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."

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