It was almost pitiful how easy it was to clean up the forces after dealing with their leader. The keyword being almost. Caleb studied the demon rats in front of him. His estimate of how many there were had been right. There were about sixty of them. Of course, that wasn't including some of the ones that had been killed. Some of the bodies were too mutilated to guess which part belonged to whom.There was also the explosion from earlier. Caleb was pretty sure some of the demon rats that had been unfortunate enough to be close to the explosion had been vaporized. He had no way of proving that, though, so he had no way of knowing the original number unless the enemy was willing to offer up that information to him. Well, there was no point in knowing anyway.What was the point of knowing how many there were to begin with if they were dead? The dead weren't going to be integrated into his army. He wasn't some kind of necromancer. Actually, now that he was in the game, he wondered if there
Dennis studied the trap formations to make sure everything was in place. Of course, nothing had changed since he last checked it ten minutes ago, but he needed to be sure. With their king absent, it fell to him to be in charge of the nest and ensure it was well protected from enemies. It had been several hours since the king and the others left.The king didn't say how long it would be until their return, so they had no way to know when they would be back. It could be a few more hours or several days later. All they could do was wait, but the idea that the king would be away for so long was nerve wracking. Dennis wasn't the only one anxiously waiting for their king's return, as the rest of them kept checking the borders for any signs of the group.All of them had the same idea and wished they had been part of the group that had gone with their king. At least that way, they could be by his side. Dennis sighed as he observed his surroundings. He didn't like taking on the role of tempora
Dennis stared at their sleeping king, who had barked out orders not to be disturbed after they returned to the nest. Their king hadn't even taken a moment to check the status of the base before simply collapsing into the soft nest they had prepared for him. Something must have happened while their king was away, and Dennis turned his attention to the other demon rats that had returned with him.Gloria, Matthew, Helen, and Tina were covered in bits of flesh and blood, with some dust in the mix. Otherwise, they appeared to be relatively unscathed from their journey, which was expected of them. However, that wasn't what caught his attention. His eyes were solely fixated on the demon rats with them. Those had to be the enemy, and he wanted to know why they were there.Sensing everyone's gazes on them, Gloria said, "Our king has claimed them as his slaves."Even though their king had explained it to them before they returned back to the nest, she still had a hard time understanding. All sh
Caleb blinked several times to make sense of what happened while he was taking his nap. Well, rather than a nap, it was more correct to call it a deep sleep. He had slept the whole day away, after all. This was certainly going to lead to a messed up sleeping schedule for the next few days, but that wasn't the reason why he was currently befuddled.Unable to take it anymore, he asked, "What are you doing?"His followers and slaves looked at him innocently, but there was nothing innocent about what they were doing. He had left them to their own devices because it had never been a problem before. Whenever he was asleep, they had done well to keep watch and make sure the base was safe. So why was it that he was seeing them drag demons into the base?He had only been asleep for a couple hours. Okay, it was more than several hours, but that was beside the point. Where did they get the idea to drag other demons into their fold? He had never told them to do this. It was a huge security issue.
Caleb should have known better than to jinx himself. Staring at the demon rats in front of him, he wondered how things had turned out this way. It had seemed like any other day. He had been busy leading the demon rats while also dealing with any demons challenging his authority. When he had seen a large force of red dots heading in their direction, he immediately had all his forces be ready to face it.There had to be at least one hundred of them, and he had feared the worst. He had thought that perhaps the humans had caught wind of them again and intended to pick a fight with him. Another possibility that crossed his mind had been that it was an army of demons who couldn't stand him acting up despite being only a mere demon rat.When the enemy force finally came to view, he hadn't been sure whether he should be relieved or worried. An army of one hundred demon rats had stood in the distance. If demon rats were their enemy, Caleb was sure his side would be able to handle them. However
It was obvious to anyone with eyes what the situation was. Caleb just didn't think it would actually be in front of him in the form of demon rats. Seriously. They were demon rats with low intelligence. How did they end up pulling a stunt he had only seen in dramas? Two enemies falling in love and having a child was so cliche that it wasn't even funny.Caleb kind of had an idea of what happened. Somehow, the two bumped into each other while carrying out their duties for each group. Maybe they fought to a draw or only briefly acknowledged each other's existence before returning to their respective groups. Whatever it was, the point was that they ended up knowing about each other's existence.Over time, they ended up getting close to the point where the baby demon rat came into play. He wasn't sure how they didn't get caught or get into trouble, but it happened. That would also explain why the large group of demon rats had shown up out of the blue to join him. It seemed that one of his s
Fortunately, Caleb found that he hadn't jinxed himself. While there were some issues between the new additions, they otherwise settled in without him needing to do damage control. It was a huge load off his shoulders, and he made sure to praise his followers for their hard work, especially Gloria. She had really outdone herself and proven she could be reliable.Unbeknownst to him, many things had happened in the background to ensure problems were squashed as soon as they occurred. If that wasn't possible, his followers made sure it wouldn't reach his ears so as not to bother him. Everything that Caleb heard about was the few that got past these two hurdles. Well, what he didn't know wouldn't hurt him.[Are you sure you won't use your skill on them?]"No, I won't use [Brainwashing] on them. I'm not going to change my mind no matter how many times you ask," Caleb said, observing the demon rats working hard on the tasks he assigned them.This subject was something the system kept bringin
"Are you sure the reports are correct?" the man said as he glanced around the forest, looking for signs of demons.Another man said, "That's what passing caravans said. Of course they haven't seen it themselves, but they've been hearing noises in the forests near the road."The first man cursed. It was just their luck that they would have been sent out to investigate. This was supposed to be the job of the heroes. That was the whole reason why they had been summoned. Unfortunately, none were available at the moment, which left them to be the ones to get the short end of the stick. The two were the unfortunate ones chosen for the job.While the duo would have preferred to avoid this, they couldn't refuse when it had been done fairly. In order to make things fair, they had drawn a lot to see which two poor souls would put their lives on the line. They just happened to be those two. With a sigh, they pressed forward, as they couldn't return until they actually did their jobs.A rustling