I Can Copy Curses

Orion and Mark were flying back to their dormitory when Mark asked, "Do you know those two?"

"One of them is on my must-kill list," Orion replied, increasing his speed and leaving Mark behind.

"Must-kill list?" Mark sighed, understanding that Orion had a purpose for coming to the Limitless Void connected to the events at the banquet in the Magus Kingdom. But what about him? What did he want? He still didn't know why he was here.

Victor had simply asked him to participate in the assessment one day, and since he was in the same guild, he agreed, never imagining it would lead to this situation.

After erasing himself from Tracy's memory and those who knew him, he had decided to live alone for the rest of his life. But now, finding himself here on the brink of war, he didn't know what to do.

"Ah, it's so simple." He suddenly realized something. Orion wouldn't always be around to protect Tracy, so he could protect her in the meantime. "That's it, that should be my goal," he thought happily. But for some reason, he felt it wasn't enough.

There was a strange sense of emptiness in his heart he couldn't describe. It was as if he was content with his decision to protect Tracy, but then some part of him questioned: was that all he wanted? Was his goal really just to protect her?

"Ah, what should I do?!" Mark muttered in confusion. "If only Ray was here—No, he's already gone. Stop thinking about him." Conflicted by his thoughts, he slowly reached the dormitory.

Then he saw something that caused his body to tremble. A surge of uncontrollable rage and anger began to cloud his mind.

He saw Tracy, but something was different. She was drenched in blood. Her clothes were soaked, and she was bleeding heavily from her stomach as Orion laid her down, his hands glowing with a golden light as he healed her.

"No—not again!" The memories of what happened to Ray flooded his mind—those haunting images, the blood-soaked Ray, and he, the cursed one who caused it all.

"It's happening again."

Mark's gaze turned to those responsible. He saw four cadets he hadn't seen before, all at the 6th level platinum rank, relentlessly attacking Orion, who was still focused on healing Tracy. Zeref, Victor, and Erza were protecting him.

"I'll kill them!"

Overcome with rage, Mark appeared before the four cadets in a bolt of lightning.

"Who—?" they sshouted, shock freezing their words mid-sentence. But before they could even react, he closed the distance, seizing one cadet by the face.

A blinding surge of lightning crackled from his hand, coursing over the cadet's body.

"Aaaagh!" The cadet's scream tore through the air, his skin sizzling and charring under the relentless assault. The lightning seared through him, and in moments, his body collapsed into a blackened husk, lifeless and unrecognizable.

"You—you killed him!" The other three spun on their heels, terror fueling their desperate attempt to flee. But Mark was already there, a blur of motion, intercepting another cadet with his fist blazing in fierce blue flames.

Bang!

The cadet's body ignited on impact, engulfed in the blue inferno that burned with unrestrained fury. In seconds, his skin and flesh were consumed, and his very bones crumbled into ashes that drifted to the ground in silence.

"Agh! Monster! Help me!"

"Someone help us!"

The last two panicked and ran, shouting desperately, but Mark was faster. He appeared before one of them and struck with another flaming punch.

Bang!

The cadet exploded in blue flames, his body reduced to ash.

Mark then formed a bolt of lightning in his hand and hurled it toward the last cadet.

Boom!

The cadet was obliterated as the lightning hit him.

Zeref, Erza, and Victor watched in shock. They hadn't expected Mark to go berserk and kill them all.

"Mark, what did you do? You killed them!" Victor shouted anxiously.

Mark didn't respond and instead appeared before Orion, who was still healing Tracy. "How is she? Is she alright? Will she live?" His voice was low and desperate.

Orion looked at Mark and nodded. "She'll be fine." He stopped healing her and handed her to Mark. "Hold her for a moment."

Mark held Tracy, relief flooding over him as he saw her breathing. Tears streamed down his face.

Orion sighed at the sight and looked around. "There's still no one here yet. We should leave as soon as possible. Killing isn't allowed in the academy."

The others nodded solemnly, preparing to leave.

Orion said, "Erza, Zeref, take Tracy to her room and stay with her until she wakes up. I've healed her completely, but she's lost some blood, so she should wake up soon."

At that moment, Orion sensed figures approaching. They were only a few steps away.

'Damn, they're here!' They had no time to escape, especially with Erza and Zeref helping Tracy. Orion closed his eyes before making a decision.

He activated the Curse of Dimensional Dissonance in Curse Transformation mode, pulling them all into his dimension.

He then did the same with the corpses of the four cadets and the blood Tracy had lost before disappearing from the scene.

"Is there anyone here?" Just then, five figures arrived. They were cadets who'd heard the desperate shouts of the four, but they were too late.

"I'm sure someone shouted for help!" One of them looked around, scanning the area.

"Look! Burn marks! The entire ground is scorched pitch black!" Another noticed something and called the others over.

"There's another one here!" They found another scorch mark, identical to the first.

"A battle just happened here." One cadet touched the scorched ground, feeling the heat still emanating from it. "We must have just missed it," he muttered, frowning.

"Anyway, I'm calling the Cadet Council," one of them said, going to report the incident.

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