Then, Dorothy began to review the second biography, which was also a leather scroll, but this time it had not only words but also pictures. A careful look at the words on it showed that it seemed to be a copy of some other painting.
"The Lord of Light, the Wall Picture of the World", this is the name of this animal skin scroll painting, on which is a picture drawn with a fine-line pen. The picture depicts a handsome and strong man with long hair, naked upper body, a laurel wreath on his head, and pupilless eyes. He stands above the picture with his arms outstretched, looking forward, faceless, surrounded by radiating sun disks, and holding two objects in his two outstretched hands.
In the man's right hand, he held a scepter, and in his left hand, he held a curved scimitar. On both sides of the sun behind him, stood two petite figures.
Next to the scepter in the right hand is a boy with short hair and wearing a robe with the hood opened. He stands next to the sun wheel and looks up at the man in the sun wheel with admiration and respect. The boy steps in front of the stepper with his hands spread out, as if he wants to step into the sun wheel and hug the man. His face seems to be somewhat similar to the man.
Standing on the side holding the scimitar in her right hand was a little girl. Unlike the boy, she did not look at the direction of the sun, but just stood there quietly without any drastic movements. The hood that came with her robe was worn on her head properly, covering the entire upper part of her face, with no fluctuations on her exposed mouth. Her long, soft hair flowed down from both sides of her cheeks under the hood, all the way to her waist. Her quiet demeanor was in sharp contrast to the boy on the other side.
Below the three figures, one tall and two young, was a world map. On the map were the appearances of several continents that Dorothy was familiar with: the New World in the west, the Ufei Continent in the south, the Arctic Continent in the north, and the Main Continent in the center. They were all located at the feet of the three figures. Around the map and the figures were many letters, and Dorothy recognized them as the Empire.
Dorothy spread the scroll on the table and observed it carefully, with a look of fascination on her face. It was obvious that she was deeply attracted by the content of the scroll after she saw it. After staring at it for a long time, she breathed a sigh of relief and began to slowly think about the content of the picture.
At this moment, Dorothy already subconsciously felt that the content of this painting seemed unusual.
"Is this picture... of the True Lord, or the Radiant Savior? Judging from the sun disc background and the title specially written by Mukhtar, it seems to be the case. But there is also a question. If this picture depicts the Radiant Savior, then who are these two children?"
Looking at the scroll in front of her, Dorothy wondered in her heart that she had seen the portraits of the gods in the last era, just like the picture of the goddess of abundance found in Darlene's relics. It depicted the scene of the goddess and her four subordinate gods in the eyes of the Church of the Goddess of Abundance in the last era. Each of the subordinate gods had distinct characteristics, and people could tell at a glance which branch of the "Cup" system it corresponded to and what god it was. Similarly, there was a painting found in the research materials of Duke Barrett, which was drawn by the rebels during the Plit Wind King Rebellion several thousand years ago, with a moon emblem and a shield emblem of four knights.
This scroll is different. It does not have the format of one master and four servants, but one master and two servants. Not only are these two servants children, but there is no trace of the "lamp" series servant gods in them. Neither the Virgin Mary nor the Son of God feels right, which makes people feel confused. If the real master painted above is the True Lord of Glory, the Glorious Savior, then apart from his corresponding servant gods, who else is qualified to stand beside Him?
'The word "㫧" on this painting is "Empire" which means that this painting was made during the Third Age Empire. This means that the person depicted on it is most likely the King of Light. Judging from the above description, the Savior Faction should also equate the True Lord and the Glorious Savior with the King of Light. Although they have many similarities, can they really be completely equated?
"Also... the props held by the man in the painting are also interesting. The scepter in the right hand and the scimitar in the left hand look weird. Generally speaking, in the religious art style of the Radiant School, scepters are common elements, but scimitars are extremely rare..."
Looking at the two objects held by the man in the painting, Dorothy's doubts deepened. According to Mukhtar's notes above, Dorothy knew that the painting on the scroll was a copy of a mural in some unknown ruins. This kind of religious mural is not like a free art work that can be carved at will. It is extremely strict to carve it. Every element on it is very particular and must have its symbolic meaning. It must express something when carved, and there will be absolutely no redundant elements in it.
In religious paintings, the meaning of the object in the god's hand is the most important, and it can even be said to be one of the core meanings that the entire painting wants to express, so it is impossible to be drawn or carved randomly. Therefore, since the scimitar can be in the man's hand, it must have a profound meaning.
When Dorothy first entered the Secret Extraordinary, Aldridge's biography to Dorothy clearly stated that the scepter is the most prominent symbol of the "lamp". The scepter with light on the top represents a torch, the sun, the center of attention, a signpost, and the combination of power and faith. Because the scepter appears frequently in the art of the Radiant Church, but the scimitar is different. Not only does the scimitar symbol not appear in the art of the "lamp", but its usual meaning in the mysticism should be incompatible with the "lamp"...
Looking at the animal skin scroll in front of her, Dorothy's expression became more and more solemn. As she continued to observe, Dorothy's gaze slowly shifted from the statue above the scroll to the map below that she had previously ignored.
The map only showed a rough outline without any detailed location information, and it looked quite simple compared to the statue above.
Dorothy wanted to see if there were any special places marked on the map, or some ancient name of the Third Age, but after scanning this extremely simple map, she did not find any information worthy of attention. So she was a little disappointed and was about to turn her attention back to the statue on it to study it carefully. At this moment, she found something wrong.
Frowning, Dorothy began to stare at the map on the scroll in front of her, especially the left side of the map, the location east of the main continent. The more she looked at it, the more she felt that the shape of this location seemed a little strange.
After looking at it for a while, Dorothy looked up the world map she had seen before in her mind for comparison, and then she immediately saw what was strange.
The map on this scroll, the part of the main continent, seems to be larger than the current map! The other parts are not much, mainly the eastern area of this map is much larger!
The map on the scroll in Dorothy's hand shows that there is a much larger area in the east of the main continent than on the current map! The main continent on the map on this scroll is actually one-third larger than on the current map!
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