Chapter 482

Chapter 482

After cleaning up the chaotic scene, leaving a few elemental mages to smooth out the ground, the mage team, except for those handling the Mushroom Growers, retreated to their research institutes like groundhogs.

With the crisis resolved, the groundhogs could happily return to their burrows and work!

Life goes on, and so does work!

Keep working hard!

After confirming that the Mushroom Growers were indeed responsible for the grand scene, everyone in Blue Star had a significant change in their perception of these seemingly harmless, mushroom-producing creatures.

Leaving such creatures to just grow mushrooms would be such a waste that people might want to storm Blue Star.

The mage team also realized there might have been some minor flaws in their previous assessments of the Mushroom Growers' abilities.

The main issue was with the Mushroom Growers' abilities. While each individual ability might not seem impressive when measured alone, their abilities could actually be synergized. When these Mushroom Growers used their intelligence to link their abilities together, forming something like a combo skill, the effect was as powerful as any B-level pure attack-type pet.

The chain reaction from the numerous explosive mushrooms revealed the terrifying potential of the Mushroom Growers.

Moreover, this was the most effective combat pet in Blue Star so far, where the abilities of the same species could synergize to produce such a significant effect.

Additionally, they were social creatures, dependent on their companions, so this type of pet might be ideal for militarization!

If that were the case, their value would skyrocket.

Just like the Windbreaking Horses, the reason the knight orders were so eager to acquire them was not just because they were smarter and stronger than the mounts high-level knights forcibly captured, and because they weren't level-restricted and could be owned by anyone.

The main reason was that when gathered, Windbreaking Horses could form a special barrier that both defended and enhanced the knights' strength.

This was a trait of both the knight profession and the Windbreaking Horses.

After all, currently, only knights and Windbreaking Horses could easily create such a barrier together, achieving an effect where one plus one far exceeded two, creating the knight battle formation that other professions coveted.

If the Mushroom Growers could create a similar effect when gathered, like the Windbreaking Horses, then this inherently attack-oriented pet could contribute far more to battle than the Windbreaking Horses!

This idea excited the entire pet shop.

When Lorant returned to his shop, he found that whether it was the mage team or the guard team, most of the Blue Star staff seemed to have a strong curiosity about the Mushroom Growers while also retaining a lot of respect for them.

In their words and actions, they showed great importance to this type of pet. The guard captain, while reporting the situation of the pet shop to him, kept hinting that he wanted to equip his guard team with a few Mushroom Growers.

After undergoing strict training and spending day and night with pets, beastmasters would develop a sense of respect for pets, especially combat-type pets.

These were their comrades, beings who could fight alongside them and save their lives in times of danger.

Naturally, they had the respect and emotions they should have, but being able to project such feelings onto a pet they hadn't interacted with much could only prove that this pet was indeed powerful and had abilities that made it lovable.

The Mushroom Growers were such a pet.

As a friendly partner of Blue Star, the outpost had the advantage of proximity. So, after the big explosion, Tu Si, who was sent to the pet shop by the outpost, quickly figured out the whole story.

Thus, this knight, who had a good relationship with the young master of Blue Star, started to shamelessly linger in Blue Star, trying to get Joe to agree to give the outpost a batch of Mushroom Growers.

The existence of the Mushroom Growers had been known to the outpost for some time, but at that time, neither the outpost nor the entire knight order paid much attention to this type of pet.

At least in terms of importance, the Mushroom Growers were not only ranked behind the Windbreaking Horses but also behind the Glassy Ice Flame Dogs and the Wingless Flywheels.

The knight orders were now accustomed to cooperating with the Glassy Ice Flame Dogs and the Wingless Flywheels. They had even arranged separate battle formations for these two types of pets. Unless the pet shop could introduce a pet with significantly stronger combat power than the Glassy Ice Flame Dogs and more suitable for the knight orders, they were not planning to accept other pets into their teams on a large scale in the short term.

Of course, small-scale beast pet cavalry units are still willing to be inclusive and accepting.

Adding another type of beast pet provides an additional attack method, and it also allows the knights to experience the feeling of cooperating with other beast pets. Perhaps some remarkable synergy could emerge as a result.

But at this moment, everything that the Mushroom Grower has shown has made Tu Si thrilled. Even without the command from the cavalry unit, he wants to fight for his outpost and patrol team.

He is confident that this type of beast pet can cooperate perfectly with the cavalry unit.

After all, these little guys actually have such advanced reconnaissance capabilities, which is a power that other beast pets do not possess. If used properly, the outpost's workload could be significantly lightened!

Now, the work of relocating the Black Forest outpost is gradually unfolding. Besides the outpost next to Blue Star, the cavalry unit has quickly built a more secure forward base in the Black Forest, which is more stable than a simple outpost, and is working tirelessly to construct it, striving to move the entire outpost line forward as soon as possible.

This work is naturally extremely difficult. If it were a few years ago, it would probably take decades or even hundreds of years to complete this work.

But the sudden rise of the beast pet shop has brought unexpected surprises to the cavalry unit.

A large number of immediately deployable forces have brought huge changes to this world.

In the outpost, it is reflected in the fact that the dangerous beasts that adventurers couldn't handle and had to be faced by the knights of the outpost have now become in high demand.

On the outskirts of the Black Forest, the beasts' power is naturally limited.

Even a C-level beast pet like the Wingless Flywheel is enough to dominate here. If there are powerful beast pets like the Glassy Ice Flame Dog or the Furious Ragdoll Bear and Shadowstrike Cat, as long as you don't go to the core area of the Black Forest, and you're not unlucky enough to encounter high-level beasts that have strayed from the core area of the Black Forest, then this perilous forest feels almost like your backyard.

At least when your beast pet has spare energy, this place is simply a place where hunting enthusiasts among the beast masters can come and go as they please.

Of course, there are still a few beast masters who are really so arrogant and reckless. Before encountering beast pets, these adventurers were beaten up by the Black Forest from a young age, so naturally, they would not have any contempt for this place.

Even with beast pets to rely on, they are still very cautious in hunting here with the strength of their beast pets, so there has been no tragedy of being trapped and dying in the Black Forest after exhausting the power of their beast pets.

With these adventurous beast masters who are keen on hunting, the outpost can control the Black Forest's expansion with minimal effort, ensuring safety.

Thus, more manpower and material resources can be invested in the construction of the forward outposts.

To build new outposts, how to deter beasts from approaching or to detect and deal with beasts as soon as they approach is the biggest problem currently faced by the outposts.

Depending only on the Magic Council's beast barriers is far from enough to ensure the safety of those ordinary craftsmen.

Even with the addition of the long-term stationed knights at the front, it is still not enough.

Similar to Tu Si, most knights in the outposts are of lower rank. The more powerful individuals either left the cavalry unit to become independent adventurers, or were transferred by the cavalry unit to the Lopulo Mountains where more combat power is needed.

Therefore, after Blue Star donated ten adult Glassy Ice Flame Dogs here, these beast pets immediately became one of the strongest forces that the outpost could dispatch on a daily basis.

More importantly, these large creatures are diligent and never slack, whether patrolling the Black Forest or the surrounding villages.

This has made them the outpost's beloved mascots. Although there is no clear ownership, every knight in the outpost has poured all their love into these majestic big guys.

These organized Glassy Ice Flame Dogs not only eat well and sleep well every day, but also have different people specially serving them to comb their hair and scratch their itches. Every day, attentive caretakers provide delicious fruits and snacks, and the Glassy Ice Flame Dogs in the outpost are extremely happy every day.

With these little guys as examples, Lorant has no objection to entrusting beast pets to large organizations and not making contracts within a certain period of time.

This model is probably the same as police dogs, serving as capable warriors during their prime, and then choosing to return to normal life after a certain period of time.

At present, there is nothing inappropriate.

These powerful Glassy Ice Flame Dogs usually have their own fixed work content in the outpost, whether it is daily patrols or maintaining combat readiness at all times to prevent some unpredictable accidents, which are all part of their daily work. It is obviously unrealistic to let these Glassy Ice Flame Dogs go to the forward outpost as bodyguards.

This is also the main reason why Tu Si turned his attention to the Mushroom Grower.

It must be said that the Mushroom Grower's capabilities perfectly match the strength and functionality currently required by the outpost.

Given the success of the Glassy Ice Flame Dog, Tu Si is quite confident about acquiring these Mushroom Growers.

After all, the collaboration between Blue Star and the outpost has remained uninterrupted over the past couple of years.

Moreover, Tu Si now holds a significant position within the outpost, allowing him to make decisions independently and even sign contracts with the beast shop immediately, without worrying about the outpost's subsequent disapproval.

However, the real issue isn't whether the outpost is willing to sign the contract, but whether the beast shop is willing to grant the outpost an additional purchase quota.