Shen Qi noticed that fewer tribe members entered the cave, and there were fewer dried fruits and ritual vessels as well. The place seemed to have declined in status.
After a simple act of worship, the humans withdrew, leaving three Golurk and an unevolved Golett to continue guarding the Sacred Shrine.
Golurk, as its name suggested, was enormous, standing nearly three meters tall. Its body resembled a full suit of armor worn by a knight in Western fantasy, except it was made of blue-green stone, with particularly large hands and torso.
It looked broad and burly, its open hands like iron woks.
Golett, however, stood only one meter tall, its head level with Golurk's thighs, making it look rather comical and inconspicuous.
Not only did Golett look very different from its companions, but its behavior was strange too.
The three Golurk up front were essentially automatons that followed orders to the letter. When their keepers were absent, they stood motionless. Apart from the faint yellow light emanating from within them, they were no different from statues.
As for Golett...
The images depicted him turning to look behind him more than once.
From time to time, he paid attention to the section of claw protruding from the wall.
Golett's eyes were two asymmetrical shapes, one like a bold "I," the other like a bold, horizontally flipped "L." With that design, it was impossible to read his gaze.
Further on, people came from the Sacred Shrine and took two Golurk away to guard another place. They also removed the table and ritual supplies, showing that this place's importance had declined even further.
Meanwhile, Shen Qi noticed that the leading tribe member's hair had turned gray. He looked much older than in the first set of images, so clearly several decades had passed.