"Hawkins!" Dunn suddenly spoke, drawing everyone's attention to Hawkins.
"Captain!" Hawkins respectfully stepped forward to hear his instructions.
"Has your Will attribute reached 15 points?" Dunn asked after looking Hawkins up and down.
"It has, Captain, not long after you left!"
Although Hawkins did not know what Dunn meant by the question, he still answered carefully.
Hearing this, Dunn nodded in satisfaction, then took something out and said to Hawkins, "Then go advance to [Tide Rider] as soon as possible!"
Hawkins looked at the object in Dunn's hand. It was a blue ball of flesh, pulsing rhythmically like a dyed heart.
It was a fishman's heart! The source of a fishman's power.
All the tremendous power of a fishman Classholder came from its heart, so even now, removed from its body, this heart continued to beat.
As Hawkins looked at the fishman heart in Dunn's hand, his own heart felt as though it would leap into his throat.
Since Dunn had taken out this fishman heart at this moment, it was undoubtedly the heart of a third-tier fishman [Tide Rider].
The advancement ritual for [Tide Rider] required devouring the heart of a fishman [Tide Rider] in the deep sea, completely converting the fishman's power into one's own.
Only then would the advancement be complete.
However, doing so would provoke a backlash from the fishman's power, so a strong will was necessary to succeed, requiring a Will attribute of at least 15 points.
Hawkins stared blankly at the fishman heart in Dunn's hand, only coming back to his senses when Hansen pushed him from behind.
"Captain, are you really giving this to me?" Hawkins swallowed hard and asked in disbelief.
The heart of a third-tier fishman [Tide Rider] would cost at least a thousand gold coins. After all, it was something