Chapter 1373 Horn of Domination

Chapter 1373 Horn of Domination

Tim walked forward toward the gifted treasure and looked at Ning with shock. "Are you... are you serious?" he asked.

"Yes," Ning said. "I have no need for it, and it looks like you want it."

"I... I would love it," Tim said. He slowly reached out to take the weapon, still somewhat hesitant if the entire thing was real or not. Finally, seeing as Ning had no foul intentions, he grabbed the horn and took it to his chest.

"Thank you," Tim said with misty eyes. "Thank you so much."

"Well, congratulations on the treasure, young scholar," the captain spoke. "At least this trip wasn't a complete waste and disaster."

Tim was already lost in his thoughts, checking the golden horn that he had received. "Well, since you got the Zurin treasure, you get to name it," the Captain said. "Use it. Let us see what it can do."

Tim nodded, brought the horn to his lips, and then blew on it. A sonorous melody resounded throughout the ship and the dark sea, but nothing of notice happened at all. Tim blew the horn for all of 5 seconds before stopping.

When he put down the horn, his face had both a look of surprise and a look of sadness. "What is it?" the captain asked excitedly. "What does it do?"

"It... it can control any animal I wish to within my vicinity and make it do what I want it to do," the young man said.

"Any? How many?" the Captain asked. "Actually, no. That is your treasure, you don't have to tell me the details."

"That's alright," Tim said. "I can only control one beast at a time, but I can control that beast as long as it isn't gravely injured or if I haven't blown the horn again."

"Oh, not bad," the Captain said. "That is good. It is not too bad then. There seems to be little downside of using... your... treasure."

The Captain's words drifted along at the end as his memory of what he had sacrificed for the burst of attack power at the end surfaced in his mind. That was an extremely weird thing as he remembered the thing he had sacrificed. nove(l)bi(n.)com

That was not how the Golden Scales worked. Nothing he sacrificed could remain behind. He would know if he did, but this one... how was that possible? He had given up a significant chunk of his childhood memory to gain enough power to kill the beast in one attack. That attack hadn't worked as the monster had retaliated before he could get to it, but the sacrifice had been complete. Why did he have the memories now?

Ning was focused on the young man. "And the name? Will you decide on a name now?" he asked.

"Name?" Tim looked up. "Let's see. Horn of Capture? Horn of Control? Sound of Control?"

"How about Horn of Domination?" Ning asked.

"Domination... hmm, that works I suppose," Tim said. "Actually, that is a much better-sounding name. Horn of Domination. Yes, I like it."

"Great," Ning said.

Tim placed the horn on the right side of his hip where he tied it with his belt. Then he looked toward the captain.

As one of the greatest universities on this side of the Great Reef, people from all over the world came to this place to continue their higher studies.

Ning only gave a blank expression the entire time as he had no idea about any of this.

Tim seemed to see that expression on his face as well. "You don't know any of this, do you? You must be from beyond the great reef then."

'System, what is the great reef he is talking about?' Ning asked. He didn't want to seem completely ignorant of the world in front of this kid.

<The Great Reef is a large mass of coral reef that extends out from the ocean and encircles the entire planet.>

<there are only 3 openings in the reef through which ships can pass, thus traveling from one side of the planet to another is not something that is done all the time.>

<People of this world have learned to remain separate because of it.>

"Yes, I am from beyond the great reef," Ning said.

"I had guessed that. I saw the sun through the portal you opened. It must be daytime where you are from. Are you from the Morgian empire by any chance?" Tim asked.

"Where I am from is a secret for now," Ning said. "I will tell you if I find it the right time to speak of it."

"O-okay," Tim said. "You said your name was Ning, right?" "Correct," Ning answered.

"Sir Ning, would you mind telling me what you were doing in the middle of nowhere? Did you come to save us or was that an accident?" Tim asked.

"That was a complete happenstance. I didn't mean to save anyone. I simply chose a location randomly, and you happened to be there."

"Wow!" Tim said softly. "I can't believe we were so lucky."

"That you were," Ning said.

"So, if you did not mean to come here on purpose, what are you doing here?" Tim asked. "Are you a treasure hunter too?"

"I am a hunter, but not for treasure," Ning said.

The young man frowned. "Are you hunting for a fish? Or..."

"Let's just say I am a bounty hunter, and there is a juicy bounty here, which is what I came here for," Ning said.

"What bounty? I mean, who?" Tim asked.

"I... don't know," Ning said with a soft smile. "I don't even know if it is a he or a she. The only thing I know is that they are most likely a very famous and noteworthy figure in this world."

"And I am going to kill them."