I Can Copy Curses

Chapter 324: 324. Last Preparation Before Grimshore

Orion smiled, seeing Erza’s suspicious look, thinking he was right. "Why is it that all the geniuses I saw at the party yesterday were all at Gold Rank? I noticed that you were also at the peak of Gold Rank when I first met you, and you’re still at Gold Rank now."

He added, "Surely, the mastery of talent wouldn’t be the reason you haven’t upgraded to Platinum Rank. There must be something else, something related to Grimshore, right?"

He continued, "Also, considering the huge difference in power levels between Gold Rank and Platinum Rank, where does such a difference in power come from? There has to be a reason for this."

Erza pondered for a moment, choosing her words carefully before replying, "You are correct. It is indeed related to Grimshore. Other than that, I cannot tell you anything more."

Orion understood. "What about the question I previously asked? Whether Platinum Rank experts would have some new abilities or not?" he asked.

"If they have new abilities, your assumptions are correct," Erza said after a moment of thought.

Orion nodded with seriousness. What he had suspected turned out to be true after all. There was indeed a reason behind their slow upgrade to Platinum Rank, and it was related to Grimshore.

Whatever the reason, it created a huge gap in power between Gold Rank and Platinum Rank.

Orion asked his final question. "Tell me if I should enter Grimshore or not. I’ve been resisting the urge to enter Grimshore all this time, and the process isn’t going well. I want to know if I can enter Grimshore and come out before we depart for the next assessment."

"I already knew you hadn’t been to Grimshore when you asked those questions," Erza said. "Whether you can come out before we depart depends entirely on you."

Orion frowned at her vague answer. "What do you suggest? Go or not?"

"Go," Erza said without hesitation. "Almost everyone in the assessment will have entered Grimshore, and you might be at a disadvantage if you don’t. This could affect your overall result."

Orion nodded solemnly. He had not entered Grimshore all this time because he didn’t know anything about it and thought he didn’t have the time.

"Alright, thanks for the information. I will go now," Orion said, standing up.

"I saw Tracy last night, and she seemed to be looking at you from time to time," Erza said. "Don’t worry about her. Even if you fail to enter Dollas Academy, the guild will help you get her back."

Orion smiled brightly at hearing that. "I’m very grateful for that, Erza."

"Hmm, now go and do what you need to do," Erza said.

Orion nodded and walked out of her office, heading straight to the market area of the guild.

This part of the guild was as lively as ever. Many members were buying and selling various items from stalls lined around the hall.

Upon arriving at the market hall, Orion went straight to Ruck.

"Yo, Ruck, how have you been?" Orion waved at Ruck, who was managing his stall.

Ruck’s eyes shone with a greedy light as he saw Orion. "Ray, how can I serve you?" he asked with extreme politeness.

"I’d like to buy all the cores you have that are Gold Rank or above," Orion said.

"All the cores?" Ruck raised his brows. "Can you even afford them?" He didn’t believe Ray could buy all the cores in his shop.

"I’m going all out with my budget," Orion smiled and asked, "Just tell me, how much?"

"Are you serious about this?" Ruck asked solemnly.

"I am, or else I wouldn’t be here," Orion said.

Ruck nodded and, after a moment’s thought, tapped his halowatch a few times before saying, "I have six thousand Gold Rank cores and about nine hundred Platinum Rank cores at the stall right now. Would that be enough?"

Orion laughed. "More than enough."

"That will be a total of 5 million UNI," Ruck said.

Orion was stunned. "Are you kidding me? 5 million UNI?" He was shocked to say the least. He only had around 10 million in his bank account, and he would need to spend half of it on all the cores.

"Humph! What do you know?" Ruck looked at Orion with disdain. "I’ve given you a discount since you’re a regular customer. Otherwise, if you went to another stall, they might charge you 7 million or 8 million, and some might even shamelessly ask for 10 million. The price I’ve given you is very cheap compared to others."

Orion contemplated for a moment and sighed. "Just give me the Platinum Rank cores, then."

He needed all the strength he could get for the coming assessment. Therefore, before heading out tomorrow, he wanted to max out all his stats in Gold Rank. If he had used the usual method of absorbing cores while hunting, it would take him almost half a year to max out all his stats, considering the higher the rank, the more cores needed for absorption.

It turned out that not all cores gave a stat point upon absorption in the Silver Rank if the core was of the same rank. Sometimes Orion had to try many Silver Rank cores before getting some stat points. That was one of the reasons he decided to hunt in Gold Rank dungeons alongside Erza.

"Alright, the total will be 1.5 million UNI," Ruck said after calculating, turning to Orion. "But since it’s you, I’ll take only 1 million."

Orion sighed, tapped his halowatch a few times, and said to Ruck, "Done."

Ruck looked at the notification that arrived on his halowatch and nodded to Orion. "Give me a minute."

Ruck went inside his stall and came out after a moment, holding a space bracelet and handed it to Orion. "All the cores are inside it. Keep the bracelet."

Orion nodded, taking the space bracelet from Ruck and putting it away. "See you next time, Ruck." He waved at Ruck and left.

"See ya," Ruck waved cheerfully as Orion departed.

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Back at home, Orion locked the door carefully and went back to his room.

He sat down on his bed and began absorbing the cores rapidly. Stay tuned with NovelBin.Côm

’After this is done, I will go to Grimshore.’

He had finally decided to venture into Grimshore after he maxed out all his stats.

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