I Can Copy Curses

Chapter 111: 111. Mystery of the Mirrors

Orion pondered deeply over Lisa's words and felt that they were very reasonable. If this was indeed a trap, then who would set up a trap in the middle of a cave? Why was the trap still in effect after General Dray's team crossed this path?

The most important question would be how the trap—the pack of mirrors—would affect them. Granted, they were designed as a trap; it wouldn't be anything good. But they still had to know how the trap would affect them if they wanted to cross it.

Orion pondered this as he observed the mirrors. He knew they needed to understand the trap's mechanics to safely navigate through it. He turned to his companions and shared his thoughts.

"We need to figure out how these mirrors work," he said, his voice low. "If they are traps, there must be some trigger or effect they produce. Let's be cautious and test them from a distance first."

He picked up a small stone from the ground and threw it towards one of the mirrors, watching carefully to see what would happen.

The stone flew through the air and hit one of the mirrors with a light clink. It then fell onto the surface of a mirror on the ground, and nothing particularly happened to it. It just stayed there, as if the mirrors didn't have any effect on him.

"Nothing happened to the stone," the masked girl said, pondering. "Does that mean it was meant to be used as a trap but overtime it had lost its edge or the mana needed to activate the trap was completely used, leaving these mirrors as nothing but a useless obstacle?"

Orion also pondered as he saw that mirrors didn't seem to have any effect on the stone.

'If what she said were true and the mirrors really don't work now, then how could they still be in perfect shape if General Dray's team passed by? To go to the other side, they would definitely destroy the mirrors in front, so how were these mirrors still in shape if the mana required for activating the trap was over?'

This was the thing he didn't understand. If the masked girl's words held any truth, then the mirrors here should have been broken and not in perfect shape like the ones in front of them.

'They wouldn't automatically return to normal after being shattered into pieces, would they? And if they could, that means the mirrors definitely have mana inside them and the traps are still working. It just didn't work on a stone…stone?'

Thinking of the stone, he wondered if the mirrors didn't have any effect on it because it wasn't a living thing. He felt that was highly possible.

What if the trap of mirrors was only designed to work on living things? Then that would explain how these mirrors didn't have any effect on the stone, as it was an inanimate object.

'Let's just try the trap and see what happens.'

He felt that only thinking based on their limited knowledge of the mirrors in front wouldn't lead to any meaningful conclusions. They needed to proceed with caution and gather more information about these strange mirrors.

"Everyone," he called out to his companions, and he shared his thoughts about the mirrors. "I believe the mirrors only work on living things; that's why they didn't have any effect on the stone."

"If what you said is really true and the mirrors only affect living things, then that would be a problem," the masked girl said with a frown.

"That's why I am thinking of going there to test the mirrors myself and see how they affect me," Orion said.

"No," Lisa flatly declined. "That's too dangerous. I won't allow it."

Orion felt helpless about Lisa and was about to debate with her when someone voiced their unique thoughts.

"Why don't we attack the mirrors and destroy them?"

Everyone was surprised by the idea and turned to see that the one who gave them this idea was Ryfin.

"Nice idea, Ryfin," Orion gave him a thumbs up. "Let's try it."

"I don't think it will work," the masked girl said. "If these mirrors are designed as traps, then they would definitely be invulnerable to attacks; otherwise, there would be no meaning in using mirrors as traps if they could be broken so easily."

"We will know once we try it," Orion said, preparing to attack when someone tapped on his shoulder.

"Let me do it," Famir said, as a golden bolt of lightning conjured in his hand.

Orion nodded to him.

Seeing Orion agree, Famir threw the bolt of lightning towards the mirrors.

A golden flash of light passed by the cave, illuminating all around the area before it arrived near one of the mirrors.

However, just as the bolt of lightning came into contact with the mirror, it didn't do any damage to it and went inside it.

Almost instantly, the lightning bolt emerged from a different mirror and darted towards yet another mirror, where it again disappeared. It reappeared in a random mirror, only to be drawn into another mirror yet again.

The lightning bolt continued to bounce unpredictably from mirror to mirror, creating a chaotic web of reflections that made it nearly impossible to track its path.

Like that, the lightning bolt continued to move around the mirrors before it came out from the very front mirror facing Orion's team and went towards them.

Famir jumped in front of the team and caught the lightning bolt back in his hand.

"My attack didn't work," he said as he disintegrated the lightning bolt in his hand.

Everyone was surprised to see what happened to Famir's attack. They hadn't expected this at all.

"It seems she was right," Lisa said, looking at the masked girl. "Our attack won't work on mirrors."

"But at least we know what the trap is," Orion said. "It seems like all these mirrors work as a portal, and they are all connected to each other."

"So, should we go and try the mirrors out ourselves?" The masked girl asked. "At least one of them leads outside. That's how General Dray's team would have gone outside without destroying the mirrors. Also, the stone didn't pass through the mirror because it didn't pose any threat to these mirrors, but the lightning bolt did. So, this explains everything."

Orion pondered for a moment before answering her. He wondered if the mirrors would be able to withstand his ice attack powered by his Curse Transformation.

It was a wide-range attack and would freeze all the mirrors present here, so he couldn't help but wonder if this attack of his would be effective against these mirrors or not.

Moreover, he could also use Velocity Burst in Curse Transformation mode to try burning the mirrors themselves or Detonating Flesh in Curse Transformation mode to explode all the mirrors. He had too many options, but he had a feeling all his attacks would be futile against these mirrors.

General Dray and that assassin were at least at the peak of silver rank, but they didn't destroy the mirrors and chose to pass through the trap. This indicated something about the durability of these mirrors.

Also, whoever built these mirrors as a trap would have thought about this beforehand and must have come up with a counter, so it was highly unlikely that his attack would have any effect on these mirrors.

'But I won't be satisfied until I see it for myself.'

He thought, preparing himself to attack the mirrors.