I Can Copy Curses

Chapter 77. Leaving The Dungeon - 2

Orion, who stood among them, had a frown on his face.

'Are they really alright?'

He felt that whatever had happened to them in the pond must have been very severe, and awakening the trio afterward might have worsened the situation.

Feeling something might have gone wrong, he turned to face Jarth.

"Jarth," he called out to him. "Check them again."

Jarth shook his head.

"I already checked earlier this morning," he said helplessly. "They are fine. They just wake up, and we don't know how long it will take them to do that."

Orion nodded, but he still couldn't help but feel worried for them.

"Let's wait for a while," he said, turning to everyone.

He could only wait a little longer and hoped that they awakened in the meantime.

***

After handling some matter at the humongous tree, Orion left that place and headed towards the pond once again.

He wanted to ask something from Isis—something very important before he left this dungeon.

He tried talking to the air, thinking she would hear him, but he got no response from her. So he thought it would be better if the distance between them wasn't so far. Maybe that way she could sense him and talk to him again.

After a few minutes, he finally arrived near the pond and was about to say something when he heard Iris's voice.

"Are you leaving?"

"Yes," Orion replied, nodding his head. "I will leave today."

Isis became silent for a moment before responding to him.

"So, what brings you here?"

"You said my luck would be highest for a limited period of time, right?" He asked, wondering. "So, how much will this limited period of time you spoke be?"

"...It's already ended."

Orion's face became dark as he heard her. He couldn't help but feel that he didn't get the best out of this luck. He came here with the thought that if his luck were to remain with him for a few more days, he would definitely be able to use it more wisely when he got to Magus Kingdom. But his luck ended way earlier than he had expected.

"You also mentioned my luck would be at its lowest when my highest period of time ended," he asked, his face filled with confusion. "What do you mean by that?"

"It means that you will be accompanied by the worst luck a person could ever have."

"Worst luck?" Orion didn't know what do say to this. He thought that if his highest luck could help him escape death, then he despaired what the end result would be now that he had the worst possible luck one could even have.

'I won't die, will I?'

"Don't worry. You will not die that easily now that you have escaped the predetermined death but this bad luck will accompany you until you restore your fate to normal."

"And how do I do that? How do I restore my fate back to normal?" Orion asked.

"I don't know about that. Everyone's fate is different from others. Your good fate might make mine worse, or vice-versa. So, it's very difficult to tell a person's fate other than their death because it's already predetermined. As for your fate, no one can help you. Only you yourself will know if you will ever have the chance to restore your fate or not, but that will also be very vague."

As Orion heard her, his face turned ashen from black.

"So, you mean to say that by saving myself from death, I fu*ked up my whole life?" He asked in the end. He felt that playing with death wasn't a good idea after all.

"...You can say that."

After hearing Isis confirmed that he really wanted to curse someone badly.

"So, what do you suggest I do?" He asked after calming himself down a little.

"There is nothing you can do besides make yourself stronger. Everything becomes useless in the face of absolute strength. Even bad luck won't be able to harm you at that point."

Orion nodded helplessly. He could feel that his days wouldn't be peaceful anymore when he arrived at the Magus Kingdom.

"Alright, you can go now. The damned tree has sensed your presence, and its vines are coming to get you."

"That tree again?" Thinking of that tree, he didn't think twice and ran back as fast as he could.

"Be sure to remember our deal."

At the end, he heard Isis's final words before he fully left the area beside the pond.

'Let's go and check if they awakened or not.'

Having gotten what he wanted, he headed towards the massive tree. n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

***

As Orion arrived near the tree, he saw that the guards he had set up from the group of pirates were unusually happily chatting with each other.

When he neared them, they also noticed him and their face became excited as a result.

"Orion, they have woken up!"

One of the guards yelled at him when he saw him.

"They awakened?" Orion felt happy.

"Thanks for letting me know," he said his thanks to them and headed inside the tree.

Not long after, he reached inside when he saw the group of three standing and talking to others.

"Hey, Orion," Ryfin called out to him when he saw him coming. "We can leave this place. Can you believe it?"

Orion nodded. He felt happy that they were back to normal. Well, not entirely, since he could still see that they still appeared somewhat thin compared to what he had previously seen. But at least they could walk around.

Seeing that the trio appeared to be fine and everyone else was ready, Orion nodded to them.

"Let's leave this place once and for all," he said to them excitedly.

"Yeah, let's go."

"I have been writing for this for so long now."

"Finally, I can go home and see my parents."

"Thank god, it's over."

Everyone enthusiastically exited the massive tree and moved towards the portal.

Orion also didn't dwell here anymore and left this place.

***

A while later, everyone stood before the portal; their faces appeared red because of the excitement of leaving the dungeon.

At that moment, Runo came in front of Orion, his expression appeared somewhat embarrassed.

"Orion," he said in an apologetic manner. "I know apologizing is too late now, but I want to say thank you for saving me and my teammates' lives."

Orion dismissively waved his hands at him. He really didn't care about that anymore.

"Don't worry," he said, smiling. "It's fine."

Seeing that Orion didn't take any offense from that, Runo sighed in relief.

"Alright," he said, holding his hand out. "Let's meet again if you ever come to the Human Federation Realm. And remember this, my family name is Gravier."

Orion nodded as he shook his hand with Runo's.

After their little thing, Runo's team entered the portal one by one.

At the end, Runo also entered and disappeared from the dungeon.

"Alright," Orion said, looking at the group of transmigrators, pirates, and his friends. "Shall we enter as well?"

Everyone nodded, and one by one, they also went into the portal and left the dungeon.

Orion was the last one to remain standing.

'I guess this is it.'

In the end, he also entered the portal and disappeared from the dungeon.