things have to be given by Master Oz, I would rather have a heart. "
"Can you tell me the reason why you made this choice?" the scarecrow asked curiously.
"My tin legs, tin arms, and tin head are flexibly connected to my body, and I can move as freely as ever, but, my God! My heart is gone, and therefore I have lost all love for Enya. I don’t care if I don’t marry her.”
The Tin Woodman sighed and continued:
"During the years I stayed in the woods, even though I lost my brain, it didn't stop me from thinking. Yes, I had enough time to think and realize that my greatest loss was the loss of my heart."
"When I'm in love, I'm the happiest person in the world. People without a heart don't know how to love, so I'm going to find Master Oz and ask him to give me a heart. If he gives it to me, I will Go back to Enya and marry her."
"What you said makes sense." Vita said with a smile, "However, I would rather have a brain, because a fool can't do things well even if he has a heart."
"I want the heart." Nick insisted, "because the brain cannot make people happy, and happiness is the most important thing in the world."
