I Can Copy Curses

Orion braced himself for the impact.

Baam!—

A sound of collision reverberated through the ruinous city.

The dome of shield Orion had formed to defend against the two light beams was destroyed into broken shards upon contact with it.

However, the layer of absolute defense was still able to repel some of the energy behind the two light beams. As a result, after his shield dome was destroyed, the two light beams also died down with it.

He then quickly switched to the Frozen Torment curse from Electrostatic Disruption in the Curse Transformation mode, causing the left rectangular-shaped arm of his to turn into an icey one.

Welding the frozen hand in the air, he quickly conjured five long ice spears, each the size of Orion's collosal arm, hovering in the air, which he controlled using Electrostatic Disruption and threw them towards the monster—towards its eyes specifically.

The five frozen spears quickly flew through the air, arrived in front of the monster and hit it around its eye region, causing white smoke to release from there upon impact.

A moment later, the white smoke dissipated, revealing the monster's head and there wasn't even a scratch around its eye region. It was as though his attack didn't have any effect on it at all.

'Close combat didn't work nor did the long range attack.'

He quickly jumped back and created a little distance between them after seeing that all his attacks seemed ineffective against the monster.

Meanwhile, he once again switched to Electrostatic Disruption from Frozen Torment in the Curse Transformation mode.

"Intrusion survived. Initiating a different approach."

"Initiating close combat mode."

As Orion heard these words, sweat trickled down his forehead. He believed fighting the monster in close combat would prove more lethal to him than at long range. At least in the long range, he would still survive but remembering what happened when he punched him earlier made him want to avoid having any contact with it.

"Thump!" "Thump!" "Thump!"

Its sound of footsteps reverberated throughout the dead city as it came running towards him.

Seeing that, Orion used the Electrostatic Disruption on the ruined and destroyed buildings around him, making them float in the air.

He then sent them all towards the incoming monster.

All sorts of building wreckages collided with the monster but they failed to slow it down.

Orion narrowed his eyes as he saw that and used attraction on the monster's body, causing it to turn blue.

Almost instantly, all the wreckage around the monster started to find its way towards the monster, attracted by Orion's attraction placed on it.

This caused all the buildings, dregs, dirt, and anything else to simply fly towards the monster and collide with it.

A moment later, the wreckage from all over the city began to get attracted towards the monster like a swirling vortex. The debris collided violently with the creature, bombarding it from all sides.

This indeed slowed down the monster, as it couldn't see the path ahead because of all the debris that surrounded it.

Orion didn't do anything but wait. He knew that fighting the monster would be a dead end so what he wanted to do was buy time and this was the only method he could think of.

'There should be other curses that could help me here.'

Meanwhile, he also planned ahead, thinking of what other curses could help him against the monster.

"ROOOOAAAAR"

Soon, he was interrupted by the monster's menacing roar.

Orion saw that the monster opened its mouth to roar, but this time a fountain of lava erupted from its maw, melting all the debris and wreckage around it. The intense heat reduced the swirling vortex of wreckage to molten puddles, clearing the monster's path and revealing its menacing form once more.

However, seeing that, Orion wasted no time and once again used the attraction on the monster but before his ability worked, he heard the robotic voice of the monster.

"Unwanted energy detected. Initiating measures."

"No energy mode activated."

As Orion heard those words, he felt that he couldn't use his attraction on it anymore.

'Damn, it has measures for everything.'

He cursed, thinking that the monster had a counterplan for everything that was thrown at it.

It was as if it were made for battles and wars, with its relentless defenses and brutal attacks making it an almost insurmountable foe.

Soon the monster once again began running towards him and seeing that, Orion ran back and created enough distance between them.

'Should I keep running?'

He felt that with the monster's running speed, it wouldn't be able to catch up to him and wondered if he could keep running and wasting more time.

However, cold water was poured on his thoughts only a moment later.

"Fast mode activated."

Orion cursed the seven generations of whoever implemented the system on that monster. Moreover, its system appeared to have no weakness whatsoever.

Foosh!—

Almost instantly, when Orion heard that voice, a huge figure appeared in front of him.

Seeing that, he quickly stepped back and used the curse of Electrostatic Disruption on those debris and the wreckages around him.

But this time, he didn't use it on the monster but on himself. He controlled those debris and wreckages, making them float around him like a protective shield.

With a swift and practiced motion, he manipulated the swirling mass of debris, forming a barrier that encircled him, ready to deflect any incoming attacks and provide him with the defense he needed to face the monster head-on.

The monster, who appeared just before him, unleashed a powerful punch, but its fist couldn't touch him. Instead, the wreckage and debris collided with the punch, creating a spectacular explosion of debris upon impact. Orion, protected by his barrier, stood firm, using the chaos to his advantage as he stepped back even more and once again created some distance between them.

However, at the exact moment, the monster opened its mouth, and a torrent of molten lava erupted forth, engulfing the area in a searing inferno. The intense heat of the lava began to melt all the debris protecting him, threatening to breach his defenses and leave him vulnerable to the monster's attacks.

Orion knew he had to act quickly before his protective barrier was completely destroyed.

However, before he could do anything, a tentacle came like a flash and whipped him in the waist.

Baam!—

Orion's colossal form was torn into two pieces as they were violently thrown by the force of the monster's attack, making the two halves of his colossal body streak across the ruined city like meteors.

The impact of his broken form shook the already devastated landscape, sending debris flying in all directions as the echoes of destruction reverberated through the desolate streets.

After crashing through already-destroyed buildings, his two collosal forms came to a stop amidst the rubble and debris.

Orion's upper half of the collosal form lay there beneath all that debris. In there, his eyes were still in disbelief that the monster's tentacle was so powerful that it cut his collosal form in two.

'It's so strong. How much time can I buy like this?'

He thought as he looked at the timer that was hovering at the corner of his eyes.

[4:23]

'I have wasted four minutes successfully but won't this backfire on me?'

He felt that since he only had ten minutes in Burst Mode, then wouldn't that mean he could only stall the monster for about ten minutes?

'I can't kill it. I can't injure it. Its one attack almost destroyed me. What should I do?'

Also, he wasn't sure if his family would be here in the remaining five minutes. What if they were late? Then what should he do? Should he sacrifice another of his curses in Burst Mode to buy more time?

'That's the only thing I could do, it seems.'