How did I become the Lord of Evil Gods?

Chapter 439 Coins
"Well, I will announce the artists who have passed the audition next."

On the afternoon of the second day after Yunmu and her friends submitted their drawings, inside the Painters Association.

A core member of the association who was a fourth-level master stood on the podium, holding the list of painters who had passed the audition.

"Heromu, Ash, Giroud, Elanil Stia, Yun Mu, the above participating painters can stay. Those whose names are not called can leave."

The man said in an unquestionable tone.

The aura of the fourth-level master swept through the association, completely suppressing some of the unconvinced voices.

"The works of painters who pass the audition will be displayed outside the association. Don't be discouraged if you don't pass, you can still participate in the competition next year. Before that, just keep on trying."

After the man finished speaking, the door of the association's headquarters was opened. Seeing this, those painters who failed to pass the audition, although a little unwilling, could only turn around and leave helplessly.

Among them, Yun Mu saw many middle-aged or elderly painters, and couldn't help but feel a little sad for them.

The world of extraordinary people is so cruel that the employment conditions alone are enough to stump a large number of people.

As long as you fail to create extraordinary paintings, there is no way you can embark on the path of the [Painter] series.

How desperate and helpless would those people feel when they spend half their lives practicing painting, only to discover in the end that they have no talent?

Of course, she was just expressing her feelings a little.

After all, this kind of thing is not something she can decide. Instead of worrying about others, she should pay more attention to herself.

"Humph!"

When most of the failed painters had left, the man standing on the podium suddenly snorted coldly.

The next second, several painters hiding in the crowd were suddenly thrown into a world in a painting.

If nothing unexpected happens, they should be guys who are trying to hide and pretend that they have passed the audition, or they are artists who are unwilling to give up and want to take a look at the content of the second stage preliminaries.

They did this not because they were stupid, but simply because they were unwilling to leave like this.

But what's the use of being unwilling? The fourth-level master painter in charge of the assessment just made a slight move and threw all these hiding guys out of the world in the painting.

After finishing all this, the man continued to explain: "The second stage of the preliminary selection is divided into three rounds. First, all the painters present need to submit a theme. Any theme is fine. Then we will randomly select a theme for you to draw."

"The finished works will be scored by the association's judges, and the five people with the lowest scores will be eliminated. This will be repeated three times in total until the last person left can participate in the final."

The man paused for a moment when he spoke here.

He looked around below and said, "If there are no doubts, we can start now."

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No one spoke at this time. It seemed that the painters present had no objection to the man's arrangement.

After all, all the painters who are able to stay here have passed the auditions, and they must be more or less confident in their own level. As long as the subject is not something they are too unfamiliar with, they can perform at a corresponding level.

"Please write down the topic you want to choose on this piece of paper." A waiter from the association walked up to Yun Mu and handed her the card in his hand.

"Is it really okay to write any topic?" Yun Mu asked the waitress curiously, "Is it okay if I write ** or ** on it?"

"Of course." The waitress almost couldn't hold back her expression as she listened to the blocked stars coming out of her mouth. "As long as you don't mind."

"I'm just kidding, don't take it so seriously, haha." Yun Mu smiled softly. Of course, she would not write about that kind of topic. After all, she also has to save face.

As for what to write, she had actually already thought about it when the competition leader explained the rules of the preliminaries.

【Mecha】

After handing the written note to the waitress, Yun Mu began to look forward to the competition.

I wonder which topics will be hit?
Will the topic she chooses be selected?
Come to think of it, I'm really looking forward to it.

"Stia, what did you write?" Yun Mu walked up to her curiously and asked after seeing Stia handing the note to the waitress.

"Books. The subject of my writing is books." Stia replied.

"Books as the theme? That's a good idea." Yun Mu praised.

"What theme did Miss Yun choose?" Stia asked her back.

"Oh, mecha. The theme I wrote about is mecha." Yun Mu replied.

"Mecha?" Stia tilted her head: "Those steam mechas from the Guard Office?"

"Yes, that's what it is." Yun Mu nodded: "Don't you think those metal mechas are cool?"

"Handsome?" Stia shook her head in confusion. It seemed that she could not understand Yun Mu's feelings.

But since Yun Mu said that, there must be a reason for it. Stia plans to learn about the steam mechas of the Frost Kingdom after this competition and try to feel the coolness of those mechas.

Stia whispered her thoughts, and Yun Mu was a little embarrassed after hearing it: "Well, it doesn't have to be like this."

Before she could finish her words, she was interrupted by the man on the podium.

"All the topics have been collected, and now we will start drawing the topics for the first round of competition."

The man said as he reached into the subject box filled with notes and quickly picked out a note.

"So, the theme for the first round is... War!"

The man pointed the note downwards to ensure that everyone could see the words on it clearly.

"Is it a war?" Yun Mu was a little surprised after hearing the other party's words, and at the same time felt a little headache.

After all, she didn't have a deep understanding of the history of this world. She had no idea what wars had happened and what form wars in this world took.

In this case, we can only think of another way. The second round of preliminary competition requires artists to paint under the watchful eyes of the judges, which means they have to go above the platform.

There is no particular order. As long as you have an idea, you can start painting at any time until it is finished.

At this time, some painters had already gone up to paint. Yun Mu was observing from below and thinking about what he should paint.

While she was thinking, Stia had already walked onto the stage.

This also attracted her attention, wanting to see what Stia was going to draw.

Surprisingly, however, Stia did not choose to paint anything related to the battlefield, but instead sketched a tombstone with the names of the dead written on it.

A small hand slowly placed a bouquet of flowers in front of the tombstone.
"Although it does not directly depict the battlefield, it gives people more room for imagination, the bouquet of flowers, the owner of the hand, and the dead soldiers buried under the tombstone. Although the painting style needs to be improved, considering the age and strength, I give it 8 points." said the first judge on the left.

"The theme is war, not battlefield. The girl has a clear mind. 7 points."

"Hahaha, everything I wanted to say has been said by my seniors. But since you guys gave me such a high score, it will be hard to rate me later. I have no choice but to give it a 6."

Finally, it was the president of the association's headquarters' turn to speak. She looked at Stia's painting, and under the latter's slightly nervous gaze, she slowly said, "Actually, I wanted to give it 6 points, but Xiaozheng is right. If the score is too high, it will not be appropriate to lower it later, so I'll give it 4 points."

"8 points, 7 points, 6 points, 4 points, a total of 25 points!"

"Huh, it's a pretty good result." Stia said with a little relief after coming down from the stage.

"Miss Yunmu, have you decided what to draw?" She looked at Yunmu and asked.

"I've already thought about it." Yun Mu responded with a smile. After she finished speaking, she stood up and walked towards the stage.

Stia's paintings reminded her that war-related themes did not necessarily have to focus on the battlefield.

After all, when war really comes, it is not a hell that only a few people can experience, but it is closely related to everyone's life. In this case, let's describe the war from a different perspective.

When the city was besieged by the army and the people living inside could not escape no matter what, Yun Mu had played a game called "This War of Mine" before traveling through time, and such a scene was depicted.

It was obviously unrealistic to tell such a complete story with just one painting, so she just drew the ruins of a city on paper.

And in the ruins, there are many figures struggling to survive.

"It's a very interesting large-scale scene. Is it a town that has been reduced to ruins? Although there are many characters in the painting, it doesn't look messy and they all look very unique. If you want to live in such a ruined city, you must put in a lot of effort. The level of this painting is also very strong. I give it 9 points."

"Hehe, the little girl is so cute. Grandma, I like cats the most. 8 points."

"Hey, I told you not to give too high a score, but this drawing is really good, 8 points."

The president spoke next: "Well, although I really want to give 8 points, I am the president of the association after all. It is embarrassing to have the same score as Xiaozheng. So 7 points will be fine."

"It's not shameful to have the same score as me. Aren't we judges? What are you talking about?" The judge named Xiaozheng complained after hearing the president's words.

"In short, 9 points, 8 points, 8 points, and 7 points, which add up to 32 points!"

"You are so awesome, Miss Yunmu!" After Yunmu came down from the stage, Stia immediately looked at her with admiration.

The other painters in the association also looked at her with fear.

32 points, which can be said to be the highest score among the painters who have appeared so far. Only a few painters who are also fourth-level masters have the possibility of competing with her.

However, a painter who was also a fourth-level master could not help but frown when he looked at Yun Mu's paintings.

This guy's ability is beyond the standard. A painting of this level only got 32 points?
What a joke!

Do I have to wait until next year to have the opportunity to become a core member of the association?
Because of his mental breakdown, this fourth-level master-level man made some mistakes when painting and ultimately only received 28 points.

Although the pressure to advance was not great, the score was 4 points lower than Yun Mu's, and this was even though the judges deliberately lowered Yun Mu's score!

The gap in strength between the two sides is obvious!
So after the first round of theme paintings were completed, only one person ranked at the back with a score of 31, and none of the rest of the paintings reached 30 or above.

"The first round of theme painting is over, and the guys at the bottom of the ranking will be eliminated!" The person in charge of the second round of the competition raised his hand and threw the five people with the lowest rankings into the painting world, and then threw them out from outside the association, and then began to announce the theme of the next round of painting.

He rummaged through the cardboard box and took out a piece of paper with the word "Choice" written on it.

"The theme this time is choice, and there really are all kinds of themes." Yun Mu exclaimed after the person in charge called out the words written on the piece of paper.

"Let me take the lead this time."

Yun Mu walked slowly towards the top of the platform, and her movements also guided the participating painters' every move.

After all, among all the people present, she is the one who has shown the strongest painting skills, and it is difficult for other participating painters to ignore her.

What Yunmu is going to draw this time is actually very simple.

It's just a coin.

The style of the coin was based on the item she had obtained in the game dungeon - [Lucky Gold Coin.]

This is a lucky gold coin that, when thrown to the front, will restore the player's health and cause damage to the enemy equal to the restored health. It will also immediately allow the player to take an action that is guaranteed to be a critical hit.

However, when it points downward, it will bring about the thunder of punishment.

Yunmu thought this thing was very suitable for the theme of [selection].

After all, the two sides of a coin represent two choices, don’t they?
Or, the third option is to let the coin keep spinning forever, or the fourth option is that the coin does not flip heads or tails, but instead stands upright on the table?

"Oh, using a coin to represent choice? What an interesting idea. The coin in the painting is always spinning. Does this mean that our choices are actually leading to some unknown state? As long as the coin does not stop spinning, we will never know whether it is heads or tails. 9 points!"

"Wow, I seem to have seen the pattern on this coin before. 9 cents."

"I told you not to give it such a high score. Oh, forget it. Because there is only one rotating coin in the picture, although it reflects the theme, I personally don't like monotonous paintings, so I'll give it 7 points."

"Hehe, sister, I think Xiaozheng's idea is a bit childish. 8 points."

(End of this chapter)