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Rise of the Demon King: Caleb Gonzales's Rat Race Chapter 48: Building a Nest
Caleb huffed and puffed as he took a moment to wipe the sweat from his furry head with a paw. It was exhausting running around and making sure the baby demon rats didn't somehow get themselves killed, but they had finally done it. They had successfully built a new nest. Of course, it wasn't as great as his previous lair, but it was slightly better than how the baby demon rats were living.At least it wasn't a hole in the ground that was only covered with bushes and leaves. The baby demon rats certainly seemed proud of themselves, seeing how they were squeaking happily at the sight of it. He didn't see a reason why he should burst their balloon, and he allowed them to have their happy little dance around it. The corners of his mouth twitched at the sight."Good job," he finally said before nudging them towards it. "Now get inside."The baby demon rats swarmed into the makeshift nest and made themselves comfortable. Once they were settled inside, he decided to join them and test how com
Rise of the Demon King: Caleb Gonzales's Rat Race Chapter 49: Demon Rat Cult
Unbeknownst to Caleb, who had fallen asleep after the baby demon rats did, they had actually been pretending to be sleeping. The moment they were certain he wouldn't wake up, all their eyes snapped open at once. They stared at him with their beady eyes before turning their attention to each other. They knew very well that he was a deep sleeper, so he wouldn't easily wake up.That didn't mean they would start shouting, as one whispered, "King doesn't see anything.""Must keep it that way. Can't trouble king," another said. "King did a lot for us weaklings. No adult form, but king cares for us. Can't let down.""What can do? King is better," said one of the baby demon rats with distress in its voice."Grow stronger," said a different baby demon rat."How ?" another asked. "King help, but we still weak.""Human mother helped. Find human mother and grow stronger," someone chimed in.However, the idea was immediately shut down. "Bad humans near human mother? They kill us. She weak."All of
Rise of the Demon King: Caleb Gonzales's Rat Race Chapter 50: Disposing of Deer Corpse
Caleb decided to hold off on dealing with the corpse so he could check on the baby demon rats. They might have woken up and seen what had happened. Approaching the nest, he glanced over at the sleeping baby demon rats. He frowned at the sight. The fact that they were still asleep meant that whatever happened had occurred either without a sound or much noise, or they were just deep sleepers.Well, it was time to wake them up anyway, and he nudged each of them awake. Pushing them to leave the nest, he watched as they stopped to stare at the corpse. They must think he brought it back for them to eat, so he needed to make sure they didn't try to eat it. He didn't want to think about what would happen if they took a bite out of it and it was poisoned or diseased."You will help me move it away from the nest and bury it," he said once he had them all lined up in front of him.The baby demon rats stared at him for a moment before glancing at each other. They didn't say a single word, but it
Rise of the Demon King: Caleb Gonzales's Rat Race Chapter 51: Posion Resistance
Caleb wanted to demand a refund. Why did the baby demon rats have [Poison Resistance]? More importantly, when had they gotten it? He didn't remember seeing it when he first checked their information. Had they gotten it while they had been separated? How? What had happened while they were with Grace? Did they test poison on them?He could imagine the rest of the hero party purposely feeding the baby demon rats posioned cheese, but there was no way Grace would do that. She could obviously tell how hostile they were, so there was no way she would leave them unsupervised. That still didn't explain the new skill. If it was just one of them, he could wave it off as it being some random chance. However, every single one of them had it."How did they get [Poison Restiance]?" he muttered to himself.While he was distracted, the baby demon rats glanced at each other. They were confused by his confusion. Was there something wrong with having [Poison Resistance]? It was a skill they had obtained
Rise of the Demon King: Caleb Gonzales's Rat Race Chapter 52: Poison Plan
Caleb found himself really considering the idea. If they threw the poisoned deer meat in, then they would be able to poison the water supply. Well, at least one of them. If they really wanted to make sure they poisoned everyone, they had to poison all the water sources. Now that he had the baby demon rats with him, it might actually be possible to pull it off.However, he had to worry about the timing as well as a few other details. He wasn't sure how long it would take the poisoned deer meat to poison the water. Caleb also wasn't sure if it was a good idea to let the baby demon rats go on their own. It would be more efficient and increase the chances of a successful poisoning, but they had already gotten into trouble before when not supervised.There were also the heroes. They would undoubtedly be given a quest to deal with the poison and find the culprit. It was like putting a target on their backs and telling them to come after them. As he struggled to come to a decision, the baby
Rise of the Demon King: Caleb Gonzales's Rat Race Chapter 53: Confronting the Baby Demon Rats
Despite thinking this, Caleb felt a twinge of sadness. He really thought of them as his own kids. Even though he was too young to have any, he had cared for them as if he were their father. Of course he could excuse it as needing demons that would serve him, but he wasn't completely blind to the truth. That's why it hit him so hard to know that they were taking advantage of him.Unbeknownst to him, the trio were thinking about how the king would be happy with their hard work. They had already done their job by throwing the deer meat in. None of them could quite understand why he wanted them to do it, but they figured it had to be a great plan. They had considered throwing the rabbit they killed when they arrived into the water too. However, it seemed like a waste.Instead, they should bring it to the king as an offering. He hadn't touched the deer and even said to throw it away. Their king must not like deer meat. Perhaps he would like deer meat. Unfortunately, even a rabbit was diffi
Rise of the Demon King: Caleb Gonzales's Rat Race Chapter 54: Discovering the Truth About the Baby Demon Rats
Caleb stared in disbelief. They thought of him as their king. Out of all the things he expected for them to say, king was one of the last things he expected for them to say. Obviously, some of the words he thought they would use to describe him were a joke or a useful tool. If he were more optimistic and really thought they were really on his side, they would call him father.He honestly wasn't sure what to think about being called a king. There was only one being among the demons that was called a king. The demon king was the only one who could get away with being called a king. Even if a demon managed to secure a following, they would never call themselves a king or ruler. At best, they could call themselves a leader. However, that was just asking for trouble.With his mind filled with confusion, he asked, "System, did they just call me king?"[The user has heard correctly. They called you king.]"Why would they call me that?" he asked, still unable to wrap his mind around it.[They
Rise of the Demon King: Caleb Gonzales's Rat Race Chapter 55: Back at the Nest
The baby demon rats immediately lined up the moment they saw Caleb and the trio come into view. Now that he knew that they saw him as their king, he couldn't see it as an act of children excited to see their father. It was more like an army greeting their commander, or in this case, their king. He wondered when they started thinking of him as their king.Caleb supposed it didn't really matter when. What mattered was that he should stop seeing them as babies and more as his army, as he intended from the beginning. Maybe if he had done it sooner, then he wouldn't have wasted so much time. The trio with him joined their companions to stare at him. After studying each and every one of them, he went over the plan that was in progress.They wouldn't know how soon the poison would take effect or if it would be enough for the system to decide that he had completed the quest. While he would like to think that poisoning the townspeople would count as revenge, he didn't want to blindly assume. T
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