I Can Copy Curses

It didn't take long before the void shuttle carrying Orion's team reached near Planet Roele. That was the name of the 3-star planet to which their mission was assigned.

All the planets under the rule of the Darkwood Family were close to each other and clustered around the main planet, Morse. The distance between these planets was not far, so it took Orion's group only three hours to reach their destination.

"Young Master, you have to see this!"

At that moment, Alex's cry reached Orion's ears, who was sitting in the conference hall of the void shuttle with his team.

'What happened?'

Orion frowned as he heard him, unable to understand why he sounded so anxious.

Soon, Alex arrived in the conference room and pointed at the wall on the other side.

Almost instantly, the wall blurred, and a screen appeared in front of them, showing the planet Roele, where they were about to land.

"Young Master, see this!"

Alex pointed at the planet Roele. He didn't need to, though, as Orion and his team's attention were immediately caught by the sight of the planet.

"What happened here?"

They were shocked to witness trails of smoke rising from the planet as they reached it. These trails of smoke weren't just one or two but at least a hundred of them, considering how dense they appeared when they were seen so far from their void shuttle.

"Young Master, what should we do? Should we land on the planet Roele or not?" Alex asked, his voice tinged with anxiousness.

Orion himself didn't know that answer. Meanwhile, as he looked at the planet, he wondered what happened to cause such a scene as this.

'We should check out.'

In the end, he decided to check out the planet and see what really caused this catastrophe. Knowing that their mission was meant to be on this planet, he thought this might very well be the task his family wanted them to undertake, though he wasn't certain.

Considering that this planet was under their family's rule and they were the first to notice the incident on Roele, it would be irresponsible not to investigate.

"Head down."

Alex nodded seriously and left. Although he didn't want to go there, he couldn't do anything about it since his young master wanted to go there.

Moments later, the void shuttle closed in on the planet and they could see the scene of the planet Roele in detail.

But what they saw shocked them even more. They witnessed only destruction and nothing else. It was as tough as a war, causing all the buildings and nearby structures to become piles of rubble and dust.

Orion couldn't make out a single structure that stood tall on the planet; only wreckages and smoke were all he could notice. This made him feel that the situation here was more urgent than he previously thought.

Soon their void shuttle landed somewhere safe on the planet Roele and they came out of there only to witness destruction and chaos.

"Young Master, should I inform the family about this?" Alex asked. He really wanted to do that. He felt that whatever had happened on this planet was beyond their capabilities and would probably require the assistance of platinum-ranking individuals.

Orion pondered whether they should inform the family or not. The hesitation was caused by the fact that making contact with the family during the mission would make them automatically fail their mission and he wouldn't want that.

So, after thinking for a moment, he came up with something.

"Let's see and talk to the officials of this planet and see what they have to say about what happened here before we do something."

Alex nodded helplessly.

"Orion, we should inform the family about this first before we do anything."

However, a voice sounded that said to do the opposite of what Orion wanted.

Orion turned around, hearing the voice, and saw that it was Tray who voiced his opinion.

"I am the leader here and this is what I decided so stick with it until the end." He didn't consider his opinion at all.

Tray frowned as he heard him and he tried to persuade him once again.

"Brother Orion, I know that contacting the family would fail the mission but you have to see that this isn't something we can handle."

Lucy also supported Tray on this.

"Brother Orion, what Tray said is correct. This is beyond us. We should contact the family before the situation worsens."

Orion frowned upon hearing Tray and seeing Lucy supporting him. He knew the severity of the situation but for some reason he didn't want to fail the mission.

'They may be right about this.'

He thought but something inside him wanted to complete the mission—wanted to show his father that he wasn't a useless creation—and stood proud in front of him by doing this. Though he was unaware of this, or perhaps he knew that very well, he chose to ignore the fact that he wanted his father's attention.

At the end, he still stuck with his decision, suspecting this might be their mission or at least he chose to believe in that.

"I know what you guys are worried about but think like this—what if this was the mission our family decided and they intentionally made the difficulty higher so that we could choose to contact them and fail the mission by doing so?"

That was what he said to them to convince them that this might be the mission the family wanted them to do, while at the same time, that was what he said to himself too.

Tray and Lucy looked at each other and didn't know what to make of Orion's words. They could tell it wasn't a mission considering the destruction this planet had caused.

Although their family took the assessment missions very seriously, it wasn't on the scale of this. They wouldn't want to destroy a planet for something as simple as creating a mission for themselves. It sounded stupid and mad.

At that moment, Dustin stepped up, seeing the stalemate between the three.

"How about this? We do as Brother Orion says and check out the officials before we inform our family about this."

Orion nodded to him. That was what he wanted all along.

Tray and Lucy looked at each other before they sighed and agreed on what Dustin suggested.

"Alright, we do this your way."

Orion nodded at them for trusting him with his decision and turned to Alex.

"Alex, hide the void shuttle somewhere safe. This is our only ticket to leave this planet."

Alex nodded and went on to do what Orion wanted but he was stopped by Orion once again.

"Wait a minute, Alex. Give me your contact badge."

Alex took out his badge and gave it to Orion.

Taking it in his hand, Orion looked at his teammates.

"Only Lucy, Tray, Dustin, and I will be going to investigate. The others will stay here with Alex and Maria for safety measures, so don't argue about this. Also, Alex, I might contact you if the situation is as bad as we imagine, so be ready to come to us at any time."

Everyone nodded, agreeing that this was the best course of action if they wanted to investigate the planet.

"Alright, we are leaving, and Alex, make sure nobody leaves the void shuttle." Orion said to Alex.

Alex nodded and entered the void shuttle with everyone else. Meanwhile, Orion, Tray, Lucy, and Dustin set off to investigate.

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