Chapter 217

Chapter 217: A First-Class Wizard Apprentice Who Failed to Breakthrough

On the two walls of the gallery, which are covered with exquisite red carpets, hang magical paintings created by wizards of the illusion school.

Some of the characters or landscapes in these magical paintings are even moving.

For example, in a painting of an elegant and dignified wizard’s wife, the serious female wizard’s eyes moved as Locke’s position changed.

Those eyes were always frowning, as if they were worried about something.

When Locke tried to step back and distance himself from the painting, the pupils of the wizard lady in the painting actually dilated, as if she was staring at Locke all the time.

“I heard that the magic paintings drawn by speed painters have many unique functions. I haven’t come into contact with them before, but now I know that it is true.” Locke whispered.

The speed painter is a wizard profession in the magic sub-direction of the illusion school.

It is said that the magic paintings in the hands of powerful speed painters even imprison real souls and can even make the characters in the paintings attack the enemy.

However, that requires a high level of attainment in the magic of the school of illusion, at least the level of a formal wizard.

The owner of this gallery is probably far from this level.

“Is there a customer? Sorry, sorry, please wait a moment. I’m finishing a custom-made magic painting for a client. All that’s left is to use a linseed oil fan brush to lightly sweep across the surface to blend the scenery into the ambient light.”

A young man’s voice came from deep inside the gallery.

About three minutes later, a young male wizard with long hair and bangs covering his eyes, a literary and gloomy look, hurried out and stood beside Locke.

The speed painter [Elagabalus] glanced at Locke, who was staring at the magical painting of the wizard’s wife, and smiled and said, “My strange guest, you think that painting is good too, right?”

“This is one of my best works. It took me a year and a month to complete. It is incomparable from every angle and has no flaws.”

Elagabalus’s gloomy eyes revealed a trace of nostalgia and sadness. “This is a portrait of my first wife. After failing to reach the official wizard level, she developed a terrible fever. No matter what I tried, I couldn’t cure her. In the end, I could only watch her die.”

“Before she died, she begged me to use the magic painting to preserve her beauty and wisdom in this world forever, so I painted the most beautiful version of her.”

“This is one of the functions of magic paintings. It can help others, leaving their best image in this world forever. Even for wizards, there are many things that cannot be recovered due to the passage of time.”

Elagabalus snapped his fingers, and as he softly chanted a spell, a magical light fell on the portrait. Suddenly, the portrait of the wizard’s wife was projected directly into the air, turning from a two-dimensional portrait into a three-dimensional portrait.

Moreover, the three-dimensional portrait still looked like it was looking at someone else, and its beautiful eyes were still fixed on the two people in the gallery.

Locke knew that this was the Illusion School’s magic model 0.5 level [Illusion Projection].

The essence of the magic painting is still illusion.

However, as a wizard who had never come into contact with a magic painting, Locke couldn’t figure out how this magic painting was made and what the internal principles and details were.

After all, he is not a professional in this field.

However, as the person who came to invite the speed painter, it would be enough for him to know that the speed painter could indeed help him draw a map of the Curse Spell Research Institute and even make a magic painting map.

Seeing that Locke had his back to him, Elagabalus apologized slightly, “I’m sorry, sir, I kept you waiting.”

“When I get busy, I tend to forget priorities.”

“Excuse me, can you please come in? Is there anything I can help you with?”

Locke turned and looked at Elagabalus.

This person had long hair and wore a specially made black wizard robe. He also wore a lot of heavy metals on his body. He had a heavy gold necklace hanging around his neck. The style of the gold necklace was very complicated. In the middle of the gold necklace, there was an emerald as big as a fist.

All ten of his fingers were adorned with gold rings of various shapes, inlaid with various gemstones.

This guy is covered in ornaments all over his body. Although he is a man, his temperament is more androgynous. He even wears eye shadow.

Locke turned and said to Elagabalus, “Does your whole body feel hot from time to time?”

“That’s a typical imbalance in the body’s elemental structure!”

Locke, an assistant potion master and staff member of the Healing Hands Clinic, quickly offered his assessment. “Perhaps during her forced breakthrough to the status of a full-fledged wizard, some unknown reason caused the structural elements of your wife’s body and soul to become unbalanced.”

“As a result, your wife’s body and soul could no longer be sustained, and she eventually entered a slow death.”

“This is a relatively rare phenomenon. It’s also considered a very rare case in Alchemy. I only saw one such case in the records of the Healing Hands Clinic in Lilith’s Cottage.”

“Because normal magical experiments rarely cause the elemental structure of an object to become unbalanced,” Locke sighed. “This is a typical wizard disease. Except for extremely dangerous magical experiments, it’s difficult to encounter extreme conditions in the natural environment that would cause the elemental structure of a normal object to become unbalanced.”

Locke said, “This situation may require a potion crafted by a potion master. Alternatively, a Triforce potion could be prepared using Volcanic Core, Heart of Extreme Ice, and Lungs of Storm. Perhaps through external elemental infusion, it could forcibly maintain the elemental structure of your wife’s body.”

“But it’s hard to say. This is just my ideal assumption. The situation might be even worse, and it might even further shorten your wife’s lifespan.”

Locke said helplessly: “Under normal circumstances, it is difficult to break the elemental composition of an organism, even in the process of fighting.”

“The energy level required is simply too huge.”

“Your wife’s condition is also rare.”

Locke thought deeply about it. If that was the case, it would be a very dangerous act for a wizard apprentice to break through to become a formal wizard.

Witch Sophia also often reminds herself that she should reach 800 mental power as soon as possible, as that seems to reduce many of the risks involved in breaking through to become a formal wizard.

The speed painter Elagabalus was stunned.

Immediately, he looked at the badges on Locke’s chest. After seeing the badges on Locke’s chest included the Potion Master’s Assistant Badge and the Outstanding Apprentice Badge, Elagabalus immediately smiled knowingly.

“So, my guest, you are a potion master. No wonder you recognized it at first sight. I consulted many healers before I was able to determine the disease.”

Elagabalus was somewhat surprised by Locke’s perceptiveness. “You merely listened to my description of my wife’s condition.”

(End of this chapter)