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Knights with similar thoughts to Ma Lu's were clearly not in short supply.

Therefore, by the time Ma Lu arrived outside the Weaponry Department, there were already quite a few people there. The original four terminal machines were not enough, so Xi Xi and others brought out some portable terminals and distributed them to the knights present.

Ma Lu also received one and began to check the weapons and equipment listed on it, only to find that many of the items he was interested in had already sold out.

Not just the Purple Equipment, even Blue Gear was largely sold out, leaving only items with mediocre attributes or those that were less popular and had a narrow range of compatibility.

Ma Lu flipped through a few pages and couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart.

The attack on the mining point had happened two days ago. The first group of knights who heard the news had already scrambled to buy things. Even those who were slow to react should have thought of this half a day or a day later.

Which meant that by coming now, he could only pick over the leftovers other knights had passed over.

Ma Lu was somewhat unwilling to accept this, as during his last mission he had earned a total of 216,000 Holy Silver Coins and 23,500 Atonement Points, especially since the Demon Grinder Pumpkin alone had provided him with 1,200,000 Holy Silver Coins and 13,000 Atonement Points in one go.

Ma Lu had been planning a big spending spree upon his return, only to realize that all the good stuff in the marketplace had been sold out, leaving only the less desirable leftovers.

Of course, since the Church had not yet imposed any controls on the circulation of weapons and equipment, it implied that they were confident enough to reclaim the lost mining points.

However, official confidence aside, Ma Lu was well aware of the adage 'the longer the night, the more dreams will come', especially at a time when the conflict between the Church and the Witch Alliance was intensifying. He preferred to enhance his own strength as soon as possible so that if something unexpected did occur in the future, he could have more initiative.

Unfortunately, he was still one step too late… No, wait! A sudden inspiration struck Ma Lu, and he realized something.

As he had previously thought, the attack on the mining point had happened two days ago. Those who would buy equipment had done so already, and there wasn't much left worth mentioning on the shelves of the Weaponry Department. So why were there so many knights here today?

It wasn't possible that they, like him, had only returned today, was it?

Moreover, Ma Lu noticed that most of the people in the reception room were just standing in front of the terminals, talking to each other without shopping.

So he approached a knight and asked, "May the light of the Master of Order forever shine upon you, brother. What are you waiting for?"

The knight did not look up, instead staring intently at the terminal's clock, but he answered Ma Lu's question anyway.

"May the light of the Master of Order shine upon you too. Don't you know? Today is the monthly new release day for the Weaponry Department. They'll list a batch of newly developed equipment, mostly good stuff. Everyone's just waiting for those items."

"Really? I've been a knight for less than a month and don't know much about this. So when will these items be released?"

"Just now, in about 8 seconds. You wait for the refresh, and when it happens, whoever snags them first gets them."

The knight was quite friendly, possibly because with so many people waiting, one more didn't make much difference, so he answered every question.

Ma Lu's spirits lifted at the news.

Competing in click-speed, now that's something he was familiar with!

He immediately focused his attention on the terminal in his hands.

As the clock struck 12, the terminal screen flickered, and sure enough, the homepage refreshed!

The knights in the reception room all perked up, scanning the items ten lines at a time, and began to search for suitable equipment for the witches under their command.

It didn't take long for a series of curses to fill the reception room, "Damn it, the Lake's Tear Necklace is gone just like that, I had just finished checking the effects, whose hands are so fast?"

"Ah, the Holy Flame Spear, who snatched the Holy Flame Spear away? I had reached the payment page, just one step away!" The person speaking was already slapping their thigh with regret.

"No way, the Titanium Gold Skeleton is gone too? That thing has high physical strength requirements; not many witches can handle it. And that's sold out as well?"

"Steel ankles, I've been waiting for a whole half a year, from the research phase and on, and still didn't manage to buy it. Who knows when I'll have the chance again?"

Meanwhile, the knight who had previously carefully tutored Ma Lu on how to snag purchases was also sighing and couldn't help but complain.

"There's just not enough time, no time to pick at all, I only looked at around 4 or 5 pieces of equipment, and before finding anything suitable, everything was already sold out."

Ma Lu nodded in agreement, "Yeah, yeah, there really wasn't much time."

"Did you manage to buy any equipment?"

"I did."

"Huh?" The knight was hoping to find some consolation from the rookie knight beside him and was surprised to find the latter's luck was so good. He couldn't help but express his envy.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

"What did you buy?"

Ma Lu showed his transaction info, which outright made the knight's eyes pop.

"How is that possible? In just under 10 seconds, you bought 5 pieces of equipment?! And they are all Purple Equipment. How could you have had enough time to choose appropriate gear in such a short time?"

"I didn't choose, I just... grabbed them." Ma Lu said weakly.

"Huh?" The knight was dumbfounded, "You didn't even look at them, what if they're not suitable?"

"Oh, I didn't buy them for myself, I planned to swap them with other people."

Three question marks might as well have appeared over the knight's head after hearing this. A moment later he asked, "Can you, can you even do that?"

"I think it should work. Aren't there quite a few people who didn't manage to get the equipment they wanted?" Ma Lu pointed to the Holy Flame Spear and the Titanium Gold Skeleton, "Just now, I heard people wanting these two pieces."

"But... what if nobody wants to swap with you?"

"Then I'll just have to hold onto them," Ma Lu replied, "Anyways, I can't spend my Atonement Points right now, and if I really can't sell them, I can still sell them back to the Weaponry Department at 90% of the purchase price, so I won't lose much."

"......" The knight had to admit that Ma Lu made some good points.

And soon after, he saw Ma Lu actually started shouting on the spot, "Selling Purple Equipment, only accepting exchanges for gear, does anyone want to trade with me?"

His calling attracted many who had missed out on the equipment, and after Ma Lu displayed the gear he had snatched, a series of exclamations erupted.

"Boy, so the Holy Flame Spear was in your hands, tough guy, name your price!"

Ma Lu repeated himself, "I'm not taking Atonement Points, I'm only accepting gear swaps."

His response did not dampen the enthusiasm of the crowd around him. Many of these knights had been in the Sacred Order of Knights for several years, even more than a decade, and had some spare equipment on hand. Hearing this, they all brought out their gear.

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