Since all six thugs were lower level and unprepared to face a succubus, they easily fell to a charm. Kanae compelled them to give his party massages like obedient servants. He only needed to speak with one of them, so he left their leader Dax's mind intact, who was currently terrified beyond belief.
"Not so tough now, are you?" Kanae teased, wiggling his toes. "Now how about you start telling us about Bardell, and I might consider letting you guys go."
"You… promise?" Dax timidly asked.
"The alternative option is I order you to drown yourselves, because from what I understand, you used to take advantage of Edina by keeping her at level 1."
"People like Dax, Hugo, and Bardell… They did a lot more than just make me carry their stuff… If you couldn't pick up their weight during quests and hit jobs, they would use you in other ways." Edina glared.
It seemed that no matter what world it was, there would always be people picking on the weak. In Edina's case, she was made to be the inventory mule and take care of their sexual relief.
"Hey, it's nothing personal!" Dax said. "Everyone's got their place. We do our thing, the whole syndicate gets rich. You would be, too, if you didn't—"
"I asked you a question. Don't get sassy." Kanae pressed a foot into his face.
"B-Bardell's a centaur, and the kingpin of the Outriders. We're a syndicate that runs a lot deeper in this kingdom than you think. Ingrid over at Port Kandis, Hugo here in Orturic to name a few— and eah, we have members in the adventurer's hall, but those are just more places to stick our toes into," he explained.
"To recruit unsuspecting low levels like me…" Edina grimaced.
Ingrid? The woman who captured lone adventurers to be sold on brothel ships? If they were from the same syndicate, Bardell must have gotten a huge payday from selling a succubus to Redmane.
Kanae almost lost confidence. Just like with Renya, Bardell and his Outriders were folks that operated outside the reach of law. They had to be competent and powerful if authorities hadn't caught up with them. Unlike with Renya, however, Kanae and his party were already at odds with the bandits.
What a headache. Things were starting to look up, then he made enemies just by association with Edina. But she was a precious member of the party now, and Kanae would be remiss not to get them off her back.
"What level is Bardell, and where are the Outriders based?" Kanae asked.
"Outskirts of Radevic, in an outpost deep in the mountains. No one knows his level. He won't say either. We just know that he's a tough bastard and getting on his good side fills our pockets," Dax said.
"You're not lying to me, are you? Because if you are…" He pointed a finger into the water, ordering Dax to submerge his head, then allowed him back up after a minute of struggling.
The bandit gasped for air. "I'm not lying! It's the truth, I swear!"
Well, Kanae already knew Dax was telling the truth. Anyone under the charm spell couldn't lie to begin with. Although… This was bad. Messing with people like this gave him a sense of power he never had in life. As a convenience store worker, he had always been at the beck and call of customers and managers, serving under their feet. The power was in his hands now, and it provided a different kind of thrill an orgasm couldn't.
"We're not seriously going to confront Bardell? That guy is insanely strong… scares the fur off my tail, too…" Edina put a trembling hand on Kanae's shoulder.
"Not unless they keep messing with us. Don't worry, Edina. I won't let anything happen to you," Kanae promised, reassuring her with a smile. "Until then, can you two pay Dreizel for me and go back to the adventurer's hall first?"
Arenade threw a tantrum. "This is the most I've been pampered in a long time! I want to stay to be massaged until their hands go numb!"
This demigoddess…
"I take it that means you want to join what I want to do next?" Kanae reached over to lift her chin closer to him.
"Er… Yeah, maybe I've soaked enough. You know what sounds good right now? Doing some quests! Let's go, necromancer!" Arenade left the bath in a hurry.
"Don't forget to take these guys' stuff. They won't need it anymore. You can leave their underclothes behind though," he added.
"Heh. No need to tell me twice." Edina began to pick up all their discarded equipment. "Looks like I'm carrying your shit again, but this time I'll be taking it all with me. See ya, jerkwads!"
Both of them quickly exited the bath, leaving Kanae alone with six 'strong' adventurers for himself.
"Y-You're… going to let us go, right?" Dax asked.
"I thought you guys came in here to have your way with us. Don't you want to fuck my slutty succubus pussy and mouth?" Kanae grinned, wagging his tail back and forth with anticipation.
After ordering Dax and his crew to gangbang him, they finished by giving Kanae a bukakke. One by one, the bandits collapsed, shooting their final load onto his face and body, mouth open to catch as much cum as possible.
[Level 25 ⇒ 26]
Gaining levels and experience was becoming a lot harder now that Kanae himself was higher. He would eventually need to start facing much stronger things.
"Aahhh~" Kanae squeezed his ejaculate-soaked breasts and trembled. "I feel so refreshed!"
Now, since they had a sexual encounter with him, the six members of the Outriders were fully under the charm spell and fawning over Kanae. Thanks to Dax, he also learned the location of where Ingrid would be today since they had planned to meet up. His final order to them was to return to Bardell and tell him to fuck off.
The Outriders kingpin was probably going to screw with Kanae and his party anyway even if Dax didn't come back. It was at least worth a shot to get them to back off.
When Kanae returned to his room at the adventurer's hall, he was welcomed back by Edina throwing her arms around him. She hugged tightly, letting out a long, drawn-out sigh.
"W-What's this all about?" Kanae asked, slightly blushing.
"I've never had a friend stick up for me like you have, so… thanks for that. But we could be getting into some real shit. Are you sure you want to piss off Bardell like that?" Edina let go, and he saw her eyes filling with worry.
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By the looks of it, Bardell probably wasn't going to be a pushover.
"We're a party, right? It's only natural that I take your side. I'd do the same for Arenade, even if she might not deserve it," he joked.
"Hey!" Arenade pouted.
These two weren't the best members to go questing and adventuring with. Someone like Will and Estaline would still be preferable. However, Arenade and Edina were his party members, and he wasn't going to let them down so easily.
"On the topic of Bardell though, I'm not done getting back at him just yet. There's someone out in Turic that I'd like to pay a visit to," Kanae said.
They met up with Takumi, Manabe, and Ichi at the cabin to maximize their numbers, then went together to find Ingrid and her sex-trafficking goons. Dax's directions were on the mark, because they were off a beaten path, pretending to be merchants. The half-orc Raphie and halfling elf Mox were also present.
"Oh, we've seen them around before," Manabe said.
"They look scary, so we kinda just stay out of their way," Ichi added.
"There's nothing good about them, and those bastards only pretended to be nice so that I'd let me guard down. We'd be doing Orturic a favor by getting rid of them." Kanae proceeded to explain what happened to him when he had encountered them back then.
"Wait. You went through all that after saving me?" Edina gasped.
"It's not a big deal. I'm fine now after all," he said.
"W-Wow, Kanae… You got a train run on you by an entire ship crew… and with a pirate lady?" Takumi asked, an erection forming between his legs.
"C-Can you think about sex later? I want to get my revenge! On my signal…. Now, Arenade!" Kanae led the charge as the demigoddess grew vines to travel alongside them, Edina summoned skeletons to surround the caravan, and the others were just to make a lot of noise and appear intimidating.
Ingrid, Mox, and Raphie were momentarily startled, and while they put up a fight, the trio were easily overwhelmed by sheer numbers. Arenade bound and entangled them with thick roots growing out of the ground, forcing the three of their knees.
Ichi and Manabe each went to a wagon and pulled the cover away. They were surprised to see girls of various races trapped inside the cages, gagged and blindfolded, whimpering for help.
"Tch… Ya bastards have no idea who ya messing with!" Ingrid snarled.
"I already know," Kanae said, kneeling in front of her. "Remember me?"
The woman's eyes widened and she choked on her next words. "Ain't you… That's impossible, we sold you to—"
"Redmane? Let's just say he couldn't control when and how a succubus wanted have sex."
Kanae charmed all three of them, but left Ingrid in control of her own consciousness. Only her body obeyed his commands. He sent Mox and Raphie to drive their empty cage wagon to turn themselves in at Port Kandis.
"How come you didn't send her with those other guys?" Takumi asked, scratching his hairless head.
"Because I want her to take responsibility for the possibly hundreds of people she sold into sex slavery. So you three, feel free to keep her as a sex slave at the cabin. Her mind will resist, but her body will act just as eager as mine," Kanae explained.
"As if I would… No, wait!" Ingrid moved on her own, sliding down Takumi's pants and eagerly sucking his dick.
"Ahh… ahhh… She's glaring so hard, but her mouth feels so nice and steamy," the goblin mumbled.
"Uwah… You're becoming more sadistic by the day," Arenade wryly remarked.
"I say, better on Kanae's side than against," Edina chimed in.
"Still, I have to thank you for helping me realize my true nature. Consider this as me helping you to realize yours. I'll come back after you're more willing to cooperate without the need of being charmed." Kanae patted Ingrid's head in a patronizing manner, and for her to be unable to resist made it all the more rewarding.
Takumi, Manabe, and Ichi planned to release the captives once Kanae and the others were long out of the forest. That way, none of them would recognize their group in the event that they run into each other in the city.
With another source of income cut off from Bardell, he might end up taking some drastic actions. Kanae counted on that and intended to slowly chip away at his forces like today, or until he made a hasty mistake.
When they returned to the adventurer's hall, feeling good about taking care of some bad people in the world, Sara put a pause to their joy by calling out to them.
"Is something wrong?" Kanae asked the hall receptionist.
"Oh, nothing is wrong! It's just that someone had come by asking if you were around. She didn't give a name. I tried to stop her, but she appeared insistent on meeting with you and went up to your room," Sara explained.
"Who is it? Estaline?" Arenade whispered to him.
"I don't know," he said.
"Whoever they are, I don't like them rifling through our shit. Let's get up there right now!" Edina insisted.
The three of them went straight to their room to confront the mysterious stranger, but as soon as they opened the door, Kanae recognized her immediately.
Sitting at the foot of the bed, dressed in her signature red coat and with a black tricorn hat resting on her lap, was Renya Rown. She took a long drag of her pipe, then nodded in Kanae's direction.
"It's been some time, my darling succubus! I've been thinking about you a lot lately, especially since you had a hand in slaying some of my prized monsters. Care to explain yourself?" Renya inquired as a smirk flashed across her face.
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