I Can Copy Curses

After hearing what Orion said about Aethelgard City, Ryfin and Famir were shocked. They couldn't imagine they were just backup fuel to power up a magic circle.

They dreaded that if they hadn't come to apologize to Orion, then maybe they would be like those people living their lives peacefully in Aethelgard City, unaware of impending doom approaching them.

"So, what are your thoughts?" Orion asked after seeing them digest the bitter truth. "Are you coming with us or not?"

Famir and Ryfin looked at each other as they both nodded before turning to Orion.

"We are coming with you," Famir said, his eyes burning with determination. "We have also ranked up to iron rank and are much more powerful than before, so we will definitely be going with you."

Orion nodded. They needed as much help as they could, and he felt that their talents would definitely come in handy during this endeavor.

"Alright, let's go back," he said as he went back to the room where Lisa was waiting for them. Famir and Ryfin also went back.

***

"Young Master, you really took your sweet time," Lisa teased Orion as she threw a bracelet at him.

Orion caught it and wore it in his left hand. He then took out all his necessary things from his dimensional space and stored them in the space bracelet.

"It's time," he said as he turned to Famir and Ryfin. "You guys have your weapons with you, right?"

He asked that because they seemed to be wearing a space bracelet like the one he wore just now.

"We have," they said, nodding at him.

"Let's go then," Orion said as he took the lead and walked out of his house. A moment later, everyone else came out too.

They then moved towards Market Street and arrived at the ground elevator. However, Orion wasn't with them. He had already entered the other dimension—a precaution against the assassin.

At his current strength, he didn't fear him, but he also didn't want to face him right now. So, he moved with precaution.

Sometimes later, the elevator moved, and it took them underground, where many cave entrances were waiting for them.

Orion signaled his teammates towards a particular cave entrance and entered that cave.

After walking for a while, Orion came out of his other dimension and took out a map Kyle had given him and the masked girl.

'According to the map, Shura Cave is not much far from here, but it isn't along the cave.'

As Orion looked at the map, he learned that Shura Cave was between two caves. However, around its entrance were white miasmas covering the whole cave in its center.

The map also mentioned that the miasma contained a type of hallucinating powder that played with one's sense of direction.

'No wonder we couldn't find our way out of there. We thought we were trapped in a loop, but it appears all of that was just our hallucinations.'

He finally understood what happened at that time, but he still couldn't understand how Ron was still fine during that time. He was the only one who could see everything clearly and wasn't affected by the miasma there.

'Maybe it has something to do with his talent, or maybe not.'

He wasn't sure why Ron wasn't affected by the miasma at that time, but he had a feeling that guy was hiding something.

After checking out the exact route on the map, Orion turned to his teammates.

"Follow me," he said, looking at them. "We aren't far away from a place where we will meet someone."

They nodded as they followed Orion along the cave.

After following the map for a while, Orion found that he appeared near the area where he had previously hunted monsters to increase his stats.

He could also see the corpses of these monsters, which now had only bones left, probably eaten by some other monsters.

They walked past this area, and not long after, they appeared before an area where light brown smoke could be seen surrounding a cave entrance. It was the miasma surrounding the Shura Cave.

And not so far from the miasma stood a girl in a mask. Her golden hair could be seen cascading down her shoulders, glinting in the dim light.

"You are late," she said, looking at Orion. "I have been waiting for an hour now."

Orion shrugged at her.

"You didn't mention the exact time," he said. "So, it's your fault for arriving too early."

"Whatever," she said, her voice tinged with irritation as her eyes darted towards the others who stood behind Orion. "Who are they?"

"They are my friends," he said. "We need as much help as we can right now."

She nodded as she looked at all of them.

"Let's go now," she said as she took out her own map. "We don't have time."

Orion nodded and signaled for his friends to follow him.

However, at that moment, someone called out to him and the masked girl.

"Guys, can I also join you two?"

Orion, hearing that familiar voice, turned around and saw a man of around sixteen or seventeen standing behind them. He had pure milk-like white hair and a handsome face that could attract beauties from all over the world.

"Ron?" Orion was surprised to see him here. "You ran pretty fast, you know?"

He still remembered how, the moment General Dray's team entered the Shura Cave, Ron was gone. It was as though he was never there in the first place.

"Sorry guys," Ron apologized to them. "I was afraid of them, so I ran away."

Orion narrowed his eyes at him as he heard his reason.

"We are going to a very dangerous place," he said, looking at Ron. "Are you sure you want to come with us? Maybe you will also have to fight there. So, think carefully about this."

Ron shook his head at him.

"I feel guilty about leaving you guys last time," he said remorsefully. "So, I want to help you guys in whatever way I can."

Orion nodded at him. Although he felt something was wrong with this guy,

"Alright, you can follow us," he said.

After that, Orion turned to the masked girl.

"Let's go then," he said as he walked in the direction the map pointed.

The masked girl walked alongside him, followed by all the others.

The core of the planet Sadola was very far from the Shura Cave. They had to go through many twists and turns before they finally arrived at the path leading to the core.

However, as they reached the area, they noticed the corpses of monsters scattered all around the path. These creatures resembled scorpions but were the size of overgrown rats. They had pincers on their heads, eight pointed legs, and a shiny black exoskeleton.

But now they could barely be recognized, as all that was left were the remains of the corpses, which were full of poisonous dark liquids.

As far as their eyes could take them, only the corpses of these creatures could be seen along the path leading to the core.

"They are scorplings," the masked girl said, looking at the corpses. "They are very poisonous, so don't step on them or touch them."

"But there are so many of these scorplings's corpses here, which means the first gold monster guarding the core was a scorpidar," she further said. "A gold rank scorpidar is very dangerous. It's poison could kill even platinum-ranking individuals if they are careless."

Orion wondered if that was the reason General Dray's team took a year to kill the four of them. It could be possible if all four of them were this dangerous.