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Rise of the Demon King: Caleb Gonzales's Rat Race Chapter 106: Racking Up Levels
[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
Rise of the Demon King: Caleb Gonzales's Rat Race Chapter 107: The Demon King is Dead
"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
Rise of the Demon King: Caleb Gonzales's Rat Race Chapter 108: Looting Treasure
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
Rise of the Demon King: Caleb Gonzales's Rat Race Chapter 109: Resurrection
Caleb took his words back. Even though she was a hero and he was a demon rat, they hadn't really been enemies. She hadn't raised a hand against him, nor had they said anything that could be remotely considered hostile. They had only been enemies in name. He was certain that Gloria and the others would mourn over her death. They had been quite attached to her.He probably shouldn't bring it up with them since it wouldn't change anything. She wouldn't miraculously come back to life if they all knew. It was best to bury her quietly, which meant doing this alone. His demon rat form wasn't going to cut it since it never grew in size. That was another detail he hadn't been happy about. It made no sense for him to still be tiny.However, the system refused to touch the subject whenever Caleb brought it up. Instead, it would either remain silent or act like he hadn't said anything. Caleb had no doubt that it was a glitch preventing him from growing bigger. With a huff, he transformed into his
Rise of the Demon King: Caleb Gonzales's Rat Race Chapter 110: Secret Treasury
Caleb wasn't amused, but the system wasn't going to budge, which meant he needed to figure this out and quickly. Once his followers showed up, it was going to be chaotic when they saw who it was. The only good thing was that he didn't bring everyone who knew her here. He wouldn't have been able to deal with eleven of them circling and hounding him."Okay, instead of focusing on what I can't control, I should focus on what I can do," he muttered to himself.Ignoring the first three requirements, he studied the last two. Out of all the requirements, these were the only ones he could do something about, no matter how ridiculous they were. Gathering demons in the Epic range would take a lot of planning, effort, and time. There was no point in repeating how dangerous it was. He could make it work, even if it took several years.The thought of working his butt off to gather that many made him sigh. He was only considering the idea because of who it was and the reward he would get for comple
Rise of the Demon King: Caleb Gonzales's Rat Race Chapter 111: Handling a Corpse
In hindsight, Caleb should have known that things would inevitably get chaotic. It was literally inevitable. He had wanted to hide Grace's body from the others and had used his body to shield her from view since he had nothing else and was short on time. It wasn't the smartest, but he would like to see how someone else would react in his place.Of course, he had muttered apologies to her in his head. If she were alive, she would probably be disturbed to have someone suddenly get on top of her to hide her. He certainly would have. Death didn't change that either. No one deserved to have someone get all handsy with their corpse. When he brought her back to life, he really hoped she wouldn't know about this.It would certainly make this awkward. If she did, he would make sure to apologize for what happened and hope it didn't suddenly make them enemies. It would be pretty messed up if he res
Rise of the Demon King: Caleb Gonzales's Rat Race Chapter 112: Legendary Items
After spending a long time inspecting the door, Caleb finally caved in and attempted to open the door. He honestly didn't expect it to work since his followers had said nothing they did work. Imagine his surprise when the door swung open, like it had been unlocked the entire time. The group stared at the dark interior before Caleb turned to look at Matthew.Understanding the question in Caleb's eyes, Matthew frantically said, "It really wouldn't open when we tried. It wouldn't budge."Caleb didn't think he was lying, but it was strange that the door would open so easily. The only difference he could think of was that Caleb was in his human form instead of his demon rat form. However, if that was the case, he couldn't figure out why that would be the case. It seemed like poor security to allow a humanoid figure to open the secret treasury so easily.Deciding it was best not to think about it, he ordered one of his followers to open the door. He made sure to send the weakest first. It w
Rise of the Demon King: Caleb Gonzales's Rat Race Chapter 113: Securing the Castle
Caleb was glad that Grace's corpse was light. Having to carry it such a long distance would have been difficult otherwise, and dragging it across the floor was just disrespectful. Of course, he could have had Matthew carry her on his back. The demon rat had followed him back, even though Caleb told them to stay in the secret treasury until he returned.As he set her down on the floor, he asked, "System, what now?"Instead of an answer, he was shown the emergency quest details. The system hadn't done that before, and Caleb scanned the text. Out of the five requirements, two were complete. The second one was where she had to be in the demon king's castle, and the fifth one was about ten Legendary angelic items. Well, he hoped that last requirement was fulfilled.He wasn't going to check every single item in the room to make sure there were at least ten of them. The third requirement was something he could do right away, but the other two requirements worried him. The system still hadn't
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Author's Note 2
Hello, I just wanted to inform everyone here who had been following Rise of the Demon King: Caleb Gonzales's Rat Race that I'm going to be rewriting/editing it for eBook, paperback, etc.I figured that since this work was never marked complete when it was supposd to back in January, I might as well post another author's note here.I will try to keep everyone up to date on when the first book will be released here on my currently updating stories and on F******k.If anyone's interested in beta reading for me, please contact me through F******k since I have no idea how to contact anyone on here.I'm also thinking about redoing the covers again.
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Author's Note
Hello everyone. I just want to thank all my readers who have been following along for so long. Caleb's story has ended, which means I currently don't have any stories being written on the platform at this moment.I feel like my writing style has changed since I first started writing on Meganovel, and I don't know if that's a good or bad thing. We shall see how much more it changes.Anyway, there are several things that I want to let you know.I'm a bit sad that Rise of the Demon King: Caleb Gonzales's Rat Race didn't get as much love as my other stories, but there could be many factors that could have contributed to it. Maybe in the future I'll do a rewrite or remake of it since I still like the idea.If I do go through with this idea, then I'll just immediately go to eBook and paperback, and it would be very different from the one here. We will have to see, and I'll let everyone know.As for a new story, I'm still debating on what story I want to do. My plan is to have at least one ex
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Chapter 190: A New Beginning
"Have you heard? They say a new demon king has appeared," someone whispered in the streets."How can that be? Wasn't the demon king killed before they could become the demon king?" another whispered."Well, the demons are acting differently compared to after the previous demon kings died," a person said.Caleb pulled down his hood even more as he passed by the gossiping crowd. He had only stepped away from the castle to catch his breath. It had been months since he had returned to this world, and he had so much work to catch up on that it wasn't even a joke. So much had happened that it felt surreal. There were still plenty of demons defying him.They still couldn't believe he was the new demon king. Caleb could understand why. He hadn't become the demon king the proper way, so it was natural that they were suspicious of his claims despite all the support he received. Even with support, there were some who simply didn't care. Bringing the demons together was a difficult job.He didn't
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Chapter 189: Resolving Matters
Caleb didn't like the sound of that. Why was the fake laughing? It was obviously at the end of its rope. There was no way it could stand a chance against all of them. Something wasn't right. As the smoke cleared, his face curled in disgust at the sight, and he wasn't the only one. He could feel Grace lean towards him as if trying to hide from the sight.The fake could barely be called alive. Its body was fraying at the seams, and the skin was peeling off. The fact that it was still standing was unreal. It was really a gruesome sight that would have made him sick if it had been the him from before he showed up in this world. He was a bit unnerved and worried about what the fake would do next."It looks like it's my loss. I had really hoped to get rid of you, but it looks like I'll just have to wait for another opportunity to arise. You got lucky," the fake said.Just as those words left the fake's deformed mouth, bats swarmed around it. None of them could see what was happening, but th
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Chapter 188: Return
"Do you think the human will really return with our new demon king?" Lisa asked as she leaned back against the wall. "He wasn't exactly enthusiastic about it before.""Who can say?" Takisha said as she brushed her hair back. "We can only wait for the results.""It's not like he would make a good demon king anyway," Ruth said with a huff."Are you going to try to kill him if he returns?" Mildred asked."Of course not," she snapped before she muttered the next part to herself. "It's not like you'll let me.""Shouldn't you be more honest with yourself? He actually grew on you," Lisa said with a smirk.Ruth hissed. "You're one to talk. You think the same."Lisa scowled, but she didn't argue against it. She wasn't the only one feeling some attachment. Well, it wasn't exactly an attachment. Takisha and Mildred barely knew much about him. They had only known each other briefly. However, that didn't diminish their interest in him. It was the only reason why they weren't eager to kill him off
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Chapter 187: Escape
Caleb's body moved to shield her. He grunted as he felt the bullet strike his side. Fortunately, it didn't hit anything vital, but that didn't make it hurt any less. Grace was screaming his name and rushing to his side as the fake waved the gun around with a bored expression on its face. Caleb pressed a hand to the injury and felt blood coat his hand."I guess that didn't work out. Let's try again," the fake said as they raised their gun again.Suddenly, the duo found themselves falling through the air before hitting the ground hard. Caleb wheezed as he landed on his injured side. He rolled onto his back to relieve the pressure and catch his breath. Grace was quickly at his side, casting her healing magic on him again. He could feel the telltale signs of her magic working before it stopped."What? Oh, no," Grace muttered as she cast again.This time, the effect was even shorter. Caleb could still feel his injury bleeding out. For some reason, her healing magic wasn't working properly
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Chapter 186: Brawl
It was silent as Caleb and the fake Grace stared at each other. The real Grace glanced between the two of them, wondering what she was supposed to do. This was beyond anything she had expected when the system assigned the quest. She had thought it was a strangely easy task at first, but she quickly realized it wasn't as simple as she first thought.At first, she couldn't go herself. When she saw the restriction, she had thought she had misread it. However, the words didn't change, no matter how much she looked at them. The system had really told her that she couldn't go personally, even though it said she had to find him and convince him to come back. Luckily, she was able to convince the four demon women to go.Grace had been worried that they wouldn't listen, but they strangely went along with her request. When she had asked why, they all gave a different response. In the end, they all wanted the same thing, which was to have him back. That was good enough for her. With their help,
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Chapter 185: Catching Up
Caleb grunted as they reappeared in a different location and crashed into the ground. Apparently, Grace had teleported them away from the danger. Unfortunately, she hadn't done a good job at it, which was why he was currently in pain. Ignoring the pain and getting to his feet, he took a look at their surroundings. He didn't recognize where they were.Looking back at Grace, he said, "I have so many questions that I have no idea where to begin.""You asked how I got here, well, I got a little help from the system," she said.He frowned. "The system helped you?""It assigned me a quest to find you and convince you to return," Grace said."I see," he said.Even though the system did say it would help him return home, it didn't say it wouldn't get someone
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Chapter 184: Trap
As they sat in the car, Caleb couldn't stop feeling uneasy about the whole thing. This was probably the first time he had ever gotten in the car without someone who wasn't family. It felt odd, and he didn't know what to do about the atmosphere. Caleb wanted to break the silence, but he didn't know what to talk about. He obviously couldn't bring up the other world.There were several reasons why that simply wouldn't work. One was that this fake Grace wouldn't know about it. At least he didn't think she did. She would just think he was crazy, which led to the second reason. Even if she did know about it, they weren't alone in the car. Talking about the other world in front of others was just not the smart thing to do.Caleb kept glancing at Grace out of the corner of his eye, but she didn't even look in his direction. Her eyes were focused straight ahead, with a blank expression on her fac
