OKAY.
The earlier half of the murals are a little tougher to figure out. It seems the lion and deer are two yet unintroduced characters.
It seems the orange people were having an issue with spiders (six-legged spiders). The Deer attempted to oppose the spiders on behalf of the people, but was torn apart.
The Lion put the Deer back together. The Lion also managed to come up with the Golden Spike... perhaps giving up his life in the process (note the purple lines nearby in that mural).
The Deer uses the golden spike to conquer the spiders.
However, the Deer is seemingly hurt by the spike itself. Perhaps its power is too much??
In either case, Wrip and Vinkle arrive, and for some reason take the spike and vanish with the orange people in pursuit.

Basically, that golden spike we saw in that earlier episode is... actually important, and was specifically taken away from these people by Wrip and Vinkle and hidden. Why? Dunno, but it's neat that these two have more to them than meets the eye.

As for the significance of the Golden Spike, it's likely based off the last spike of the first US transcontinental railroad, famously made of gold to commemorate the completion of the railroad.
Notably, Salem has trains, and I believe this is the first time we've seen trains in No Evil.
Perhaps this weird spider guy needs the Golden Spike to... complete something? Probably magical.

But Wrip and Vinkle took and hid it for a reason.
And considering that "pacifist McCoy girl" didn't seem too comfortable mentioning that she was from Salem...
Something smells fishy.

Either way, that movement through the whole scene was really cool.

Corn's use of wording is worrying. "Would you take care of ANYTHING water related for my corn fields" and then following up with "Done" sounds like he's binding Amaroq into a contract of, well, doing all of Corn's work for him for comparatively little in return. The ominous music cue seems to indicate that his intentions are manipulative, even malicious.

It seems that, due to to the Mercy Bow, the manipulative human Corn gained a snake form, while the crying axolotl Corn gained a human form. The Mercy Bow may, presumably, be a source of healing(???), so is it possibly trying to heal the turmoil of Corn's dual nature?

Looking forward to wherever this is going.

It's funny how tension works. From the heroes' perspective, the crisis is almost over... but there's something else lurking in the shadows, and Corn is... different. Maybe Charles was just the beginning of something bigger.

Also is that spider next to Mama Spider the same one from Tlaloc's Test? Do spiders report back to Mama Spider so she can keep tabs on things? I'm suddenly rethinking the significance of past spider appearances.

Anyway, this is great. Looking forward to what happens next!

Hey this was fun! I liked the duo mechanic, and the movement felt pretty tight. Combat with enemies was alright, but it did feel a bit difficult to avoid hits at times. I like that the melee is stronger than the projectile attack, as it gives a bit of risk/reward when fighting enemies, though the projectile attack can feel a bit too weak against the stronger enemies. It ends up being a lot more effective to just melee the stronger enemies as it'll reduce the amount of projectiles they'll shoot at you in the long run.

The boss was pretty darn cool, it's just a bit hard compared to the level itself. It also took a lot of hits to defeat, but it did give me incentive to play more aggressively in order to kill it before it killed me. I definitely relied more on melee than projectiles in that fight.

I used the high-jump a lot during the boss to avoid certain attacks and maximize damage output, but I'd slip up now and then 'cause it can be a bit clunky (at least for me) pulling off the high-jump with keyboard controls, especially in a pinch. It'd probably be a lot more natural with a controller, or maybe if I used the Type B keyboard controls instead?

But anyway, overall great and a lot of potential!

The second guitar sounds a bit quiet compared to the other instruments, but otherwise this is jamming!