I Can Copy Curses

Two hours passed quickly, and they eventually returned to the palace.

"Ah, Young Master, there you are."

They only just set foot in the palace when Butler Rio came looking for them.

"Young Master, take this," he said, giving Orion a small book. "This is the technique of the Three Divine Ways and the master wants you to learn it."

Orion took the book in his hand and noticed that it looked like a new one.

'It seems there are many copies of this technique.'

He thought, turning his attention to Famir and Ryfin's sparkling eyes before looking at Butler Rio.

"Can my friends also have them?"

Butler Rio directly shook his head at Orion's words.

"I don't have permission for that but I can ask Master about it and see how it goes."

Orion nodded but he felt that his father would most likely reject his proposal.

"Please do that."

Though he still asked Butler Rio to speak with his father about it. Who knew? His father might actually agree.

Butler Rio nodded and left after bowing to him and Ella.

Orion then looked at Famir, Ryfin, and Ron.

"How is the stay here?" He asked them.

"It's cool."

"Great."

"Very good. I got so many things to eat yesterday that I am drooling about today's dinner."

Replied Famir, Ryfin, and Ron, respectively.

"Alright then, if you need anything, just ask me or any of the servants here."

Orion nodded, waving his hand at them, before he entered the palace.

The guest residence was an empty building in the servants living area and was accessible without going through the palace.

So, his friends didn't need to enter the palace to go to their residence.

***

Inside his room, Orion sat on the bed and took out the book Butler Rio gave him.

Flipping through the pages one by one, he read their content for about fifteen minutes straight.

'I see so that's what it is.'

After he read the whole book, he finally understood what the Three Divine Ways were all about.

As the name suggests, the Three Divine Ways were divided into three stages based on the power lever.

The first stage was the Divine Core stage.

To reach this stage, an individual needs to form a core outside their body. This core served as a reservoir of power and was crucial for further advancements.

While this stage primarily focuses on the physical aspect of the body, it also grants an overall increase in strength to the practitioner.

This stage was designed with the idea that individuals could only increase the points of one specific stat, causing the other four stats to become their weaknesses.

Hence, when in this state, one wouldn't be so vulnerable to any physical attack and could fight toe-to-toe with someone who had upgraded with their strength stat, even if the person in question had upgraded with their agility stat.

The second stage was known as core transformation.

In this stage, one gains the ability to shape and manipulate their core in various ways according to their desires.

Many opted to fashion their core into protective armour, enhancing their defence and resilience. Others, however, chose to mould their core into formidable weapons capable of unleashing devastating attacks.

The versatility of core transformation allowed people to explore their creativity and exploit their innate talents. Unlike the rigid specialisation of the Divine Core stage, this phase encouraged individuals to innovate and experiment with different forms and applications of their core.

Whether as armour or a weapon, the core's transformation was limited only by the cultivator's imagination and skill.

Similar to the Divine Core stage, this stage also significantly boosts one's overall strength. However, the enhancement in strength experienced in this stage surpassed that of the previous one. The increased power not only fortified the physical body but also augmented the effectiveness of any offensive or defensive capabilities derived from the transformed core.

As for the final stage, it was known as Manifestation.

The book offered little specific information about this stage beyond the enigmatic phrase, "Everyone's manifestation is different from one another but the same in essence."

'Well, the final stage is still too far away from me; let's enter the Divine Core stage first.'

Orion thought and sat cross-legged on the floor.

He went through the same process as the last time he did in the soul temple and appeared in the abyss of darkness but unlike the last time, this place wasn't empty.

A small sphere the size of a fist hovered alone in the glaring darkness and surrounding it were white, sparkling particles that constantly revolved around it.

The sphere was the Fate Core that Orion had assimilated onto him when he upgraded himself to iron rank. Since then, it has been occupying this place and living here peacefully.

As for the white, glowing particles that revolved around it, they were the mana he had devoured from Monty last time.

Orion had thought his body would reject mana because of his original curse—Null Body—but strangely, it didn't.

The moment the mana entered his body, they were all pulled by the Fate Core and revolved around it.

'I don't know if it has any uses.'

He thought, looking at the core and the white, glowing particles revolving around it.

'Anyway, let's start the process of entering the Divine Core.'

He thought and used a specific method mentioned in the technique and he began to draw the power of the darkness all around him.

Little by little, Orion could feel the abyss of darkness begin to scatter black particles all around him. These particles glowed in a strange way. Even though each particle appeared black, because of the glowing aura, the room Orion was in began to illuminate as the presence of the black particles continued to increase.

Sometimes later, the whole room was filled with the black particles enveloping Orion within them.

'Time to form the core.'

Orion thought about and concentrated on the particles all around him.

As if attracted by an unseen force, these particles began to gather around Orion's back and began to condense together.

However, there came the difficult part. According to the book, one would have to regularly condense all these black particles because they were a little unstable.

As long as they got closer to each other, they would cause some sort of reaction that would hinder one from forming the core.

So, the book mentioned that one would need to practice this step every day for about a week to a month so that they could get used to the unstable particles.

After that, they could finally form the core without any problems.

This was the normal way but the book also mentioned that there were some talents that would help some individuals skip the stage of getting used to the unstable particles and directly form the core.

And Orion was going to use this method to form his core.

His idea was simple. He wanted to use the curse of electrostatic disruption, control all these particles with its ability and later suppress and compress them together to form the core with the help of attraction and repulsion.

This sounded a little complicated but Orion believed he would be able to form the core with this method.