Reunion

"Rise.."

[Spirit King's Order]

Niko looked towards the fallen Rat Swordsman of Rust with excitement. Niko looked as if he was looking towards the most prized possession he had, there was a slight hint of greed in the strange smile he made as the aura around his body began to move violently.

The aura slowly began to connect to the corpse of the swordsman. Suddenly, the body trembled, as the Rat Swordsman of Rust began to materialize right in front of his eyes. The same monster, the same sword.

Niko was slightly shocked as this was the first time he had seen a weapon become part of a spirit.

Suddenly, the long sword that had initially called after the owner was decapitated began to dissipate into thin air as the swordsman began to appear.

After a few seconds, the spirit of the swordsman was finally created as the unyielding eyes of the spirit remained, however, when looking towards Niko, there seemed to be a certain level of respect in its eyes.

[Celestial Probe]

[Name: Spirit of the Rat Swordsman of Rust]]

Rank: F+

Potential: E+

[Status]

Strength: 12

Constitution: 10

Agility: 8

Intelligence: 4

Mana: 1

Mana Power: 1

Spirit Power: 1

[Skills]

[Shriek of Terror]

[Rusty Slash]

"This guy is a complete tank! With this much strength and physical power he should be able to bring my enemies to complete terror!" Niko was quite happy with his new acquisition. Although initially he felt bummed out for losing eight spirits, however, he gained something much better, as this rat swordsman spirit was much more powerful and useful.

"Huh?" Nikos's head moved towards the ground again as the body began to grow and slowly Items materialized above the corpse.

"No way!" Niko's eyes shone as he noticed one of the items that had dropped.

There laid a longsword exactly like the one of his new spirit. The rusty look was still there, as it really didn't look too bad.

[Celestial Probe]

[Item: Longsword of Rust]

Rank: F+

Description: A longsword once created by the dwarfs and modeled after the swords of Ogre warlocks. Although small in comparison, the Longsword of Rust holds great powers for the wielder.

[Additional Information]

Extra Skill: Rusty Slash: As the sword changes into its full rusty transformation, the power within multiplies causing great calamity to those struck by it.

Skill has a chance to give a bleed effect..

Skill can be used five times per day.

+3 strength.

Required: 6 strength

"Good sword!" Niko exclaimed as he truly believed this sword would be exceptional for someone his level. He had the staff currently, and did not have the proper strength to wield such a sword.

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

"Boom!"

Suddenly, Niko jumped to the side as the wall inside of the room began to collapse after a few loud bangs. Unsure of the cause he prepared himself as he called out his spirits once again.

"Dammit so soon…?" Niko spoke to himself as he had just finished a battle not long and starting a new one right now would be problematic for him as he felt like he didn't have enough mental power to go through with this.

Suddenly as the smoke dissipated from the wall falling, a few figures emerged and they looked quite familiar to Niko. Once again he gave a heavy sigh of relief.

"It's you guys! Hey!" Niko said as he waved slightly, turning his head towards the chest he hasn't gotten to yet.

Zheng who was walking with the others said, "We heard loud noises from the other room. We faced some ratmen but nothing too crazy. We reached a dead end and thought this was all that this dungeon had to it."

Ivanic continued, "We brought that wall down, as we felt like it was definitely you also I'm guessing that shriek was from that thing right there…" He pointed towards the rat swordsman who was still there, "And these items…"

Niko who seemed to have just come back to his senses said, "Oh right! Does anyone here have over six strength?"

Ivanic shook his head as Zheng responded, " Hah! Mine is exactly six!"

Fumito also answered Mine is eight. Since I'm wielding a heavier weapon I wanted to be more comfortable doing so.

A lightbulb flashed in his head as he smiled towards Fumito, "there take this sword its better than the one you have now." He pointed towards the sword which hadn't been picked up.

"This old-looking thing?" Fumito takes it and puts his normal longsword in his inventory as he equips the rusty longsword.

"No way." Fumito spoke as he held it in his hands, "This thing is awesome! My strength has improved and I have extra skill! This thing is terrifying!"

There was clear excitement in Fumito's eyes but Niko wasn't done yet, " Here, take this."

Niko spoke as he threw the skill gem he received earlier towards Fumito.

"Arms… Of the.. Demi… titan…? A skill gem!?" The last two words were said in unison between the three who were shocked at the fact that there was a skill gem here. They were rare!

"How did you get this!?" Ivanic said in surprise.

"The bronze box I got from killing the shaman previously dropped this when opened," Niko said it straightforwardly.

"Ah, I see why you gave it to me… It's way too hard to even use this myself without the help from this sword; it requires a lot of strength." Fumito nailed it and gave his assessment.

Suddenly Fumito activated it and the gem exploded in soft magenta-colored light, as it began to surround Fumito and his arms mainly. Niko was quite content and feeling better that someone from his group could equip the skill, this definitely made him stronger.

Niko picked up the other items which were shards, and a useless ring that gave no special effects of attributes.

Niko nodded as he was quite happy that Fumito could activate it and turned to look towards the chest, "There is still this bad boy."

Niko's face went from excitement to shock and horror as he heard movement coming from his group of three friends.

"A mimic! Kill this goddamn thing!" Fumito rushed forward ready to pounce.