I Can Copy Curses

At the entrance of the dormitory was a section leading separately to a girls' department and a boys' department, where three figures were talking to each other.

"How can there be demons in the Limitless Void? How?" Zeref was going mad about the demons, while Mark and Orion looked at each other suspiciously.

Orion glanced around the area and whispered to Mark and Zeref, "I think someone is keeping an eye on us, probably those guys who were investigating this case. So, I guess it would be better to discuss everything on the halowatch."

Mark and Zeref agreed, thinking that it would be the safest place to talk peacefully. Just like that, they separated; Orion and Mark entered the boys' dormitory, while Zeref entered the girls' dormitory.

"There are other dormitories out there besides the one we live in," Orion said, looking at Mark as they went inside the dormitory. "All those cadets who were returning took different routes and separated from us, but every one of them looked pissed when they were leaving."

Mark chuckled. "They were here out of greed, wanting more abilities from the papers they held, and they ended up with absolutely nothing. Adding to their woes, their papers disappeared, and they were attacked by demons... What worse could happen to them?"

Orion nodded. "I don't know how many more papers are out there, but we have to find them soon before it's too late."

He added, "Tomorrow, let's go straight to Elijah. I believe the situation is more serious than we thought. There are demons everywhere now, so I think if war happens, it might happen sooner than we expected."

Mark nodded lightly, feeling he needed to get stronger, but he still didn't know—or rather, he would say he didn't understand—what he wanted from all of this. What his goals were.

Orion turned to Mark and asked, "You are in the same city as I am, right? In Grimshore?"

Mark nodded lightly.

"Alright, let's meet up now. I am going to enter Grimshore and level up to level 30 as fast as possible. We may not know when the war may be upon us, so I want to at least have the strength of the 9th Level of Diamond rank or more for this war. Only in this way can I do what I want, and for that, I need to upgrade to Platinum Rank."n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

Mark nodded. "Alright, let's meet up an hour later in Grimshore after dinner."

Orion nodded as they separated in the hallway of the dormitory.

Orion found his own room, walked in, and closed the door.

"I have copied all the curses of those cadets," Orion muttered in excitement as he went to take a bath. "Let's see how many of them are actually good."

After that, he sat at the dining table with his food before checking the curses and eliminating the worthless ones.

"So, a total of ten of them are good," Orion nodded lightly, satisfied with the number as he checked through them.

[Curse: Killer Frost, Blade of Reckoning, Undying Torment, Laser Body, Energy Overdrive, Magma Howl, Poison Death, Nightmare Whispers, Hell Torture, Thousand Pointed Needles, Blind Eyes, Blood Construct, Ball of Death, Wings Of Annihilation, Burning Eyes.]

'So, a total of fifteen curses I have are useful in the gold rank, out of which I got ten of them tonight,' Orion mused as he ate his dinner.

'But I can't seem to use them as Ray. That's the only sad part about being Ray,' Orion sighed, pondering when he would be powerful enough not to need to hide his identity to roam the world freely.

Orion ate his food quietly as he pondered his strength, before deciding to focus more on Grimshore from then on. "But there is also the war that is coming, and my attention should also be on this world... Damn!" he muttered, feeling helpless about his situation.

'If only I had a curse that would allow me to create a clone of myself—' Just as this thought occurred to Orion, he immediately shook his head. 'No! That would lead to the worst ending ever.'

He didn't want to die by his own hands or end up killing a version of himself. He didn't want that.

Orion didn't want that, but he did entertain the idea of having a clone—not the type of clone like Grey Orion, but one where he could control both his original body and the clone at the same time, like some sort of computer.

'I need a curse that could split my body in two halves and then create a clone out of it. Maybe that way, I would have complete control over both my bodies since the clone would still be a part of my body, instead of a clone generated with the help of a curse, which could have its own consciousness,' Orion pondered, feeling that this might be possible.

If that were indeed the case, it would not only allow Orion to grow stronger faster than ever, but he would also never have to worry about having his identity exposed.

'But it's easier said than done.' Orion knew that finding a curse capable of perfectly splitting a person's body and creating a clone would be nearly impossible. There were too many complexities involved, and such a curse would definitely be hard to find.

'Wait! I can merge curses, so I could probably create one myself if I just had all the curses.' Orion immediately stood up in excitement. 'What do I need? A curse that would split a person in half, a curse that would split a person's mind and soul in half, and a curse that could enable one to create a clone of something or someone.'

Orion didn't know if he would ever find those curses, but there was hope, and it wasn't impossible to find the first two curses. The curses existed to limit one's talent; they existed to cause harm to the human body. Therefore, a curse that could split a person in two could exist. Similarly, a curse that could split a person's soul and mind in half could also exist.

'But the curse that could create a clone of something is difficult to find,' Orion thought as he finished eating.

He washed his hands and went to his bedroom, sitting on his bed. "But if I look for it, it's not impossible to find," Orion muttered as he disappeared from the room and entered Grimshore.

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