I Can Copy Curses

67  67. Inevitable Fate - 5

Orion found himself once again standing on the boat, grappling with the aftermath of the recent events. The memories of Miira's death, his own demise, and the deaths of everyone else flooded back, sending a chill down his spine.

He felt overwhelmed by the prospect of experiencing those traumatic events again. The toll it had taken on his mental state was already significant, and he doubted whether he could endure it a second time without risking his sanity.

"It's over. It's over for us. He is going to kill us again."

He muttered as he held his head and bent down to his knees. The weight of their limited chances weighed heavily on Orion's mind as he realized they had only two more opportunities left before facing permanent oblivion.

"What happened, Orion?" Miira asked, seeing Orion suddenly sit down, clutching his head.

Orion tried to ignore her as much as possible when he recalled the words the boss mentioned before he died last time.

'He said he will be waiting for us on the other side. By that, he didn't mean…'

Thinking of that, he looked around when he suddenly spotted a man who seemed to be sitting at the very far end of the boat in a throne decorated with bones.

"No, no, no."

Orion, observing the scene, abruptly stood up and retreated until he reached the railing on the other side of the boat. His strange behavior caught the attention of everyone on board, who followed his gaze to see a blue-skinned man wearing a pure white suit seated on a throne made from skulls.

In one hand, he held a stylish cup filled with red liquid, while the other rested on the armrest of the throne. Although he appeared human, his dark blue skin and two horns on his head suggested otherwise.

Among the group, Runo and a few others recognized him as the boss and his throne. They swiftly drew their weapons, ready to battle at a moment's notice.

Meanwhile, Sam also gazed at the boss, appearing calmer than Orion. It wasn't surprising—after all, he had experienced death so many times that it had become a habit for him. His talent even required him to die, and sometimes he intentionally died to improve his mastery over it. So, after enduring the last few deaths, his condition was better than Orion's.

For Orion, he was just a common man on Earth who worked hard to make ends meet, but the transmigration brought uniqueness without changing anything else about him. Deep down, he was just a man who hadn't experienced much death and cruelty until he encountered it within the span of about an hour. Witnessing Miira's death not once but twice with his own eyes was especially traumatizing for him.

This completely changed his view of the world, which he had earlier thought was beautiful. If someone were to ask what kind of world he transmigrated into, he would only say a cruel world where death was common for all beings.

At that moment, the boss smiled in amusement as his eyes passed from Orion to Sam.

"So, there are two of you who remembered everything," he said, his voice filled with interest. "You guys are good. I have to give it to you two. You made a fool of me two times. Honestly, if I hadn't sensed the flow of time changing the second time I killed you, I would have remained ignorant the whole time."

Orion didn't say anything as he stared at him, his eyes filled with fear. Although Sam didn't feel anything about death, he very well knew there was only one more chance they had left if they died now. So he also felt fear—fear of disappearing forever from this world.

Meanwhile, the group of people in the boat couldn't understand what the boss was talking about. They only understood that Orion, who was the strongest among them, appeared to look the scariest when facing the boss monster.

"But that level of power always comes with limitations," the boss monster continued as he sipped his drink from time to time. "I wonder how many times you can do that right now. Two more? Three more? It doesn't matter anyway. I will enjoy my time killing you."

As he finished his words, the boss monster turned to look at Orion with a very eerie smile on his face.

Seeing that, Orion had a bad feeling when he suddenly felt an etching in his hand. Looking at it, he saw something moving inside of his hand, and it was not one but tens of them.

Observing it closely, he saw they were the size of cockroaches moving inside his hand.

"Aghh!"

He suddenly screamed, drawing everyone's attention, when he felt that those cockroaches, like parasites, were eating him from inside.

At that moment, the pain suddenly intensified. He quickly used Sacrificial Renewal to negate the pain, but he couldn't stop those parasites inside of him.

He tried Velocity Outbrust to burn them and Frozen Torment to freeze them, but nothing seemed to work on these parasites.

A moment later, his right hand, which had been infested by the parasites, turned into nothing but blood mush.

"No!"

He screamed as he saw that.

Soon, these parasites started to spread to every part of his body.

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As he witnessed this, he thought of something.

'Damn, my curse is Null Body—a body that doesn't feel mana whatsoever so how can this boss monster affect me with his powers.'

Previously, this thought didn't come to his mind because how quick he died those times but now these parasites were slowly eating his body, he realized this fact. n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

"Aggh! What's happening to my body!!??"

"Look! My leg is gone, and what are those things moving in our body?"

"It's so painful. Someone help me."

"These things are eating me. Help me."

At that moment, Orion heard screams of people present in the boat, causing him to look around when he saw everyone was going through the same thing as him. But they felt pain, while Orion didn't because of his curse.

However, that did little to no help to Orion when he saw that his other hand was also eaten away, turning into blood mush.

'Damn, dying now will leave us with only a chance.'

He cursed as he saw these parasites turn to his legs, and a moment later, they too turned to blood puddles, and Orion's body fell into that puddle of blood.

At this point, he should have died from the pain caused by the removal of his hands and legs, but he was still alive because of his curse.

Soon the parasites came to his stomach area and started feasting there.

At that moment, he heard the boss monster say something.

"I am surprised you are still alive after all of that," the boss monster said as he looked at the bodies of all the other individuals that had now turned into nothing but pools of blood washing the floor of the boat. "But you will eventually die anyway. Next time, I will prepare a death that will cause more mental pain than physical ones. Be ready."

As Orione heard the boss's words and saw the creepy smile on his face, he only felt despair about it.

'One last time and I will be free.'

He had long lost hope of escaping death from the one in front of him, and every death caused him to realize the cruelty of his fate. Each death, more cruel than the previous ones.

As he thought about his cursed fate, he felt light all of a sudden when darkness consumed his vision entirely, leaving nothing but a pool of blood where he previously stood.

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