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