I Can Copy Curses

Orion felt a very strong aura—a very deadly intent—coming from the lightning dragon.

'Damn, are they trying to kill me?'

He could feel that the strength of the lightning dragon was far too intense to be used merely to push him; it was a full-blown attack intended to completely destroy him.

'It seems I'll also have to spice things up.'

He immediately switched from the curse of Burdened Gravity to Electrostatic Disruption in his Curse Transformation mode. A circular shape appeared on his chest, with vibrant red and blue colors filling the top and bottom halves, respectively, separated only by the diameter.

At the same time, he used Constant Pull along with Burdened Gravity to keep his weight increasing as much as he could.

As for the absolute defense, it was already on him but the layer covering his whole body became even more vibrant after he used Electrostatic Disruption in Curse Transformation mode.

'It's the best defense I could come up with.'

He thought, turning his head to look at them and saw that they were also prepared to launch that lightning dragon at him.

He felt that if the lightning dragon were only a physical object, he could simply control it using the curse of Electrostatic Disruption and divert its trajectory before it could even hit him.

But a pity it wasn't a physical object. It was just a mass of black and white lightning gobbled together to form a dragon.

"Lightning Dragon Manifesto!"

At that moment, the duo of brother and sister shouted, causing the lightning to move towards Orion.

"Roar!"

As if they had cast a spell, the lightning dragon became more lifelike and roared before it surged towards Orion in a flash of electric fury.

It quickly arrived in front of Orion, intending to collide with him head-on.

Seeing that, Orion prepared himself.

But like all other attacks, it couldn't reach Orion. The lightning dragon stopped an inch away from him, its form releasing tendrils of lightning all around. Even these were repelled by his absolute defense, causing the lightning to strike the tiles beneath the dragon instead.

Everyone was surprised to witness this. They couldn't believe that the lightning dragon was so close to Orion yet it couldn't deal any damage to him. Most importantly, they could finally see that no matter how much the lightning dragon tried, it couldn't close the inch of distance between them.

It was a shocking revelation to them, especially for Mike. His earlier beliefs shattered like mirrors before his very eyes, causing him to question where Orion's real strength lay.

Meanwhile, the brother-and-sister duo looked surprised but not entirely shocked. After observing each of their colleagues being blasted away by seemingly nothing, they concluded that an invisible wall surrounded Orion. Any attack approaching him would stop an inch away, and in some cases, the attack would repel and hit the attacker.

They had already taken all of that into account when they decided to attack so now that their lightning dragon seemed to become useless in front of Orion, it actually wasn't.

"Maria, on a countdown to 1, okay?"

Alex looked at her sister.

Maria nodded at him.

"3"

"2"

"1"

"Lightning Dragon: Explode!"

They both shouted at the same time, causing the lightning dragon to glow with a blinding light before it exploded.

BOOM!—

***

A few moments before the explosion.

Orion thought that, like any other attack, this lightning dragon would also be repelled back but he didn't expect what he was seeing right now.

As he looked at the lightning dragon that suddenly became very unstable and was glowing with a blinding light, he understood it was going to explode at any moment.

He wasn't prepared for that but he also felt there wasn't a need to. He would just have to give as much energy as he could to Curse Transformation mode and Electrostatic Disruption and it should repel the shockwave and all the lightning with it.

Thinking of this plan, he implemented it swiftly and braced himself for the impact.

***

BOOM!—

An explosion erupted in front of Orion, and bolts of lightning rampaged around him, encircling him in their relentless barrage. The intense energy crackled and sparked, creating a blinding display of raw power that seemed to engulf him completely.

Meanwhile, everyone else saw a ring of dust swept away by the shockwave of the explosion. The force of the blast cleared the air, revealing Orion standing resolute amidst the chaos, lightning bolts still crackling fiercely around him.

However, to their horror, Orion remained standing still. All the lightning bolts around him were repelled by his absolute defense, causing the ground around him to be blasted back by the force of the repelled lightning bolts. The sheer power and control displayed by Orion left everyone in awe and disbelief at his seemingly impenetrable defense.

A moment later, the power of lightning rampaging around Orion died down and everything became silent for a moment.

"I win."

Orion looked at the shocked faces of everyone present here and smiled at them.

"Now, you guys are under me." He said this, looking at them.

"Young Master, are you alright?"

Mike suddenly appeared in front of Orion and looked closely to see if he was injured anywhere.

He was on alert the whole time since the brother-sister duo used their lightning dragon attack and was ready to interfere at any moment if he sensed that Orion was in any trouble.

But in the end, he didn't need to do anything. Orion ultimately won the challenge, surprising him. However, he was still not satisfied and came to ask him specifically.

As a servant of the Darkwood Family, their sole job was to listen to the young master's order they were assigned to and to protect the young master at any cost.

Therefore, the reason behind Mike's anxiety.

Orion looked at Mike's worried face and nodded at him.

"Don't worry," he said. "I am fine."

Mike nodded in relief.

Orion then turned his attention to everyone else in the hall and gave them his first order.

"Kneel down!"

All the servants in the hall kneeled down without hesitation. They now acknowledged Orion as their master and recognized his strength, which was likely among the top young masters in the Darkwood Family. Therefore, they saw no reason not to show their loyalty to him. They were fully satisfied with Orion being their master.

Orion smiled as he watched them kneel down without hesitation. Finally securing their loyalty, all that remained was to copy their curses.

He approached each of them, touching them before instructing them to stand up. He repeated this process with every member until he had copied all of their curses.

After he copied all their curses, he became excited to see their descriptions. So, without wasting any time, he turned to Mike.

"Mike, I am going to go rest now," he said. "Remind me when we reach the Starforge."

"As you say, Young Master." Mike nodded.

Seeing that, Orion quickly left the hall and appeared in his room, ready to check upon all the new curses he had copied just now.

"I hope I can get some better ones this time."

He muttered to himself as he opened his status.

'A total of 31 curses, including the one I got from Ron. Let's see how many of them could be useful for me.'

He thought as he sat down on the bed and started skimming through the descriptions of the curses one by one.