Krafft's Anomaly Notes

Considering that laughing any longer might attract some unnecessary attention, Kraft restrained his expression, led two attendants, and walked towards the place where the icons stood together with Professor Linden.

Apertures, arches superimposed layer by layer, wrapping the main entrance with double-winged rings on the lintel, each layer is covered with carved decorations, it is a figure with an elliptical aperture behind him, a kind face, a child-like angel holding a musical instrument Living in clouds or flower patterns.

Visitors need to climb up the wide steps, look up to the door, and enter the church under the watchful eyes of the knights with wings and helmets.

The movements of the two professors were a little uncoordinated. As someone who hadn't said anything good about the church in the past year, it was a little guilty to step into the most important earthly residence of the Heavenly Father in North.

The church knight symbolizes not only the dispensable security meaning, but also the territory that belongs to the heavenly father in the world legally, and the theoretical state within the state.

Lin Deng subconsciously lifted the collar, sniffed it under the tip of his nose, and confirmed that he was wearing ordinary clothes without any peculiar smell, and then crossed the dividing line between the gods and the world with confidence.

Natural skylight is replaced by a filtered and more brilliant lighting.With a copper frame and lead wire as the base, countless picture windows spliced ​​with stained glass divide the light, casting a shattered and swaying Changhong-like confusing and confusing landscape, forming the scene described in the scriptures on a huge scale that occupies the entire high wall.

That is the entire scriptures moved into the vision, the saints and disciples are illuminated, occupying the vision of the visitors in the open and unobstructed lofty hall.

The load-bearing capacity of the wall is replaced by a bunch of columns, which are huge columns integrated with thin stone columns like a bouquet. The gravity of the grand vault is like flowing water, and is guided along the attached columns to the sub-columns of the arcade.Clusters of ribbed coupons scatter from the tops of cluster columns, like branches of trees.

The ingenious mechanical design liberated the building, making it stable and majestic while being light and ethereal, leaving a magnificent atmosphere that cannot be imagined to be filled and almost infinitely extended in the senses, raising the space to a certain level, enough to be Maintain a sublime and majestic silence.

And at the far end of this space, a round of holy emblems in the rose window spread their wings, and are on the throne of heaven carried by the slender willow window.

"Unbelievable," Kraft murmured.This is not a project that can be completed simply by stacking materials. It requires a considerable level of mathematics and construction skills, coupled with a large amount of continuous financial investment, and it may take hundreds of years to complete.

This speaks to the fact that it began in the early days of the kingdom and even earlier, when decision makers had the technology to match it and the determination to bring it to life.

He imagined that if he belonged to this age at all, it might not be an incomprehensible act to prostrate before such a creation of power and aesthetics, and to recognize it as a great work that exists outside of human beings.

"So no matter what, I still recommend people who come to Dunling for the first time to come and have a look." Linden lowered his voice with a little helplessness. No matter how much he hates the church, the objective facts are undeniable.

"North University was the first place to set up geometry-related majors, and it was also the first to form a specialized society. The early support came from the archbishop at that time. They perfected part of the construction of the church, which is indispensable."

"Most of the decoration here comes from painters and sculptors supported by the church. Those people account for almost half of the art courses. It is not too much to say that Dunling University is a university in the church."

"Indeed." Kraft admired the murals on the wall corridor and walked along the side of the long hall, "To some extent, most of North's colleges are due to the church. Regardless of their original intention to build these colleges How, the result is good."

The level of the church painters is really good. The content of the murals is connected together in chronological order, and different scenes are divided by colonnades.It depicts that the leader wakes up the chosen ones who are grazing the sheep, and the scattered sheep on the hillside turn to follow the shepherd in the next scene, which is full of hints.

"I admit this, but it's getting in the way now." Linden looked around to make sure no one would hear his complaint, "I don't like to explain things in terms of a 'lord's' will choice, it seems like people don't care about completion." All great achievements seem meaningless."

Surrounded by people in robes, the chosen one in the mural draws a one-handed sword.He probably refers to the saying that the first king was guided to draw his sword and establish a kingdom.This undoubtedly consolidated the sanctity of the royal family's rule, but the downside was that the name of the heavenly father could be above the secular, so that it could interfere with the academy in the hands of the duke.

The "destined" sword appeared repeatedly in the subsequent pictures. The artist showed the movement of slashing lightly with one hand more realistically, but in effect it became a long sword that sliced ​​through the enemy's armor and a giant winged scaled beast. neck.

It can only be said that people really can’t imagine things they haven’t seen. The movements that were originally portrayed quite realistic become like fighting tofu in this over-the-top expression technique, especially the incisions are ridiculously smooth, resulting in no texture.

"They even think that the forearm has only one bone." Linden pointed out the mistakes in the war scenes with disdain. The cross-section of the person whose arm was cut off during the battle is no different from a cross-cut chicken leg. "Before knowing the structure of the human body , it’s impossible to really portray a person correctly.”

"Forget it, Professor Linden, this is still in the church." Seeing that the other party was unconsciously taking this as an anatomy lesson, Kraft quickly stopped Linden and dragged him inside.

They passed quickly through a series of murals, before turning the corner into the transept of the cruciform hall.

The light is obviously dimmed on the longer axis, and a large number of trivial solid decorations replace the glass windows to occupy the wall. The dim lighting returns to the feeling of the interior of ordinary stone buildings, only the high windows cast dusty light.

As for the materials built into the frame, at first glance, they are raw materials that are not stone or wood. They have not been polished, and the simple feeling is in sharp contrast to the previous magnificence.

They are distinguished by the difference in shape and size in the drawer-like partitions. They are simply piled up like children patching pebbles, and they are gray-white and old-fashioned.The larger ones are hollowed out and concentrated into the main body of the figure, which resembles the pattern of wing rings.

Kraft approached puzzledly, and when he came to the high wall made of gray and white finely divided objects, rising from the ground to under the dome, he identified the identity of the material.

【skeleton】

"This is...?" He instinctively took half a step back and looked behind him.Kupp touched the empty waist reflexively, his lips twitched, and he didn't know how to describe this scene that was both shocking and solemn. There was no need for careful arrangement, and the material itself could shake people's minds.

Yvonne pressed down on the hem of the skirt, and seeing Kraft turn his head, he relaxed as if he didn't care.

"A Legacy of Plague and War."

Although he has been here more than once, Linden's tone is still a bit sad, "The top floor was built more than ten years ago."

It was only then that Kraft noticed that there were slight layered differences in the old discoloration of these bones, which came from different ages. In the part of the lowest layer that is as tall as a person, the skull and maxillofacial faces that make up the lower arc of the ring have been brittle and cracked. , and the top layer also seeps into the stain.

"Of course, there are many more plagues, and wars are rarely accompanied by plagues. The ones on the second and third floors were from five or sixty years ago." Linden gestured a large span, "After that time, Dunling University The Faculty of Medicine has expanded greatly, and academic achievements have been fruitful over the same period.”

"It seems that there are a lot of churches accepting and accepting prayers here, but there may not be an underground event. It is difficult for people who have not experienced it to imagine, and they will not understand why some people are close to paranoid or radical in academics."

He spoke quickly, as if explaining something, or referring to someone Kraft wasn't sure included anyone he knew.

The few people didn't stay in front of those uncomfortable walls for too long, and continued to go deeper into the church.Fortunately, the Oak Leaf Seal of Rivers University has no distinction between colleges, which allowed them to successfully fool the gate post by relying on the status of professors who omitted their majors, and were able to enter areas that are generally not open to the public.

As for browsing after mixing in, it was even easier. Under the guarantee of a little money and no tampering, the bell ringer simply let the door open, and only told them not to stay there for too long.

Stepping on the stairs that Edward and the previous bell ringers climbed decades ago, the readers of the manuscript ascended this special bell tower with a delicate mood.

The room on the top of the building has long been unoccupied, and the furnishings have been cleaned up. Outside the window, the wide Tem River flows under the clock tower, and a small half of the city can be seen.

In the direction opposite to the main entrance of the Notre Dame Cathedral, a natural island in the middle of the river splits the water on both sides, and you can see a smaller church-like building and a sculpture of a knight immediately in front of you.

"Over there is the Church of the Knights Island. The last time it was opened was the royal wedding, so we can only see it from a distance." Linden dutifully took on the duty of today's tour guide, "The sculpture in front is said to be in accordance with the first North. The real appearance of the king was molded."

The distance is not too far, but the statue is not too big, and it is difficult to distinguish the movements, let alone see the true face of the legendary figure.It can only be vaguely seen that the king wearing the crown is holding the rein in one hand, and the other hand is raised as if calling his followers, and as if grasping something.

Yvonne leaned over to the window, looked at it for a while, and soon gave up because she couldn't see clearly.

"Would you like to take a closer look?" Kraft asked.If she is curious, time permits, she can rent a small boat and get close to the island for sightseeing.

The girl shook her head, expressing that she was not very interested in the portrait of a dead person, which was essentially no different from the one embedded in the wall below.

"Speaking of which, Dunling is quite big, and it's cleaner than I thought." The river breeze on the bell tower is very comfortable, without the uncomfortable smell caused by poor dredging in most cities, Kraft pulled out words topic.

It can be expected that if there is no progress on the academy side, then this will be their normal life.

"Maybe it's because the sewers are spacious? I heard that this system is earlier than the construction of the city of Dunling today. It is a huge project, or it is not a complete sewer, and it also includes the underground cemetery that has no place to accommodate it. Are you interested in going to see it?" ?”

"No, no." Kraft quickly refused. He has no fear of bones, but that doesn't mean he likes to visit the pile of bones. "Is there nothing else to do?"

"Uh" Linden was lost in thought. There are still some places to visit in Dunling, but after experiencing the Notre Dame Cathedral, it is hardly amazing, and it would be too unprofessional to continue shopping.

After tossing and excluding all the things I could think of, a thought that had been forgotten before popped up.

"How about we go visit Morrison's family?"

"He has family?"

I recommend a Warhammer fan that I saw recently, the protagonist is the female version of Angron (laughs).Finally someone wrote this brain hole.