I Can Copy Curses

Bam!

Orion's icicle was completely destroyed but the demon's sword too was swept away by the attack, leaving him completely defenseless.

Seeing that opportunity, Orion swiftly punched him and he too exploded into pieces like the previous demon.

He then turned his attention to the remaining three demons. They were trembling in fear, seeing how effortlessly he was killing them.

"No! Don't come near me!"

One of the demons shouted, retreating, wanting to escape from here.

However, to his horror, Orion appeared in front of him.

Seeing the masked kid with blood all over him appear in front of him filled him with fear. The gaze from those emotionless eyes sent tremors through his entire body. It was as if the masked kid possessed an aura of pure menace, radiating a chilling presence that froze him in place.

The sight of the bloodied mask and the remnants of his comrades clinging to him only intensified the feeling of dread that gripped him.

In that moment, he panicked so much that he forgot to even put up his defense. His mind overwhelmed with fear and shock, he stood frozen and vulnerable, unable to react or protect himself against the impending threat.

Without encountering any type of resistance, Orion simply punched him and that sacred demon ended just like his two friends, turning into nothing but blood and pieces scattered all over Orion and the ground.

However, Orion didn't even flinch after killing him nor did he feel anything when all the blood and body pieces of the demon rained down on him.

It was as though he had become nothing but a killing machine whose task was only to eradicate the demons.

But in reality, only Orion knew the truth. Fighting in Curse Transformation mode with two curses activated subjected him to a constant wave of negative emotions, which overwhelmed all other feelings within him.

As a result, he could feel no other emotions aside from negativity.

"You! You are a devil!"

One of the remaining two demons spoke, his voice trembling with fear.

"I am a devil?" Orion smiled eerily upon hearing the demon call him a devil. "Hehe, for you demons, I sure am."

The demon felt as if the god of death himself smiled at him when he saw Orion's smile. Everything about Orion exuded an aura of bone-chilling fear.

The demon couldn't comprehend where or how such intense fear could emanate from, but it gripped him tightly, paralysing his thoughts and actions.

Orion's presence alone seemed to embody a force that transcended mere physical prowess, striking deep into the core of the demon's primal instincts.

Seeing that the demon had become completely paralysed by his fear, Orion smiled in satisfaction. He felt that the curse of Malevolent Gaze was indeed powerful.

He then walked towards him and punched that demon into pieces.

Orion then turned to look at the last demon standing before him. It was the same demon who had arrogantly told them they could survive if they surrendered.

"I will give you a chance to survive if you surrender," Orion said. His voice sounded bone-chilling cold. "But if you don't, well, you should know by now what the result would be."

The demon profusely sweated upon hearing Orion.

"I-I surrender," he said, his voice dripping with fear. "Don't kill me."

Orion nodded and thought that it was easy to make the demon surrender.

"Tell me something," he said, his emotionless eyes looking straight at the demon. "Why did you attack us?"

"I-I don't know," the demon said, shaking his head. "I just heard that a higher-up was planning to attack the human race so I joined in to enjoy the fun."

"Enjoy the fun then," Orion nodded and killed the demon with a punch, who exploded into countless pieces like others before him.

He felt that a useless demon wouldn't be of any use to them so he thought it wasn't worth keeping him alive.

He then turned his attention towards the humans and felt that they were looking at him as though he were a monster.

There were only two expressions etched on their faces: shock and overwhelming fear. The sheer power and ruthlessness Orion had displayed left them stunned and terrified, unable to process the transformation they had just witnessed.

'I guess I am indeed looking like a monster with all that blood on my body.'

Orion thought, activated the curse of the Velocity Burst and used flames to evaporate all the blood and remains of the demons he had on his body.

"Watch out, kid!"

At that moment, all the humans, including Orion, heard a shout from above and they all turned their heads to see that a spear in dark flames was hurtling towards them.

'It's coming towards me.'

Orion frowned at seeing that.

'It seems the demons above saw everything.'

He thought and only a moment later, the spear covered in dark flames arrived in front of him.

'But they are too naive to think that this can kill me.'

Orion smiled, disappeared from his location using the curse of Fractured Reality and appeared at a little distance from his original position.

BOOM!

Almost instantly, the spear collided with the spot where Orion had stood just a moment earlier, causing the area around the spear to turn into nothing but ashes.

The intense heat and force of the impact obliterated everything in its vicinity, leaving a smouldering crater. The remains of the demons scattered around the area also turned into ashes and disappeared into thin air.

A moment later, the dust settled down and everyone was shocked to see that the spear had caused such levels of destruction.

Meanwhile, Orion's attention was above. He saw that Mike had appeared and was fighting some demons in the air.

Seeing him, he quickly searched the whole area but found no trace of his friends or anyone from the void shuttle. This made Orion sighed in relief.

However, at that moment, all the humans, including Orion, felt an imaginable pressure descending upon them.

"What happened?"

Loren suddenly felt as if his breathing had become labored. His chest tightened, and each breath he took felt shallow and strained.

And not just him—all the humans felt the same. It was as if some invisible force was constricting their chests, making it difficult to breathe. Panic spread among them as they struggled for air, their fear amplifying the sensation.

Orion, too, wasn't feeling well. He thought that if this continued, then they would all die at this rate.

"Enough!"

At that moment, a loud voice sounded before them, and the oppressive pressure they were feeling suddenly lifted. They could breathe freely without any problems; the invisible force that had been constricting them was dissipating as if it had never been there.

Orion, feeling that the strange sensation was gone, looked up and saw two new faces above.

One was a demon whose menacing presence suggested he was responsible for the suffocating pressure they had just experienced. The other was, surprisingly, a human—a figure from Orion's not-so-distant past whom he hadn't expected to see again.

'How could it be him?'

Orion's eyes widened in recognition and surprise as he took in the sight of the familiar face.