It looked excitedly at its Beast Tamer, but Riley was lost in thought.
In fact, Riley was still processing the truth his Fire Dog told him just now.
He thought his Fire Dog was a bit silly. It had spent all that time to slamming itself at the tree just for the berry.
Did the food at the Spirit Beast Breeding Base not fill it up its stomache?
With its small body, how could it ever knock the berry down?
It might as well have used its Charge move on the tree...
Now, after all that slamming, not only did the berry not fall, but it had a headache...
Why couldn't it just climb the tree?
"Bark!"
"Bark!"
Fire Dog's barking brought Riley back to reality.
"I'm fine," Riley said.
"Bark."
Fire Dog nodded and forgot about its initial intention to call its Beast Tamer, and continuing with the training.
At 5:53 PM, the training was over.
Fire Dog lay exhausted on the ground. Riley gently picked it up and sighed, "You're the best Fire Dog I've ever seen."
Though he hadn't seen many Fire Dogs, that didn't stop him from praising it.
Even when it had no strength left, it gritted its teeth and persevered to complete the tenth charge.
After an afternoon of practice, there was certainly progress in its attacks.
"Bark~"
Fire Dog, nestled in Riley's arms, blushed a rare moment of shyness.
"I'll take you to have a nice meal," Riley smiled.
...
Oriberry Restaurant.
Fire Dog stared in amazement at the food spread on the table.
berry platters, berry salad, berry noodles, berry ice cream, berry cake, berry jelly, berry pie, berry juice...
The entire table was filled with various dishes made from berry.
*Gurgle...*
Fire Dog's stomach rumbled as it gazed at the spread.
"Eat up quickly," Riley said gently.
Without further hesitation, Fire Dog picked up a slice of berry cake with its paw and devoured it.
Riley found the scene exceptionally heartwarming and beautiful.
However, this beautiful scene came at a cost...
The cost was five percent of Riley's assets, plus a scolding from his mother...
...
Three days later.
*Bang!*
A flame, the size of an adult's fist, exploded from Fire Dog's mouth, shattering a distant rock and leaving a sizable crater.
...
[ Name: Fire Dog ]
[ Type: Fire ]
[ Level: Beginner (127/1000)+ ]
[ Moves: Bite (Novice 74/100)+, Charge (Proficient 168/500)+, Fire Fang (Proficient 116/500)+, Spark (Proficient 135/500)+ ]
[ Move Points: 55 ]
...
In just four days, Fire Dog had reached proficiency in both Fire Fang and Spark.
Riley was pleased with Fire Dog's rapid progress.
If anyone were to find out, it would certainly cause a major uproar.
Let's put aside Spark for now, as it's not unheard for exceptionally talented and special Spirit Beasts to master basic level moves in a short time.
But Fire Fang is a different story. It's a genuine intermediate level move!
Normally, it takes an average of six months to go from novice to proficient in an intermediate level move, and Fire Dog achieved it in just four days!
At this moment, Fire Dog was wearing the emerald green color triangular sunglasses that had arrived two days ago, and focusing on move release training.
With the red and green combination, Fire Dog's charisma was on the rise. Many children playing in the park stopped to watch, but they kept their distance due to the flames around Fire Dog.
In these past few days, Fire Dog had learned to perform the training on its own without Riley's guidance.
Under the Parasol tree, Riley sat reading a book. Ever since Fire Dog had increase the proficiency of Spark and Fire Fang to Proficient, he no longer worried about the upcoming special admission test for Spirit Beast Battles at St. Angela High School.
No one else who had just formed a contract with their Spirit Beasts could possibly have an intermediate level move with a Proficient level as Fire Dog did.
Fire Dog's speed had steadily improved over these days. Yesterday, it completed a lap while wearing the weight bearing ring in just 22 minutes and 7 seconds, nearly 7 minutes faster than the first day.
So, there was no need to worry about the Spirit Beast Battle in five days, but Riley still lacked absolute confidence for the high school entrance exam twelve days from now.