I Can Copy Curses

"I might as well go to Grimshore, level up, and refresh my mind," Orion muttered to himself as he prepared to head to Grimshore.

He messaged Mark, asking if he was going, and Mark replied affirmatively.

Orion smiled at the response and vanished from the Limitless Void.

***

Around midnight that same day, they returned from Grimshore. Orion had leveled up to 7, while Mark had reached level 16.

Orion immediately went to take a bath, reflecting on how the experience needed to level up had multiplied tenfold once he hit level 5, allowing him only two levels this time. It made him realize that most of the geniuses were still at the gold rank.

After his bath, he checked his halowatch and noticed no recent messages from Elijah. 'He must be busy after what Mark did and after what I did,' he thought as he put on his sleep clothes and went to bed quietly.

***

The following morning, Orion received a message from Elijah asking him to meet at the academy entrance.

Orion had been expecting this message, so he wasn't surprised. He put on a light blue shirt and brown pants, combed his hair lightly, and headed out.

***

Many cadets could be seen entering the academy, some going to classes, others heading to their respective alliances.

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Orion quickly arrived and noticed Mark already waiting there, but he wasn't alone—a lady from the Martial Domain stood with him.

'If I recall correctly, her name is Mei Lin,' Orion thought as he joined them. "How's it going, guys?"

Mark looked at Orion when he arrived, then ignored him and closed his eyes, while Mei Lin acted as if he didn't exist.

Orion smiled wryly and shook his head. He observed that Mark had become even more aloof after the incident with Tracy. Last night in Grimshore, Mark had barely spoken, only nodding at Orion's words.

'I should have Mark steal Max's talent,' Orion thought, but he wondered if it was the right decision. 'What if Mark turns against me? What if he betrays me one day?'

Orion pondered this but ultimately decided not to tell Mark about Max or his talent.

"What's up, guys?" Elijah arrived, a bright smile on his face. "I couldn't call you yesterday because it was such a hectic day." He sighed.

"Come on, follow me." Elijah led them through the academy to a hall.

"This is the base of operations for the Mortal Blood Alliance. Let's head inside," Elijah said as he led them in.

Orion, Mark, and Mei Lin were greeted by an office-like setup with people sitting at tables, holographic screens displayed on each desk.

"This is the alliance's working station, where we handle emergency calls. On the surface, it appears to be for those in the Limitless Void, but we're actually tracking transmigrators, the pages, and unusual phenomena in this world," Elijah explained.

Orion wondered how they managed to track transmigrators and pages across the entire Montreux Universe.

"Also, something you should know: this transmigration only happened in the three domains. So far, there are no records of transmigration in the Limitless Void—at least, from what we know." Elijah's words surprised the trio.

They then entered a private room that resembled a bar. Elijah took a seat and invited the others to sit.

"Take these." Elijah produced three papers, which floated toward Orion. "This is the information our team gathered from the three domains."

Orion, Mark, and Mei Lin were all surprised; they hadn't expected Elijah or the Mortal Blood Alliance to be so efficient. They had tracked down 11 pages and even retrieved them from others.

'They have a way to leave the Limitless Void,' Orion noted mentally.

"Take it," Elijah gestured to Orion.

Orion hesitated, glancing at Mei Lin, who had long black hair and wore a purple dress.

"I don't need them. You can take them," Mei Lin said calmly, producing six more pages with a tap of her palm. "You can have these as well."

Orion nodded, accepting all 17 pages, causing the number on his palm to jump from 32 to 49. 'It would have been 50 if I hadn't lost that page,' he thought gloomily.

"One of my pages suddenly burned when I was using it," he revealed to the others.

Mark and Mei Lin's eyes widened in shock at his words.

"How?" Mark asked.

Orion shrugged. "I don't know. I asked it a question, and it turned to ashes."

"That's what happens when you overuse something. They break," Mei Lin sneered.

Orion sighed, thinking this was likely the case. The page he'd been using all this time was the one Zeref had given them. Since both of them had used it extensively, something might have happened to it.

"This is actually what I wanted to warn you about, but it seems I'm a little late," Elijah said with a sigh.

He explained, "These pages are like regular ones—they can only contain a limited amount of text. Even though the text disappears over time, the essence remains and accumulates until it reaches saturation and starts to burn."

Orion sighed. If only Elijah had told him about this earlier, maybe they wouldn't have lost a page.

"Will losing that page lower our chances of collecting all of them?" he asked Elijah.

"No, in fact, if I'm not wrong, you should already have all the pages," Elijah said with a smile.

"We do?" Orion asked, doubtful.

Elijah nodded. "Although the number of pages is random each time, there's a pattern. According to that pattern, there should be around 40 to 60 pages in total for your time."

Orion nodded and asked, "How will we know when we've collected all the pages?"Nôv(el)B\\jnn

Elijah pointed at the page symbol on his fist. "That symbol will disappear automatically, but it takes some time. If it doesn't disappear by tomorrow, it means there are still some pages left to collect."

Orion nodded, but then something unexpected happened at this moment.

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