I Can Copy Curses

Chapter 248: 248. Night of the Banquet - 13

Merlin was also intrigued by the deaths of Carl's group. He understood that either Orion's family or Carl's family could survive the coming year, and so the possibility that Orion was responsible for their deaths was highly likely. That was why he wanted to bring Orion to the Celestial Court, where they had various methods to extract the truth from a culprit's mouth.

However, there was also the issue of strength. Orion was indeed strong for his age, but to kill Carl's group as easily as he did would require the strength of a Diamond rank, which seemed impossible since everyone in the hall could see that Orion had only recently reached the Silver rank.

Therefore, Merlin was eager to try out the Mirror of Black and White to uncover what exactly happened in the dungeon.

"Give it to me, and I'll find out for you," Merlin promised.

The masked man nodded and handed him the mirror.

Kane watched with a blank expression.

Gripping the mirror in his hands and examining it for a moment, Merlin nodded and said, "I'll begin." Supplying the mirror with enough mana, it burst into grey and white light and floated out of Merlin's hands.

Before everyone's eyes, many scenes from across the world began to flash in the light until it stopped at one scene.

Orion's heart nearly stopped when he saw what was displayed in the grey and white light. Discover magic on m_v_l_e_m_p_y_r

It was the scene in the dungeon.

A blue wolf raged across the boss room, with people fighting it using all kinds of powers. After some time, the wolf became heavily wounded, and Carl stepped up to attack. Then, a moment later, the scene showed Orion disappearing from the restricted barrier.

The scene shifted again, showing Orion waiting outside the barrier, watching the battle unfold between the people and the blue wolf. In the end, the blue wolf was almost defeated when it began to prepare for self-detonation.

At that moment, Orion moved.

At the same time, an intense blue aura erupted from Kane, causing some weaker guests at the Gold rank or below to be blown away by the shockwave.

"You!" For the first time since Merlin's arrival, pure astonishment appeared in his eyes. "Your strength—" he stammered, his voice trembling with shock.

"You're right," Kane grinned. "I may or may not have surpassed you, but we'll only know once we fight."

He held his sword and pointed it at Merlin. "The question is, are you willing to fight?"

Merlin's expression turned grim when Kane challenged him. The last time they fought, it caused utter devastation, and even then, Merlin had barely managed to defeat him.

Now that Kane's strength had significantly improved, Merlin understood that the fight would be even more challenging than last time.

But he also couldn't let go of Orion. Orion had killed members of the Archons, and that only meant death as punishment. However, because of the secrets Orion possessed, Merlin wanted to bring him back to the Archons so he could thoroughly investigate him.

"Kane, the strongest genius of the Three Domains—I will accept your challenge, but on the condition that if I win, you won't interfere anymore in the matter of Orion and his family," Merlin stated his condition.

Orion's expression turned anxious when Merlin included his family. 'It looks like it's now or never.'

On the other side, Kane smirked, "Only if you can win, that is."

"Give me a minute," Merlin said, turning his attention to everyone else in the hall. "You've seen everything. Orion has killed people from the Archons, and now I, Merlin the Magician, command you to kill everyone from Orion's family except for Orion and his father. Do it."

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