I Can Copy Curses

He realized that Ron's actions might have been driven by fear and confusion rather than ill intent, making him more inclined to give the young boy the benefit of the doubt.

Moreover, knowing he couldn't bring himself to reject a kid who had already been through so much, Orion decided to let Ron stay with them. He understood that the boy needed a chance to prove himself and grow stronger, just as they all did.

"Mike, release him." He said this, looking at Mike.

Mike nodded and took back his sword, though he still turned to Ron about something.

"How did you teleport yourself here?" He asked, and his face showed signs of suspicion. "This shuttle has been shielded by a certain type of magic circle that restricts teleportation from outside to inside. So, how did you come here?"

"Well, my talent is different from Ryfin's pure teleportation," Ron replied. "There are two types of teleportation I can do. The first one is simple teleportation, where I can teleport to anywhere my eyes can see. The second one is more complex. I need to mark a place or individual with my talent, and I can simply teleport myself to them or there in case of an emergency.

But it takes quite a lot of mana since it literally has no limitations. The only limitation is my mana reserves."

Orion felt that his teleportation was indeed quite useful if used in emergency situations. Though he still wanted to confirm something.

"Let's suppose you mark me and I am in the Human Federation Realm. Then, if you have enough mana reserves, can you teleport yourself from Magus Kingdom all the way to the Human Federation Realm in a second?"

Ron nodded. Though his face also turned helpless.

"But the mana I would need in that case would also be huge."

Orion nodded. He, too, felt that such powerful teleportation would indeed require a huge amount of mana to be successful.

But he was at least sure that Rom would definitely come in handy in the future.

He then walked towards him and patted his shoulder.

"Welcome aboard, then," he said, smiling. "Though, next time you decide to teleport somewhere fast, do tell us about it."

[Does the host want to copy the curse of Reality Fracture?]

'Damn, such a cool name for the curse. Copy, copy it immediately.'

[Host has successfully copied the curse of Reality Fracture.]

"I was just afraid that I would die; that's why I teleported," Ron said, looking down. "I don't know how to fight, and teleportation is all I can do. Forgive me for my past mistakes."

"Hey, hey, it's alright," Orion said reassuringly. "Look at us; we were also like you once, unable to fight; in fact, we might have been worse off, unable to even use our talents properly. But in the end, we learned through hardship, and so will you. So, chin up."

Orion felt like he was back on Earth, where he used to teach low-grade kids. The situation with Ron made him feel nostalgic, reminding him of the times when he tutored young students to get some money for his day-to-day life.

Ron felt somewhat good that he wasn't the worst and that there were others who were like him in the beginning.

"Mike, how long to Starforge?" He asked.

Now that his sleep had been interrupted, he knew he wouldn't be able to sleep anymore, even if he tried. Curious about how much time remained before reaching their first destination—Starforge—he decided to ask Mike about this.

"Young Master, it will take us another 3–4 hours before we reach there," Mike answered.

"Another 3-4 hours?" Orion put his hand on his chin, pondering how he should pass this time quickly. As far as he knew, Blitz Haven from Starforge wasn't far but it seemed it would take some time to get there.

At that moment, his eyes shone brilliantly as he thought of something—a place he had always wanted to go since he was a kid. It wasn't just any place; it was a world that connected all three domains—where individuals from all three domains could meet each other.

This place held the promise of exploration, adventure, and meeting new people, unlike anywhere else in the universe.

But the real purpose of this world was unknown.

However, as far as his memories go, people from all three domains were eager to go there for many reasons. But there were two main reasons.

The first reason would be the availability of monsters in that world. Dungeons had become quite rare nowadays and were only used by individuals of bronze rank to gain experience fighting monsters and prepare themselves for real adventures in that mysterious world.

High-rank monsters were scarce across all three domains, and the cores of low-rank monsters became useless as people grew stronger. Therefore, this world had become a common destination for humans from all three domains to come and hunt monsters, striving to become stronger.

The second reason would be the alphagens. Alphagens were different from mutagens in every aspect. While mutagens helped individuals exceed their limits and assisted in upgrades, alphagens were primarily used for combat purposes and did not contribute to upgrades.

Most importantly, alphagens could only be obtained from the cores of monsters available in that world.

'I can go there, right?'

He could go there but he didn't know how. His mother never told him anything about that world and he only learned all of that by sneakily going to the family's library and reading some historical books.

Thinking of that, he turned his attention to Mike.

"Mike, tell me if I can go to Grimshore right now or not." He asked, looking at Mike. If there was anyone who could tell him how to get there, then it would only be him.

"Grimshore?" Mike flinched upon hearing Orion wanted to go there. "Young Master, that place is very cruel. Many people die there every day. So, it would be better if we were to first reach the palace and have permission from the master to go there."

"Father's permission?" Orion frowned. He couldn't wait that long. If his guess was right, then it would take at least five more hours to reach Blitz Haven, and he would be bored to hell in this void shuttle.

'I guess I really couldn't go to Grimshore without my father's permission.'

He recalled that they would need his permission for every major thing in the family and Grimshore was such a place that would definitely need his permission.

'Looks like I can only copy the curses of all the individuals present in the void shuttle.'

Orion thought. That was the only way he could pass the time here without getting bored and who knew if he could get his hands on some good curses?