I Can Copy Curses

Chapter 87. A Limit to his Talent

Orion's body lay on the bed for hours, and even after that, he didn't open his eyes. It wasn't until night that his eyes slowly fluttered open.

As he opened them, he felt puzzled, wondering how he could have fallen asleep all of a sudden, before it hit him like a bolt of lightning.

'What was that? That felt so painful and…disturbing.'

He finally remembered how he had fallen asleep, and when he recalled what had happened, he trembled in fear. He couldn't explain how he felt when all those negative emotions hit him, but he was sure he wouldn't want to go through something like that ever again.

It was as though he were experiencing all the torments he had been through in a loop. One after another, those negative moments kept flooding his mind, causing him to repeatedly experience all those moments.

But that wasn't the worst part. He felt that those negative moments affected him too much, and the emotions he felt at that time were at an all-time high. It affected him far more than it ever had when he actually went through all of that.

'But why did that happen?'

He still couldn't understand the reason behind that.

'System, what happened to me a few hours ago?'

Therefore, he asked the system, hoping it knew something about it.

[The host's talent—Copy Curse—and the host's ability to wield those curses without any drawbacks only work when powered by the negative emotions in the host's body. However, the curses the host copies also carry a large amount of negativity within them—the accumulated negativity of all the people from whom the host has copied their curses over time.

Having one or two curses won't affect the host much, but if it continues to accumulate as the host copies more and more curses, the host's consciousness will ultimately reach its limits, resulting in a backlash of torments of negativity pouring out.]

As Orion heard the system's explanation, he understood everything, but this also made him frown.

If it were as the system said, then wouldn't he be unable to copy any more curses since it would only result in backlash if he were to copy more curses? That meant he would have to remove his current curses to make way for the new ones.

His face turned gloomy as he thought of that, but he still asked the system for confirmation.

'System, you mean that I can't copy any more curses?'

[No, the host can continue to copy curses, but not in the bronze rank anymore. The host's mind has already reached the limit of how many curses it could hold in the bronze rank. So, if the host wants to continue to use his talent, then the host must upgrade his rank to iron rank as soon as possible.]

'So, it's only in the bronze rank.'

Orion sighed in relief as he heard the system.

'Let's see if the new curse is worth keeping or not.'

He thought as he activated the curse, but nothing seemed to happen to him, and as a result, he felt disappointed. When he read the description of this curse earlier, he had thought that being restricted would feel like being enclosed inside some kind of invisible wall, but now he felt that he had overestimated the curse.

He then asked the system to remove the curse of Constriction's Embrace as well. He felt that this curse wasn't worth keeping.

[Curse: Constriction's Embrace will be deleted; do you confirm?]

'Yes.'

[Curse: Constriction's Embrace has been deleted successfully.]

After that, he went to his training room and looked at the description of Unyielding Encasement once again.

He had considered using this curse in his fight with Quent, but he never got the chance to do so. In fact, he had never even used this curse before and didn't know what its effects were. So, now that he had some time to himself, he wanted to see how this curse would affect him.

'Let's see how it goes.' n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

He thought as he used Unyielding Encasement only in his right hand.

Almost instantly, a hexagonal-shaped red light condensed out of nowhere. It was only the size of his finger, but the next moment, these hexagonal-shaped red lights began to condense in large numbers before they started joining each other like a honeycomb and spreading to all parts of his hand, enclosing his right hand in the encasement of the red honeycomb-like structure.

Orion felt amazed as he witnessed all of that. He then touched the encasement with his left hand and found it as tough as metal, if not stronger.

He realized that if he hadn't had the curse of Null Body, he would likely be in pain, as this encasement would have trapped his right hand completely in a confined space, causing him to lose control of his hand due to the confinement.

He remembered having copied this curse from Rena, who had the talent for force field, so now he could understand how this curse would affect her.

'I could use this curse to form a layer of armor covering my whole body, and along with the absolute defense provided by the curse of Electrostatic Disruption, my overall defense would increase a lot.'

He felt that this was the best way he could use this curse.

After checking out his curse, Orion returned to his bedroom and jumped onto his bed, seeking some rest.

Although he had slept when he lost consciousness earlier, he hadn't felt any refreshment from it. Since it was night and there wasn't anything pressing for him to do, he decided to have a good sleep.

As he lay on the bed, exhaustion quickly overtook him, and he fell asleep a moment later.

***

"Knock!"

The next morning, a knock sounded through the main door of Orion's house, which supposedly woke him up from his deep sleep.

He then opened the door and saw that it was Lisa who had come.

"Vance is waiting for us at Market Street," she said excitedly. "Are you ready?"

"Ah, give me a minute," Orion said as he quickly went back to his room and came back a moment later. He only washed his face with water and came back, thinking he would bathe later tonight.

"Let's go," Lisa said as she saw him coming back.

Orion nodded as they both walked out of his house. He only saw Famir and Ryfin waiting for him here.

"Hey, Orion," Ryfin called out to him as soon as he saw him. "You really sleep a lot."

"Haha, sorry about that," Orion apologized as he turned to ask. "So, where is everyone?"

Famir's face turned ugly as Orion asked about the other transmigrators.

"Don't worry about them," he said angrily. "They are fine with their new friends."

"What do you mean?" Orion asked in confusion.

"You will understand when we get to Market Street," Famir said to him. "So, let's go. We are already late."

Orion nodded as he walked with Famir, Ryfin, and Lisa towards Market Street.

As he walked, Orion couldn't help but wonder what had happened to the other transmigrators. He speculated on various scenarios but dismissed them as mere speculation, choosing not to dwell on them.

A few minutes later, they finally arrived at Market Street. They then headed to the place where they had first met Vance.

Upon arriving, Orion was surprised to see quite a number of people gathered there. It was more than he had seen the previous day. The crowd buzzed with energy, and he could feel the anticipation in the air.

"Haha, look who decided to show up."

However, at that moment, a very mocking voice interrupted his observation.