Seeing Niko's strange look Ivanic felt a strange chill behind his back. The grin on Niko's face showed a crazed determination, which would make anyone feel peculiar around him.

Noticing Ivanic staring at him confused Niko spoke, "As you can see we are now in a "clan" together which is something I received after taking over this territory..."

Listening, Ivanic nodded and Niko continued.

"... In fact, try and open up your interface, there might be new things there." Niko said, looking at Ivanic various facial expressions.

Awe and excitement flashed in his eyes, then a sudden dark look took over his face.

"What are your thoughts?" Niko asked seriously.

"Our clan have its own quite huge territory, however, people are greedy, especially those without one. They will eye this place and try to take it" Ivanic spoke.

Niko nodded and replied, "Indeed, but we aren't at a complete disadvantage. This whole territory for ourselves means we can hunt and level up easier without competition or fear of backstabbers."

Ivanic nodded, "True, but if that's the case we better be quick. The other territories will not sit idle for long, I'm guessing they will send someone to scout us very soon."

Wondering, Niko agreed as he wondered to himself, 'Right. We need to be fast. People are greedy and until worthy ones are found, my spirits are all I need, as they will not backstab me.'

Ivanic who looked at Niko thinking asked, "By the way, how many spirits can you summon at this point?"

"Hmm.. I have five so far, and can probably get a little over five more. But as we level that number will increase drastically." Niko replied as he looks around at the dead rattans and continues, "Ivanic, can you explore the castle a little bit more? I will take the spirits of these rattans, and afterward, we can explore the forest around the castle and grind some levels out."

Ivanic nodded as he agreed and moved on farther into the castle.

Looking around Niko knew exactly where to start, and that was the Wise Rat in front of him.

[Spirit King's Order]!

The aura that surrounded his body began to fluctuate and connect with the body of the wise rat's body, and then suddenly, a spirit Identical to the wise rat was erected.

The spirit of the rat was so identical that it even possessed the same staff that Niko had taken. This caused Niko to wonder about items and how connected to monsters they are.

Coming closer to the wise rat, Niko's eyes widened. The rat turned his head slightly as it looked towards Niko with a confused expression.

Seeing this Niko was in utter awe. If this rat could react this way this meant.. Intelligence! Usually, spirits would stare blankly towards the void, without a single bit of expression.

[Celestial Probe]

[Name: Rattan Shaman]

Rank- F+

Potential: E

[Status]

Strength: 1

Constitution: 2

Agility: 2

Intelligence: 4

Mana: 4

Mana Power: 10/10

Spirit Power: 0/500

[Skills]

Rat Swarm

Green Blob

Niko wanted to faint. This was too incredible! Where does he even start!?

"A potential rank of E?!? That is comparable to players over level 20!" Niko almost jumped in excitement, but he had every right to be excited. A magician like spirit that possessed a high potential was something that he never expected.

"Seems like the world is starting to go easy on me at this point huh?" Niko smirked.

The intelligence of four also surprised Niko as this rat was smarter and wiser than some humans. Five hundred spirit power to rank up was also not surprising to him as this spirit did possess a high potential.

Niko thought of something as he looked at the rat shaman, "Are you a shaman?"

After asking this Niko's heart pounded as he was hoping for an answer, however, to his excitement, after a short silence, the Rattan Shaman slowly nodded.

"Yes!" Niko was extremely happy with this discovery, as he had a plan for this rat shaman, He saw what this shaman could do, as it commanded a huge swarm of rats. His plan was simple. Keep it in the castle to protect it, until a problem arises. Not only will there be a powerful protector within the castle, but the enemy would never know of this hidden card!

"Stay in the castle and protect it. Alert me of an intruder." Niko ordered. He knew what people could do in this world and it was not strange for some to move around undetected.

The shaman slowly nodded, as the bottom of his long ghastly robes began to shake, as suddenly a few rats began to exit the inside of the robes. These rats were not as many as the battle before, and as if they moved, they moved with a purpose. Each one of these rats began to move towards every door available in the castle, as they hid in the corner, watching everything.

The shaman also began to move farther into the castle and seeing this, Niko couldn't help but feel extremely pleased with himself, as an extremely important fact was learned today. He could have intelligent spirits! What were the points of having humans!?

As Niko watched the rat shaman disappear, he turned towards the few corpses of Rattans that laid on the ground lifelessly, as he was ready to have another group of spirits.

"If the other territory wants it, they can have it." An evil expression appeared on Niko's face as he possessed a plan that if successful could make him unstoppable. The plan was simple. Level up, place all of the attribute points into intelligence and create a huge army that nothing could stop. Simple. Niko was ready.