I Can Copy Curses

Orion smiled seeing Hubert using his talent and from what he could tell, it appeared to be a strength-based talent.

'It will be good if his curse is also related to strength.'

He licked his lips, wondering if he could get another power-up curse. He had one—Unbridled Fury—but that one didn't increase his physical strength and only helped in increasing his overall strength.

He felt that if he could get a curse that could increase his physical strength, then, with his near-infinite energy, he would almost be invincible.

Just thinking about it made him grin.

Looking at the silly smile on Orion's face, Hubert couldn't control himself anymore and punched.

His fist tore through the air and arrived in front of Orion's chest.

However, the moment his fist was about to hit Orion, it unexpectedly stopped—it stopped just an inch away from Orion's chest.

He couldn't understand how something so powerful and with such high momentum could be stopped in just a second.

'Damn!'

Hubert unleashed all his strength, causing the ground beneath him to crack, but it was all for naught. His fist couldn't close the inch of distance between them.

No matter how hard he tried or how many times he tried, he just couldn't move his fist forward to touch him.

'What the hell is this?'

A flash of hesitation passed through his eyes but that moment of hesitation caused him to lose.

BAM!—

His body got blasted back like a ragged doll before it eventually came to a stop.

The force that was holding him down was the power of repulsion and when he lost his focus due to hesitation, the strength of his fist decreased a little but that was enough for the strength of repulsion to overpower him.

"What happened?"

"How did Hubert get thrown away?"

"What the hell is happening? I didn't even see Young Master make his move."

"Yeah, I also saw that. Young Master is only standing there like an idiot but Hubert still was blasted away."

"It must be Young Master's talent."

"But what talent could enable someone to do nothing and still be able to beat someone?"

The servants started talking to themselves in shock, for they couldn't believe their eyes. To them, it appeared as though Hubert punched Orion and in return, he was blasted away. It was a surreal scene for them.

Moreover, they once again felt insulted that one of them couldn't even move Orion from his position, which was one whole rank below them.

As for Mike, he was also surprised. He didn't know what talent Orion had but he credited all that to Orion's talent.

'Could his talent repel attacks?'

However, unlike the servants, he was very observant and could see clearly what had caused Hubert to have his body fly away.

'A talent that could repel attacks. That's an interesting talent. Is it because of this that Young Master is very arrogant about it? Doesn't he know that there is something called rank? No matter how strong his talent is, he has only arrived at the iron rank, while these servants are at the peak of the silver rank. He will eventually lose if he doesn't have anything else.'

He mused over Orion's talent. He also believed that Hubert lost to Orion because he was too careless. If he had used his full strength from the very beginning, then maybe the result would have been different.

That was what he thought. Though he still didn't know how powerful the strength of Orion's absolute defense was, if he had known about it, he probably wouldn't have had such thoughts.

"I will go this time."

"Are you sure you won't fail like Hubert, Rony?"

"Don't worry, my specialty lies in speed so, it will be over before the young master can even do anything."

"But still be careful. We have already lost enough face when Hubert couldn't move, young master, so give it your all."

"I will."

Murmurs of discussion echoed throughout the empty hall as the group of servants discussed among themselves. They didn't want to fail again so they finally sent someone who they thought could easily move Orion from his position.

At that moment, another servant stepped up. He was quite thin, just like Orion, and quite tall too. He had dark red hair and a very long-looking face.

However, he didn't immediately arrive in front of Orion and they stood at a little distance from each other.

"I am Rony and I will be your regret," he smirked, looking at Orion.

"Yeah, yeah, just come." Orion yawned as he beckoned him to do it.

"Arrogant," Rony spat and used his talent, causing the white tiles beneath him to crack down before he suddenly disappeared from his position.

Vroom!—

A sound similar to the movement of a void shuttle reverberated throughout the hall before suddenly another sound was heard just a moment later.

Bam!—

Almost instantly, the latter sound was heard; a body was thrown back at breakneck speed and it didn't stop immediately. It continued to slide through the hall before it slowly came to a stop.

It was Rony.

He had arrived in front of Orion instantly but that speed and momentum of his that he always took pride in became the sole reason for his downfall this time.

It turned out that the moment his fist tore through the air and he arrived in front of Orion with all that momentum, an equal and opposite amount of force was released from Orion's body—the force of repulsion—that took Rony by surprise and as a result, he was blasted away like a rocket.

"Damn, what just happened?"

"I didn't see anything."

"Me too. I only saw a glimpse of Rony's blurred figure approaching the young master but in the next moment, I heard a sound and Rony was blown away."

"Did the young master really only at the iron rank?"

"Yeah, fool, can't you sense the aura he is releasing? It's iron rank."

"But then how can you explain two defeats that happened just now and most importantly, both happened in the same way?"

"That's what I am trying to understand."

The group of servants was shocked. If the first time was a coincidence, then the second was a reality. They now understood that Hubert didn't lose unjustly and it was all the young master's doing.

However, they still didn't understand their young master's talent, causing them to not send another one just to end up with the same result.

On the other hand, Mike was also a little shocked. He had previously believed that with Rony's speed, Orion's little stunt would easily end but the result proved otherwise.

After all, Rony was at the peak of the silver rank while Orion just arrived at the iron rank so Mike's assumption wasn't wrong.

It was almost correct if this challenge was taken part in a few days ago. Before Orion upgraded himself to iron rank, his absolute defense was strong, but it wasn't that strong that it would completely repel the attack of someone who was one rank above him.

Like what had happened with the third guardian back in the soul temple. At that time, even though Orion was completely covered in his absolute defense, the third guardian's attack still worked on him.

But not here. At this moment, Orion was at the iron rank and when he upgraded himself a few days ago, all his curses got a little boost in their strength.

Hence the difference in the result.