Lickytongue (Part 2)

"Bark~"

Fire Dog's moist eyes showed its gratitude.

"For the next battle, please, please don't get hurt," Riley earnestly advised.

"Bark!"

Fire Dog nodded, and made a promising at him.

With its beast tamer being so concerned, it wouldn't let him down!

Watching the touching expression on Fire Dog's face, Riley held back the last sentence.

If you gets hurt, I won't hug you anymore...

The ten people was divided into five groups for the competition, and leaving four more matches to go.

Riley looked around the arena; each upcoming contestant could potentially be his opponent in the next round, so he needed to observe them carefully.

Although he had confidence in Fire Dog's strength, underestimating opponents would be a big mistake.

That's why he immediately entered the arena and sitting on the audience seats.

He also did not forget to put on sunglasses on his Fire Dog while watching the macth together.

The second group consisted of two guys, both of them having summoned their spirit beasts at the same time.

One side had a Liboa, while the other side, had a Dunerut. Both of the spirit beast is a standard choices for a novice beast tamers.

"Hey, what do you think, big shot? Who's going to win?" a female voice suddenly chimed in from his left.

Riley turned his head to see someone had taken the previously empty seat beside him—it was the bob-haired girl who had struck up a conversation with him before the match.

"Unless something unexpected happens, Liboa should win," Riley replied.

"Something unexpected, do you mean someone like yourself?" Evelyn teased.

Liboa naturally counters the Dunerut, similar to how the Dewt's type counters Fire Dog's.

However, Fire Dog still won, and it was a dominating victory.

Isn't that unexpected?

"I'm Riley," he introduced himself first, and hoping she'd use a different title to him.

"Okay, Boss Riley," Evelyn nodded.

Riley: "..."

"Brother Riley, my name's Evelyn," she continued.

Riley: "...Yeah."

The match results was not unexpected, and it just as Riley had predicted.

At the moment when the Dunerut come out from its hole, Liboa's venom fangs accurately bit into the Dunerut, and successfully causing it to faint.

The third match was between Evelyn and a male contestant.

Evelyn's spirit beast was a long eared cat spirit beast that was known as Furrling.

Its back, along with its tail, was a pale pink color, while its belly was milky white.

Its has an ears that was longer than those of an ordinary rabbit, and stood like antennae on either side.

The emerald-green eyes lazily squinted, which almost made Riley's tender heart melted.

The boy's spirit beast was a winged boar, with a gray-white body that was also known as Porcifly.

Its plump physique sported a pair of equally gray-white wings, this spirit beast possessing both ground-type and flying-type attributes.

"Fire Dog, who do you think will win?" Riley asked.

Fire Dog who initially watching the match contentedly, perked up upon hearing its beast tamer question and earnestly assessed the two spirit beasts who is already in battle.