"What's wrong?" Kraft asked from behind. His hand was already pressing on his shoulder, and the force was increasing.
"I'm fine!"
His body trembled, but he failed to get rid of the hand. Instead, it tended to tighten further. Coop was so frightened that he quickly declared that he was not distracted. The place where he was pinched just now was still aching, so he thoughtfully changed the side this time. It would be too late.
It will become symmetrical in a moment.
After getting rid of the threat on his shoulders, Kupu looked up at the straight wall of the boulder. This image was as tall as two people. The link-shaped object below, which was neither a snake nor an insect, was in the center of the bright light. The long body was coiled and occupied the entire plane.
Half wall.
It should be the protagonist of the picture, but it has not received enough brushstrokes. The overlapping links resemble scales, which can also be regarded as a carapace, and the tortuous body can be said to be an earthworm.
The long body between several forms contains a large number of human figures with only a few strokes. They are completely different from the wide-faced human figures above the boundary. The former is a batch of simple figures that are close to symbols, while the latter is emphasized.
Emphatic, individual with individual characteristics.
The facial features deformed by the widening of the face all show clear distinctions, and the outline details of the realistic style are deliberately highlighted, so detailed that it makes people feel that they are no less than a portrait painted in person.
However, he has never seen anyone who looks like this, or rather, it looks more like a person who has been flattened and stretched, that's not the way it is.
The image of something with an unclear body is compatible with the realistic facial makeup, which strengthens the difference between the two parts, and is connected to each other through the segmented long body opening at the boundary.
His eyes also twisted upward along the strips, from the tadpole-like little people to the roughly human shapes, and then to the figures in the upper half of the picture, with their wide faces getting farther and farther away from the lamp flame.
"William, I have a suggestion." Kraft stopped William who was walking towards the village. Although he didn't understand anything about this painting, one thing was quite obvious:
Lighting a lamp unused in the middle of the night is a huge waste, especially here, as any such behavior is associated with a non-utilitarian purpose.
Analogous to the candles that stay lit day and night in the church, except for the few necessary for lighting, it is closer to the meaning of worship. This oil lamp may have some approximate purpose, with multiple mixtures and an image that is out of the norm and also meets the needs of worship.
Unlike the church where the sacred is at the top and the figures are arranged in order of priority below; it does the opposite, placing the human form in the upper half and the thing at the bottom.
"Put your pendants away, maybe someone won't like them."
The double-winged holy emblem amulets on their chests sparkled in the firelight. This thing is something that everyone in the sailor community has, and they are very willing to spend the money. The materials are generally mixed with silver, and people like William will even use pure silver, which is so conspicuous.
Conspicuous.
Craft didn't think it was a good idea for them to knock on the door wearing the pendant. "For the sake of gold coins, don't make a mistake at the last step."
"Okay." William lifted up his collar and took the lead to take off the Holy Emblem pendant and stuff it into his inner pocket. With him as an example, for the sake of the captain and the reward, the sailors were willing to compromise temporarily.
On the other hand, Peter, who had the purest faith, did not wear any church-related symbols, which saved him the trouble of convincing him specifically.
After dealing with the problem here, Kraft turned to his followers. Coop was still standing there, his eyes seemed to be glued to the mural, and he had not moved away since he saw it.
To be precise, it's the upper part of the stone wall.
"What did you find?"
"I..." Kupp opened his mouth and realized that Kraft was not the only one looking at him. He stopped talking, shook his head and followed the team, "I have never seen anything like this before. It's a bit novel."
"Ha, then you will have many new opportunities in the future." William and the sailors laughed kindly. They have seen a lot. A small area suspected of being pagan is not a strange thing. The strange customs that can be created by closure can be
Letters abound, no matter how strange it is, there is no one more strange than Icefield.
After all, we are all people who want to eat and drink water. Putting aside some local differences, it is not the same as the church saying that heresy is the same as belief in the devil. You will understand it after seeing it more.
"Don't worry, I believe they recognize this one." A golden round metal appeared in William's hand, which was immediately replaced by a silver one. "Okay, I admit that they may not recognize the previous one."
The sailors burst into laughter and followed William towards the village. The unhappiness on the mountain road was washed away a lot. It was just a horse, and there was no risk of life, so it was not worth worrying about.
Kraft called Yin Feng into his sight, slowed down a few steps and waited for Kupp to come closer to him, widening the distance between him and the team, "It's okay now, let's talk."
He turned his head sideways and saw Coop holding his hands in front of him and deliberately moving to the right, away from the hammer handle. It seemed that he had listened to Kraft's words, but it was not easy to execute.
"I'm not sure." Coop fell into a mild state of trance. His wandering eyes did not seem to be avoiding the question, but were confused by unsolvable confusion that disrupted his logic and caused self-doubt.
While on the mountain road, Kraft did vaguely feel something strange, but unfortunately he couldn't detect anything with his spiritual senses several times. He didn't expect that Kupp had fallen into some trap without knowing it.
Thinking about it now, I'm afraid that the reason why this unlucky guy was found so quickly in the salt tide area incident was not entirely due to the little well water, but also his own "susceptibility", which made him more susceptible to the influence and became a weak link.
"Go ahead, are you still afraid that I will laugh at you?"
William was slapping the door panel of the nearest house, and the sound of slapping caused a rough female voice in the room to curse, completely covering up the conversation here.
Yin Feng was startled by the sudden noise, and his attention was drawn to it. If they wanted to talk about something that was hard to express, now was just the right time for the two of them. When they got indoors later, there wouldn't be so much space for private conversations.
"I'm really not sure, it's just an idea." Coop crossed his fingers and denied himself repeatedly, not willing to admit it even to Kraft, "It's those things painted above... those things that look like faces."
He was hesitant to pronounce words, and his lips and teeth showed great disapproval of the words he spat out, as if he was conflicting with himself. What made him hesitant was not telling others about his thoughts, but rejecting the idea itself. Mentioning it was tantamount to acknowledging its existence.
A nihilistic, shapeless and ridiculous guess that once spoken cannot be left behind and is firmly listed among the possibilities.
The strong arms pushed the door into William's face. The woman wearing a turban held a mining pick and looked over. Her attitude softened slightly when she saw that he was holding coins.
Since the best communication language is still valid here, and there are local guides to mediate, it is probably not difficult to negotiate accommodation. The sailors waved to their teammates who were lagging behind, beckoning Kraft to follow.