I Can Copy Curses

Everyone's attention was on Butler Rio and they saw that he put one leg onto the arena and, a moment later, the other one too. At that moment, he finally left the stage.

Almost instantly, the four of Ford, Dustin, Lucy, and another girl who was previously seated beside Lucy in the forest—Anvi—took action.

They all turned towards Orion and moved towards him.

"Look! Four of them are targeting Prince Orion."

"They want to eliminate the weakest one first; that's why they are targeting Prince Orion."

"It looks like Prince Orion won't be able to leave behind a good image."

"What can one do if they are attacked by not one but four individuals at the same time?"

"You are correct. Prince Orion is only at the iron rank, while the rest of them are all at the peak of the silver rank."

The crowd sitting at the arena erupted as soon as they saw how four of them were planning to eliminate Orion first.

Seeing the chaos on the stage, a smile appeared on the face of Claose as he turned to look at the barion.

"Barion, your youngest son is too daring to even take part in the assessment with his strength at the iron rank."

Estor also nodded from the side.

"He is right and because of what you said earlier about his talent and mastering the first, I forgot to pay attention to his strength. I think he will be eliminated in this battle."

Barion smiled as he heard them. If he hadn't known about Orion's strength from Mike beforehand, then he might have felt the same as them.

"Haha, let's wait and see."

Claose frowned, seeing that Barion didn't seem worried about Orion's elimination. He felt that Barion was too overconfident about his son.

As for Estor, he looked at the fight that would begin in a moment, for he knew that Barion's confidence wasn't an empty one.

In the arena, Ford was the closest to him so he reached Orion the fastest. It wasn't known if he intentionally stood close to Orion before the start of the battle or if it was all just a coincidence.

But he used the full benefit of that and arrived before Orion when others were still a little too far from him.

"I am sorry, Brother Orion, but you will have to go for the betterment of us."

Ford sneered using his talent and as a result, both his arms turned hairy before they fully transformed into what looked like a wolf's arm with long nails ready to pierce at anything.

"Wolf Slash!"

He slashed forward at Orion, intending to throw him out of the arena with this attack.

However, just when Ford thought he would hear Orion's scream, a hand came out of nowhere and caught his hairy hand.

"How can this be?"

He uttered it in shock after he saw that the hand belonged to Orion himself.

"You chose the wrong guy, Brother Ford."

Enraged and humiliated at the thought that Orion caught his hand that he used as an attack, Ford slashed with his left hand when he saw that he didn't take him seriously.

But his left hand rebounded off Orion's body as soon as his attack reached him.

"How is that possible?"

"Done?"

Orion asked and then raised him, holding his right hand and threw him out of the arena.

"NOOO!!!"

Ford's scream reverberated throughout the arena but it was of no use as he soon landed among the crowd.

"It seems your son indeed has something in him."

Estor uttered it in surprise. He never thought the result would be so easily decided. The other party appeared too weak in front of Orion, as if he wasn't one rank above him but Orion was.

"I am surprised as well," Barion said.

He was also greatly surprised because he felt that Orion had defeated Ford too effortlessly. This made him wonder where his son's limits lay.

Claose didn't say anything and only watched the battle gloomily.

Back on stage, the other three—Dustin, Lucy, and Anvi—stopped in their tracks, their faces trembling in shock. They thought they could easily eliminate Orion but it turned out he was a hidden dragon.

Orion saw that the other six were looking at him with shock—well, not everyone, as Luke and Monty's faces revealed more fear than shock.

"Well, it isn't my fault if guys want to target me."

He shrugged, looking at them but as if he thought of something, his face turned into a smirk.

"By the way, I am going to win this assessment. So, can you guys hurry up?"

His words shocked the other six once again, especially Tray, who felt that he was being ignored. He was the strongest of them here yet someone had the gall to say he would win the assessment.

"Brother Orion, overconfidence is sometimes one's mortal enemy." He said it with a sneer.

"Overconfidence?" Orion smiled as he heard him. He could have chosen the option to wait for everyone to eliminate each other, now that they knew his strength, and then fight Tray at the end to win. But he felt that wouldn't be fun at all—it would be too boring.

Therefore, he thought, if he was going to win anyway, why wouldn't he do it with a bang? It's not like he would be revealing his full strength to everyone by doing so. What he was using right now wouldn't even be considered 20% of his true power. So he felt there was no need to hold back at all.

Moreover, his mother and his little sister were looking at him with expectations. If he didn't surprise them, then it would be a waste to have such strength.

Looking at Tray, who was sneering at him and the other five, who had complex expressions, he smiled.

"In truth, you guys are just too weak. You won't be able to take even one of my moves if I attack. So, I suggest you guys come at me together; otherwise, you don't stand a chance against me one by one and would end up like Brother Ford. Also, it's not like you guys could defeat me if you joined hands. So get on with it."

His bold declaration echoed through the arena and like a ripple in the calm ocean, it spread wide and far.

Everyone was shocked by Orion's words and why wouldn't they be shocked? It wasn't everyday they would see an individual of iron rank say those bold words to six other peak-silver rank individuals.

At the top of the arena, Estor looked at Orion and laughed in satisfaction.

"Hahaha, that's how a man should fight. What a bold guy! I like it."

On the other hand, Barion laughed wryly. He hadn't thought his youngest son would do this. Though he became interested in how this would all play out,.

As for Claose, he directly sneered at Orion.

"Your youngest son might lose because of his overconfidence, Barion."

Barion smiled back at him and didn't say anything.

On the seating area below them, Aron—the big brother of Orion—laughed at witnessing all of that.

"Hahahaha. That's how a direct descendant of our Darkwood family should act—unbridled like a dragon. I thought only I was like this but my sweet little brother also turned out to be like me. That's a matter worth celebrating."

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