Chapter 158: New Servant: Wandering Knight A

Liu Zong truly had to admire Dorothy's ever-evolving imagination. When she previously sent undead minions, she offered a choice of three cards, but this time, since she claimed to be sending nesting eggshells, she directly delivered a capsule toy machine.

Looking at the gold, silver, and ordinary eggs inside the machine, Liu Zong really couldn't understand if Dorothy was doing this just for fun.

Did she not have to expend any energy to send things into this miniature world? Exactly what did she consider this miniature world to be?

While complaining inwardly, Liu Zong pressed the switch of the capsule toy machine, hoping for a bit of good luck. He couldn't help but have expectations, knowing that the previous two undead minions didn't seem to be the absolute best options.

This time, as Liu Zong pressed the start button, the capsule toy machine spun around and finally spat out a half-person-high giant silver egg right in front of him.

The moment Liu Zong placed his hand on the silver giant egg, he noticed blood-red patterns emerging on its surface, centering around his palm.

Initially, Liu Zong thought these patterns would form a human face or something similar on the surface of the silver egg, much like that chattering eggshell lion behind him.

To his surprise, the silver egg split open along the blood-red patterns, revealing a thick layer of white gauze designed for shock absorption.

A gentle breeze blew past, causing the white gauze to drift away in all directions. Through the gauze, Liu Zong caught sight of a clustered yellow humanoid figure—this must be the core of the toy, what Dorothy referred to as an eggshell action figure.

This humanoid figure had no facial features; its head was simply a sphere, its body was elongated, and its shoulder joints could move freely. Its hands were clenched into fists with fused fingers, featuring only a single hole that seemingly served as a socket to hold weapons.

After leaping out from beneath the white gauze, the figure quickly stood up. Liu Zong realized that this humanoid was the tallest among all the undead minions sent so far, standing at a full one-to-nine meters tall. Disregarding its spherical head, its physique appeared quite flawless.

Before Liu Zong could fully assess it, the disassembled silver eggshells automatically twisted and morphed into a complete set of heavy knight armor, encasing the humanoid figure.

Following that, the white gauze flew in from all directions, transforming into a sweeping white cloak outside the knight's heavy armor.

Once all of this was completed, a two-handed greatsword appeared in front of the knight armor, fitting perfectly into the hole in the humanoid's palm, striking the classic sword-holding pose of a castle's knight statue.

[Wandering Knight Armor (Blue)]
[Race: Undead]
[Level: Lv1 (2 Stars)]
[Attributes: Strength 8, Agility 6, Physique 5, Spirit 7]
[Skills: Fixed-Point Patrol, Guard Stance, Weapon Collection]
[Description: Originally a decorative knight armor in a duke's castle, it spent far too much time bathed in moonlight. Until the day the duke's clan was exterminated, deep resentment shroud the castle, and the eerie Yin energy caused the knight armor to begin wandering, guarding whatever it could lay its eyes upon.]

Looking at the knight armor before him, Liu Zong took a deep breath. This undead's attributes were quite impressive; although it couldn't compare to the current Shepherding Bear, it already surpassed the Red Spring-Wind, which could only strike once a day.

Most importantly, the knight armor's skills—Fixed-Point Patrol and Guard Stance—indicated that it was a defense-oriented undead. Perhaps its offensive power fell short of the Red Spring-Wind, and it might not be as tanky as the Shepherding Bear, but it was the finest guard for the night. With its presence, Liu Zong could finally sleep soundly in the wilderness.

Having confirmed his final acquisition, Liu Zong prepared to depart alongside Bai Qi. He still had to face the final two bosses; unless those two were eliminated, it wouldn't be long before three new bosses corresponding to the three guardians appeared here once more.

With this thought in mind, Liu Zong didn't linger and directly informed the eggshell lion of the situation.

Upon hearing this, the eggshell lion immediately piped up, "Even if you're leaving, you should eat something before you go... How about this... or maybe like that..."

While the lion was speaking, a row of normal-egg-sized spheres appeared before them. Bai Qi directly picked one up, cracked it open, and swallowed it whole.

Afterward, Bai Qi patted his stomach and remarked, "Not bad, this one has a hint of wine flavor. How was it cultivated?"

Curious, Liu Zong also picked up an egg and inspected it first, realizing that there were indeed some peculiar patterns on its surface, which presumably represented the egg's attributes.

As Liu Zong pondered this, he casually cracked open the egg and swallowed it in one gulp. The liquid inside the egg he ate was orange in color, filled with the taste of orange juice. After consuming it, a wave of refreshing coolness washed over his eyes, which should provide some enhancement to his vision.

Liu Zong certainly wouldn't pass up something beneficial. Disregarding everything else, he directly picked up the remaining eggs on the ground and began eating.

After consuming about seven or eight eggs, another batch was brought before Liu Zong and Bai Qi. However, these were no longer chicken-egg-sized; each was half a person high, with various animals painted on their shells.

Before Liu Zong could figure it out, the eggshell lion had already chimed in, "Let me tell you... Anyway, since you just want to cross the mountain, why not let them carry you across? Look, you're not in a rush anymore, so how about this... or like that..."

Amidst the constant chattering of the eggshell lion, Liu Zong and Bai Qi were hoisted up by several eggs and began sliding toward the peak of the Cream Mountains.

These eggs moved at a remarkable speed, and being quite lightweight, the cream had zero friction effect on them, causing them to accelerate continuously instead.

If it were just that, this would have been a rather pleasant way to travel, but the eggshell lion kept chattering beside them the entire time, making the journey a form of torture.

When they finally reached the summit with great difficulty, there was no sign from the eggshell lion that it intended to turn back. Instead, it told them, "See that? Down there is the Yellow Brick Road. Let me tell you... After talking for so long, you probably still don't get it. How about this, I'll accompany you down anyway. It's been a long time since I went to the other side of the mountain... Let me tell you..."

As it spoke, the eggs carrying Liu Zong and Bai Qi directly initiated a rapid slide down the mountain, at a speed eight or nine times faster than the ascent. In the blink of an eye, the journey that had taken them nearly an entire day to circle around was finished in an instant. Just like that, they were delivered by the eggshell lion right back to the outer fringes of the Candy Forest where they had started.

Glancing at the Yellow Brick Road not far away, Liu Zong turned his head to look at Bai Qi. "Should we go find the Tin Man and see if he has any good food so we can have another proper meal?"