Compared with the skills of ordinary Firetail Bears, Firefly's skills were clearly a notch stronger.
Although it no longer had flame intent, which boosted the power of all fire element skills, its replacement, Undying Burning Flame, was far more formidable. The tests so far had not even revealed the skill's upper limit.
Perhaps its only limit was the strength of the one using it.
Xu Ran had originally only thought Firefly was somewhat special and wanted to buy it to observe it, but now he felt rather as though he had stumbled upon a treasure.
Had other Beast Tamers not worried that mutated Contract Beasts lacked further evolution paths, a special creature like Firefly should have been in high demand. It would never have remained available for him to take home.
After playing with Firefly for a while longer, Xu Ran checked the time and stood up. "It's about time. I need to open the shop."
Taking the Three Little Ones to Green Sprout Base to look at Contract Beasts had used up nearly all his midday business break. It was now time to open for the afternoon.
"Neigh~" (I'll stay here~)
Starlight shook its head and neighed.
It worried that Firefly might have trouble adjusting to an unfamiliar environment and wanted to keep it company a little longer, helping Firefly get used to this place and to them more quickly.
Hearing Starlight say that, Purple Cloud and Can Can no longer wanted to leave either.
They had now all shifted their training time to the evenings, when Xu Ran meditated, leaving them more time during the day to do other things.
"Then all three of you can stay." Xu Ran smiled. "Once I finish the afternoon's business, I'll make you something delicious."
At the mention of delicious food, the