I Can Copy Curses

Orion couldn't use his power, nor could he fly. He could only watch helplessly as he fell through the bottomless pit.

'Why is it taking so long to go down?'

Just as he wondered why it was taking so long, his body slammed into the ground with a thud.

"That hurt."

Orion stood up after checking his body for injuries and looked around.

"A path?"

All around him was darkness, but there was one path he could clearly see. It was a narrow and small path, clearly not meant for a group of people to walk on. The floor was made of red tiles, and it stretched so far that Orion couldn't see its end from where he stood.

'That young man hasn't appeared, and now there's only this path. That means I can only walk it and see where it leads.'

After thinking for a moment, Orion headed toward the path. Upon reaching it, he gave the path one last look before stepping forward.

'Nothing?'

He frowned, feeling nothing when he placed his foot on the path. He had expected some kind of pressure, knowing this was a trial of body, but nothing happened.

'Let's just go ahead.'

Orion shrugged, took another step, and started walking. As he thought, there wasn't any pressure, nor were there any illusions or sensations. It felt like an ordinary path.

But he knew that if this place was truly a trial of body, there had to be some trick to it. It couldn't be this easy.

For the time being, he decided to keep walking and see how long the path stretched.

Time passed slowly as Orion walked, ran, and jogged.

After an hour, he paused suddenly.

'I feel it. Even though the pressure is minuscule, I can still sense it on my body.'

Orion finally started to notice a pressure on his body. It was almost negligible, but if one didn't pay attention, they might not have noticed it.

'Does the pressure increase the farther we go?' he wondered, though he wasn't sure.

'Let's see what happens.'

Orion continued along the path, and after another hour, he could feel that the pressure had increased significantly, but it was still not enough to slow him down.

Using all the strength in his body, Orion sped through the path like a bullet. He didn't stop and zoomed ahead.

Two hours later, the pressure finally became significant. It was strong enough to make him a little uncomfortable, but that was all. He felt slight discomfort, but it wasn't enough to stop him.

He continued to move swiftly like a raging wind.

'The pressure keeps increasing.'

Orion could feel that the farther he traveled, the stronger the pressure became. But he didn't stop and kept running.

An hour passed, and Orion finally slowed down and came to a stop. It wasn't because his body couldn't handle the pressure. No, the pressure was strong, very strong, but it wasn't enough to slow him down or stop him.

He stopped willingly because he saw someone sitting cross-legged on the side of the path.

'He must be another participant in the Trial of Body,' Orion concluded.

At that moment, the man turned his head toward Orion and observed him.

"Let me warn you, this path is infinite. There is no end to it," the man said. He had dark red hair, a triangular face, and wore a red robe.

Orion frowned. "How do you know?" he asked. "You just stopped midway."

The red-haired man shook his head. "I've been walking this path for hours, and it just doesn't end. With the pressure increasing the farther we go, I feel there's definitely something tricky about this path." He shared his opinion.

Orion pondered for a moment and decided he would continue to travel the path as long as he could before deciding what to do if it was indeed infinite.

For now, the pressure wasn't strong enough to slow him down, so he planned to keep moving until it became unbearable.

"I'll keep moving," Orion said, taking one last look at the man before running again.

The red-haired man shook his head wryly and closed his eyes.

Orion sprinted down the path as the pressure on him continued to increase.

But it still wasn't enough to slow him down.

After another hour, he encountered another person but decided not to stop.

Just like that, Orion continued running for hours, passing many other participants. Each one had a defeated expression and hopeless look in their eyes.

Orion didn't spare them a glance as he sped past.

'Now the pressure is strong enough to affect me.'

Finally, Orion felt the pressure start to impact him. It was as if his body had gained an immense amount of weight. He felt like he was pulling a ton of load, and each step forward required extra strength just to move his foot.

But Orion didn't slow down. He kept up his momentum.

He knew that if he slowed or stopped, it would be difficult to regain the speed he was running at with all the pressure bearing down on him.

So he pushed his body to its limits, maintaining his speed to see how long he could go before he was forced to stop.

Half an hour passed, and Orion encountered another participant. Unlike him, this participant wasn't running but was walking slowly, using all his strength just to take each step.

The participant was shocked when he saw someone running past him like it was nothing. He was dumbfounded. While he was giving it his all just to move forward, here was someone running effortlessly.

It made him despair just a little.

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