The first thing Caleb did was to run up the unconscious demon rats so that he was now standing on Keith's nose. There was no reaction from Keith, which was expected, but he still had to try to wake him up. Pressing his paws on Keith's eyelids, he lifted them up and stared into Keith's eyes. Again, there was no reaction, which meant he was completely on his own.Dropping Keith's eyelids with a huff, Caleb scanned his surroundings. There had been no notifications from the system about being regarded as suspicious, and none of the other demons passing by seemed to notice his presence. He must have really looked like nothing to them if they didn't even bat an eye at the sight of a small demon rat standing on another demon rat's nose.Caleb shook his head and stared at Keith. Keith wasn't going to be any help in this situation, which meant the simplest method for getting out of this mess wasn't an option. If Caleb could have just woken him up, then Keith could just walk on his own, and tha
"So you're saying that when you arrived, you saw the demons, and instead of retreating, you decided it would be a good idea to join the march to find out more?" Caleb asked, hoping he would get a different answer."That's correct, my king," Keith said in an instant.Caleb nearly screamed, but he forced himself to remain calm as he asked, "You also decided that splitting up was the best option to learn more and to take care of the task I assigned you, correct?"At Keith's eager nodding, Caleb groaned as he covered his face with his paws. Sometimes he questioned whether the stats listed were actually accurate. Otherwise, how would it explain Keith's Intelligence stat of thirty? The number wasn't there just for decoration. Keith is supposed to have Uncommon intelligence. How was anything he just said intelligent?He wanted to berate the demon rat for making so many blunders, but this wasn't the time and place. If they managed to get out of the mess in one piece with no trouble, he would
Caleb dove for cover as he cursed everything under the sun. Demons screamed as they were struck by fire. Why were the heroes already here? They couldn't have already reached the city, and there would be no reason for them to suddenly throw themselves in the middle of an invading demon army. That was practically asking to be killed, but here they were."System, why didn't you say anything?" he demanded.[The user should have considered the possibility based on past experience.]He gave the system a blank look. "This never happened in the game."Demon invasions were normal, but when the heroes received the quest, they always went to the city to defend it instead of charging at the demon army. In fact, he couldn't even recall there being an option to perform a preemptive strike. It would have definitely changed things in the game. However, that wasn't important at the moment. Right now, he needed to survive.Trying to remain calm amid the chaos, Caleb checked his map to see if he could s
[Emergency Quest][A Demon Invasion][You were only able to partially complete the first task.][A chunk of your followers were left behind, making you lose a part of your army.][The condition of the followers you did find was decent.][You did not complete the second task.][You ran away before the demons could reach the city and avoided fighting the heroes.][You were only able to partially complete the first third task.][You and your followers were suspected by some of the demons eight times.][Three of those times, you were only able to partially absolve them of their suspicions as a few continued to observe you for unusual activities.][Eight of those times, you were unable to avoid drawing attention and causing the other demons to wonder about you.][You did not complete the fourth task.][You didn't fight the invading demon force and ran.][You did not complete the fifth task.][You didn't recruit any demons into your army.][Quest Rewards][You have gained four levels and re
Seeing their blank expressions, Caleb thought it was a good sign. It was better than them taking the news poorly, but it was hard to say for sure what they were feeling or thinking. They might not even be thinking at all. Well, it was time to see what his human form looked like. He hoped it would be more impressive than his original one.If he had to remain a demon rat until he returned home, his human form had to make up for it. After giving the system his approval, he waited. At first, nothing happened. Tapping his foot away, he ignored the itching sensation at the back of his neck. As the sensation got stronger, he realized this couldn't be a normal itch. It had to be the start of the change.Caleb wasn't sure why it was like that, but he didn't have time to think about anything else as he started to scratch his neck. The sensation rapidly spread to the rest of his body, almost like wildfire. He probably looked like an idiot in front of everyone, scratching like a maniac. However,
[Caleb Gonzales][Level 66][Species: Demon Rat][Strength: 60][Intelligence: 65][Stamina: 56][Endurance: 52][Dexterity: 51][Mana: 45]With a huff, Caleb nodded at the results of his hard labor. He had done the impossible and racked up his levels like mad. The loss he had incurred from the emergency quest had spurred him to do whatever it took to make up for it, and it seemed like he had done it. This time, Caleb had made sure to keep the group hidden and out of sight for a longer period of time.Well, as hidden and out of sight as they could be. They had still been harassed by other demons, but the demons had been turning their attention away from them to focus on the humans. Just thinking about the reason behind this made him grimace. He would have liked to be able to scrub his mind of the memory of his encounter with the demon king.Caleb had nearly died from shock and fright when the demon king appeared out of nowhere in front of the base. Why had the final boss shown up at h
"Can you repeat that?" Caleb asked after several minutes.[The demon king is dead.]"That's what I thought you said," he muttered to himself as he tried to process what he was hearing.Caleb couldn't believe that the demon king was dead. It wasn't that he never considered it happening. Since he played the game, he obviously knew it could happen. It was the whole objective of the game. It would be weirder if it never occurred to him. However, after so many years in this place, he didn't think the summoned heroes could do it.With most of them dead, having a small party of heroes kill him seemed unrealistic. He knew very well how powerful the demon was after meeting him, so it blew his mind that they could do it. The demon king had been the one to help him jump so many levels and boost his stats to get closer to his goal of getting home. If it weren't for him, it would still be a distant dream.His stats were in the Rare or Epic range, which was more than he could expect for himself as
Caleb could honestly say he could never imagine that he would one day be looting from the demon king. Under normal circumstances, this would be the same as asking to be killed. Only someone crazy or delusional would try to pull something off. Of course, the demon king being dead wasn't a normal circumstance. As he stared at the remains of the castle, he had mixed feelings.It had taken a long time to travel here. Even though he wanted to go right away and even had the skill [Teleport], it couldn't be used on a large group yet. At most, he could teleport a dozen of them, and there was an extremely long cooldown right after using it. Not to mention that the distance he could teleport was short. This was after he had leveled up the skill quite a bit after using it as much as he could.In the beginning, he could only teleport a few feet by himself before he had to wait a week to use it. He was just grateful that the cooldown hadn't been longer, like a month. It would honestly not surprise