I Can Copy Curses

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

As Orion was thinking of his plan, he again heard the thumping sound of the monster moving towards him.

Hearing that, he quickly regenerated his lower torso and stood up on his freshly made legs, his eyes staring at the incoming monster.

He felt it would be difficult to hold on for even a minute against the monster if he were to continue like that.

He wasn't as strong as it was, nor was he fast enough. The only upper hand he had was his arsenal of curses on him and how he would use that to his advantage.

With cunning and strategy, he would exploit every weakness and leverage every curse at his disposal to turn the tide of the battle in his favor.

'Let's take the battle to the air.'

He thought as he used the ability of Electrostatic Disruption on himself, causing his collosal body to start floating in the air.

After his upgrade to iron rank, he could use Electrostatic Disruption in normal mode to fly in the air and now that he used it in the Curse Transformation mode, he could even make his collosal body float in the air.

Soon, his body reached almost the ceiling of the enclosed dome where Aethelgard City was situated. If he were to go any higher, then he believed his head would touch the fake sky in the ceiling.

Looking down from there, he noticed that the monster was only staring at him.

"Initiating flight mode."

"Flight mode activated."

However, hearing his robotic voice made him grimace once again.

'It could even fly?'

He had thought earlier that by flying in the air, he could gain a superior position and better control the battle between them more easily. However, it appeared he had underestimated the monster's abilities.

'But I guess it's fine since what I am about to do may harm other humans if the monster were to be on the ground.'

He thought as he added Velocity Burst in the Curse Transformation mode. Including the Electrostatic Disruption, a total of two curses had been added to the Curse Transformation mode till now.

However, the moment he added the Velocity Burst to the Curse Transformation mode, an intense force of negative feelings poured into his mind. Waves of despair and doubt washed over him, threatening to overwhelm his resolve and cloud his judgment.

For a moment, he even began to doubt the meaning behind this battle. He felt a heavy burden of doubt as he wondered if his hard work was pointless, if there was any remaining possibility of finding hope in this pointless battle.

'We cannot win against it. It's pointless. What am I fighting for? Who am I fighting for? Everything is pointless in the face of such power.'

His thoughts began to move towards giving up the battle. Doubt crept in like a shadow, whispering that perhaps it was futile to continue fighting against such overwhelming odds.

But even as the temptation to surrender beckoned, a stubborn resolve stirred within Orion's heart.

'No, that's not me.'

He closed his eyes and focused on himself—on his true self.

'That's the side effects of the Curse Transformation. It's not me.'

He refused to yield to despair, clinging to the faint glimmer of hope that still burned within him. With a deep breath, he banished the doubts from his mind and steeled himself to face whatever challenges lay ahead.

Opening his eyes, he saw that his right collosal arm had turned lava red as flames could be seen dancing along it.

Turning his head forward, he noticed that the monster had once again slowed down once it arrived in the air.

'It seems whatever command the system gives it, the monster only follows it once.'

He felt that the monster was like a baby. If the system inside of it said to walk fast, then it would walk fast before returning to normal speed. The monster would have to be reminded again to walk fast before it could walk fast again.

'That's too much dependency on the system. I guess that's its disadvantage.'

Thinking of that, he quickly followed the plan in his head.

Holding up the burning hand high, a miniature sun-like structure began to conjure on the top of his colossal palm.

At first, it was just the size of the tip of a finger on a normal human body, but as time passed and more and more fire was condensed into it, its size began to grow little by little.

With each passing moment, the fiery orb expanded, casting a brilliant glow that illuminated the surrounding devastation with its radiant light.

A moment later, its size increased to double the size of Orion's colossal head. At this point, he felt that if its size were to increase even more, then he wouldn't be able to control it.

The intense heat radiating from the fiery orb was almost overwhelming, and Orion knew he had to act quickly before it grew beyond his ability to contain it.

With a focused effort, he channeled his energy into stabilizing the fiery construct before turning his attention to the monster.

"Because of you, I have to do this. So, be proud that you will be the first one to ever witness my first technique that I named myself."

He declared, pointing his flaming hand towards the monster.

"Ten Thousand Burning Swords!"

As if given a command, the miniature sun floating above him began to send tens of, if not hundreds, of burning swords towards the monster. Each sword blazed with intense flames as it streaked through the air, leaving trails of fiery light in its wake.

***

In the far distance stood the trio of Famir, Ryfin, and the masked girl.

Their faces appeared soaked in sweat due to the intense heat released from the miniature sun on Orion's palm but it couldn't hide their shock.

From their viewpoint, it appeared as though the sun itself was attacking the monster, sending hundreds of burning swords to decimate the monster before them.

It was such a surreal scene that they were having a hard time believing, especially for Famir and Ryfin.

This was god-level stuff for them, for they hadn't seen anything like this before. The sheer magnitude of Orion's power left them awestruck, their minds struggling to comprehend the extent of his abilities.

As they watched the burning swords streak towards the monster, they realized that they were witnessing a battle of epic proportions, one that would determine the fate of this world.

Meanwhile, the expression of the masked girl was hard to tell because of the mask covering her face. But seeing something like that, she would definitely be surprised, if not shocked, because this level of strength was beyond what someone in the iron rank could have.

***

Orion watched as those hundreds of thousands of burning swords finally collided with the monster, their fiery impact lighting up the sky with a dazzling display of power.

He couldn't see if this attack had any effect on the monster or not because of the blinding light caused when those burning swords collided. The brilliance of the fiery onslaught obscured his vision, leaving him to rely on his instincts.

However, the onslaught of his fiery swords was far from over, as the miniature sun was still floating above him, ready to unleash its power upon the monster once more.

'Let's continue.'

With a fierce determination, Orion directed the sun to continue its assault, sending wave after wave of burning swords crashing down upon the creature in a relentless barrage.