I Can Copy Curses

At this moment, she realized another weakness of her talent.

Zeref stood up from the ground, feeling pain all over her body, but she wasn't giving up.

However, just as she climbed out of the pit, she was kicked in the gut again, sending her flying. She quickly released her ice talent, creating a blockade before coming to a stop.

Her appearance had become ragged. Her clothes were dirty, her face was marked with dirt, and her expression was full of frustration. She no longer looked anything like her former self.

Just then, Orion's figure blurred, and he appeared a short distance away from her.

"Is that all you've got?" Orion taunted.

Zeref frowned. "I have one last trick up my sleeve."

She gripped her sword tightly and shouted, "Come forth, Cogitatis."

As she spoke, a golden light beamed from her body, and something emerged. The light dimmed, revealing a mirror in her hand, its edges appearing to be made of gold.

Orion's eyes widened in realization. He understood what Zeref had just done.

"A Divine Soul! You can summon your Divine Soul?" he exclaimed in shock. He hadn't expected Zeref to comprehend the true name of her Divine Soul, much less transform it from image form to solid form.

Only those who had comprehended their Divine Soul's true name and transformed it into its solid form were able to summon their Divine Soul into the real world across the three domains.

"Yes, it's my Divine Soul. It's called Cogitatis," Zeref said, looking at Orion. "I never thought I'd have to use it in the final assessment. In fact, I never imagined anyone would come close to me in terms of strength, but I now realize I was mistaken—or you could say I underestimated you."

She added solemnly, "I knew you and Mark were special, but only now do I realize your abilities far surpass my expectations. You've shown me that my 'invincible' Absolute Counter is not unbeatable. You exposed another weakness in my talent, but this ends now."

As she finished speaking, the mirror reflected Orion's image before glowing with a golden light, transforming into a copy of him.

Orion stood frozen in shock as he gazed at the figure reflected in the mirror. At first glance, it appeared to be a perfect replica of himself. The coiling wind snakes, the greenish hue surrounding the body—everything mirrored his current state. However, as he studied the reflection more closely, subtle differences began to emerge. Enjoy exclusive chapters from empire

The figure wasn't a perfect copy—it had transformed into Ray Wiser, an almost identical doppelgänger but with reversed features. Its hair, for instance, was combed from right to left, the opposite of Orion's. The folds of its clothes were reversed, as though they had been flipped. Even the winds swirling around it seemed to spin in the opposite direction.

"Your Divine Soul is a mirror that can transform into whoever it reflects?" Orion asked curiously.

Zeref nodded. "That's right, but it can only transform into living beings—only those it reflects."

"I see. Let's see if this copy of mine can replicate my powers," Orion sneered, then vanished from his spot.

BOOM!

A deafening shockwave erupted, far more powerful than the previous one, shaking the entire arena to its core. The ground trembled, and the air vibrated violently, sending cracks through the arena's surface.

Participants who had been standing too close to the epicenter were blasted backward, their bodies flung like ragdolls through the air.

"No! It can't be!" Orion uttered in shock as he stared at his copy in disbelief. Their fists were locked together, both in identical positions and stances, everything eerily similar.

From behind, it would look like Orion was punching a mirror, if not for the swirling wind around them.

Orion retreated, and the copy did the same.

Zeref smiled when she saw this. "My Divine Soul reflects in real-time. Any moment you increase your strength, the copy, which is a reflection of you, will also use the same ability with the same strength."

Her smile widened, her expression showing she believed she had already won. "Tell me, how can anyone defeat such an opponent? Isn't this the perfect technique—perfect attack, perfect reflection?"

Orion stood there with a solemn expression as he studied the copy—or rather, his reflection.

He drew his sword, and the reflection did the same.

Orion vanished, and so did the reflection. They disappeared from the arena, leaving an odd silence.

The other participants stopped fighting. They couldn't concentrate with Orion and Zeref's battle raging on, so they decided to wait and let them eliminate each other.

Zeref, seeing the reflection and Orion disappear, closed her eyes. She couldn't sense Orion, but she could sense the reflection. The reflection was her Divine Soul, a part of her soul, so she could feel it.

She quickly turned to her right and saw a sword coming straight for her neck, but another sword came from her left, blocking the attack.

Clang!

Though the attack was blocked, the shockwave pushed her back.

The sword on the right belonged to Orion, while the one from her left that blocked it was the reflection's.

Orion retreated, and the reflection followed suit, standing next to Zeref.

"It's really a headache to fight against a reflection of yourself," Orion said to Zeref. "No matter what I do, the reflection mirrors it."

Zeref smirked. "That's the beauty of Divine Souls. Every Divine Soul in this world is born with a magical ability, and mine is right in front of you."

Orion frowned. "I know, but I also know that no reflection can ever be perfect. There has to be some flaw in that reflection of mine, and I'm going to find it and exploit it." He vanished from his position.

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