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The second wave of enemies came a bit slower than the first wave, and their numbers were not as many.

Ma Lu's potato had been roasting for a full 15 minutes before fewer than 20 Energized Plants had gathered under the stone.

Yun Que, Ouroboros Serpent, and Bliss Bird didn't use any Skills; they only used basic attacks to prioritize those high-HP Energized Plants, controlling their health bars.

After flipping the Chessboard Map, Ma Lu turned up the heat on the Gas Cartridge Stove, the potato nearly blackened by his roasting. Then, he added a handful of enoki mushrooms into it.

How much the energy fluctuated was hard to say, but the aroma was definitely there; even he was starting to feel hungry from it.

Another 10 minutes passed and the number of Energized Plants under the stone had grown to over fifty, appearing quite menacing.

Among them was a 3-star Golden Corn Shooter which was more than ten times stronger than the ordinary Corn Shooters. If an ordinary Corn Shooter was like a small handgun, then the Golden Corn Shooter was like a Maxim gun.

Tatatata, firing relentlessly, one creature had Yun Que and their team pinned down, not daring to show their faces.

Ma Lu checked the Chessboard Map again, and apart from a few scattered Energized Plants that might have been blocked by the terrain, most had already gathered under the stone, forming a vacuum zone with a radius of 120 squares.

This must also be the farthest distance the energy waves produced by roasting the Energized Plants could reach.

Outside this distance, the Energized Plants continued their parallel existence, unmoved, seemingly no different from half an hour ago.

So, Ma Lu stopped waiting, summoning the Ouroboros Serpent and casting the Acid Rain Spell twice in a row.

Each casting of the Acid Rain Spell would increase the Ouroboros Serpent's Sin Value by 15 points, totaling 60 points after four times, but even then, she was still 8 Yun Ques away from the 200-point upper limit of her Sin Value.

Talents can be so unreasonable.

Moreover, the Ouroboros Serpent's Acid Rain Spell provided tremendous benefits; after two rounds, Ma Lu reaped a wave of experience, once again reaching the brink of leveling up.

After taking out the 7 remaining low-health Energized Plants on the ground, he leveled up effortlessly, with his Knight Level reaching Level 10, and then unlocked a new module—Enchantment.

Ma Lu had played a fair number of games, and almost immediately understood the concept when he saw the term "Enchantment," and upon further inspection, it was indeed similar to what he had in mind.

So-called Enchantment is using special materials to enchant weapons, enhancing them with new effects after enchantment.

Among these, White Gear couldn't be enchanted, Blue Gear could receive one enchantment, Purple Gear two, and Gold Gear three...

These were almost basic operations in RPGs; what truly interested Ma Lu was that the materials needed for enchantment turned out to be Meteorite Shards.

This reminded him of the Collection Task that appeared in the task list last week.

The Sacred Order of Knights was looking for volunteers to collect the Meteorite Debris from the Goladot Mountains, offering a generous reward for the task.

Ma Lu did not know if this meant that the Church had discovered the enchanting properties of Meteorite Shards or if it was just a coincidence.

He then asked several Witches under his command, of whom Yun Que, Hellhound, and even Ouroboros Serpent were clueless about Enchantment or any similar concept; only Bliss Bird pondered a moment before saying.

"As far as I know, the Church has indeed been secretly conducting meteorite research recently, and a researcher even published a paper on it, but the paper was quickly retracted and became unsearchable."

"Did you read that paper?"

"No, but a teacher at the school did, saying it was a quite novel approach and that if it could be realized, it might overturn the entire equipment manufacturing system of the Church, but it's still probably at least a decade away from practical results."

"Is that right."

Ma Lu stroked his chin, according to Bliss Bird's words, it seemed that the Church had noticed the significance of the meteorite, but they were probably still researching the technique of Enchantment.

In contrast, he had already stepped into the application phase.

There was no helping it; he had an advantage, after all.

With that being said, perhaps in the future, he could consider collecting meteorite shards for his own use ahead of the Church.

What, you ask what about the tasks after securing the shards? Well, of course, he would... just not accept any task.

Ma Lu planned to make some time to visit the Goladot Mountains later and see if he could still find meteorite shards there.

Ever since the new module had been activated, his Chessboard Map had also been upgraded synchronously. It now displayed meteorite shards with green icons on the map.

In other words, as long as there were meteorite shards within the range of the map, Ma Lu could receive the news immediately and also view their exact locations.

This greatly facilitated his future collection work.

However, unless there was another task specifically in the Goladot Mountains, he would need ample free time to engage in such private endeavors.

After returning this time, Ma Lu intended to upgrade his Traveler's Bracelet a few more levels.

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After tallying up their gains, everyone rested for a while and, with the help of the Recovery Banner's effect, replenished their HP.

Then, they set off once again.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

Along the way, the Ouroboros Serpent covertly observed Ma Lu and found herself increasingly unable to understand him.

This guy was clearly a novice, only having carried out two missions, yet he appeared more relaxed than many veterans.

Bear in mind, this was the wilderness where a slight misstep could result in an ambush by energized plants, leading to casualties, or even a total annihilation of the group.

Although the career of a Knight was aspired to by every boy in the city, the actual mortality rate was quite high, with few knights living to the age of retirement.

Perhaps the only ones shorter-lived than knights were the witches under their command. After all, even if the witches managed to survive and escape back to Holy Temple City, the Church would hang them should the knights perish.

That's why, except for the thoughtless Hellhounds that lived on instinct alone, both Knights and Witches were always on edge after leaving Holy Temple City.

Yet, Ma Lu showed no signs of that tension brought about by the prospect of death.

On the contrary, this Knight seemed very relaxed, walking through the city ruins as if he were strolling through his own living room in slippers.

But as it happened, he had not encountered any sudden attacks along the way.

If there were any energized plants drawing near, Ma Lu would point out the enemy's location and name even before the rest of the team had the chance to react.

It seemed like every battle they encountered was under his control.

The Ouroboros Serpent could not fathom how Ma Lu managed it.

Of course, she found it even more perplexing where that large stone had come from; not only did it block the attacks from the energized plants, but sitting on it even healed wounds.

The Ouroboros Serpent was even beginning to believe what Ma Lu had said.

Perhaps that huge rock was indeed placed there by the Master of Order.

Yet, during her brief interaction with Ma Lu, she failed to see any loyalty towards the Master of Order or the Church in him.

The fact that this guy was willing to protect her and hide her identity, despite having seen through her disguise, made the Ouroboros Serpent even more confused about which side Ma Lu was really on.