Chapter 348

Chapter 348

However, Lorant was not concerned about these political intrigues. He only knew that the current Princess had ascended to the throne with his help, which meant that the various measures the Beast Pet Shop wanted to implement and promote within the empire could now proceed more smoothly. At the same time, he had one less enemy who might trip him up from behind.

This was the best outcome he could have hoped for after all his efforts.

In fact, in Lorant's plans, he hoped to have his own forces infiltrate not just the royal family and the Imperial Parliament, but also the military, the church, the Magic Council, and other organizations.

He did not seek to completely control these organizations or cause them to split.

But as long as he could plant a nail, he would no longer be as passive as before, relying on others for all his information. Any movement against him could be detected immediately, allowing him to respond calmly.

For example, within the church, both Jeremy, the rising and increasingly popular new bishop, and Doris, the child with a special status, were people Lorant wanted to push further.

He would provide as much support as possible to these insiders, helping them climb higher.

It was precisely because of the support from the Beast Pet Shop that Jeremy had been able to rise smoothly to his current position. Even with the help of Archbishop Frank, he could not have immediately become a bishop with significant power and respect after becoming a bishop.

As for the military, Lorant felt that with his relationship with Lancelot, General Lindbergh was his best and most natural ally. Therefore, Lorant had not yet started to formally target the military!

The same was true for the Magic Council. With the Beast Tower showing signs of breaking away from the Magic Council, Lorant wanted to plant a nail belonging to the Beast Pet Shop within the Magic Council as well.

However, this plan had not yet been implemented. The Magic Council, though a large organization, was actually a loose collection of factions.

Each Mage Tower operated independently, which made it difficult for Lorant to insert his own people.

He couldn't possibly place an insider in every Mage Tower!

But if he only placed someone among the council members of the Magic Council, it wouldn't have much effect.

Invited by the Princess along with Lancelot, Lorant now sat in Holland Castle, overlooking the gardens below and the cityscape in the distance, feeling somewhat troubled by his plans.

"Congratulations, Daisy," Lorant greeted the Princess with a smile as she entered the reception room with a radiant smile and an air of confidence.

The Princess's smile faltered for a moment, but she quickly regained her composure and warmly walked over to give Lorant a big hug.

"Store Manager, I must thank you for your support today. I will never forget it!" Daisy said with genuine sincerity, lowering her stance considerably.

Before entering this reception room, she had already received countless congratulations from friends and subordinates.

Having suddenly become Queen, Daisy naturally felt a bit elated, as if she had everything under control.

But after seeing Lorant and being subtly reminded by his words, Daisy immediately adjusted her attitude.

With a thunderous force, she had pulled the Regent from power and forcefully reshuffled the Imperial Parliament. It was indeed exhilarating, so much so that Daisy had the illusion that everything was within her grasp.

It wasn't until she saw Lorant that she suddenly realized that everything she had achieved today was actually given to her by the Store Manager of the Beast Pet Shop.

Whether it was the high-end combat power of the shadowy ghost spiders or the deterrence created by countless beast pets, they all belonged to the Beast Pet Shop, not to her.

If he wished, Lorant could easily replace her with someone else today, which would be no trouble at all for the Beast Pet Shop.

Daisy was indeed the only daughter of the late king, but the royal family was not just her. If those who also coveted the throne gained the support of the Beast Pet Shop, then the roles could easily be reversed, and the Queen admitted that she, like the Regent, would be powerless to resist.

Her mind immediately cleared. To push forward her political vision, to change the empire, or even just to maintain the current suppression of the Imperial Parliament, she needed to continue to have the support of the Beast Pet Shop.

"I look forward to the new policies of the royal family," Lorant said with a smile, sipping his fragrant tea. "I hope the Princess can fulfill her promises, at least not making me feel that today's choice was wrong. I chose you not because of what you could bring me, but because you have enough foresight, that's all."

His words were quite blunt, but the Princess showed no sign of dissatisfaction.

"Of course! I will never let you down," Daisy said solemnly.

She understood Lorant's meaning—he wasn't trying to seize the opportunity to demand benefits or advantages related to the Beast Pet Shop. He was reminding her to remember the vision she had shared with him and to become a qualified ruler who truly prioritizes the welfare of the people.

The princess knew Lorant was that kind of person. Some words might sound grandiose when spoken by others, but from his mouth, they carried an indescribable persuasiveness.

This also led the princess to secretly admire him.

With the royal affairs concluded, Lorant's attention returned to the work of breeding beast pets.

A new batch of Dream Weavers had already taken up a significant area in the Beast Pet Shop's indoor activity room.

These quiet little creatures clearly disliked the rowdy furballs of the Wingless Flywheels. Like Little Qing and Little Black, these two types of beast pets seemed inherently incompatible.

Even when separated onto different floors of the activity room to minimize contact, small skirmishes often erupted between them.

These conflicts were mainly sparked by the idle little coal balls of the Wingless Flywheels.

After Lorant starved all the Wingless Flywheels for a day and taught them a lesson, such scenes became less common.

The Dream Weavers wouldn't remain in the Beast Pet Shop for long. When the shop recently released the first batch of Dream Weavers on the Blue Star platform, it unsurprisingly stirred up both the Magic Council and the Church.

The mages who had previously paid deposits naturally rushed to the Beast Pet Shop, eagerly awaiting the Dream Weavers they had longed for over a year.

Even when told that these Dream Weavers needed to stay in the Beast Pet Shop a bit longer to complete their socialization before being taken away, not a single mage was willing to leave the shop's vicinity.

Over the past two days, the hotels near the Beast Pet Shop were fully booked. Those wealthy and enviable mages directly booked expensive hotels for a month, wishing they could move a bed next to their Dream Weavers every day.

More mages flooded into the Beast Pet Shop, spending their Blue Star points lavishly just to order a Dream Weaver.

For a while, the lack of new Dream Weavers had made many mages uneasy, wondering if even the Beast Pet Shop could no longer breed such magical creatures.

This made many people hesitate to pre-order Dream Weavers and start to wait and see. However, seeing their peers happily leaving with Dream Weavers this year, they could no longer sit still.

Moreover, this batch of Dream Weavers was no longer available for group purchases by organizations; only individual registrations were accepted. This made the mages from large organizations and the priests from the Church even more anxious.

This further caused a surge in pre-orders.

The only thing Lorant hadn't expected was that shamans from the orc race, priests from the elves, white hammers from the dwarves, and other spellcasting professions from various races also joined in this grand event.

To be honest, Lorant wasn't even sure if Dream Weavers could have the same effect on these professions, but their enthusiasm was overwhelming.

Fortunately, after some simple experiments, the unique abilities of Dream Weavers indeed worked equally well for all spellcasting professions, not disappointing their fervor.

This also caused the Dream Weaver craze to spread beyond the empire, sweeping through the territories of every intelligent race.

Not only did Dream Weavers reignite a wave of frenzy among mages, but the Beast Pet Shop's latest offering, the Wulu Shell, was hailed as a 'transcendent beast pet,' sparking immense interest among both practitioners and non-practitioners alike.

More importantly, this was a completely new beast pet, and relative to its high price, the quantity was relatively sufficient.

Like Dream Weavers, Wulu Shells were exclusive to the Blue Star platform. Without points, they couldn't be purchased with ordinary gold coins, but this didn't dampen people's enthusiasm for them.

After appearing on the Blue Star platform, this expensive beast pet sold out completely in just three days.

This once again astonished those who followed the Beast Pet Shop.

No one could have imagined that such an expensive beast pet would face no skepticism about its price and abilities. Instead, it was almost instantly snapped up.

The price range of 100,000 to 500,000, converted into Blue Star points, was an astonishingly large sum.

On the Blue Star platform, there are currently not many organizations or individuals with such a massive amount of points. However, after the debut of the Wulu Shell, a large number of scattered individual points have flowed into specific accounts through various transactions, fulfilling their desires to obtain beast pets.

This massive wave of transactions has opened more people's eyes to the powerhouse market behind the Blue Star platform. Each point is a true hard currency, equivalent to gold coins, and users don't have to worry about devaluation of Blue Star points. In fact, since the establishment of Blue Star, the exchange rate of Blue Star points has remained very stable against gold coins.

It's only in the last couple of days, driven by the new pets, that the points have become slightly more expensive. From beginning to end, there has been no sign of a collapse in the value of Blue Star points.

This has given more adventurer groups the confidence to invest without hesitation in the Blue Star platform. If tracked, the number of tasks accepted by the adventurers' guild during this period would show a near-plummet.

Countless adventurers have flocked to the embrace of Blue Star.