Is it Wrong to Copy Abilities in Apocalypse?

That's all Alex saw where the sky was supposed to be.

There were no dark clouds or any thunderstorms from a second ago; all that was left was a bright flash of light—so bright that it might blind a person if he looked at it for long.

[A certain god waves their hand.]

This was the last message from the system before all of this happened.

"Ghhh…"

Alex groaned a bit as he tried to sit up straight, his eyes still looking at the sky.

*Woosh*

But the next instant, the light started to recede at a very fast pace.

It was as if it was getting sucked into something.

Soon, that 'something' was revealed as the sky turned clearer.

The white layer of light that covered the sky a second ago is now pushed inside of one star.

That star, unlike other stars, was at least 3 times bigger; one could tell that it was not a normal star just by looking at it.

It was colored in multiple shades, ranging from red, yellow, green, and orange, to colors like golden and silver.

No one could tell how many colors it consisted of, but everyone knew that there was something different about this star.

They could feel it.

[The Cosmic Dragon of Drought had perished.]

The humans, who could read the notification at least, were broken out of their stupor the moment this new notification flashed, and their eyes widened to the extreme.

'WHAT?!'

Many people had their eyes widened.

'Did a 'god' just die????'

This question appeared in their minds.

Did the one who could cause such a huge thunderstorm in the blink of an eye, perish? That too, because another god took a step??

Their eyes turned toward the newly formed star, and for some unknown reason, none of the humans could stop their bodies from shivering.

'Was there so much of a power disparity among the gods?'

'Were there more gods that were as strong as this 'certain god'?'

'Are these gods even real, or is it just an illusion the system is making for us?'

'Just how strong is this 'certain god'?'

Many such questions clouded the minds of the humans who could see the system notification and understand what had happened.

[A certain god is happy with their new house.]

[A certain god thanks the Cosmic Dragon of Drought for letting them have that spot.]

One after another, two notifications arrived.

The AI that saw the new notification commented, causing Alex to nod his head, his gaze moving toward that one particular star that was shining with multicolored light and was larger than others.

Alex kept staring at it, but after a while, he frowned.

He felt like the star was staring back at him.

Before the AI could comment on it, however, a notification flashed in front of Alex's eyes.

[A certain god is looking at you.]

Alex, just like the AI, could guess why he felt like he was being stared back by the star, and the notification just confirmed his guess.

The next moment, however, his frown deepened.

He had a feeling that something was going to happen, something very annoying—something that would only bring him trouble.

[A certain god apologizes for the inconvenience as she looks at you.]

[A certain god has gifted you 500 coins.]

[A certain god has gifted you 500 coins.]

[A certain god has gifted you 500 coins.]

And as if wanting to confirm his feeling, an illusionary blue screen flashed in front of Alex's eyes, again and again, causing him to freeze.

[A certain god has gifted you 500 coins.]

[A certain god has gifted you 500 coins.]

[A certain god has gifted you 500 coins.]

The notification only stopped after this certain god had gifted him 3000 coins, which was the highest he got from a single god.

Until now, all he got from the gods were 500 coins, and that too happened rarely.

But now, a single god has gifted him 3000 coins as an apology—something that was higher than the total coins he earned from the quest.

Alex, however, was frozen for some other reason.

He could feel it—the eyes of many other beings focusing on him.

It was as if they were trying to look into his secrets, wanting to know what was special about him.

Mind you, a god who could kill another god with just a wave of her hand was apologizing to a mortal for the inconvenience he had to go through.

The same god didn't even turn to look at the other gods, much less greet them.

This was not something to scoff at, and this caused every god to focus on Alex.

[....]

The system stopped sending any notifications; it was as if it was shocked as well.

If not for that, then Alex would've received a shit ton of notification from the number of eyes he felt on himself.

The humans, however, didn't know what was happening; they stopped receiving the notification from the system all of a sudden.

Every human had at least one god watching them, and they would be notified about it.

But right now, they haven't received even that single notification.

Some humans were fine.

The ones who had nothing but a single god looking at them just sighed in resignation.

'Looks like even God gave up on me.'

That's all they thought and went on with their path.

The ones who received a lot of notification, however, frowned.

Some even called for the system, but not getting a reply from it only agitated them more.

But it wasn't for long….

[... looking at you in wonder.]

[... looking at you with a squinted gaze.]

[... wants to know more about you.]

[... thinks that you are interesting.]

…..

…

..

.

One after another, a barrage of notifications arrived, filling Alex's vision, blocking his vision, and causing Alex to frown again.

"Mute notifications."

Alex muttered again; he could tell that whatever was happening was now over, so he disabled the notification function for an indefinite amount of time.

If it was an important notice from the system, he would be notified about it no matter what he did, or at least the system would give him a signal to unmute his notifications.

[A certain god is looking at you curiously, wondering what you are going to do next.]

The notification he wanted to be muted, however, was still there, but he decided to ignore it.

Yes, he was a bit concerned about this one particular god, and he didn't want to get on her bad side, but for some reason, he still felt that she wouldn't be able to do him much harm.

The system didn't respond to him when he called her out before, but just the fact that this certain god had to look at him through the system meant that there was some restriction, and they weren't omniscient.

He couldn't tell for sure if this certain god had the ability to kill him or not, if they had some special privilege like the system, or if they didn't even have a restriction, but for now, he decided not to say anything to this certain god.

But just as he was about to rush forward, the AI's words stopped him on his track.

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