Chapter 218

Chapter 218 Atlas Color Institute

Elagabalus lamented, “It’s a pity that although the disease was later diagnosed, it was, as you said, an imbalance in the elemental composition of the body and soul.”

“But I don’t have the money to hire a proper wizard to treat my wife, and the potion master’s assistants are helpless and have all rejected me.”

“No one has even offered a possible solution like you. If I had met you, perhaps my wife would still have a chance of survival.”

“Although [Volcanic Core], [Ice Heart], and [Storm Lungs] are all very expensive, at least I can probably afford them after signing the loan contract.”

“So, my first wife died later.”

A trace of sadness appeared on Elagabalus’ face.

Elagabalus changed the subject. “However, I later married a new wife, and we are living happily now.”

“My current wife is my fourth wife. My second wife has divorced me, my third wife died during a mission, and my fourth wife is a student of my wizard mentor…”

Locke turned his head and looked at him, feeling quite speechless.

When I saw this man before, he looked so sad when talking about his first wife. He also spent more than a year creating the magic painting to preserve her most beautiful face in the world forever. I thought he was a lovesick man.

Who knew that he was actually a sea king.

So you hung the magical portrait of your first wife in the most conspicuous place in your gallery in order to maintain your image as a lovelorn woman.

Locke frowned and hesitated for a moment before finally speaking. “Well, the road of love is always full of ups and downs.”

Locke quickly got back to the point. “Sketch artist, I’d like to hire you for a month to help me record my magical plant and potion artwork using magic painting.”

Obviously, Elagabalus often helped others do this, so he naturally knew this.

His eyes lit up. Opening a shop in an expensive market like Chimera Market, far away from his wizarding organization, and paying expensive rent every year would cost him a lot every year.

Therefore, Elagabalus was in great need of business.

For someone like Locke, one invitation would take a month and he would be required to draw a whole set of magic paintings, which was obviously a relatively large project in his personal gallery.

Elagabalus’ smile immediately widened, and even his gloomy face, which was full of literary and artistic atmosphere, became a little brighter.

“Yes, of course. I still have some scattered orders on hand, and it will take about a week to finish them. Once I finish, I will come to your place and help you draw the magic painting you need.”

Elagabalus smiled and said, “Sir, I haven’t asked for your name yet. My name is Elagabalus. Oh, there’s my personal introduction on the door. I’m a first-class wizard apprentice at the Atlas Color Institute.”

“I also have a certification badge for being a formal speed painter. I also have 16 B-level articles, 1 A-level article, and 45 C-level articles from our academy. I also have a magic painting that once placed in the top 100 of the White Wizard Association’s magic painting competition, which earned me a certification badge for being in the top 100.”

Elagabalus quickly told Locke about his resume.

Locke did see a blue badge with the number 100 on it where the badge was worn on his chest. On the top of the badge were the badge of the White Wizard Association, the industry mark of the sketch artist, and the mark of the competition.

This shows that Elagabalus had indeed participated in the Southeastern Region Magic Painting Competition and achieved a good result in the top 100.

Locke said briefly, “I’m Locke Augustine, a student at Lilith Lodge.”

Elagabalus said to Locke, “My fee schedule is as follows: the simple sketches and watercolor drawings that assistant sketch artists primarily sell. I don’t do those simple assembly-line drawings that are primarily for decorative and everyday use.”

“I only sell genuine magic paintings here. The minimum price for a magic painting is thirty magic stones.”

Elagabalus said, “A basic magic painting that only records a two-dimensional image costs 30 magic stones. A magic painting that records a three-dimensional image of a landscape or person costs 80 magic stones.”

Locke nodded slightly, the price was basically reasonable.

Because the portrait of the wizard’s wife just now requires the use of 0.5 ring illusion projection, and the speed painter must use all his abilities to replicate it in two and three dimensions 100%.

A medium-quality magic item usually costs between 100 and 150 magic stones.

A medium to high quality magic item costs around 500 magic stones.

A speed painter who is also a first-class wizard apprentice can only sell one of his magic paintings for 30 to 80 magic stones. It seems that the alchemist still makes money.

However, Locke thought about Tyne, the alchemist’s assistant in Kentrey Workshop, and his dusty appearance every time he saw him, and shook his head slightly.

Alchemists make money by making money.

But every day I have to make myself look like a coal elf that has just crawled out of the coal ash.

It’s still cool to be a breeder and potion master myself.

The potion master’s assistant-level potions range from Memory Ointment at 15 magic stones per bottle, to Star Tears Potion at 150 magic stones per bottle, to Eye Demon Potion at 300 magic stones per bottle.

There are medicines at all prices.

Moreover, potions are necessary consumables for wizards. Wizards will buy them frequently and don’t have to get themselves covered in dust like Tyne did.

The same is true for the breeders: Super Mandrake Vine costs 30 magic stones each, Crystal Palm Fire Lotus costs 5 magic stones each, and Perseus Eye Lichen costs 100 magic stones each.

However, cultivating this kind of crop is still a little more tiring than being a potion maker.

Elagabalus continued to tell Locke, “The most basic magic painting technique uses illusion to preserve a certain information you wish to preserve, preventing time from easily erasing it.”

“If you want more functional magic paintings, you can add functions to the most basic whiteboard magic paintings.”

“For example, if you want to increase the illusion attack ability, you need to add 50 magic stones. If you want to increase the illusion control ability, you also need to add 50 magic stones.”

“To create a map-like magic painting, or even one that can display your current location on a map, you need to add 100 magic stones.”

“This is quite complicated. Although it seems to be a simple function, to realize this function, at least three or more illusion spell models must be used in the magic painting. The more illusion spell models there are, the more difficult it is to create the magic painting. It is a very complicated matter.”

When Locke heard this, he looked up at Elagabalus.

Elagabalus thought carefully. “Except for this magic painting function, which costs 100 magic stones, the other functions generally only cost 50 magic stones.”

“For example, we can add trap-type features. For example, if you want to create a trap-type magic painting, you can leave one of your spells inside my magic painting, and the enemy will attack the moment it touches it. This is also possible, but it also requires 50 more magic stones.” Elagabalus said, “This is much simpler than making a map. Just use a 0.5-level [Delayed Illusion] model.”

“To create a qualified magic map, you need to use the 0.8-level illusion model [Activated Map].”

Elagabalus thought carefully. “That’s basically it. Magic paintings can be used for many things. For example, you could let me use a basic magic painting to record the evolution of an ecological disaster or a laboratory out of control.”

(End of this chapter)