Rise of the Demon King: Caleb Gonzales's Rat Race

Chapter 8: Asserting Dominance

Well, that certainly put things into perspective, but it did make sense the more Caleb thought about it. Of course, there would be a leader running the nest. It would be stranger if there wasn't one when there were so many demon rats running around, and obviously the biggest, meanest one would be the leader. That was why he refused to fight the demon rat.

[Quest]

[Defeat the Demon Rat Leader]

[You wish to create an army of demon rats, but there is something standing in your way.]

[Defeat the demon rat leader.]

[You will be rewarded once the demon rat is defeated or killed.]

Staring at the message for a few moments, he blurted out, "Are you kidding me?"

[It isn't optional.]

"Didn't you say you were on my side? Why are you throwing me into a fight?" he demanded, much to Karen's confusion.

[The user wishes to have an army to protect himself when the heroes arrive. The quickest and most efficient way to do so is to assert dominance by defeating the current leader.]

Caleb didn't want to ad