THE HORN OF BLINDING
"No, you do not need to cast the scorpion confining arraye if you have a better way, but yes, I need your help to stop the scorpions from eating my sheep", Seamus said to us.
"We have been trying to do that, but the scorpion men are quite strong and numerous", I told Seamus.
"You do not need to kill all the scorpion men, you just need to capture their Horn of Blinding", Seamus said to me.
"Horn of Blinding?" I asked him.
I've heard about the Horn of Blinding before. This magical artifact was a special magic that could bind the soul realms of all the lion men of Arrakis or the Khahans together, giving them a common mind.
The Horn of Blinding was also the last ingredient that I failed to obtain for the crafting of the Sword of Malevolence.
"Yes, the Horn of Blinding that binds the souls of the scorpion men and controls them with a single collective soul mind", Seamus told me.
"What is the story about this Horn of Blinding? I saw it before in the deserts of Arrakis, among the lion men, Khahans", I asked the Supreme Conjurer.
"The Horn of Blinding are magical instruments formed by the Mages of Prolis, where magic originated in this world. The Mages discovered that the Horn of Blinding could combine different species together with its soul binding magic", Seamus told us.
"Binding? As in fusing humans and animals?" Ratatouille asked him.
"Yes, the magical creatures of the world are not very clever. Few of them evolved intelligence. The Horn of Blinding could bind human souls into animals, creating a hybrid human that are intelligent and tough as the wild animals", Seamus the Conjurer supreme told us.
"That is so inhumane", Cassandra said to us.
"That is true which is why the artifact was banned from Prolis but they ended up here in the Ten-Kingdoms, creating the race of Khahans and Aqrabuamelu", Seamus explained to me.
"How do I steal the Horn of Blinding? I tried it before with the Khahans but it failed, the Khahans could recall the Horn of Blinding at will after I've taken it", I told Seamus.
"That is because you didn't bind the Horn of Blinding to yourself first before the Khahans decided to recall the horn", Seamus said to me.
"How do you bind with the Horn of Blinding?" I asked Seamus.
"I believe you must figure that out yourself", Seamus said to me.
"Where is the Horn now?" I asked him.
"The Horn of Blinding is in the Temple of Aqra, inside the bedrock of Mount Aqra", he told me.
"It is also quite impossible to pass through the army of Aqrabuamelu under the ground around Mount Aqra. They are insanely strong", I told the Supreme Conjurer.
"Every creature, even bonded creatures have weaknesses", Seamus told us.
"What weaknesses?" I asked him.
"That is for you to find out", he said to us.
Suddenly, Seamus the Meek rose to the sky and his sheep soon followed him. The conjurer shepherd and his sheep soon transformed into a flock of birds and flew away without saying goodbye.
"What happened to the sheep?" Chash asked us.
"And that shepherd is complaining that we killed the grass. Those sheep aren't really sheep", Ratatouille told us his opinion.
"I think the Supreme Conjurer appeared to us to guide us rather than to reprimand us about stepping on the grass", Meera said to us.
"What are we going to do now?" Cassandra asked us.
"Seamus gave us an idea about how to deal with the scorpion men, what do we do to pests like scorpions?" I asked my friends.
"We should kill them with pesticides", Ratatouille told us.
"Hey that is a good idea, but what kind of poison can affect the scorpion men?" I asked them.
"From my database, there is a kind of poison that can affect giant scorpions' immune system, causing a bad allergy to them. There is a sixty five percent chance it will affect the scorpion creeps", Sara told us suddenly.
"What kind of poison?" Chash asked her.
"Not a complicated recipe but the main ingredient is the hormones from Silver Iguanas", Sara told us.
"We need our Hunter's Guild to catch some Silver Iguanas for us", I replied to her.
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"Oriese, my young friend, why are you here in the Tarach city Royal Auction House today, are you planning on a particular purchase?" Duke Armanos asked me.
"Yes, I came to purchase some preserved creature hearts. While I'm here I just came over to the auction to say hello", I replied to the duke.
"It is so thoughtful of you. Come on join me in my verandah, I have things to talk to you about", Duke Armanos invited me.
"I'm glad for the offer", I replied to him and sat beside the duke.
Soon, the auction started.
Floating pavilions came to our verandah to offer us their wares before the main auction started. There were usually many fine products on offer that were considered less rare and were sold here without bidding.
"What do you sell here?" I asked the salesgirl who peddled her wares.
"We have the preserved hearts of Saturn tiered magical creatures, we are doing a promotion on these magical hearts and selling them for less than its usual price", the salesgirl told us.
I looked at the salesgirl's offer and she had quite a few magical hearts on sale.
"Do you have the hearts of Silver Iguanas, Iguanas or reptilian kind", I asked the salesgirl.
"Yes, we have many hearts of Iguanas and Salamanders, all at least Saturn tiered and preserved well", the salesgirl told me.
"I'll have all of them", I replied to the salesgirl as I asked Raven to make the purchase for me.
"Do you find it odd that there are so many magical hearts on sale in the auction?" Duke Armanos asked me.
"Why? Do you find their source doubtful?" I asked him.
Duke Armanos leaned closer to me and spoke softly.
"Usually, magical hearts, especially Saturn tiered, are not easy to come by, so their prices are usually kept high. The major families will not sell their collection of magical hearts unless they have to and usually not with a hefty discount and definitely not at the quantity the auction is selling now", Duke Armanos told me.