Is it Wrong to Copy Abilities in Apocalypse?

<101 kills.>

Alex, who took a great risk coming outside the area, leaving the egg unprotected, rushed back in a hurry the moment he heard the AI's words.

He didn't have anything else to do here; all that he wanted to do was now done.

He wanted 100 kills, and he got that, so leaving the egg unprotected would do him more harm than good.

Yes, he was keeping an eye on the egg, looking around cautiously, not letting any human escape, but who knows what would happen.

His luck wasn't the best thing, so he didn't want to take a risk for a longer period of time.

He wouldn't even have to come to the periphery of the area if the humans in this place were a bit more courageous.

Just if they didn't stop coming in after around 20 of them were killed.

'Haaa...'

Alex sighed as he shook his head.

This was why he never wanted to get noticed by people; once you get noticed, you will either be feared or suppressed.

He was strong, so the moment people saw him, they would start talking about him; like that, the chain would keep growing until almost everyone would know: Alex Matthew is strong.

Now, none of them knew how strong Alex Matthew was, but it was fixed in their minds that he was strong, and they wouldn't be able to defeat him.

In normal cases, Alex would've preferred this as well; at least they stayed away from him because of fear, but that was not what he wanted right now.

He needed to increase his kill count by 100, as that was the only way for him to complete the quest that could help him out with his situation.

[{Star Sponsor Quest - Sower of Chaos.}

Quest Category: Sponsor.

Difficulty: C.

Clear Conditions: -

→ Kill 100 humans.

→ Kill them all with an arrow through their heads.

→ Both of the conditions need to be fulfilled to complete the task.

Rules: -

→ You can only use a bow and arrow until the quest is completed.

Duration: 03:29:59 —> 00:18:26.

Reward: A one-time use diversion illusion.

Penalty: --

]

This was the quest he received when he found himself in a tight situation.

He felt like this was a winning deal for him, and he was getting more than he could ask for; it was just his instincts that told him that, but he decided to trust his instincts.

He was going to kill the humans who tried to enter the area anyway, and the ones filling the surroundings right now were here for the egg.

So, as soon as he got the 101 kills, he rushed back to the egg.

No matter how good the reward was, he didn't want to stay away from the egg for long, as there was no certainty of what would happen next.

As his luck might have it, he didn't get a small egg—it was the size of a human baby.

One thing good, however, was that it had materialized above a tree, making it a bit hard to find as this was the only egg that appeared on a tree.

The eggs in the other areas—at least the ones that are found—were all lying on the ground, or on concrete, so this egg was a bit of an exception, but still...

Until the sub-scenario ended, his life was linked with the egg.

If the egg were to be shattered, hence ending its life before it even started, then he would die as well, as a guardian failed to protect the egg.

As he rushed toward the egg, he opened the world chats, a source of information for him.

He didn't know why, even though the humans in the area knew that he was there on the chats, they would still discuss and plan ploys against him on the same chat.

Did they think he was banned or something just because he never texted there?

Or was this some kind of plan they were making?

None of the information he got from the chat was actually wrong, as he had killed many humans with the help of those pieces of information, but what if...

What if it was all just a way to make him believe that whatever he finds there would be the truth?

But that was what gave Alex a new idea; for the first time, he opened his chats and looked through the request he had received.

He scrolled down and down and down—he kept scrolling as he had hundreds of thousands of requests.

There was a limit to how many friends one could have, but there was no limit to how many requests one could send.

The only way to stop these requests was to have his friend list filled with people.

That way, any new person who tried to send him a request would see a warning: [The person you are trying to send a request has his friend list filled.]

No request would be sent after that.

But Alex knew that accepting these people as friends just because he wanted to get these requests to stop would do him more harm than good.

*Step*

He reached the tree where the egg was placed, his finger still scrolling through the list as he looked at the egg.

Stark black in color, strange golden inscriptions that seemed to be alive, moving around on its smooth surface—it looked beautiful yet mysterious at the same time.

It was situated at the center of the tree, around the part where its trunk divided into branches, giving it some hiding space. The black color of the shell was just a plus, as it mixed well with the shadow.

No one would even notice the egg there.

Alex had guessed that even if he left the area like this, it would be fine, but he didn't do it.

As said before, his life depended on it, and the last thing he wanted to do was risk his life on a chance.

He had touched the egg once, and he knew that the shell was thin enough to shatter if he were to knock it with a bit of force—a normal human could break it with a punch.

Yes, it was stronger than the eggs humans knew about, but for this upgraded world, it wasn't enough.

It was then that his eyes landed on the name he had been searching for—the name of a person he thought might be useful for what he wanted to do.

Alex had a plan, and for that to succeed, Alex needed more than just the reward he got from the Sower of Chaos.

That reward was a good thing, and if it was as its name suggests, then it was already good enough to not get anyone to look at the egg, but as cautious as Alex was, he didn't like taking risks.

What if someone accidentally saw it? Just a flash of it?

So, he decided to make someone do something for him—something that would exponentially lower the amount of stress he would have, worrying about the egg's safety.

With that thought in his mind, he accepted the friend request and then sent a message.

[Alex: I have a task for you.]

He sent that message, and after a second, as if he thought of something, he added.

[Alex: I will compensate you for it as well.]

The moment the message was received on the other side, a reply came.

[Garvit: Just tell me what you want me to do, brother!]