Lord: Sequence Overlord

Chapter 82 Don't Play Art If You Don't Have Money
Chapter 81

"One general's success is built on the bones of ten thousand..."

Rosen silently made a mental note of Grand Duke Blazing Shadow.

We can't afford to mess with them for now, but we'll have to settle accounts with them sooner or later.

Sani from the Redstone Viscount's Mansion, the captain of the Black Shark, and Grand Duke Blazing Shadow.

Before he knew it, he already had three hunting lists in his notebook.

After resting for a day in the pseudo-spirit territory of the Artists' Guild, Rosen decided to visit Ms. Fam.

He's already a Sequence 8, but he doesn't know much about the advanced knowledge of Sequence 8 painters and hunters.

This visit did not go smoothly; Rosen did not get to meet Ms. Fam in person.

Because Ms. Fam's true form is currently painting a painting of the spirit realm. This is not the first time Ms. Fam has tried to paint a painting of the spirit realm. If she succeeds, she can become a Sequence 6 painter. However, she has failed in the previous attempts.

Creating a painting of a spiritual realm requires a massive amount of resources, so Ms. Fam certainly couldn't stop to see him.

So Rosen only saw Ms. Fam's self-portrait and then bought a skill book from it.

Rosen looked at the skill book, which was a foot thick, and felt dizzy even before he opened it.

It took Rosen a full two weeks to finish reading "The Construction Method of the Void Gallery".

All Sequence 8 painters must master three of the same skills.

These are the Void Gallery, the Void Album, and a Self-Portrait.

The Void Gallery is somewhat similar to a divine territory, and when combined with a noble sequence, it can become a territory building within a divine territory.

Once the Void Gallery is built, the painter's spiritual paintings are stored within it. Not only is the rate at which spiritual energy dissipates greatly reduced, but the Void Gallery can also become a sanctuary for the painter to hide in at any time. Finally, the Void Gallery will also become one of the core skills for creating spiritual paintings in the future.

As for the Void Album, it is both a skill and a unique artifact exclusive to painters.

Painters who possess the Void Album can store their spiritual paintings inside. All the spiritual paintings stored inside can be reused. For example, if a painter creates a spiritual painting of a hamburger, he can infinitely materialize hamburgers simply by consuming spiritual energy.

Only when a painter possesses a virtual canvas can he truly have practical skills that rival any other genre.

The final self-portrait is a skill used by the painter to create clones.

The painter hides in the Void Gallery, while his self-portrait-like counterpart fights outside, wielding a Void Album.

To kill a painter, you must first deal with the painter's self-portrait.

Rosen's priority now is to build the Void Gallery before considering the Void Album and the Self-Portrait.

Both the Void Gallery and the Void Album are types that possess the ability to automatically acquire related skills from external objects.

After learning about the construction method of the Void Gallery, Rosen immediately applied to the Artists' Guild to build the Void Gallery.

He received a reply quickly, along with a quote that sent chills down his spine.

The painter himself doesn't have the ability to build a virtual gallery.

It is necessary to seek help from architects who are also part of the artist lineage. There are many ways to build a Void Gallery, and the quality of Void Galleries built at different price points varies greatly. Generally speaking, the construction of Void Galleries is divided into three levels.

The lowest tier, valued at 100,000 spiritual crystals, is basically a beggar's version of the Void Gallery.

Mid-range spiritual crystals, valued at millions, are the first choice for the vast majority of painters.

The highest tier costs tens of millions of spiritual crystals; a Void Gallery of this tier significantly increases a painter's chances of reaching Sequence 6. Rosen certainly wanted the best, but even selling himself wouldn't bring him that many spiritual crystals.

But with the best option in front of him, how could he be willing to choose the worse one?

Rosen now understands that there is no sequence in art that doesn't cost money. Saving money in the painter sequence only applies to sequence 9. Once you reach sequence 8, you can't save a single penny. No wonder some painters are still stuck at sequence 8 even in their thirties or forties.

It's not that these painters weren't qualified to become Sequence 7, but rather that their wealth wasn't enough to support them going any further.

Rosen was obsessed with making money, but how could he possibly earn millions of spiritual crystals so easily?
Don't be fooled by the fact that he easily gained two or three million spiritual crystals in the Spiral Sea Battle. That was entirely due to Baron Kaman's good fortune, and now that so much time has passed, he has spent almost all of it.

However, when it comes to the Spiral Sea Battle, the first thing that comes to Rosen's mind is the progenitor of the Gray Ratmen.

Even a starved camel is bigger than a horse, let alone a Sequence 3 demigod.

In particular, the Gray Rat Man progenitor was very good at leaving himself a way out. How could it be that he left no treasures at all?

The Divine Realm's Divine Beast Pen is currently divided into three separate environments.

These are the ocean, the jungle, and the grassland. The ocean is inhabited by sea rats and bladed rat sharks, the jungle is inhabited by nightmare slimes, and finally, the grassland is inhabited by the progenitor of the gray rat people.

At this moment, the ancestor of the gray rat people was cooking meat, specifically a sea rat that had recently reached adulthood.

The grassland looked boundless, but in reality, its actual area was only a few thousand square meters. The rest was an illusion created by the divine beast pen. Rosen instantly teleported to the opposite side of the Gray Ratman Ancestor, which frightened the Gray Ratman Ancestor so much that he immediately hid the sea rat behind his back.

"Let's stop pretending and get straight to the point, we each have our own agendas!"

Rosen instantly materialized a chair using his mental canvas projection and sat down.

"Give me one too!"

The ancestor of the gray ratmen squeaked as he swallowed the sea rat in his hand in a few bites.

Rosen also projected and materialized half a chair onto the Gray Rat Ancestor. The Gray Rat Ancestor circled the chair, marveling at it, making no attempt to hide the envy and jealousy in its rat eyes. Humans are truly a terrifying and brutal race that makes rats tremble with fear.

Let me state my terms first!

After jumping onto the chair, the progenitor of the gray ratmen said directly, "I have the experience of a demigod, but I have died twice and my remaining power is very weak. Only by becoming your pet can I be reborn. My experience and the treasures I once collected belong to you."

"I have no problem keeping you as a pet, but I'm not comfortable with you."

Rosen raised his concerns.

The progenitor of the gray ratmen was so angry that he blew his beard and glared. He, a demigod, had been reduced to being a pet to a human of Sequence 8, and he even offered him countless treasures, only to be disliked and forced to find a way to put the human at ease.
No wonder humanity is so powerful today; it's because humans are so shameless and bully mice so much.

However, he had no better choice. After thinking for a long time, he finally came up with a way to reassure the humans in front of him.

Have you ever heard of a contracted spirit god?

The ancestor of the gray rat people asked.

"No."

Rosen shook his head.

"That's a long story. Strictly speaking, this contracted spirit god originated from you humans..."

The Gray Rat Man progenitor began to speak of the relationship between humans and the contracted spirit god.

(End of this chapter)