Infinite Cafetaria

Chapter 159: Walking the grid

"Wake up, Lord Knight... wake up, the battle is over."

Malu felt someone pushing his shoulder in a daze. He subconsciously wanted to reach out and rub his eyes, but he was punched in the face. There was a sound of steel colliding, and even his head was buzzing. Buzzing.

But this also woke up Malu from his previous drowsiness. It took him about two seconds to remember where this was and why he fell asleep.

Just three minutes ago, Malu and Skylark planned to clean up a peppermint hypnotist, who was hiding in the room in front of him.

This thing has 2 fewer HP points than the Cauliflower Thinker, only a measly 17 points, but its ability is very annoying and can forcefully hypnotize all creatures within a 5-meter radius.

And I don’t know if it was a coincidence, but the straight-line distance between the corner where the guy was squatting and the door of the house was exactly 5 meters.

In other words, whoever wants to enter this room will be hypnotized by the mint hypnotist inside when he opens the door.

This position can be said to be full of malice.

 Fortunately, Malu had discovered its existence in advance through the chessboard map, and clicked on the profile picture to read the basic information about the mint hypnotist.

 This means that as long as the position is coquettish enough, Skylark can deal crazy damage to the opponent in the early stages of the battle.

 On the other hand, Malu has been thinking of ways to develop its own uses.

 So he clicked on his own blue avatar and saw the attributes behind it.

Even though Malu, as an ordinary person, has no magic power and cannot cause effective damage to those activated plants, he noticed that the knight armor provided by the church seemed to be particularly durable when he helped Skylark resist the flame attack of the flaming bell pepper.

This is also the reason why Skylark, which has only 5 attack points and 32 HP points, can continuously defeat strong enemies under his command.

After being sprayed by flames for a full seven or eight seconds, the temperature only rose by less than 5 degrees, and the wearer, Malu, was unscathed.

In the past twenty minutes, he has commanded Skylark to eliminate 14 enemies, and gradually formed a clear idea on how to use Skylark.

Even if it is just scraping, scraping too much can be fatal.

But the problem comes again at this time. The only witch that Malu can command now is Skylark. Without opening the door, there is no way to deal with the peppermint hypnotist inside. Once the door is opened, Skylark will be hypnotized.

 So Ma Lu’s final choice was... to go on his own.

By monitoring the movement routes of those activated plants, he can avoid places where enemies gather and look for lone individuals to attack. In addition, the environment in this abandoned warehouse is complex enough and there are many terrains that can be used. Malu's operating space is even greater. Big.

Skylark has low attack and thin skin, can't deal damage and can't stand on the field. However, as a shooter, she also has a hidden advantage, which is-long hands.

 After turning on the chessboard map, what Ma Lu is best at is moving on the grid.

　　Yes, although his current situation is very much like playing a war chess game, it is different from ordinary war chess games. As a player or commander, he is also on the chess board and is regarded as a unit.

ˆ HP: 45/45

  Armor: 87/100

 Attack power: 0

 Defense: 9(↓)

The zero eggs in the middle attack power row are a bit dazzling, and the HP can only be said to be average, but the armor and defense power are quite eye-catching, especially the defense power, which is higher than the attacks of many activated plants.

There was still a descending arrow on the back. Malu guessed it was because of the penetrating wound on his chest. If it could be repaired, the defense would be able to increase a little, but that was a story for another day.

After realizing that he had thick armor and high defense, Malu consciously took on some of the responsibilities of a tank, attracting firepower when necessary and protecting the long-range units in the team. And he also did this kind of job of stepping on thunder and attracting monsters by himself.

 After rushing over and knocking open the door, Malu was put down by hypnosis as expected and fell asleep.

But Skylark behind him could already see the Peppermint Hypnotist in the room at this time. After that, she fired a total of five shots and got rid of the Peppermint Hypnotic before he could get close to the fallen Malu.

As soon as the mint hypnotist died, Skylark quickly ran forward and shook the millipede awake.

Although there is no favorability module in this broken system, Ma Lu can feel that the girl's eyes are completely different from before entering the warehouse, and the admiration in her eyes is almost overflowing.

Skylark really didn't expect that she could be so good. She had always been a weak figure in school before. If it weren't for the help of Birds of Paradise and Cerberus, she probably wouldn't have been able to graduate.

Even after becoming an official witch, she was not well received by the knight, and she could clearly feel the latter's contempt and disgust for her.

 In the end, after changing to a knight halfway through, she was able to stand alone.

　　After killing the difficult Peppermint Hypnotist, Skylark's waist became straighter.

And this time the knight was so gentle that he even used his body to protect her.

The education that Skylark received since childhood is that witches must fight for the knights and the church, and must protect their knights, because if the knights have an accident, the witches will also be hanged by the church.

On the other hand, if the witch under his command dies, the knight will only be held accountable at most, and sometimes he will not even be reprimanded.

 So only witches have always guarded knights, but it is rare to hear knights protecting witches.

However, the new knight is good in everything, but sometimes his behavior is a bit strange.

Just like now, the first thing Skylark did after seeing Malu getting up was to run to the body of the mint hypnotist.

 Happily, he scratched it with a knife, cleanly cutting off the two arms and half of the body of the Peppermint Hypnotist, and put them into the plastic bag he was holding.

While cutting and returning it, he muttered, "We hunted this thing together, and I won't take advantage of you. Each of us will get half of it."

Hearing this, Skylark shook his head like a rattle, "No, Sir Knight, I don't want it."

"Why don't you want it? Even if you don't eat it, you can just take it back to the city and sell it for money."

Hearing this, Skylark's expression suddenly changed, "Sir Knight, what did you say just now that you asked me to eat...eat it?"

 “Well, what’s the problem?”

“Plants in the wild are poisonous and cannot be taken.”

“Oh, is that so? No wonder I couldn’t scan the ingredients before, but these are different,” Malu pointed to the mint hypnotist at his feet, “This thing is definitely edible.”

"No, no, no, no," Skylark waved her hands repeatedly, "Even if you can eat it, you absolutely can't eat it, because these are unclean things, and no one will buy them." She paused, and then added, "I'll come back later. Temple City, you must never reveal your intention to eat these things in front of the church.”

 (End of this chapter)