Dwarf Knight?

"Dwarf... knight." Hogg quietly repeated the four words.

Seeing her expression, Landen could not help but slap his forehead. Just by looking at her, he knew without even having to guess what image had appeared in this Beast-eared Cutie's mind.

A dwarf with a huge beard, clad in silver-white heavy armor, holding a war hammer and riding a goat.

He was battling a gigantic demon. As more and more wounds appeared on his body and he was almost unable to withstand the demon's attacks, he suddenly raised his war hammer high and shouted, "Believe in Brother Chun!" In an instant, all his wounds healed, his health and mana were fully restored, and his combat power increased by several hundred thousand...

"I wasn't talking about a Dwarf Paladin." Landen could only explain, "I mean one of the troop types of the dwarves in this world."

Dwarf Knights could be considered a rather famous troop type in this world. Ordinary Dwarf Knights generally rode Battle Goats specially bred and trained by the dwarves. They wore three layers of overlapping Chainmail, wielded a war hammer or heavy War Sword in one hand, and carried a shield in the other.

This kind of Dwarf Knight was considered the "standard configuration." Basically, any Dwarf Clan of medium strength or above would have a Dwarf Knight Order like this.

Aside from them, there was another kind of Dwarf Knight that existed only in legend. They truly were legendary, because they had appeared only in legendary tales.

According to legend, this Dwarf Knight Order was a force dedicated to guarding Dwarf Holy City Ironforge. They would appear only when Ironforge came under attack. Their mounts were not Battle Goats, but a kind of Giant Pangolin found only in the deep rocky regions underground. These Dwarf Knights wore indestructible Star Steel Armor, and their weapons were Meteor Hammers forged with Adamantine Mithril!

Every Giant Pangolin Dwarf Knight possessed terrifying Gold Rank strength. When they formed a unit, even the armies of the gods would tremble before them!

To others, legends were merely legends. To Landen, however, they truly existed. Back when he had still been "Brother Degang," he had personally witnessed the terrifying might of the Giant Pangolin Knight Order in that game.

They appeared in silence, charged in silence, silently cut down enemies numbering dozens of times their own, silently annihilated a god, and then silently disappeared once more!

"If you ranked every race in this world by how suited they were to becoming knights, the dwarves and Minotaurs would certainly be near the top. As for the Hobgoblins, they could absolutely rank in the top—"

"They're considered useless not because they're truly hopelessly weak. The main reason is that they're hopelessly fat... Ahem! They're shut-ins. They're so lazy that their strength naturally can't improve, and they naturally become useless. So long as we can change this flaw of theirs and supplement it with a proper training method, I'm very confident that I can bring out their potential. And as it happens, I have a way to make them get rid of that flaw."

Hogg listened to Landen with a serious expression. Then she realized that he had finished speaking, yet was still staring at her. A bewildered look appeared on her face, which immediately turned into shock and rejection. "You mean me? I'm the leader of the Riverclaw Jackalmen! Making me lead a group of useless creatures like that would be an insult to me!"

"So, are you willing or not?" Landen asked leisurely. He was enjoying the expression on Hogg's face. A serious Beast-eared Cutie was already incredibly cute, but seeing her make an expression like this once in a while was quite amusing as well.

"This..." A look of struggle appeared on Hogg's face, but in the end, she still said seriously, "I will follow the lord's orders in everything."

"Don't worry. You definitely won't be disappointed." Landen nodded and gently patted Hogg on the shoulder.

"I definitely won't disappoint you, my lord!" Hogg seemed to have received tremendous encouragement and nodded solemnly.

However, she could never have imagined...

"Wow! So this is a cute girl's body. It's really so smooth and tender! I can't take it anymore. I've decided not to wash my hand for the entire day!" Landen had not heard a word Hogg said. At that moment, he was staring at the hand with which he had patted Hogg's shoulder, completely immersed in endless lewd fantasies.

Poor lord. While calling others shut-ins, he had completely forgotten that, at heart, he was nothing more than a shut-in himself.

"My lord, isn't it a waste to have Miss Hogg train those Hobgoblins?"

"A waste? No, no, no, Old Niu. Not at all. Those Hobgoblins will become an important force under my command in the future."

"They will? Become an important force?"

"Of course, Old Niu. Fine, I never expected you to understand. As it happens, there's a task I need you to carry out."

"Please give your orders, my lord."

"Old Niu, do you remember the Rock Lizards you used to feed that Man-eating Flower?"

"Yes, my lord. Thanks to them, that Man-eating Flower grew so well. Oh, right, I forgot to report this to you, my lord. That Man-eating Flower seems to be showing signs of reproducing. I think this is all thanks to those Rock Lizards."

"Old Niu! Old Niu, don't go off-topic. I'm talking about those Rock Lizards."

"Sorry for the trouble, my lord."

"I see you manage to bring back a Rock Lizard every few days. Your capture skills seem quite good."

"Of course, my lord. All Minotaurs are natural-born hunters and beast tamers."

"Very good. I like that confidence. In that case, help me capture a Rock Lizard, will you?"

"What, my lord?"

"I don't mean those tiny things a few meters long that you use as flower fertilizer. I want a huge one at least meters long. It would be best if you could catch one that already had a Flame Qi Cluster inside its body."

"I was saying, my lord, that there seems to be something wrong with my ears. I didn't hear you clearly."

"No, Old Niu. You heard exactly what I said. There's nothing wrong. Don't worry, I won't send you alone. I'll have the Lari Brothers bring the Hobgoblins to help you. Oh, right, this Rock Lizard is very important to me. I really don't want anything to go wrong, okay~"

"Yes... my lord."

For knights, the most important thing was their compatibility with their mounts. The higher the compatibility, the better the results they could achieve.

Just like the Battle Goats and Giant Pangolins ridden by the dwarves, or the Great Yaks and even Golden Savage Bulls ridden by Minotaurs. If you gave them a horse or a donkey instead, then even if that knight possessed strength beyond Gold Rank, they would not be able to display half of it.

As for goblins, what suited them best was precisely all kinds of giant lizards. Among them, the Rock Lizards living in volcanic regions could definitely rank among the top five!