Sean moistened his throat and asked in a voice as steady as possible: "Did you just say that the painting did not depict the three explorers fighting off the Wendigo, but that they summoned it?"
The old man's original words were "creation", but Sean could understand that ordinary people could not distinguish between "creation" and "summoning".
The old man put down the tea cup, and his eyes behind the thick lenses actually showed a bit of joking: "Yes."
Moonlight shook her head, blinking again and again: "You must have been only ten years old at that time. Did you get confused because you saw such a monster, and mistakenly thought..."
Gamer waved his hands, then leaned back, hugged his head, and moved like a child. He shook his head repeatedly: "No, I won't make a mistake.
"That day I wanted to try to get out of the woods, and then I saw some carrion in the woods. I remember clearly that there were moose, wolves, and even some smelly rats...
“Just when I was wondering if I could find any edible meat inside, I heard a noise and hid behind a rock in the distance.
“Those three explorers—the hunter, the dark wizard, and the singing woman—appeared.” Apparently Gamel didn’t know the correct name of the mask. “They were still arguing in a low voice about the consequences of doing so. of……"
"Then, not long after..."
Jamel's eyes widened slightly, and his soul seemed to instantly return to the snow forest more than sixty years ago.
"Not long after, I saw them chanting a spell that I couldn't understand. That thing..." The old man covered his eyes with his hands wearing torn woolen gloves, as if he wanted to avoid something. "The thing stood up. .
A monster made up of the carrion carcasses of moose, wolves and rats.
Walking raging hunger.
Wendigo.
"I don't know why..." The old man tried to control his breathing and tried to tame the fear that had plagued him for many years. "After seeing that thing, a surge of anger arose in my heart...
“I wanted to attack people, to bite flesh and blood.
"I feel like I have turned into a wolf that has been hungry for several days..."
After saying this, Mr. Gamer seemed to have exhausted all his strength. He slumped down and kept covering his eyes with his hands - I don't know if it was to block the light or to cover his expression.
Sean and the three of them sat silently, looking at the old man whose breathing was disordered because he was caught up in memories.
They originally wanted to explore the truth, but found that they had entered a deeper fog.
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"If what Gammel said is true, what does all this mean?"
Moonlight lay on the bed, looking at the ceiling - they waited until the old man's emotions calmed down, then said goodbye to the old painter and returned to the Berg's tavern.
Sean was silent, and the pianist continued: "Why did the three explorers summon an evil divine thing?
"What evil ritual were they performing to try to master the power of the Wendigo?"
If you think about it this way...
Moonlight suddenly sat up and turned to Sean's face with a very frightened expression: "Did they let everyone get lost on purpose?!"
Moonlight quickly got off the bed, sat next to Sean, and lowered her voice: "In order to create Wendigo and gain some evil power, they deliberately led a team of more than 60 people into the dense forest, causing everyone to get lost. , let them become sacrifices that cannot be escaped?"
Unable to deny Moonlight's suspicion, Sean slowly turned his head and stared into his partner's eyes - at this time, although Olivia was in the next room, she was also listening through the crimson link.
"Then," Yueguang felt that she couldn't sit still, she stood up from the bed and paced around the room, "Then, someone like Mr. Gamer learned the truth, and in order to take revenge, he began to look for the evil deeds he committed back then. The explorer, or the descendant of the explorer?”
If you think about it this way, then their previous "revenge conjecture" fits perfectly.
The death of Evan Burns was to repay the debt of his ancestors.
Sean was silent for a while and said slowly: "What you said is possible, but...
"But why were there only about twenty people left walking out of the forest in the end?
"Since they summoned the Wendigo, they should harvest all the remaining souls to make this divine thing stronger - after all, in this conjecture, their purpose is to pursue power, isn't it?
"Besides, anyway, the northern brigade has been trapped in the mountains and forests by heavy snow. If the Wendigo harvests everyone, no one will know the truth. Why leave more than twenty survivors and people like Mr. Gamer? Are there any such witnesses in the world?"
Sean's words made Yueguang fall into deep thought again. After much deliberation, he could not explain Sean's questions. He could only piece together various possibilities: "Maybe, when they were taking the last step, the rescue team They have arrived. In order not to expose the matter, they have no choice but to stop..."
Sean held his head and looked at the ceiling without speaking.
There is not much problem with the whole story of Moonlight, but Sean just feels a little unnatural.
A lot of the details don't make sense.
For example, what specific benefits can the three explorers gain by summoning the Wendigo?
And, he could not believe that this "evil plan" was interrupted because the rescue team arrived...
However, he doesn't have any ideas now.
Maybe it was a tiring day, and soon, Yueguang stopped thinking due to fatigue, and seemed to be about to fall asleep while lying on the bed.
Just as Sean was closing his eyes and listening to the "Midnight Confessions" of the believers, both he and Moonlight heard the sound of the door opening downstairs.
The two looked at each other and stood up. As soon as they got dressed and walked out of the room, they saw the possessed Panza walking up the stairs step by step.
There was some snowfall in the evening, and his hat and coat were still stained with unmelted snow flakes.
Looking up, he saw Sean and Yueguang coming out to greet him. Pan Sha opened his hands happily, and his voice was obviously tired: "It seems that you guys have a smoother day than me..."
"What happened?" Moonlight asked, "Why did you come back so late?"
Pansha sat on the chair and began to take off his leather boots: "The ranger in the town was the last witness to the teacher's traces. Based on her description, I went to look for him in the woods...
"As a result...well," Pansha took off one of his boots with force - the socks inside were wet and seemed to be frozen, "and ended up getting lost in the woods -"
"I'm telling you!" Jack-level raised his head, his tone slightly frightened, "The woods near Mistani Lake are a bit strange, and it's easy to get lost!"
Sean and Moonlight exchanged glances: Apparently, they both thought it was a bit risky for the possessed Panza to go into the woods alone.
After all, what happened in the forest has not yet been clarified, so if you go in hastily, you don't know what you will encounter.
Fortunately, this reckless guy was lucky.
"Let's warm up by the fire and don't catch the cold." Sean suggested in a low voice.
Pansha nodded gratefully, holding up his boots and walking softly.
He finally came to the still burning fireplace, put down his boots gently, and felt the remaining warmth of the remaining fire. It seemed that the difficult day was finally over, and he sighed with enjoyment.
