I Can Copy Curses

Chapter 178: 178. Deal of Evans

"Kyle?" Erick pondered for a moment before his eyes shone with brilliance.

"You are also the youngest son of the Magi King of Aurora Haven." He exclaimed at Kyle.

Orion nodded. That was what Kyle had told him before in Aethelgard City. Though he did wonder, if the youngest daughter had no idea about all of this, would the youngest son know about anything?

"Tell me, Kyle, do you know anything about this?" He asked. He didn't want to be the villain here for Kyle, at least. He had provided some great help in the Aethelgard city by leaking what the Valen family wanted to do so he felt that he should repay the favours.

"I know." Kyle, surprisingly, nodded.

"You knew and didn't tell us until now?" Erick asked, his knife placed at Kyle's neck.

"I didn't want to die." Kyle only said this.

"Since it is, then I am going to kill you. Anyway, your family is doomed, and there's no need for people like you, who, knowing the truth, won't speak, to exist," Erick said as he increased the pressure of his knife, causing blood to flow from Kyle's neck.

"Your Highness, he was the one who provided me with the intel of what was about to happen on planet Sadola, what the Valen Family was up to and how to stop them." Orion quickly said this in defence of Kyle, fearing Erick might do something unthinkable.

"You are defending him?" Erick narrowed his eyes at Orion.

"No, I am just stating a fact. If he knew about what would happen to the planet Sadola, then his words hold some truth here. At least we should listen to him before you decide what to do with him." Orion said solemnly.

Erick didn't say anything for a moment and looked at Kyle.

"I will give you one last chance; speak what you know; otherwise, only death awaits you." He threatened Kyle with his knife.

Kyle didn't reply and looked at Orion.

Orion nodded at him.

Kyle sighed and revealed to them what he knew.

"I overheard Evans talking to someone in the family. I don't know the exact details but it was about a deal. He would provide as many humans as he could in return for something he wanted. I had thought that by spreading the rumours, he wanted everyone to come closer to the cursed tree for the deal but I was wrong. The deal was about this place.

That means there is something or someone here that wants our life."

Orion and Erick both frowned as they heard him. They could recall what Evans said about the tree talking to him before they plunged into this world. This made them wonder if the other end of the deal was none other than the cursed tree itself.

"The silhouettes I mentioned earlier—one of them teleported and arrived in front of me. He attacked me and we fought. We were even in every blow; we fought each other until the silhouette's strength increased all of a sudden and I was no match after that. After a few more rounds, I was heavily injured and I ran for my life.

But strangely though, he didn't follow me to finish me and disappeared from there."

As he recounted what led to his injuries, everyone was shocked. Overpowering Astral in a one-on-one fight was nearly impossible, and making him run for his life was even more unimaginable. They all sucked in a breath of cold air, wondering what could be out there that could defeat Astral—their strongest warrior—like it was nothing.

"Did you see what monster it was?" Erick asked.

Astral nodded and pointed at Orion.

''It was you, Orion."

Everyone was shocked upon hearing him. Most of them felt Astral had gone stupid, while some just frowned and waited for more explanation.

Meanwhile, Orion was even more shocked. He was with Erick the whole time, so how could he go there and attack him?

"What do you mean it was me?" He asked with a frown.

Astral said, "It was you who attacked me. I could clearly remember your face and your clothes. It could only be you, I am sure of it."

"How could it be me? I was with His Highness the whole time." Orion said it with a frown and looked at Erick.

Erick nodded in support of him. "Orion has been with me all this time so it couldn't be him."

Though he still wondered, if it wasn't Orion, then who else could it be? He knew Astral very well and understood that he wouldn't joke about something like that.

Astral pondered for a moment before agreeing with him.

He said to them: "Well, I already knew it wasn't Orion. I was just checking his reactions to make sure it wasn't him."

"What do you mean by that?" Orion asked.

"The one who attacked me was indeed you; there is no doubt about that but he was completely black and white, like this world. Also, he used fire and ice attacks on me, which were also black and white. So, I figured it couldn't be you but I was checking on you just in case you were doing something behind the scenes." Astral explained.

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