Krafft's Anomaly Notes

Chapter 4
This time Kraft woke up in the dim natural light and saw the light squeezed in through the narrow gap.

This world already has glass, but it just happens to be stuck at a technical level that prevents travelers from easily making profits from it, and there is no mass production.Glassware is still considered a rare object for the time being, let alone glass windows with more technical difficulties.

So at present, the windows of most houses are mainly made of wood. If you want to have the experience of waking up in the morning and seeing the sunshine all over the house, you can only leave the windows open in summer, which is obviously not possible now.

The house where Kraft is currently renting is probably the village head of the village.

The reason for adding the word "is" is because this identity has not been officially recognized, and there are no lords or other rulers in the local area to give an explanation. As long as other villagers think that this person is doing well, then he will It takes on the functions of receiving outsiders and coordinating neighbor relations.

After seeing what Kraft and his cousin were wearing, the village chief naturally took his family to the next door to squeeze in, and got a handsome reward while giving up his house—two privately minted blackened silver coins.

Of course, when Kraft went back to report the bill to his grandfather, he would report the full amount of two silver coins, the one officially issued by the kingdom.

Although it is already the home of the village head, it is still not so realistic to expect the conditions to be good.The walls are made of a mixture of stone and clay, supplemented by a frame made of local spruce wood, and matched with wooden windows that do not fit tightly. A profound lesson for sleeping people.

The house is divided by single-layer wooden boards, which greatly simplifies the process of waking up companions.

Kraft turned over and got out of bed, and patted the wooden board separating the two rooms: "Lian, are you awake? You have to leave for Wendeng Port today."

"If you want me to be buried in the snow halfway, then I can start now." The window of the room was opened from the outside, and a golden-haired head with a lot of snowflakes poked in from the outside, "In addition, urging people The departure should be in the morning, not at noon."

"It's already noon? It's snowing so much, what are you doing outside?"

"I went to have a look at the black pillar, and I think we can give up the idea of ​​taking it back." Ryan shook the snow on his body.Although he had been outside all morning, he looked fine.

When everyone didn't think that Kraft could grow up safely, Ryan was treated as half the heir of the family, and the exercise regardless of the seasons made him adapt to the cold environment long ago.

"Why, I think my grandfather will be happy to set it up in the courtyard, and my grandfather and teacher can walk around it for a month. If it doesn't work, we can wait a few more days." Kraft wanted to insist.

"I suggest you go and see for yourself, maybe you can knock it off with a sword?" Ryan patted the scabbard on his waist with a smile.

……

……

Kraft arrived at the dig site with a sword.

Of course, he didn't really intend to use the sword to make gestures with the big stone pillar, but it was just because it was a proper habit to keep the sword close to the body.

Whether it's because of the professionalism of a Kai Piao family heir, or because of the emphasis on the most precious property on the body, weapons should at least be within sight.

The big pit around the black stone pillar widened again. Even those who have never been in the ground in their life know that it is definitely not easy to deal with this kind of frozen soil in a snowy day.

A few men shivering with cold surrounded the big pit, and the expressions on their faces could not be seen clearly in the dense snowflakes.Seeing Kraft and Ryan approaching, they quickly dispersed to make room.

The prism-shaped black stone was still firmly inserted in the middle of the pit, pointing straight up impartially, and the exposed height was at least two meters.

It only showed a black edge at first, and it was discovered by the children in the village when they stumbled in the field.He dug all afternoon in a fit of anger, and when the adults came to look for someone in the evening, he saw a large object that looked quite regular and patterned.

Villagers who thought it might be some valuable object dug down, only to find that it was a pillar.

As for now, looking at the bottom of the pit, under the scattered clods, there is a black rough horizontal surface made of the same material as the pillars.

The connection between the pillar and this plane has been cleaned up, without any trace of splicing, and it looks like a complete whole without breaking the continuity of the pattern.

The sculptor of the upper part is probably a very rigorous obsessive-compulsive disorder patient. From the flat top of the column all the way down, the intaglio patterns are gradually deepened in a consistent range, and the six sides are connected to each other to form a character-like appearance.

At the part near the bottom, the lines spread out in a casual and uncluttered way, highlighting the dynamic sense of fluidity, crashing into the plane with the posture of pouring water, scattered on the plane, and meandering away to the distance.At first glance, there is even the illusion of a live snake swimming.

Kraft took a step back from the edge of the pit, and the loose soil fell off the edge and rolled down with a rustle.

He watched in silence as they slid off the walls of the pit like small mudslides, and finally fell on the serpentine pattern at the bottom of the pit, covering a small piece.

"Is it possible that this is just a relatively large base, and try digging a little farther to the side?" he said.

The voice was a little unreal in the cold wind with snowflakes, and even I wasn't sure what I said.

"Even if it's only the current part, those wagons at the port can't solve it." Ryan moved his eyes away from the pillar, "Maybe you really want to try to cut this pillar? Even if you can do it Well, that’s really a pity.”

Indeed, even in my grandfather's rich collection, it is difficult to pick out such...indescribable things.

Kraft knew it was impossible for him to split it, but just thinking about it would make him feel that it was an unacceptable act.

The trembling villagers beside him hadn't left yet.Kraft froze for a moment, took out his purse, and gave each of them a black silver coin—this was the reward after the completion of the work as promised.

Ryan watched the villagers thank Kraft, and then trot all the way in the direction of the village, their backs quickly became blurred in the wind and snow.The low and clustered silhouette in the distance is a village less than two hundred paces away, which was still clearly visible when they first arrived.

"The snow seems to be getting bigger again, do you want to go back?" Ryan looked at Kraft who was still in a daze, and felt that this treasure hunt was probably over.

Maybe they can go back to Wendeng Port and go back to find some pleasing gadgets at a certain street stall.According to Ryan, the stone-carved rune eyeballs he brought back last time are good.

(End of this chapter)