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Rise of the Demon King: Caleb Gonzales's Rat Race Chapter 9: Forming a Rat Demon Army
Caleb was hesitant to let go. It could be a trick, and the larger demon rat was just waiting for him to release it. He didn't want to take the chance and continued to sink his teeth. It was only after a message stating he had completed the quest popped up that he dared to relax. Removing his teeth from the corpse, he noticed that they had gathered a crowd.A legion of demon rats were staring at him, and the sight unnerved him. He felt as if they were ready to pounce on him at any given moment. Karen also let go of the corpse and joined his side, making him feel slightly better about it, but they wouldn't be able to do much with just the two of them. Even if they were slightly stronger, the others had the advantage in numbers.For now, it seemed like they weren't going to do anything to them, so he took the opportunity to look over the message he had received for defeating the demon rat. If he was lucky, he would have leveled up, so he was getting more stat points to improve his stats.
Rise of the Demon King: Caleb Gonzales's Rat Race Chapter 10: Building Rat Demon Army
Caleb took his words back after trying to organize his newly formed rat demon army to obey his commands. While the skills he had obtained certainly helped him quite a bit, it wasn't that simple to get them to do what he wanted. Their intelligence was simply too low. Just looking at their stats made him grimace, as they might as well be regular rats. They wouldn't make very good meat shields."Karen, you really are the only one I can count on," Caleb said as he faced his companion, who was helping deal with some rats causing trouble.As if hearing him call her, she looked back at him as her whiskers twitched. He waved his paw at her to let her know he didn't need her right away. She returned to what she was doing as he considered what he needed to do to build his rat demon army properly. Obviously, he needed to increase their intelligence enough so they could understand other commands other than attack and eat.Unfortunately, he had no way to do it. They couldn't exactly attack other de
Rise of the Demon King: Caleb Gonzales's Rat Race Chapter 11: Fight
"Fight!" the demon rats chanted as if they were possessed by something.Caleb edged away from the battle crazed rats that happened to be near him as a couple of rats bit and clawed at each other. He should have known that things wouldn't be that simple. Frankly, it was quite scary how bloodthirsty they were as soon as Karen set out to carry out her suggestion. With how vicious the fights were, he didn't dare to volunteer himself.If he went down, he feared he would make a fool of himself and lose the respect they had for him. The only person he could count on to possibly not kill him right off the bat would be Karen, but she was busy supervising the fights since she understood it was important they didn't reduce their numbers. He winced as he saw a demon rat slash at its opponent's eye."System, how likely are we to be found by the heroes?" Caleb asked.[As the heroes have been summoned just recently, they likely won't be leaving the capital until at least six months have passed.]He
Rise of the Demon King: Caleb Gonzales's Rat Race Chapter 12: Delegating the Supervisors
[The user has named their followerRoger Bryant.][Roger Bryantis going through an unexpected growth. Please checkRoger Bryant's stats for more information.][Follower Information][Roger Bryant][Species: Demon Rat][Strength: 3][Intelligence: 3][Stamina: 2][Endurance: 2][Dexterity: 2][Mana: 2]Since he had made Karen his first follower, Ca
Rise of the Demon King: Caleb Gonzales's Rat Race Chapter 13: Leaving the Demon Rats to Training
[The user has named their follower Andrew Collins.][Andrew Collins is going through an unexpected growth. Please check Andrew Collins's stats for more information.][The user has named their follower Brandon Perez.][Brandon Perez is going through an unexpected growth. Please check Brandon Perez's stats for more information.][The user has named their follower Denise Williams.][Denise Williams is going through an unexpected growth. Please check Denise Williams's stats for more information.][The user has named their followerEugene Johnson.][Eugene Jo
Rise of the Demon King: Caleb Gonzales's Rat Race Chapter 14: Considering His Options
Caleb jumped into the air before scurrying away from what he assumed was his enemy. After ducking for cover within the bushes, he dared to peek out from under his cover to see that nothing was there. Confused and unnerved by the turn of events, he refused to come out of his hiding spot as his eyes darted for his mysterious enemy.Several minutes passed, and there was still no activity. He knew he couldn't stay there all day, but he was scared to go out and be ambushed by his unseen enemy. Waiting a bit longer, he knew he couldn't stay there any longer when his stomach growled. All the running had made him hungry, so he reluctantly stepped slowly out of his hiding spot.As soon as he was fully out in the open, he expected to be attacked immediately. However, nothing popped out of the shadows to hurt him. Scanning his surroundings, he couldn't spot anything out of the ordinary. Scratching
Rise of the Demon King: Caleb Gonzales's Rat Race Chapter 15: Testing Results of Training (1)
The days passed like a blur, and Caleb slowly became more accustomed to the world. Honestly, besides the incident with the demon wolf and demon rat, he had gotten used to being a demon rat, which was quite terrifying. He chalked it up to the system making sure he had no problems with his new body, but that didn't make the prospect any less scary.Surveying the scene in front of him, he was amazed at how much progress they had made. In the beginning, it had been chaos getting them to not kill each other over the slightest thing. Now they only fought each other when it was the designated time and never went too far in a fight. Even though he wasn't actively involved, it certainly helped level up his skills.[Tactician][Level 3][Can read the situation better an
Rise of the Demon King: Caleb Gonzales's Rat Race Chapter 16: Testing Results of Training (2)
Caleb quickly remedied his mistake and said, "Look. Food. Bring."This time, the demon rats understood what he was saying and went off in separate directions to carry out his orders. They didn't even hesitate or stop to ask questions. Well, the last one wouldn't happen unless it was one of his named followers, and even then they would just stare at him instead of verbally asking their question.Pulling up the map, he studied the movements of all his followers. It was a bit inconvenient that it only showed whether a dot was an enemy, ally, or neutral party. He hadn't realized the problem until much later, when he was trying to use it to find Karen. It couldn't tell the difference between her and the other demon rats, much to his frustration.Of course, when he brought it up with the system, it was unhelpful and only said it couldn't do anything about it.
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Author's Note 2
Hello, I just wanted to inform everyone here who had been following Rise of the Demon King: Caleb Gonzales's Rat Race that I'm going to be rewriting/editing it for eBook, paperback, etc.I figured that since this work was never marked complete when it was supposd to back in January, I might as well post another author's note here.I will try to keep everyone up to date on when the first book will be released here on my currently updating stories and on F******k.If anyone's interested in beta reading for me, please contact me through F******k since I have no idea how to contact anyone on here.I'm also thinking about redoing the covers again.
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Author's Note
Hello everyone. I just want to thank all my readers who have been following along for so long. Caleb's story has ended, which means I currently don't have any stories being written on the platform at this moment.I feel like my writing style has changed since I first started writing on Meganovel, and I don't know if that's a good or bad thing. We shall see how much more it changes.Anyway, there are several things that I want to let you know.I'm a bit sad that Rise of the Demon King: Caleb Gonzales's Rat Race didn't get as much love as my other stories, but there could be many factors that could have contributed to it. Maybe in the future I'll do a rewrite or remake of it since I still like the idea.If I do go through with this idea, then I'll just immediately go to eBook and paperback, and it would be very different from the one here. We will have to see, and I'll let everyone know.As for a new story, I'm still debating on what story I want to do. My plan is to have at least one ex
- Rise of the Demon King: Caleb Gonzales's Rat Race
Chapter 190: A New Beginning
"Have you heard? They say a new demon king has appeared," someone whispered in the streets."How can that be? Wasn't the demon king killed before they could become the demon king?" another whispered."Well, the demons are acting differently compared to after the previous demon kings died," a person said.Caleb pulled down his hood even more as he passed by the gossiping crowd. He had only stepped away from the castle to catch his breath. It had been months since he had returned to this world, and he had so much work to catch up on that it wasn't even a joke. So much had happened that it felt surreal. There were still plenty of demons defying him.They still couldn't believe he was the new demon king. Caleb could understand why. He hadn't become the demon king the proper way, so it was natural that they were suspicious of his claims despite all the support he received. Even with support, there were some who simply didn't care. Bringing the demons together was a difficult job.He didn't
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Chapter 189: Resolving Matters
Caleb didn't like the sound of that. Why was the fake laughing? It was obviously at the end of its rope. There was no way it could stand a chance against all of them. Something wasn't right. As the smoke cleared, his face curled in disgust at the sight, and he wasn't the only one. He could feel Grace lean towards him as if trying to hide from the sight.The fake could barely be called alive. Its body was fraying at the seams, and the skin was peeling off. The fact that it was still standing was unreal. It was really a gruesome sight that would have made him sick if it had been the him from before he showed up in this world. He was a bit unnerved and worried about what the fake would do next."It looks like it's my loss. I had really hoped to get rid of you, but it looks like I'll just have to wait for another opportunity to arise. You got lucky," the fake said.Just as those words left the fake's deformed mouth, bats swarmed around it. None of them could see what was happening, but th
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Chapter 188: Return
"Do you think the human will really return with our new demon king?" Lisa asked as she leaned back against the wall. "He wasn't exactly enthusiastic about it before.""Who can say?" Takisha said as she brushed her hair back. "We can only wait for the results.""It's not like he would make a good demon king anyway," Ruth said with a huff."Are you going to try to kill him if he returns?" Mildred asked."Of course not," she snapped before she muttered the next part to herself. "It's not like you'll let me.""Shouldn't you be more honest with yourself? He actually grew on you," Lisa said with a smirk.Ruth hissed. "You're one to talk. You think the same."Lisa scowled, but she didn't argue against it. She wasn't the only one feeling some attachment. Well, it wasn't exactly an attachment. Takisha and Mildred barely knew much about him. They had only known each other briefly. However, that didn't diminish their interest in him. It was the only reason why they weren't eager to kill him off
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Chapter 187: Escape
Caleb's body moved to shield her. He grunted as he felt the bullet strike his side. Fortunately, it didn't hit anything vital, but that didn't make it hurt any less. Grace was screaming his name and rushing to his side as the fake waved the gun around with a bored expression on its face. Caleb pressed a hand to the injury and felt blood coat his hand."I guess that didn't work out. Let's try again," the fake said as they raised their gun again.Suddenly, the duo found themselves falling through the air before hitting the ground hard. Caleb wheezed as he landed on his injured side. He rolled onto his back to relieve the pressure and catch his breath. Grace was quickly at his side, casting her healing magic on him again. He could feel the telltale signs of her magic working before it stopped."What? Oh, no," Grace muttered as she cast again.This time, the effect was even shorter. Caleb could still feel his injury bleeding out. For some reason, her healing magic wasn't working properly
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Chapter 186: Brawl
It was silent as Caleb and the fake Grace stared at each other. The real Grace glanced between the two of them, wondering what she was supposed to do. This was beyond anything she had expected when the system assigned the quest. She had thought it was a strangely easy task at first, but she quickly realized it wasn't as simple as she first thought.At first, she couldn't go herself. When she saw the restriction, she had thought she had misread it. However, the words didn't change, no matter how much she looked at them. The system had really told her that she couldn't go personally, even though it said she had to find him and convince him to come back. Luckily, she was able to convince the four demon women to go.Grace had been worried that they wouldn't listen, but they strangely went along with her request. When she had asked why, they all gave a different response. In the end, they all wanted the same thing, which was to have him back. That was good enough for her. With their help,
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Chapter 185: Catching Up
Caleb grunted as they reappeared in a different location and crashed into the ground. Apparently, Grace had teleported them away from the danger. Unfortunately, she hadn't done a good job at it, which was why he was currently in pain. Ignoring the pain and getting to his feet, he took a look at their surroundings. He didn't recognize where they were.Looking back at Grace, he said, "I have so many questions that I have no idea where to begin.""You asked how I got here, well, I got a little help from the system," she said.He frowned. "The system helped you?""It assigned me a quest to find you and convince you to return," Grace said."I see," he said.Even though the system did say it would help him return home, it didn't say it wouldn't get someone
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Chapter 184: Trap
As they sat in the car, Caleb couldn't stop feeling uneasy about the whole thing. This was probably the first time he had ever gotten in the car without someone who wasn't family. It felt odd, and he didn't know what to do about the atmosphere. Caleb wanted to break the silence, but he didn't know what to talk about. He obviously couldn't bring up the other world.There were several reasons why that simply wouldn't work. One was that this fake Grace wouldn't know about it. At least he didn't think she did. She would just think he was crazy, which led to the second reason. Even if she did know about it, they weren't alone in the car. Talking about the other world in front of others was just not the smart thing to do.Caleb kept glancing at Grace out of the corner of his eye, but she didn't even look in his direction. Her eyes were focused straight ahead, with a blank expression on her fac
