Is it Wrong to Copy Abilities in Apocalypse?

The moment Alex's palms grabbed the beast's head, Alex knew that he had won, and under the cold gleam in his eyes, there was an eager light shining brightly.

'Hellbound touch.'

He muttered inwardly, his fingers holding hard on the beast's head and the next instant with a slight burning sensation under between his palm and the beast's head...

*Fwoosh*

A raging purple flame erupted, enveloping the beast's head within, causing the beast's roar to turn into an agonizing screech.

"—KIEEEKKKKK!!!"

*Woosh*

The beast writhed in pain as it tried to smash Alex away from its body, but as its claws were about to slash Alex's body, with a swift maneuver, Alex jumped away with his hold still on the beast's head.

*Step*

The next instant, Alex was on the beast's back, using its body as a foothold as both he and the beast went ahead and crashed into the ground.

*Boom—Crack*

Dust flew everywhere, making it hard for anyone to guess what had happened.

*Clatter**Patter*

The debris flew here and there, crashing against each other and making a lot of noise, alerting the humans in the surroundings.

"Krrr—Slash"

But a low groan was heard from within the dust before it was cut short by the sound of flesh being cut off by a sharp blade.

Soon the dust settled, revealing Alex, who was standing atop the dead body of the Gigglewrath; the beast had its head cut off, hanging down Alex's palm as it kept burning with a bright purple flame.

[[Hellbound Touch (Heroic) – With the power of a low-quality hellfire, this skill was created with the intention of letting its user have the ability to use hellfire in limited but versatile ways.

This ability lets you burn anything you touch with hellfire; the intensity, volume, or when to stop the fire is all in the user's hands.]]

He stared at the new ability he had gained because of the AI, causing him to wonder again as to where the AI's limit lies.

Creating a rare ranked ability was fine, as although it was not that common, it was still not that strong, but now heroic, maybe epic tomorrow, and then legendary and mythical?

Alex wondered just how strong he would get if he had his arsenal filled with legendary and mythical ranked skills.

He was cold and didn't care much about his rank, but who wouldn't want more power in this apocalyptic world?

[The Eternal Devotee of Rama is nodding at you.]

[The Remover of Obstacles is raising his trunk in victory.]

[The Divine Healer of Mankind is saying that you should hurry up.]

[The Divine Arbiter of Justice and Order is passing you a gentle nod.]

[The Enchantress of Love is nervously looking at the timer.]

[The Metal Detector is anxiously wondering if he is going to lose his coins again.]

[The Dragon Warrior is thanking you for the fantastic display of battle and strategy.]

The moment he killed the first Gigglewrath, one after another, the notifications of the gods flashed in front of his eyes, causing him to squint his eyes and open the quest window.

[{Star Sponsor Quest - The Divine Healer of Mankind.}

Quest Category: Sponsor.

Difficulty: S.

Clear Conditions: -

→ Kill the three Gigglewraths that are chasing after you.

Duration: 01:00:00 => 00:28:35.

Reward: {Alchemical Enchantment (Rare): An ability to imbue normal medicines, potions, and ointments into magical medications that can heal one way faster than any normal medicines.

The effects depend on the materials used as well, so the better the ingredients, the higher the quality of the medicine.}

Penalty: --

]

He wasn't trying to kill the Gigglewraths without a reason; he was taking this risk because he had something he could gain from it—something he needed right now.

[["You know~? I could just give you an ability like that; all you have to do is ask for it, hehe~."]]

The certain god sent another private message, but just like Alex had been doing for a while, he ignored it.

He glanced at the time he was left with before he started to walk toward a certain point he had marked a while ago and stood there.

*Strain*

He knocked an arrow on the bow and kept it toward the north as if waiting for someone or something.

Alex knew that he had used more than half of his time to hunt down a single beast, but he had his own plans.

He doesn't usually make plans, as no one knows when the plan fails; no one knows anything, but he has executed many successful strategic attacks on different occasions and come out successful.

It was just that he preferred frontal combat more, and that too when he was sure of his victory.

But as said before, if he is offered fair compensation for his risks, then he won't mind using strategies and tricks.

The half-hour he wasted was because that was the amount of time it took for him to make a detailed plan to defeat 3 beasts that were stronger than him with minimal losses.

Every move he had made until now was a part of his plan, even the fact that he let the beast cry for help.

*Flap*

The thing—the second Gigglewrath—he was waiting for finally came into view, and the next second...

"KRAAAAA!!"

An angered roar echoed through the surroundings as the beast saw Alex as well, and it identified the guy the moment its eyes fell on him.

*Flap**Flap*

It increased its speed as it glared at Alex, but just then...

*Woosh*

Alex released the arrow at the beast, causing the beast to frown before it paused and tilted its body, avoiding the arrow without much problem.

The speed of the arrow was fast, but because of the distance between them, the beast could easily guess the trajectory of the arrow, making it easy for the beast to avoid it.

*Flap*

"Kra!"

The beast growled as it stared zooming toward Alex again, decreasing the distance between itself and Alex as it needed to be in range to use its skill.

But Alex didn't stop; the moment he shot the first arrow, another one appeared on the strained bowstring, and...

*Woosh*

Alex shot the arrow at the beast, but this time the beast didn't even slow down; it just ducked its head at it. The arrow was aimed at its head after all.

*Swoosh*

"Kriek!!"

The beast let out an irritated groan as it saw another one of those arrows heading straight at its right wing, and all it did was fold one of its wings, gliding toward Alex with the support of the left wing.

*Fwish*

But another arrow moved toward the beast, now for the left wing, causing the beast to roar in anger.

"KRIIAAAAKKKKK!!"

It folded that wing, floating in the air with the support of the other wing, but just then...

*Swish* X4

All of the arrows that had wooshed past the beast whistled toward the beast from behind at a speed way faster than before.

The beast, still with its left wing closed, panicked as its eyes widened.

It couldn't turn around as it was moving way too fast for that, making it almost impossible for it to guess where the arrows were aimed at, but the raging beast didn't get time to think of anything.

*Pierce* X4

*Rip*

"KRRRIIIIAAAAAAAAA!!"

The beast roared in pain as it felt its wing being batted with holes before being torn by the wind pressure.

The wings were the most delicate part of its body after all—something they tried to protect with all they had, as it gave them the ability to fly.

*Flap**Flap*

It tried to flap its other wing, hoping to balance its falling body, but...

*Thud*

Its body went ahead and crashed into the ground, causing dust and debris to fly off.

No matter how hard one tried, flying with a wing was not possible, especially with your balance off.

Flying and gliding were different after all.

But before Alex could celebrate his short victory...

"KREEEEEEEEE!!!!!"

Another high-pitched screech was heard, and the third Gigglewrath arrived. It was earlier than Alex had predicted, causing a sharp light to pass through his eyes.