For Yun Que and the others, the terminal machine had selected a total of 18 upgrade paths, compromising 172 pieces of weaponry and equipment.
But most of the equipment was quite expensive, Ma Lu only glanced at the prices and couldn't be bothered to look at the functions, knowing he couldn't afford them anyway. He directly asked Xi Xi, who was beside him.
"Are there any cheaper ones? I've only recently become a Knight and don't have so many atonement points on hand."
"Yes, there's this Wolf Spider's Kiss for only 370 atonement points...and this one...the Thunderblade, you can get it for 420, it's a great deal, suitable for your Witch Hellhound...and this, the Recovery Ring, a bit pricier at 490 points, but also very useful."
"Isn't there anything even cheaper? Don't you guys have any promotions or trial products available for testing?" Ma Lu said.
"Promotions and trials?" Xi Xi blinked, "The Weaponry Department guarantees the safety and stability of every piece of weapon and equipment we produce, and they go through rigorous testing beforehand. As for promotions, we are not a supermarket, the price has always been the same."
"Alright, forget I asked," Ma Lu conceded.
Xi Xi pondered for a moment, "May I boldly ask how many atonement points you have on you?"
"100, from my first mission."
"This..." Xi Xi looked troubled, but she thought of a solution soon after, "Are you looking to upgrade or purchase additional equipment?"
"Hmm, do you mean I should use my old equipment as a trade-in?" Ma Lu asked.
"Exactly, the Weaponry Department also recycles old equipment," Xi Xi said, "If you have equipment you no longer need, you can sell it to us. As long as it's functional, we will buy it back at 90% of the selling price."
Having seen his fair share of game NPC shysters, Ma Lu felt a surge of emotions hearing this buy-back price.
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For all its faults, the Church had a decent trading system in place.
So, he pointed to the black pistol on Yun Que's terminal entry and asked, "How much is this worth?"
Xi Xi leaned in for a closer look, "This is a Blast Proof Pistol, and it's a very old model, already discontinued. However, the terminal should still have its historical selling price, please wait a moment while I look it up for you."
As she spoke, Xi Xi began working on the terminal machine again, and soon her expression turned to one of disbelief.
"What's wrong?" Ma Lu leaned in closer too and noticed that behind the black color of the Blast Proof Pistol, a price of 1000 atonement points was prominently displayed on the gray page.
As soon as Ma Lu got it, the equipment's attribute information appeared on the circular screen.
[Chameleon Double-Barrel Shotgun](Blue)
Attack Power +7
Attack Attributes: Electric/Earth
Attack Speed: Slow
Additional Effect: 40% chance to cause bleeding, losing 1 HP per second for 15 seconds after breaking defense, guaranteed to trigger on a critical hit. Shooting accuracy decreases by 10%.
This piece of blue gear's basic attack attribute was very impressive, with two types, it could be switched to target different enemies, serving more battle scenarios.
Of the two accompanying battle effects, bleeding was very useful as long as it was triggered after breaking defense, getting a free 15 points of damage, further enhancing output.
The decrease in accuracy was a negative effect, but it wasn't a big issue since Yun Que's passive skill was to increase accuracy, enough to offset the negative impact.
The only downside was the slow firing rate, but shooting slow was still better than not breaking defense.
After considering, Ma Lu decided to buy it.
Meanwhile, a message came from the Witch Camp that they had completed inspection of the Blast Proof Pistol. No functional problems were found, and it was ready to be recycled.
Less than 2 minutes later, 900 Atonement Points were credited to his account. Ma Lu bought the Chameleon Double-Barrel Shotgun and was left with 223 Atonement Points, not enough to buy much else, so he decided to save them for next time.
Ma Lu then started browsing through the mission module, planning to collect ingredients and at the same time earn some Atonement Points to enhance the witch.
During the week he was away, the Sacred Order of Knights had assigned him 3 long-term missions, all optional; he only needed to complete one.
But by the time Ma Lu checked, one of the missions had already become unavailable.
It seemed someone else had taken it up mid-way, so only two remained.
[Cleaning Task]: Clear the remaining Energized Plants in the Northern Forest, rewards given according to the number killed.
[Collection Task]: Go to the Goladot Mountains, collect at least four pieces of Meteorite Debris, reward: 100,000 Holy Silver Coins, 1200 Atonement Points. For every additional piece of Meteorite Debris found, get an extra 20,000 Holy Silver Coins, 300 Atonement Points.