I Can Copy Curses

Chapter 229: 229. A New Sub-Ability

'This is the memories sealed by Isis!'

Orion had completely forgotten about the deal he had with her because of the recent troubles. He recalled she mentioned that he would have to do something for her in exchange for her help back in that dungeon.

'Let's see what she needed my help with...'

Orion calmed down and processed the new information inside his head. After some minutes of digesting the new memories, Orion understood everything. And his suspicion about her task being related to Grimshore was also correct.

'But this is a very difficult task.'

The task Isis had given him had something to do when he would enter Grimshore. But he couldn't understand why she would want him to do something like that.

'I guess I will find out eventually when I enter Grimshore later.'

Orion pushed Isis's task to the back of his mind for the time being and focused on something he really wanted to do right now.

'Status.'

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[Name: Orion Darkwood]

[Rank: Silver]

[Divine Ability: Transformation]

[Talent: Copy Curse - 21%]

[Sub Ability: Burst Mode, Curse Transformation, Curse Synthesis]

[Curse: _ ]

[Strength: _ ]

[Stamina: _ ]

[Agility: _ ]

[Perception: _ ]

[Constitution: _ ]

[Mana: Nil]

[Skills: Nil]

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He checked his status and saw that all his stats had been reset to 0, and so were his curses. But he wasn't worried about them since he could still use them. At that moment, he recalled something.

'Last time I upgraded myself to iron rank, I got a boost in each of my curses at that time.'

This made him wonder if he would once again get the strength boost to all his curses or only those curses that he had copied in iron rank. He would have to check them outside when he had time, but for now, his attention was on something else.

His eyes were fixated on the new Sub-Ability called Curse Synthesis. He didn't need to read the description to understand what this new sub-ability of his could do, for it was too obvious by the word 'Synthesis' on it.

Excited, he checked the Curse Synthesis, and a new window appeared in front of him.

[Sub-Ability: Curse Synthesis]

[Description: The ability to seamlessly merge any curses with each other to form a new one]

[Note: The probability of merging two curses is 70%, three curses is 40%, and four curses is 10%. The probability of successful synthesis also depends on the relativity factor between the curses. The user cannot merge the new curse obtained from synthesis with any other curses. Also, the failure to merge any curses would result in the loss of these curses forever.]

As Orion read the description of his new sub-ability, he almost cursed when he reached the last part.

'This ability has such a huge drawback!'

He was really excited about the idea of merging two or more curses to form a new one, but the last drawback really poured a bucket of cold water on him.

As much as he wanted to combine his curses to create a new one, he couldn't risk losing them forever if the synthesis failed.

This was a gamble. With how cool the idea of merging two or more curses seemed, the drawback of this ability made it somewhat of an average ability.

But Orion had some ideas where he could use this sub-ability very effectively.

'All those useless curses that I delete anyway, if I were to synthesize them in a group of two or three, then maybe I would gain something.'

He felt that was the best way to use this sub-ability of his. That way, even if he were to fail the synthesis and lose those curses forever, it wouldn't count as his loss since he was going to delete those curses anyway.

'Should I try the ability on any of my current curses?'

But since he had this ability now, he couldn't wait to use it. It was like a new toy he bought, and he wouldn't be satisfied until he played with it to his heart's content.

He recalled one of the notes mentioned the relativity factor in the curses increased the probability of successful synthesis. But what did it mean by relativity factor?

Did it mean something common between the curses, like a common factor between two curses? Or was it something entirely else?

Orion was 90% sure that the relativity factor on curses meant a common element between the curses. But there was also a chance that he could be wrong.

'System, what does the relativity factor mean in my new sub-ability?'

[System is unable to answer]

'What do you mean?'

[System is unable to answer]

'Damn!'

Orion almost cursed the system when he heard its answer. It had never given him this answer ever before.

'It seems like I can only gamble.'

He pondered for a moment and thought about two curses that he didn't use regularly and had some relativity factor on them. A moment later, Orion's face revealed expressions of joy and excitement.

'Burdened Gravity and Constant Pull! These are the two curses I rarely use nowadays, and they seem to be the perfect guinea pigs for the gamble.'

Orion smiled joyfully as he came up with two curses that had a very common element—gravity.

He bet if he merged them with his new ability, then there was bound to be success if the meaning of relativity factor was the same as common factor. Otherwise, he would lose these curses forever.

'Anyway, it would take some time for me to copy new curses now, so I can only go with these two.'

Having made up his mind, Orion didn't hesitate and gave the command.

'Combine Burdened Gravity and Constant Pull.'

A notification appeared in his vision as soon as he gave the command.

[Synthesis of curses—Burdened Gravity and Constant Pull initiated...]

Orion didn't have to wait long before another notification popped up in his vision.

[Synthesis successful]

[Congratulations to the host for obtaining a new curse called Supreme Gravity]

An excited expression appeared on Orion's face as he looked at the notification in his vision. He immediately checked the description of the curse.

[Curse: Supreme Gravity]

[Description: The user can control the gravity of anything within a 10m radius, with the user at its center.]

Orion was a little shocked when he checked the description of Supreme Gravity.

Controlling the gravity around a 10m radius of himself was a very overpowered ability, and that was only in normal mode.

What would happen if he used Supreme Gravity in Curse Transformation mode?

He couldn't imagine what sort of power he would have at that time.

'Curse Synthesis not only merges the two curses, but it also improves upon them.'

That was the only explanation he could think of as to how the combination of two average curses turned out to be so powerful.

Neither of the previous two curses had the ability to use the power of gravity on others, but strangely, the combination of these two curses had this ability.

This only suggested that his previous speculation should be correct.

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