I Can Copy Curses

Though there was indeed one face that seemed to be missing here, and that was of Aron. His father decided to keep him in the family in case Carl's family surprise attacked them in the middle of the tournament.

They had been discussing what had happened at the dungeon and Orion only hid about his killings of Carl's group and explained everything else.

Although Barion had known about this already, he sighed hearing the whole story from his son's point of view.

"You did good, Orion, eavesdropping on their conversation," Barion complemented him. "Without you, we might not even know about the visit of the Carl's family or Archons and that would have been a disastrous problem for us."

He added a very strange expression clouding his face, "Also, the one who killed them really made things easy for us. At least the deaths of four of them give us some leeway. They wouldn't immediately come to our aid and would likely search for the killer before focusing on us.

Emily nodded. "Whoever he was, he had the strength of the diamond rank and from the words he spoke at that time, it seemed he was from the Archons, just like Carl and the others."

Since she had promised Orion she wouldn't reveal it was him who killed them, she would do just that.

Orion added from the side, "So, if they really come to our family, we would be fine, right father?"

Barion shook his head. "This matter with Carl's family wouldn't be this easy to solve. As you said, they would in one year if they don't get their hands on our sacred wood, then I believe they would do anything in their power to get what they want; after all, it was the life of their entire family that is on the line, and I think this is enough reason for them to go all out."

Orion nodded solemnly, understanding what his father wanted to say and couldn't help but ask, "If what you say were to really happen like a full-blown war between the two families, then would the royal family support us? Or the Magi families?"

"That's very difficult to say," Barion shook his head. "The strength of the Archons is well known and not many people would want to fight against a heavy power like them. So, it's very difficult to say what the other six or five now Magi families would do at that time."

He added, "As for the royal families, it really depended on the mood of the Sword Sage; if he wanted to intervene, then the royal family would help us but that would escalate the situation to an even higher level. At that time, the Archons might even send someone in the celestial rankings after us and if that happens, things might escalate to a whole new level for us."

"Father, aren't you also in the celestial ranking?" Orion asked as he heard him.

Barion shook his head wryly. "I'm barely maintaining my ranking in the 90s. If they send someone higher, which they obviously will since the celestial ranking is well known, it will be very difficult to fend them off."

"Father, what about the escape route?" Emily asked at that time.

Barion nodded and looked at his daughter very appreciatively. "Since the day you gave me that thing seven years ago, I have been doing what you have told me to do and I can say confidently that it is ready."

Emily nodded, sighing relief.

Orion didn't ask what they talked-about for he understood it must be some way to escape if an all-out war were to happen between families and if they were on the losing side.

They discussed some more plans and talked in detail about what would happen and what wouldn't if the Archons would come after them.

They understood that there could be a chance they might get attacked in the tournament so they had to prepare for everything in advance.

And hence the meeting continued for an hour or so until they finally reached the Emperor Heaven Palace.

***

Roselia—the biggest 3-star planet in the entirety of the Magus Kingdom. In comparison to Morse, the home planet of the Darkwood Family, Roselia was about ten times the size of the former, if not more.

And the most attractive part of the planet was not the planet itself but the Emperor Heaven Palace on it.

All around Roselia, one could see red trees and red lands surrounding the planet but at the centre of the planet was a very gigantic dome-like structure placed on it.

This dome-like structure was the infamous Emperor Heaven Palace.

Since this planet was the biggest planet in existence in the Magus Kingdom, the area inside the dome would also be as large as a normal 3-star planet out there in the world.

And at the current moment, one oculd hordes of void shuttles were waiting all around the dome to enter when it opened for them.

There were also many people who came by foot and were waiting for the dome to open from the ground.

If one were to know about the existence of the Emperor Heaven Palace, one might think this place was under attack by so many people.

At that moment, the Darkwood family's void shuttle also flew in, coming in closer to the outershell of the dome.

But unlike the other void shuttle, it didn't seem to slow down even a little and continued to move forward towards the outershell of the dome.

And just when it seemed the shuttle would collide with the outer shell, a portion of shell around the dome disappeared and the void shuttle flew in.

The Darkwood family and all other Magi families had privileges that other families and organisations didn't have inside the Emperor Heaven Palace. Therefore, they were given entry very easily, unlike all those people who were waiting outside the dome.