Is it Wrong to Copy Abilities in Apocalypse?

The five people in the tent froze the moment they heard the wooshing sound, including Karina, who knew who was the owner of the arrow and what things he was capable of.

None of the five had tried stepping into the area after one of them, the sixth, a man with a big build and a confident aura, died pathetically by the same arrow.

At the start, there were six of them, 3 men, and three women, all of them almost equal in power, but that changed when one of the men, the bulky guy mentioned above, tried to break into the area, intending to fight it out with Alex.

He was way too confident for his own good.

Dead—like the others who tried to enter the area.

That was when all five of them decided to only attack when they could see Alex; before that, they would just watch from the sidelines.

Alex never really came out, after all.

That, however, changed when they heard the wooshing sound—the trademark sign of the Death Arrow.

The next thing they saw was Raju's head having a bloody gaping hole between his brow; his expression filled with surprise, seemingly unaware that he had died, as his body fell to the ground with a heavy thud.

*Thud*

"DUCK!!"

It was the girl, who always had her head down, the first one to break out of the shock, as she hurriedly shouted, getting below the table, with her grey eyes wide in alarm.

Her dark grey hair—a shade darker than her eyes—swayed as her body moved swiftly.

Her movements and her yell widened the eyes of others as they hurriedly got down, but Karina, who knew very well that hiding wouldn't do anything, gritted her teeth and muttered, "Poison mist."

The moment she did, a circular dome made of green miasmic gas surrounded her as if intending to protect her, and the others who saw this sharpened their eyes.

'Is she trying to fight against the Death Arrow?'

That thought flashed in their minds, and they frowned.

They knew Karina was wiser to do such a stupid thing, so why?

Why was she doing it?

As such questions appeared in their minds, they remained oblivious to the fact that Alex's arrows didn't just shoot forward in a straight path; they could change their route, moving wherever their master wished for them to.

Karina, on the other hand, knew it, and that was why she pushed every ounce of her mana into her defensive skill, hoping to protect herself, but just then...

*Swoosh*

The arrow, which was moving straight for Karina, suddenly changed its trajectory, titled a bit to the side, avoiding the Poinson shield by an inch before it shot out of the tent.

The people hiding below the chair, however, didn't even poke their heads out, nor did Karina deactivate her ability.

She knew that by using her ability like this, she was giving out one of her cards, and wasting mana was pushing her into a disadvantageous situation, but she didn't really have a choice right now.

The scene of Alex's arrow killing two of her men during the cave time was still fresh in her mind, and she vividly remembers how the arrows flew back to Alex like some loyal pets.

The arrows shot by Alex moved around as if they had eyes on their heads, something others didn't know yet.

"Haaaaaa...." X5

It was only when they heard no sound for around 5 seconds that the five of them sighed, relief rushing in, causing their bodies to relax, and Karina finally deactivated her ability.

"He was followed."

The guy who brought Raju inside the tent muttered, his average-looking face turning serious, a cold light flashing past his black eyes with a tint of blue.

One couldn't tell that before, but if one were to look at his face closely, one would realize that he was someone Alex had met before—someone whose skill Alex wanted to copy.

It was Saurav.

The first guy that Alex saw the moment he entered the clocktower area was Saurav, and he was hiding behind a boulder along with Pooja, who didn't seem to be with him right now.

When the area of the scenario increased to the surrounding 300-kilometer radius, he, who was still in Dehradun, got pulled into it as well, making him part of this area.

The moment he had heard Alex's name, and found out that Alex was the guardian, the first thought that came to his mind was letting go of this quest, but as he recalled the last moments of Pooja, and the promise he made her, he steeling his nerves and decided to face it.

Yes, Pooja was dead—she died right when they were both starting to develop feelings for each other.

Her death wasn't normal as well, since she was tortured by a group of people who had caught her, but Saurav, who was out to look for some food, returned right on time before they did the final deed, saving her at the end moment.

Unfortunately, she had lost a lot of blood by then, making it impossible for her to survive without a proper healer, which they didn't have close to them.

"You are strong, Saurav—way stronger than I can be. So, use your power better next time; just don't get into a situation again where you will have to blame yourself for not using your powers before."

These were her last words, and that was the last moment the carefree and lazy Sourav was ever seen. He changed after that incident.

Since then, he had been pushing himself to get stronger and stronger, until he became one of the strongest.

He formed a contract with a really famous god, which he found out by the reactions of the other gods, as he wasn't much aware of every god's aliases, but that god's gifted ability worked the best for him, making him stronger.

"No shit, Sherlock."

The other guy, who came out of the table's shelter, just passed a dead look to Saurav.

That much was pretty clear to everyone here—the Death Arrow had followed the guy here, probably why it didn't kill him.

But then something clicked in their minds.

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Their eyes widened.

"If the arrow is here, doesn't that mean he's here as well?!"

The first woman, with dark purple hair, and dark blue eyes, exclaimed, standing up in shock, and hurriedly rushing out of the tent.

The other, with their bodies tensed, did the same thing, dashing out of the tent.

If Alex were to be close by, then this was their chance to kill him.

Yes, kill him.

He was too tricky to deal with, and strong as well, so they would rather leave him at the death bed, get him killed by a random dude, and then trap that random dude, as he would've become the guardian by then.

They would be able to complete the sub-scenario after that, without much of a problem.

But as soon as they came out of the tent, they were hit by a strong scent of blood coming from the surroundings, and as they focused on it, trying to make out what would've happened, they froze.

'We were never the targets...'

They finally realized it, but it was already too late.