How did I become the Lord of Evil Gods?

Chapter 442 Sea Monster

Chapter 444: Stargazing Pavilion and the Strange Cause of Death (title modified)
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"Um, are you sure you want to hang this picture on the bulletin board?"

In front of the notice board in the hot spring square, the association member in charge of review looked at the girl in front of him with a complicated expression and asked.

"Of course!" Yun Mu nodded without hesitation. She believed that this painting would definitely earn her the most votes.

If there are any accidents. No, there will definitely be no accidents!

She believed so.

"Okay, don't blame me if anything happens." The woman muttered softly and hung Yun Mu's painting and her name on the bulletin board.

"Wait a minute!" Yun Mu suddenly noticed something: "Why should the painter's name be hung up as well?"

"If I don't put your name on it, who would know that this painting was drawn by you?" The woman looked at Yun Mu strangely: "Do you regret it?"

"Ahaha." Yun Mu smiled awkwardly: "I suddenly feel that what you said makes sense, otherwise I should go change the painting."

"Are you sure?" Seeing her expression, the other party smiled slightly: "If you withdraw now, I will judge that you have voluntarily withdrawn from the competition~"

"Ah?" Yun Mu looked at her in confusion.

"I have just asked for your opinion. That is to say, from now on, you have to use this painting to participate in the competition. Unless you withdraw from the competition now, I will not be qualified to take the painting down." The woman said slowly.

"So, are you sure you want to take this painting down?"

"Forget it, forget it." After hesitating for a moment, Yun Mu finally gritted his teeth and agreed under the temptation of the two thousand gold shuangs.

Just put the name on it, there's nothing special about this painting anyway, just don't expose her vest.
“Ah, does the style of this painting look familiar?”

“I feel like I’ve seen it somewhere before, but it doesn’t seem right.”

Suddenly, several voices came from the crowd that made Yun Mu very concerned.

Quack! Stop talking!

She has clearly restrained her painting style, and this place is so far away from Frostfall City, how on earth do you get that sense of déjà vu?

"Huh? Now that you mention it, I seem to have some impression of it." A man in a luxurious red robe looked at the painting on the bulletin board, thoughtfully.

"The painter is Yun Muyun. Oh, I see."

The man showed a look of astonishment on his face, and then walked to the auditor naturally: "Everyone can cast a vote, right? I want to vote for the painting of Miss Yun Mu."

"Okay, I understand." The auditor nodded with a smile.

While the reviewer was giving extra points to Yun Mu's painting, the man in the luxurious red robe came up to Yun Mu.

"Um, are you Miss Sleepy Cat?"

"What, what?" Yun Mu came back to his senses instantly when he heard the name [Sleepy Cat].

She shook her head without hesitation and said, "No, it's not me, you got the wrong person, meow!"

Because he was too eager to deny it, he unconsciously said out loud the habit of speaking when he turned into a cat.

"Hehehe" the man couldn't help but laugh when he saw her like this: "If you say it's not, then it's not. I look forward to your update."

After that, he turned around and left.

"Wait, wait a minute!" Yun Mu called him.

"What's the matter?" the other party turned and asked.

"That." After hesitating for a moment, Yun Mu asked her, "Frostfall City is so far away from here, where did you see it, that is, the comic book?"

"You want to ask this?" The man showed a mysterious smile on his face and said, "If you sign for me, I will tell you."

"Tsk." What a troublesome middle-aged man. No wonder he still reads that kind of comics at his age.

Yun Mu complained in his heart, but said with a smile on his face: "Sure, so can you tell me?"

"Hehe, actually the reason is very simple." The man came close to Yun Mu, took out a postcard from his arms, and motioned for Yun Mu to just sign his name on it.

"It's a pity that I didn't bring the teacher's work with me. But never mind."

"Think about it carefully. Yelga is a very famous tourist city. Your work has long been spread here by people from Frostfall City."

"However, not many people own the complete comics. Only nobles like me can buy the complete set from others, although they are all second-hand."

"Well, I sincerely hope that your Yunchao Publishing House can expand its market as soon as possible, and then I can buy it directly in the bookstore."

"Well, although this is what I originally planned, I always feel something is weird when I hear you say this. Forget it, here is your signature." Yun Mu returned the postcard signed by the author to the other party.

After hesitating for a moment, the man asked her, "Can you sign your real name again?"

"Get out!" Yun Mu cursed angrily.

"Okay." The noble man stood up with a feeling of regret and said, "My name is Gabriel Salimaus. If your company is interested in publishing works in Yerga, please be sure to contact me."

"Not only about Yelga, but also about the entire Eastern Province, I have a say in that."

"Goodbye then, sleepy cat-sensei."

"Salimaus?" Yun Mu muttered the surname, feeling as if he had heard of it somewhere.

Unfortunately, she really couldn't remember it, so she could only ask Maine if she knew later.

If only Brenna were here. As the princess of the Frost Kingdom, she would definitely know if the name Salimaus was really famous.

As for the notice board, she could only pray that her vest wouldn't fall off so quickly.

In fact, even if she was really exposed, it wouldn't have a big impact on her. After all, what's the point of just knowing her name? As long as you don't know what she looks like, it doesn't matter.

Even though she knew how hateful she looked, she had already been prepared when she drew this kind of thing!

That's right, as long as she is not embarrassed, then it is others who are embarrassed. As long as she is not embarrassed, it is embarrassing.
"Hmm - after all, I should live on another planet."

The girl squatted on the ground with a red face, covering her cheeks with her two slender hands.

"Ah, Miss Yun, so you are here." Maine's voice came from behind. Yun Mu turned around and saw Stia and the others rushing towards him.

"Maine~"

Yun Mu hugged Mei Yin's waist like a spoiled child: "It's over, it's really over this time!"

"What's ruined?" Mei Yin looked at her in confusion, totally unaware of what Yun Mu suddenly wanted to do.

"Actually, it's not something too serious." Yun Mu wiped the non-existent tears from the corners of his eyes.

But I didn't say anything about the "Sleepy Cat".

After all, it's really embarrassing. I can say whatever I want to people I don't know, but if I let people I know know, I'll probably have to start my life all over again.

Just like online writers won’t show their writings to people they know, the problem is even more serious for book illustrators.

"Go back." She said to Maine, Stia and others.

There is nothing to do here. The president of the association has just said that the voting will end tomorrow at noon.

Before that, all Yun Mu and the others could do was wait.

Well, Yun Mu thinks there is no need to wait. She has cried because of this competition. If she still can't win the championship after such efforts, she will really cry.

Absolutely cried very loudly!
Screw up those bastards who didn't vote for her, hum~
"Please wait a moment, Ms. Yunmu!"

When Yun Mu and the others were about to leave, a voice suddenly called her from behind.

"Huh?" Yun Mu turned around and found that the person who came was the painter whose score was only slightly lower than hers every time in the second round of preliminary competition.

"What can I do for you?" She asked in a rather flat voice.

"It's like this." The man hesitated for a moment and asked her, "Can you have a real fight with me?"

After a pause, the man seemed to be afraid that Yun Mu would misunderstand him, and hurriedly explained: "I am not dissatisfied with the painting competition, but I have been uh, how should I put it recently."

"I have had a flash of inspiration recently, but it flashed so quickly that I never caught it. I participated in the painting competition this time to inspire that inspiration."

"When I saw Miss Yun's paintings earlier, I couldn't help but have the urge to compete with you. This thought made me more focused when I was painting, and therefore allowed me to grasp the flash of inspiration a little bit."

"If I could compete with you again, just once, I would definitely be able to catch it!"

The man looked at her with pleading eyes: "Really, please compete with me once."

"Okay, how do you want to compete?" Although it felt a bit troublesome, looking at the other party's sincere gaze, Yun Mu was too embarrassed to say the word "refuse".

It turns out that sincerity is the ultimate skill.

"Thank you, thank you!" The man thanked her sincerely.

"My name is Paris. As for the method of competition, have you ever heard of [Fusion]?"

"Fusion, fusion?" Yun Mu almost couldn't hold back his facial expression when he heard this word.

She was just joking when she said that the painter profession was a bit like a duelist! Is there really such a thing as fusion?!
How to fuse and summon more powerful monsters by fusing different kinds of monsters? I can't really become the king of the game in another world!
“Haha, you look like you haven’t heard of it.” Paris saw Yun Mu’s puzzled look and explained, “Fusion, as the name suggests, is to merge two different paintings together to form a new painting.”

"Among all these, the skill that plays a key role is [Painting Harmony]!"

“Works by the same artist blend together very well, but if they are two different artists, the more spiritual one will offset the less spiritual one.”

"Oh~" Yun Mu roughly understood what he meant: "Do you want my work to be integrated with yours?"

"Paintings with high spirituality will harmonize paintings with low spirituality. If I don't inject spirituality into the painting and just paint it, the amount of spirituality will depend entirely on the ether that the content of the painting can mobilize, right?"

"Yes, that's right." Paris nodded and said, "This is the rule we painters use most often when we are discussing painting skills."

Because [Painting Harmony] is a skill that you can master as long as you work as a [Painter Apprentice]
"Then shall we compete here?" Yun Mu looked around and felt that the environment here was not very good for painting.

"Hmm," Paris pondered for a moment and said, "I do know a place. Of course, if Miss Yun has other suggestions, that's fine too."

"Let's go to the place you mentioned." Yun Mu actually felt that it didn't matter where the competition took place. No matter whether the environment was good or bad, she and the opponent were the same.

"plz follow me."

Paris took Yunmu and the others out of the hot spring square and then walked towards the north of Yerga's town.

"Could it be this direction?" Perris in the team looked at the buildings on both sides gradually receding, with a thoughtful look on her face.

"It seems that you are very familiar with Yerga, Miss." Paris, who was walking in front, said after hearing what Perris said.

"You guessed it right. We are going to the Stargazing Pavilion."

"Huh? But I remember that place has been blocked for a long time." Perris was a little surprised when she heard it: "Can Mr. Paris bring people in?"

"Of course not, but" Paris chuckled: "Can't we just sneak in?"

"Eh - isn't this a bad idea?" Perris said this, but Yun Mu could sense a hint of eagerness on her face?
"So, what is that Stargazing Pavilion?" she asked curiously.

"It's a place similar to a research institute." Perris explained to her: "About 50 years ago, the Stargazing Hall was still used by scholars. It is said that the research content of the scholars there was related to the stars."

"Does it mean that it's abandoned now?" Maine asked.

"Yeah." Perris nodded: "It is said that there was an accident during the research."

"It's more than an accident, it's a major incident." Paris, who was walking in front, said, "All the scholars in the Stargazing Hall died mysteriously, and all the manuscripts they left behind disappeared."

"As for the reason, after investigation, the kingdom can only infer from the few remaining information that it is related to the theme of "The Missing Stars in the Sky" studied by the Starry Pavilion."

"The missing star in the sky. Is it the star that was shot down by the God of War and Thunder?"

"That's right." Paris nodded. "It is said that the Stargazer at that time had already estimated the original location of the dead star based on the movement of the stars in the sky."

"But the research has not been completed yet. No, maybe it has been completed. Anyway, when the people responsible for transporting materials to the Stargazing Pavilion found that there was no movement inside, all the scholars inside had died for unknown reasons."

"Everyone died suddenly in their sleep without any warning."

(End of this chapter)