Out of the twelve humans that had been captured, three had been taken away, five had been poisoned, and the final four were untouched. Well, as untouched as they could be given their circumstances. Caleb signaled for the demon rats currently nearby to approach. As if sensing what he was about to order them, they eagerly approached the humans.Caleb watched them, thinking that perhaps he shouldn't have asked Joyce to poison the humans. None of the other demon rats except his main followers had poison resistance. That meant they couldn't eat the poisoned humans. Thinking it over a bit, he decided that this would be another test to see if it was possible for the other demon rats to obtain poisoned resistance. It should be fine, right?"Eat," he ordered with a nod, and they dove in eagerly.He seriously overestimated them, or perhaps it was because he missed a crucial detail regarding posion resistance. Obtaining the skill was only possible if the poison was weak enough not to immediately
Time seemed to move quickly and slowly at the same time. Before Caleb knew it, several months had passed without incident, and it almost felt unreal. Caleb had been so sure that heroes would come for them, but it didn't happen. In fact, the humans ended up leaving them alone to grow stronger in peace. He wasn't sure how that happened.Caleb had brainwashed the surviving humans to spin a story that wouldn't implicate them at all. However, it would be impossible to ignore how most of the men who had gone into the forest hadn't returned. He would have thought they would do something about it, like the last place did. Instead, days passed without any signs of any more humans.In the beginning, he had been walking on eggshells, thinking that the humans or heroes would show up any day now. However, now that so much time had passed, it no longer kept him up late at night. That didn't mean it didn't still bug him. Caleb refused to let his guard down and made sure to have his followers keep an
[Quest][Third step to World Domination][You have already successfully completed the first and second steps.][Complete the third step to world domination.][You will be rewarded once you complete the third step.]For example, the next part of the chained of the quest was waiting for him to make a move. The lack of information made it difficult to determine what the next step wanted him to do. Caleb knew he wasn't that smart compared to a lot of people, so his mind couldn't figure out what it was, no matter how long he stared at the screen. He was drawing a complete blank.The first two steps had been about his army and dealing with territory. Was the next about attacking others and taking what they needed, basically making him into a tyrant? Well, the demon king was an example of this type of ruler. It was impossible for them to be any other, but Caleb chose to ignore him. The demon king was a complete outlier and couldn't be used as a proper measurement."My king," Gloria said, dra
Caleb narrowed his eyes at the screen, suspicion and doubt gleaming in them. If the system were a person, it would be sweating right at that moment. Something didn't seem right. For a moment, there had been a strange phenomenon that he could only describe as a glitch. The world had literally spazzed out like a game, encountering a bug or crashing before it went back to normal.He had asked the system what that was, but the system had acted oblivious to what he was talking about. There was no way the system couldn't have possibly noticed. It must have seen something. Unfortunately, it was quite tight lipped about the whole affair, and he wasn't sure why. Well, if the system was going to refuse to answer, he needed to find out himself.The problem was that he had no clue where to start. It wasn't like he had a surplus of people with whom he could talk about these matters, for several reasons. One of them was people thinking he was crazy. Honestly, he wouldn't blame them. It did sound ri
As Caleb stared at the scene in front of him, he should have known something was up the moment the system said that none of the options were good. In fact, it stated that Caleb should prioritize expanding his territory without fighting. He had stared at the message, wondering if the system was being purposely dumb. If it were that simple, then he wouldn't have left in the first place.Shaking his head, Caleb focused on the current situation unfolding in front of him. Bodies littered the ground as demons marched in the direction of one of the cities that Caleb had been debating going to. It looked like a demon invasion was in motion, which meant it wasn't safe for them to come out. They would end up caught up in the mess, which was the last thing he needed.The problem was that he had sent a good chunk of his forces ahead to prepare traps without knowing this was happening. If he had, he would have immediately turned back and not bothered sending them away. Where were they? So far, he
[Emergency Quest][A Demon Invasion][You have stumbled upon a marching demon force intent on invading one of the human cities while trying to find your missing forces.][There are several tasks you can complete, but you are only required to complete one of them.][Some tasks might contradict each other, so choose wisely.][The first task is to locate all your followers.][Rewards are based on how many followers you successfully find as well as their conditions.][The second task is to join the demon invasion.][Rewards are based on your contribution to the demon invasion.][The third task is to slip away from the invading demon force without being detected.][Rewards are based on how many demons spotted you and how you dealt with them.][The fourth task is to fight the invading demon force.][Rewards are based on how many demons you defeat and how you defeat them.][The fifth task is to recruit demons into your army.][Rewards are based on how many demons you successfully integrate i
Caleb was a bit surprised at how easy it was to sneak into the invading demon force. It was almost like he was invisible to them, and he hadn't even activated any of his skills yet. Of course, it might have to do with his size. He was tiny compared to the majority of the demons that were focused on getting to their destination. Why would they pay attention to the critter running underfoot?He was also careful not to end up directly underneath any of their feet and risk the chance of being crushed or drawing their ire. Being small really did have its advantages, and he was sure that he would be able to successfully complete his task without fail. However, he was still concerned about the rest of his followers. How were they doing?Looking at the map, he could see where they were, but he couldn't see what was happening and could only make guesses about their condition. Fortunately, it looked like some of his followers had been found, considering the number of green dots next to each oth
Caleb should have known things wouldn't go as smoothly as he would have liked. He had actually been very lucky so far that nothing big happened sooner since everyone else that had come with him was bigger than him. They should have been spotted a lot sooner. The only reason he could think of was that the other demons thought they were part of the group.Whatever the case may be, his second task was currently in jeopardy. If any of his followers got found out, it would be impossible to avoid a confrontation, much less complete the second task. He had to do something fast. However, he had no clue how to do that. There weren't exactly many options available to him, and he didn't even know the context for the demons' suspicions.Glancing at the demon rat beside him, he debated whether it was worth pushing it to force its way through the crowd of demons to meet up with the troublemaker. He quickly shook his head of those thoughts. That would only make a bigger mess. Any suspicious move the