Joshua found a very familiar obje the atelier. It was the same thing that Joshua had used to earn a living ba Earth—a graphics tablet.

  It was with the advent of the graphics tablet that the I ba Earth officially ehe age of arts. All kinds of civilian CG masters emerged, and a rge number of excellent CG artwork began to appear oer another.

  Joshua slid his fiips above the faint blue cube as it let out a faint shimmer and an unknown ruarted to appear on its surface. The drawing interface resented in the form of a runic proje.

  His experien using it made it hard for him to believe that he was in an age where carriages were the most on form of transportation. It... was the kind interface that humans would see in space travel.

  Perhaps Earth had already aplished it long ago? Joshua had previously tried an AR devi Google's HQ, and after he wore it, he was able to draw as well as paint freely in the space around him.

  With a bnk sheet of paper and a paintbrush, Joshua, with his "big tentacle", o try the new drawihod, which was geions in advance.

  In just ten short minutes, Joshua had quickly outlihe image of an elf with sharp eyes and a figure that all women would aspire to have.

  The elf was a character that most gamers oh would reize. It was Queen Sylvanas Windrunner of the Forsaken from World of Warcraft.

  Joshua had only mao outline a rough draft, but the interface's fun was rather potent. It had the most basic of c funs at the very least.

  Iime that Joshua made Sylvanas' line draft, Ciri and Hyrn had walked out of the small cubicle.

  "I have some knowledge of arotech as well, so I could not help but try out your work, I... didn't cause you any trouble, did I?"

  Joshua stopped his drawing and looked at Hyrn as well as Ciri.

  Hyrn was the owner of the atelier, and the interface robably something Hyrn had made.

  "Oh, I don't mind it... Joshua. It is there for visitors to try out."

  Hyrn g the drawing projected above the cube, and Joshua's line draft very quicky attracted Hyrn's attention.

  Many human painters had created paintings of elves as the main theme. After all, the elven race was synonymous with beauty in terms of humahetics, yet Hyrhat this one looked a little different from the elves living in the forest.

  "Visitors? It's a dispy object?"

  Joshua looked at the other pces withielier, and he did not see any other person aside from Hyrn and Ciri. Besides, pared with the other ateliers Joshua had passed by earlier, this pce looked a little deserted.

  "So, Ms. Lloyd, are you pnning to take part in the World Exhibition with this are device?"

  Joshua's question seemed to stabbed into Hyrn's sore spot, and her expression turned downcast.

  "It would be nice if I could participate in the exhibition. All of the are devices on dispy in the exhibition will all be made from the hands of renowned masters... Although I really hope my work be showcased there, regrettably, I should be thinking about how to use this device to get some money."

  Hyrn's tone was extremely self-depreg. pared with money, she was more eager for fame, but reality forced Hyrn to face the importance of cold hard currency.

  She used to be one of the taleudents in one of Nornd's fi magic academies, and the study allowance provided every year was enough for Hyrn to live very fortably. But of te, in order to get her mother's work showcased in the World Exhibition, she went all in to plete her are device.

  In the end, Hyrn's gamble did not pay off. Not only did she lose her fundings, but even her eligibility for subsidies was now in jeopardy. All of her savings had been ied in the produ of the device.

  "Ah, so it's like that."

  Joshua could uand the reason why Hyrn's futuristivention would be ignored. Her iion was simply too "futuristic".

  Ba Earth, the same situation would be like how people were amazed by the appearance of the small steam engine as they decred the ing of the industrial revolution, while someone suddenly came up with a graphics tablet on an LCD s. It would be so outndish for the people of that age that it would not be accepted by the masses.

  There were no famous legacy paintings that were stored as "data". Only vas-based paintings were eligible to be sidered as a legacy.

  "Then... Ms. Lloyd, I would like to i in your research. Perhaps i is a little inappropriate, maybe a cooperative venture... or aerprise."

  Joshua, however, was not a person living in the age of the Industrial Revolution. He erson from the Age of Information in the 21st tury. He clearly khe value of Hyrn's device, and it would py a big role in bringing this world into the Age of the I. More importantly... Joshua could use it to draw video game CG art.

  "Enterprise?"

  Hyrn somewhat uood the first two words Joshua said, but Hyrn had never heard of the word "enterprise", so she turo Ciri with a fused look.

  Ciri only shrugged, motioning that she was used to it.

  "It is to work with you to promote the artwork created by your device to the world."

  "Artwork? Joshua, the artwork drawn with this device is only saved within the mana stream of the runiit. The art itself is ay that ot be touched, and if the device were to get damaged, all of the artwork will disappear."

  Even though Hyrnd knew how to store the "mana streams" within the runiit inside an inium crystal, but the ethereal nature of the painti that they did not have any value. No matter how artistic it was, it could never be dispyed in an art gallery.

  "Value? Everything in this world has no value in the beginning. Their value is created by men."

  Joshua obviously did not expect this world that did not know anything about the I to know that CG art could sell for tens of thousands. heless, even in the 21st tury, painstakingly drawn CG could also be worth nothing because data... could be copied.

  "Created value?"

  Hyrn's puzzled expression made Ciri inexplicably happy as it was the same when Ciri unicated with Joshua.

  "Allow me to demonstrate."

  Joshua walked to the Sylvanas line draft he had drawn earlier and added a few more signs on the drawing. Following that, he added the number "6" oop left er and the number "5" was written otom left and right.

  Joshua adjusted the details of the outline slightly and included some words in the middle of the frame. "Deathrattle: Take trol of a random enemy minion."

  Soon after, one of the stro ral e Deathrattle cards from a card game called Hearthstone ba Earth—Sylvanas Windrunner—appeared before Joshua!

  In the past, Joshua had handed over more than six hundred RMB to Blizzard[1] before he mao draw that legendary card!

  A normal draft art may not be worth anything, but after turning the art into one of the rarest cards in a card game, tless people would not hesitate to go ham in order to get her.

  And this was what Joshua meant by man-made value!

  Weebkun