I Can Copy Curses

Finally, the thing General Dray feared the most happened. A tentacle tore through the ground and latched towards him.

It was too fast and he couldn't move at all. He could only watch as the tentacle came and coiled around him and pulled him back.

"NOOO!"

His scream echoed throughout the cave as the tentacle dragged his body away and disappeared into the hole it came from.

Orion, who was in the other dimension, watched all of this in horror. He couldn't comprehend how such a strong man like General Dray was reduced to nothing but dregs by the huge monster.

Having done with General Dray, the huge pupil looked around the cave, and after not finding anyone, the monster closed his eyelid and began to ascend.

The whole cave once again began to tremble, but way more fiercely than before. The walls shook violently, and large chunks of rock started to break away, crashing to the ground with deafening thuds.

A moment later, the monster, as if jumping, had its body fly upward like a rocket. The sudden movement created a powerful gust of wind that blew away all the dust that had gathered.

However, it did more than just that, as the whole cave Orion was in started to break down. Massive cracks spread rapidly across the walls and ceiling, and the ground beneath him began to shake uncontrollably. Chunks of rock and debris fell around him, each impact reverberating through the crumbling cavern.

All that happened in a second and if Orion were to be in the cave at that moment, he would have been wrecked by all of that now.

Sometime later, the dust settled back down, revealing the full extent of the cave's disintegration.

To Orion's shock, a huge gaping hole appeared on the ground from where the monster had ascended. The edges of the hole were jagged, and it seemed to plunge into an abyss of darkness.

As far down as he could see, only darkness was visible to him. The void seemed endless, an abyss that threatened to consume everything in its path.

Turning his head upward, Orion could see the fake sky of Aethelgard City from where he stood.

He was shocked to witness all of that; he couldn't believe the monster tore directly through everything and appeared in the city.

It all seemed unreal to him.

From the assassin's capture by the tentacle to this, it was nothing short of a rollercoaster.

'It would be chaos outside.'

Remembering the bustling Market Street of Aethelgard City, Orion wondered how much destruction that monster would cause and how much life would be lost because of it.

Although he didn't care about anyone in Aethelgard City, at the end of the day, nobody wanted to see such destruction and chaos.

'Let's see the situation outside.'

From inside his dimension, he floated up and appeared in Aethelgard City.

His dimension was like an empty space; there was nothing there. But he could see everything happening outside as if he were standing there.

The best thing about his dimension was that moving inside would also change his perspective of the outside. He didn't have to come outside to change his view.

But it wasn't omniscient. For example, if he were in an enclosed room, he could see every part of the room from inside his dimension and could also move around and come out from different locations inside the enclosed room.

However, if he wanted to see outside the room, he would have to exit his dimension and physically open the door before going outside and re-entering his dimension.

Basically, when he was in his dimension, he could not interact with the real world, and his movement was limited to his line of sight. Just as he couldn't see outside the door, he couldn't move outside it either.

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As Orion appeared on Market Street, all he saw was utter destruction.

It appeared as though half of the chunk of Market Street had disappeared into nothingness, leaving only a gaping hole leading to an abyss of darkness, while the other half turned into a twisted landscape of rubble and debris.

The stalls that once stood tall were now mangled and unrecognizable, their remnants jutting out at odd angles. The few survivors who stumbled through the wreckage were ghostly figures, coated in dust and ash, their expressions a mix of shock and disbelief.

Whereas the unfortunate ones turned into nothing but blood paste, coloring the ground red.

The eerie silence was punctuated only by the occasional distant cry for help, underscoring the magnitude of the devastation that had befallen the once bustling thoroughfare.

While in the not-so-far distance, an enormous figure could be seen moving.

It appeared to have a head like an octopus with tentacles all around. Its torso looked like it was formed from the earth itself, and its three legs moved slowly, taking it forward. It didn't have a pair of hands.

Each time it took a step, it caused the whole city to tremble.

'Where is it going?'

Orion saw that the monster appeared to be moving in a certain direction, and it didn't look like it was out of control.

However, even though it was in control, everywhere it walked, only destruction followed in its path.

The good thing was that it was huge and moved slowly, so people in the city could see it from afar and avoid getting in its way.

'It stopped?'

Orion noticed that it came to a sudden stop after walking for some time.

Looking at the area, he noticed it was around their lodge and General Dray's quarter.

'What the!'

He then saw to his shock that, after arriving there, the giant monster kicked the ground hard, causing the entire lodge area and the general's quarter to demolish into nothing but a cloud of dust and a scatter of debris.

The sheer force of the impact was enough to obliterate the sturdy structures, leaving behind a wasteland of broken timber and crumbled stone.

Almost instantly, the whole Aethelgard City trembled under the might of the giant monster's kick, causing buildings to collapse and streets to crack open. Panic spread like wildfire as people fled in all directions, seeking safety from the relentless destruction.

However, the giant monster didn't stop and once again kicked the ground at the same point.

"BOOM!"

As if it had kicked a weak part of the ground, the whole area around the giant monster caved in, causing the giant monster itself to fall.

But with its tall stature, even though it fell, it appeared as though it only stepped down a few stairs.

After going down, it lowered its head as if searching for something. A moment later, it came out of the landslide it had caused.

However, there was something different about it than before. It now possessed two hands that happened to be missing for some reason previously.

"ROOOOAAAAR!"

The giant monster then roared with all his strength, causing the whole city to shake violently. Windows shattered, and the remaining buildings swayed precariously, some succumbing to the relentless vibrations and collapsing entirely.

The sound was deafening, like a primal scream that seemed to pierce the very soul of Aethelgard, causing people to clutch their ears in agony.

The roar's sheer power reverberated through the city, amplifying the sense of impending doom that gripped every corner of Aethelgard City.