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Chapter 251 Competing in Hand Speed

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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?"

"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.

"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.