Chapter 74: A Sudden Halt of Progress (2)

Barbara and I road the carriage that I get to ride for free thanks to Luna. It was a loud ride since everyone was trying to hit on Barbara. Even the girls were trying to get in her pants. Must be because she is a succubus. She was not amused at all. 

Well, demons are evil. They also really hate humans at least what I heard from old stories. She must feel mad that so many insects are trying to woo her. Does she also count me as an Insect? I am too afraid to ask. 

Now that I think about it. I need to get back home. I need to head straight there since we are doing our weekly family meeting. I know they will be surprised about the sudden increase in stats and skills. Sooner or later my family is going to find out the curse system. 

Once they do I need to be careful. I know my brother Ferin will try his best to have fun. Since I am his punching bag emotionally and physically. He will want me to be in that same position forever. Getting stronger will ruin his plans of stress revealing. 

If it gets so bad that he traps me in the house or something like that. I will have to move out or even move nations. That or surprise him with a big attack. He'd live but I would have to cripple him. I would like to avoid that. 

Once the others stopped hitting on Barbara her face was contorted in anger. Is now soft and relaxed. I almost want to talk to her now that people aren't bothering her. If I did she would surely be mad. 

The carriage stopped abruptly. The others knew exactly what was going on. I didn't and was targeted because of that. Thankfully Barbara grabbed my head and lowered it on her lap. An arrow flew past my head and is now stuck in the carriage floorboard. 

We are being raided. I grabbed my spear from my back and got up. I would have if Barbara hadn't grabbed the back of my shirt. When she did an arrow flew past my head. More than one archer? This is not good. My head is being targeted. 

I wonder if I am specifically being targeted. That or is my head really that big that shooting it is easy? Regardless, Barbara and I are ready to defend ourselves. 

Bandits can't look more like bandits, can they? They are dirty, using old armor and of course, using old weapons. I think I see some of them with funky hair. Most likely because they don't use personal care products. 

I am able to block their attacks and use my Demon Blade to cut them. The blade is a rusty metal piece but for some reason. It is very effective on soft flesh. I don't feel bad that I am hurting them. I am sure I won't feel bad for killing them. Bandits are treated as Demonic Beasts. 

I am only able to hurt them. I can't kill them since I am not able to deal enough damage. When I do slash at enemies Barbara takes over and finishes them off. Like what happened a second ago. I blocked someone's attack with my spear got close and quickly stabbed a bandit. It barely went through his cloth armor but after that. 

The rusty blade punctured their skin like butter. This is good because I can get experience from fighting. While I gain experience in combat and in stat increases. My summoned Succubus finishes him off with a slash from a small sword on her hip. 

After Barbara killed thirty of them the other adventurers killed twenty. They declared a retreat and ran away. I guess they were tired of dying so quickly. That or some of the new recruits pissed their pants and ran off. 

Our ride was not interrupted the rest of the way. I sighed in relief after we got to the town. That is when Barbara bowed like a maid and disappeared. That is good because my family shouldn't know about her.