In fact, Yun Que hoped that Ma Lu would dispose of the corpses of those energized plants, ideally burning them with fire, which was the most standard method taught by the school.
However, Ma Lu clearly had no intention of doing so.
Since the scan results showed that these things were ingredients, it meant they were edible. Having come all this way, Ma Lu did not want to return empty-handed.
He was also curious about these animated vegetables and wanted to see how they differed from their counterparts in another plane.
After packing up the Mint Hypnotist, Ma Lu glanced at the experience bar and found that the experience had increased to 59, less than half of what was needed to level up.
But he had encountered some trouble: the scattered energized plants in the warehouse had been mostly cleared out by him and Yun Que, and those remaining were mostly in large groups.
And some were not something that Yun Que could handle by herself, her attack power was still too low, and she was only one person.
He needed to recruit more people into the team; Ma Lu's gaze shifted to another blue dot on the chessboard, feeling it was about time.
He then established communication with the person behind the avatar once more.
As soon as Ma Lu had made the call, he heard the roar of the Hellhound again, "Quick, unlock the weapon authorization for me! I want weapon authorization!!! Weapon weapon weapon weapon permission! I want to kill all these obnoxious creatures!!!"
Ma Lu turned down the volume by half and also glanced at the girl's HP, which in the span of that time had decreased by another 7 points, from 37 down to 30, no wonder she was so irritable.
Ma Lu waited for her to finish howling, then spoke in a leisurely manner, "You've been to the room with the boxes, and you've seen what's inside. Do you think you could beat it if I unlocked your weapon authorization?"
The voice on the other end went silent suddenly, and after a moment, Ma Lu heard the purple-haired girl mutter, "If I hadn't been injured..." Read exclusive adventures at empire
Ma Lu cut her off, "Come here and listen to my commands along with Yun Que, and I guarantee you'll get to the boxes."
"Ha, why should I let a novice boss me around?!"
"Because you need me. It's only with a Knight that a Witch can unleash her full power."
"..."
In contrast, the Corn Shooter had only 3 points of defensive power, but its attack power was 7 points, and its HP was not that much, only 27; the problem was that the Corn Shooter and Potato Heavy Shield Soldier were inseparable like lovebirds in the throes of passion, unwilling to part even for a moment.
Ma Lu had tried to lure the Corn Shooter away, but each time the Potato Heavy Shield Soldier would move together with it.
With its high defense, Yun Que basically could not inflict any damage, and the Corn Shooter being a ranged unit made kite-flying tactics difficult to employ against it.
So Ma Lu had to temporarily bypass them, but now with the Hellhound, things were much simpler.
Upon unlocking the Hellhound's weapon, the purple-haired girl charged straight at the Corn Shooter, showing off some fancy footwork along the way.
The corn kernels shot by the latter were all skillfully dodged.
The Hellhound swung the red short blade in her hand, slashing at the large corn cob, and just with that one slash, she reduced the opponent's HP by 11 points.
Nine of those points were the base damage from attack minus defense, and the following two points were from the 20% bonus damage of the passive skill [You Look Delicious].
The purple-haired girl could be called a health bar evaporator, two slashes and the Corn Shooter was cut down to a critical health state.
It gave Ma Lu, who was used to Yun Que whittling away at enemies with a small handgun, the illusion of moving from the stone age to the era of firearms all at once.
Indeed, the experience of having a powerful character to slay monsters and clear obstacles was much better.
Ma Lu wasn't idle either, already grappling with the Potato Heavy Shield Soldier on the side, both of them in a stalemate.
However, Ma Lu's intention was just to tie down the Potato Heavy Shield Soldier, waiting for the Hellhound to deal with the Corn Shooter and then join the fight, assaulting the Potato Heavy Shield Soldier together.
Of course, Yun Que and Ma Lu were mainly there to harass and take damage, with the team's damage output largely dependent on the Hellhound, who didn't let Ma Lu down.
Even when cutting down an enemy with a defensive power as high as 8 points, the Hellhound was still able to inflict 5 points of damage, the same as Yun Que's base attack value.
With a barrage of attacks from the three, even the Potato Heavy Shield Soldier with its HP exceeding a hundred points couldn't withstand and fell to the ground.
And Ma Lu gained another 9 points of experience, plus the 8 points from the Corn Shooter, leaving him only 24 points away from leveling up.