I Can Copy Curses

Chapter 137: 137. Teaching a Lesson - 4

Orion looked at their thoughtful faces and thought that it was time for the finale.

"Are you guys giving up?"

The group of servants instantly turned their heads toward Orion upon hearing him. Their faces appeared indignant, clearly showing their displeasure and frustration.

Looking at them, Orion smiled and gave them their final hope.

"How about this?" He said enticingly. "All of you remaining guys come at me at the same time. Surely, you guys would succeed that way, wouldn't you?'

The servants frowned even more. They felt like they were being played around by a kid. They felt ashamed of themselves because of this. But they didn't have any choice if they wanted to switch themselves to another young master.

A talent they couldn't understand—a talent that could easily blow away two of their strongest individuals—had turned into a nightmare for them.

Now, if they wanted to leave Orion and find some other young masters, then they would have to shamelessly accept Orion's offer.

All the servants looked at each other and nodded their heads in unison.

"We accept your offer but if we fail, we are ready to accept your command."

The servants soon accepted Orion's offer but it was the last part of their words that made Orion grin.

This was what he wanted—their loyalty. Although he could still get them to follow him even after defeating each one of them, they wouldn't show their loyalty to him. They would just follow him because of the bet between them.

But it was different if they were to come at him together and he would remain standing tall at the end. He would have to show them his overwhelming strength. That would make them believe that he had the strength to be their leader and, therefore, could give their loyalty to him.

'It's good.'

Orion smiled and nodded at them.

"Come."

All the servants looked at each other before they walked towards Orion and surrounded him.

Looking at all these servants, ready to use their talents to just move him, Orion felt a thrill. The thrill of facing so many opponents at the same time.

Although it wasn't specifically a battle, the essence behind it was still the same.

Most importantly, he was also taking a gamble here. He believed that his absolute defense could hold against anyone below the gold rank but he wasn't sure if it could hold against twenty-something people at the silver rank.

He understood the principle of having quality over quantity but he also knew that sometimes quantity may overpower quality.

However, he also had Burdened Gravity activated under Curse Transformation mode, so he felt that even if his absolute defense gave in, they probably wouldn't be able to move him.

Soon, he saw that they activated their talents one by one and to his surprise, he saw two of them form a colorful core behind their backs.

"Three Divine Ways!"

He was shocked to see two people who were no more than servants being able to use the elusive Three Divine Ways but after thinking about it, he understood the reason behind it.

Darkwood Family was one of the seven Magi Families in the whole Magus Kingdom; therefore, they had some secret techniques that could help one achieve the first stage of the Three Divine Ways.

However, even with the secret techniques, one would at least have to be at the iron rank to be able to learn the Three Divine Ways. It was very rare—almost impossible—that one could learn the Three Divine Ways in the bronze rank.

And these two servants being able to achieve the first stage of the Three Divine Ways in silver rank was worth nurturing. Orion believed that for such servants, he would have to treat them somewhat nicely.

'I will have to be careful of these two.'

He made a mental note to be cautious of these two, as with the first stage of the Three Divine Ways, their strength, which was already at the peak of silver rank, could reach gold rank.

At that moment, he saw that a lady suddenly came forward and attacked him with a palm; however, it wasn't just any palm; a small swirling wind of a tornado could be seen beneath her palm.

But the moment her attack reached Orion, she was blown away by her own swirling wind, courtesy of Orion's repulsion.

Seeing that, the other servants also attacked Orion at the same time.

For a moment, sparks and different colors of mana swirled around Orion as all the servants surrounding him began their attack.

BOOM!—

However, to their horror, all of them were blasted back, tumbling and rolling through the floor—all but two.

The tiles on the ground around Orion were also destroyed in a ring-like pattern, with him at the center, standing proud and tall. Dust swirled around the ring, creating a dense cloud that obscured him from view.

The two who hadn't attacked squinted through the haze, unable to see Orion, their expressions a mix of surprise and apprehension. His display of power left them momentarily stunned and uncertain, heightening the tension in the air.

A moment later, the dust faded away and they could finally see but what they saw gave them despair. They saw that Orion was still standing in the same position where he was standing earlier before the others began their attack.

"How could it be?"

One of the two people who didn't attack muttered in shock. She was a lady with dark purple hair tied to a pony and a beautiful face but at the moment, her face only revealed shock and nothing else.

"Could he have cheated?"

The other one also muttered. He was a man of about twenty-five and his appearance resembled the previous lady a lot. They both had purple hair too.

He thought that Orion could have cheated. With the dust clouding their vision, Orion could have moved back to his position, hence the result.

However, for confirmation, he turned to look at Mike, who shook his head at him.

Seeing that, his face became black as charcoal. He found it difficult to believe it but if Mike was sure Orion didn't move from his position, then he would have to also believe it.

"He took all of their attacks head-on and still hadn't moved. Damn, it will be difficult for us."

He looked at her sister standing beside him, who was also looking at him.

"Maria, how about we synchronize our powers?"

Maria pondered for a moment after hearing her brother's words but eventually nodded.

"Even though we still haven't perfected our synchronized attack, it will still be enough to move the young master a step back or two. So, let's do this, Alex."

After agreeing on their plan, Maria held Alex's left hand with her right hand and moved her left hand forward. Alex also followed her sister, made his right hand move forward and took it close to her sister's left hand.

Orion, who was waiting for them to make their moves, was surprised to see them getting hubby-hubby with each other.

'Damn, what is this? Did they suddenly go mad or what?'

He thought before he sensed a very powerful aura gathering at their hands that was facing toward him.

It was then that he saw tendrils of black and white lightning begin to emanate from their hands, causing the tiles beneath them to cover in black.

Soon, these black and white tendrils of lightning began to gather in large amounts and form a long lightning dragon twice their size.