my pokemon player.

As the night deepened, the militiamen on the north wall of Firefly Town had just finished their shift. They were responsible for night guard and patrol, including Carl.

At this time, Carl was training his rock dog. Ever since he was taught a lesson by Captain Raymond last time, he realized the importance of training.

Just like Captain Raymond said, if you don't let the rock puppy develop the good habit of obeying orders when it is well-behaved, when the rock puppy grows up and its personality becomes rude, you will not be able to control it.

Captain Raymond will not allow disobedient Pokémon to appear in the militia, so he will be forced to separate from Rock Dog.

During this time, Carl had already established a bond with the Rock Dog and they had developed feelings for each other. He didn't want to be separated from the Rock Dog.

So he must not indulge the rock dog anymore and must train it strictly.

Now the Rock Dogs are undergoing moves training. According to Captain Raymond, moves training can not only improve the proficiency of the moves, but also improve the tacit understanding between the militia and the Rock Dogs, and ultimately enable the Rock Dogs to obey orders.

"Rockdog, use Shadow Clone."

Carl ordered in a firm tone. This was the experience passed down to him by Captain Raymond. When giving orders, one must have a firm tone and not be hesitant or change it at will.

"Wang Woo!"

After hearing the order, the Rock Dog immediately ran quickly and created three clones.

Carl's eyes lit up when he saw this. Before, when Rock Dog used shadow clones, he could only create two clones, but now he can create a third one.

Although the third clone is still a bit fake and is just an afterimage, progress is a good thing, which shows that Rock Dog’s training is effective.

"Well done! Rock Dog, you are awesome!"

Carl praised with a smile, then took out a Poké Cube from his pocket and handed it to Rock Dog.

"Here, this is your reward. Keep working hard in the future."

The Rock Dog looked at the Poké Cube in Carl's hand, wagged its tail happily, ran to Carl, and ate the Poké Cube in one bite.

"Wow~"

As the rock dog chewed, an expression of enjoyment appeared on its face.

It was a correct decision for them to leave Tieshi Mountain and move into Firefly Town. What is there to enjoy in Tieshi Mountain except stones and iron ore?

They are not like the Geodudes who can eat stones as food, so they almost never fill their stomachs and can only live a life of hunger and fullness.

However, since coming to Firefly Town and following humans, they have been able to eat their fill every day, and are rewarded with extra meals if they perform well. The price they pay is just to obey humans' orders, patrol and train every day, and fight from time to time.

For the Rock Pokémon, this was nothing. They had experienced even more intense battles with other Pokémon for food in Ironstone Mountain. Life in Firefly Town was already very leisurely, and they were very satisfied.

The rock dogs all made up their minds that they would fight to the death to protect this magical day and repay the kindness of humans.

Therefore, most of the rock dogs are still very obedient. Only a few of them were spoiled by the militia and became a little naughty, but they were quickly corrected through training.

This is the case with Carl's rock dog. Because of Carl's doting on it, it often disobeyed Carl's orders and caused trouble everywhere.

But after being reprimanded by Captain Raymond, the dog also realized his mistake and began to cooperate with Carl's training, which achieved remarkable training results.

After the Rock Dog finished eating the Poké Cube, it first licked Carl's fingers to show its affection, and then let out an eager growl, wanting to continue training.

When Carl saw Rock Dog’s impatient look, the corners of his mouth slightly raised.

The training method that Captain Raymond taught them was indeed effective. When training Pokémon, one cannot be always strict, but also needs to give Pokémon appropriate rewards, such as verbal praise and food rewards, so as to increase Pokémon's training enthusiasm.

"This is the method Lord Ryan taught me. Lord Ryan also gave this method a very appropriate name, called 'carrot and stick'."

"Of course, it's just a name. You wouldn't be stupid enough to feed Rock Dogs carrots or beat them with sticks, would you? If I catch anyone abusing Pokémon, I swear I'll shove the stick up his ass!"

Captain Raymond's words seemed to still echo in Carl's ears, so he strictly trained the rock dog according to Lord Ryan's method, and it turned out that this method was indeed useful.

"The Lord is so amazing. Aunt Susan and the others are right. The Lord was sent by the gods to save us!"

Carl said to himself excitedly, his admiration for Ryan almost overflowing.

"Wangwu?"

The rock dog tilted its little head and looked at Carl in confusion, as if asking why he hadn't started training yet.

Seeing how cute the rock dog was, Carl couldn't help but rub its head, then said with a smile:

"We still have to patrol the city walls tonight, so we can train later, but you can practice your running speed while patrolling."

"The captain said that the number of shadow clones is related to the speed of movement. The faster the speed, the more clones there are, and the harder it is to distinguish them. We will try to train the third clone to be as good as the first two, so that the enemy can't distinguish them."

The rock dog nodded as if he understood. It was just practicing speed. At most, it would run a few more laps. Maybe Carl would even reward it.

"Let's go and look somewhere else."

"Wang Woo!"

Carl stood up, greeted his colleagues on guard, and then left with the rock dog.

The militia on guard looked at the backs of Carl and Rock Dog and couldn't help but said in an envious tone:
"Karl has made great progress. He has been valued by the captain and has started to be responsible for patrol work."

Although in the militia, except for the captain and deputy captain, there is no distinction between superiors and subordinates among other members, but their status is also divided according to their different responsibilities.

These militiamen on guard undoubtedly have the lowest status, while the militiamen in charge of patrol work have the highest status, which can be said to be second only to the captain and deputy captain.

Carl had just joined the militia not long ago and was still just a young boy, but now his status was higher than theirs. It would be strange if they were not envious.

"There's nothing I can do. After all, I'm a beast master. Oh, no, I should call him a trainer. If you can capture Pokémon, you'll be valued by the captain." Another militiaman responded.

"Alas, it's easier said than done. It's much harder to capture Pokémon nowadays. Not only do you have to learn all kinds of Pokémon knowledge, but you also have to gain the Pokémon's recognition. I really regret not following the captain to capture Rock Dog!"

The militiaman on guard said with a look of regret that he should not have listened to his family's advice and gave up the opportunity to tame the rock dog.

"Okay, it's too late for you to regret now. You might as well think about how to capture Pokémon. I've already thought about it. Tomorrow I'll take out all my savings and exchange them for Pokémon Coins at the bank. Then I'll buy some Pokémon food and go to the breeding farm to see if there are any suitable Pokémon."

"What the hell? You passed the test on Pokémon knowledge?"

"What's so surprising about this? The test isn't difficult. Most of the questions are about how humans should get along with Pokémon. The slightly more difficult ones are about attribute restraint and Pokémon identification. You can answer them by memorizing them for a few days."

The militiaman spread his hands and spoke calmly, but it was not difficult to hear that there was still a hint of complacency in his tone.

Hearing his colleague say this, the militiaman on guard almost bit his back teeth off.

We agreed to be Magikarp together, but you're doing this behind my back, right?
You said the assessment was difficult two days ago, and today you said you passed it. You deserve to die!
Another militiaman didn't notice his colleague's change of mood and warned him: "You're not stupid, you just don't put your mind into studying. If you put the time you spent learning those trainers' weird words into studying, you would have passed the test long ago."

"They keep saying 'f*ck' and 'f*ck' all the time. Can't you learn something good? They are all trainers, so they can do whatever they want. But we can't learn from them."

"You are the only ones in the entire militia team who like to learn weird words from them. Captain Raymond has a very bad impression of our team and said that we are the worst team he has ever led. This cannot go on!"

The militiaman on guard was stunned when he heard his colleague talking so logically and lecturing him.

No, man, why are you still lecturing me? It's as if you haven't learned how to speak from those trainers.

Every soldier in the militia has learned to speak like them. Even Captain Raymond would say "Fuck" when he was in a hurry. Why can't I learn from them?

Captain Raymond did scold us two days ago, but it wasn't because he was in a bad mood that day. Whenever he heard someone say something strange or chat with a trainer, he would go up and scold them.

He even scolded those trainers and warned them not to target his daughter.

It's obvious that the trainer provoked Captain Raymond. What does it have to do with me?
The militiaman on guard became more and more depressed. Just as he was about to open his mouth to refute, he heard his colleague say:
"I advise you to pass the test and capture Pokémon as soon as possible, otherwise you won't be qualified to stand guard."

"What do you mean?"

"The meaning is very simple. The Lord will definitely train more trainers in the future, and new trainers will also need jobs. Do you think you can compete with them?"

"How did you know this news?"

"My second uncle's neighbor's daughter's cousin works as a maid in the castle. She heard the lord and Lord White discuss this matter."

"Really? How could she have the guts to eavesdrop on the Lord's conversation?"

"Believe it or not, I think the sooner you pass it, the better. The difficulty of the tests will only increase, not decrease."

Hearing this, the militia on guard subconsciously tightened his weapon. After thinking for a moment, he made up his mind:

"Okay, I'll start learning after my shift tomorrow morning. I'll have to trouble you to pass on some of your learning experience to me then."

"Okay, okay. Just don't forget to treat me to a meal if you pass the test."

"Don't worry, if I can really pass the test, I will treat you for three days!"

"No, just treat me to a meal as a token of my appreciation. You should keep your money to exchange for Pokémon Coins. We don't have subsidies like Carl and the others, so we have to spend all our money on Pokémon."

"Good brother, I love you~"

"Don't disgust me with those weird words you just learned!"

Carl naturally had no idea that the scene of him training the rock dogs would lead a militiaman to make up his mind to learn, and he was still patrolling the city wall.

"Wang Woo!"

Suddenly, the rock dog beside him roared at the night sky, lowered its upper body, bared its teeth and assumed an attacking posture.

Seeing this, Carl quickly looked up into the sky and saw a black shadow swooping towards the city wall.

Is it an enemy? Or a lost Pokémon?

Karl didn't have time to think about it, and immediately shouted loudly:

"Everyone alert! Something is approaching from the sky!"

When the militiamen heard Carl's shout, they all raised their heads and looked up into the sky. After confirming that there was indeed a dark shadow in the sky, they all drew their weapons and drew their bows and arrows.

The militiamen operating the giant crossbow aimed directly at the black shadow, and would shoot the crossbow arrow without hesitation if they found any unusual behavior from the other party.

Just as the shadows were getting closer and closer to the city wall and the militiamen were about to fire their crossbows, a voice came from the sky:
"Don't shoot! I'm the messenger from Feiyu Town, and I'm here to deliver important news!"

Carl frowned slightly when he heard this. He had heard from Captain Raymond that Lord Ryan had a good relationship with Feiyu Town and even brought one of the heirs with him.

Thinking of this, Karl whispered:
"Don't rush to shoot, just stay alert. Someone go inform Captain Raymond and ask him to rush to the north gate as soon as possible."

"As ordered!"

The militiamen all knew that Carl was Captain Raymond's favorite, so they would naturally not disobey his orders.

"Should we let him land?" asked one of the militiamen armed with a bow and arrow.

"Let him come down. There's only one person on the other side, so he shouldn't cause any trouble." Carl replied.

"understood."

So, under the vigilance of the militia, the messenger from Feiyu Town commanded the toucan to slowly land.

As soon as he landed, the militiamen surrounded him, removed his weapons, and brought him to Carl.

The messenger did not resist, but smiled bitterly and said:

"I am really just a messenger, otherwise I wouldn't dive towards you so blatantly."

Seeing the other party's calm face, Carl eased his guard, but he had to wait for Captain Raymond to arrive before making a decision.

"How dare you say that? You are so brave that you dare to deliver the letter at night. Aren't you afraid that we will mistake you for an enemy and shoot you down?" Carl asked curiously.

The messenger shook his head helplessly. "Of course I know that sending a letter at night can easily cause misunderstandings, but this is an order from our Lord himself, asking me to deliver the letter overnight. I can only take a risk. Fortunately, your fingers didn't shake, otherwise I would have died too unjustly."

When Karl heard that this man was still in the mood to joke, he began to believe what he said a little more.

"Actually, there is no need for you to be nervous. Didn't you get information and intelligence about the surrounding forces when you were receiving knight training? The Toucan is the main magical beast in our Feiyu Town. You should be able to confirm my identity when you see it." The messenger explained.

"That's not necessarily true. Someone might have deliberately captured Toucan and disguised himself as a knight from Feiyu Town."

"And I really haven't received any knight training, because I'm just a militiaman." Carl said calmly.

"So that's how it is. You're just a...what? You're a militiaman? Then where did the monster next to you come from?" the messenger said in disbelief.

Hearing this, Carl raised his head and replied proudly:

"I tamed it myself. In our Firefly Town, the militia can also tame monsters!"

"Huh?" (End of chapter)