Is it Wrong to Copy Abilities in Apocalypse?

The AI questioned as it saw Alex leaving the horses attached to the carriage.

'I was never taught.'

Alex's reply, however, was simple.

He had never been taught how to ride a horse, so how would he know?

The AI that heard those words went quiet.

Alex, on the other hand, moved a bit far from the carriage before he took out the bow and an arrow from his inventory.

He knocked the arrow on the bow before he took aim.

*Strain*

His aim was at the horses, and the next second...

*Woosh*

He shot the arrow, causing it to whistle through the air, moving toward the first horse at a speed that the horse couldn't even see.

But just as it was about to pierce the horse's skull...

*Swish**Snap*

It took a sharp turn and moved toward the harness, cutting it off before it moved to the next one.

*Snap* X3.

With a swift move, Alex removed the binding of every one of those horses before he waved his hand.

*Woosh*

The arrow, as if heeding his command, shot back toward him, and Alex simply grabbed it with his hand.

*Grab*

He then placed the arrow and the bow back into the inventory and started walking away from the place.

There were some fresh blood marks on his tattered clothes, and they didn't seem to be his, but there was no one to question him about it, nor would he have to explain himself to anyone.

There was still time left before the start of the first main scenario.

*Baam*

The heavy carriage that had been standing by the support of the horses, on the other hand, fell as soon as the harnesses were cut off, and then...

*NIEGHHH!!* X2

The horses, who suddenly felt the weight on their shoulders vanishing, nighed in excitement before they snorted and bolted away, leaving behind nothing but the carriage filled with 4 trembling humans.

If one looked closely, though, they would notice a strange liquid pooling up beneath them.

One of them, however, was in a better situation than others, as she had somehow freed her wrist from the binding by dislocating her bones.

It was a girl with dark black hair; she was gracefully thin, with long, lean limbs and a delicate frame.

She was wearing a loose black top and dark green track pants, along with slippers; it looked like she was inside her house or in a park when the world went to shit.

Her clothes were way too casual for her to be on a job or a meeting.

Her name was Kavya Mathur, and she was a doctor before the apocalypse--a good one at that, so she was quick to recover from the shock and dread they felt a while ago.

She remembered herself falling into a sinkhole-type trap before losing consciousness as she had somehow hit her head with something, only to wake up by the scraping noise she heard a while ago.

Kavya, who had her wrists free from the rope, waited for a while, trying to gather enough courage to fix her bone before...

*Crack*

'Ghhhh!'

She groaned as she hurriedly twisted her wrist using the other; with a cracking noise and a stinging pain, it was back to normal.

*Inhale**Exhale*

She took a deep breath, trying to calm herself before she tried to remove her blindfold.

Kavya was smart enough to have already guessed what must've happened from the things she heard.

The people who picked her up had unknowingly picked up someone way above their paycheck.

She didn't know who it was or what it looked like, but she could still remember their presence.

'Was it really a human...?'

*Shiver*

She shuddered as she could still feel that being's stare on her body, daring her to let out a single voice.

*Sliqch**Slice**Splurt*

She could still hear the sickening sound of a knife tearing the muscles and tissues along with the bones; as a doctor, who knew more about muscles and tissue than an assassin like Alex, she could even vividly see things happening even though her eyes were closed.

But as soon as her eyes adjusted to the view in front of her after being blindfolded for a while, her body froze.

"Who--gurgle!"

"Shit--!"

The voices she heard a while ago echoed in her mind as she saw the heads placed at the edge of the carriage.

Kavya could perfectly tell which voice was whose and what they would've wanted to say or shout before they had their heads cut off.

What she saw in front of her were two severed heads placed at the edge of the carriage, as if wanting for them to see it or as if warning them about something.

*Drip**Drop*...

The blood coming out of the heads dropped in a pool of fresh blood under the carriage, making a dripping sound.

But again, Kavya was fast to recover; although not this bloody, she was still used to seeing blood and gore, making her a bit immune to all this.

'I-I should follow them!'

She knew that the heads were decorated in front of them just to warn them about something, maybe about not following him or something, but she knew that if she were to convince him to take her along with him, she might live longer than she could alone.

She hurriedly tried to stand up, but...

*Thud*

She fell to the floor of the carriage face first.

"What the..."

She groaned as she clutched her nose in pain, now lying on the floor of the carriage.

'Did they feed me some kind of relaxative or something?'

She groaned inwardly.

From the way her body felt numb and relaxed, as if her body wasn't in the mood to move around, she could already guess what could've happened.

'Fuck!'

She cursed her luck as she realized that no matter what she did, she wouldn't be able to catch up to Alex.

"... um, is someone there?"

But just then, another girl, who had broken out of her fear, muttered in hesitation.

Kavya's groan was heard by all of them in the eerily silent atmosphere, after all.

Kavya's hunter-green eyes turned to look at the girl, scanning her up and down before she sighed.

She could smell the pungent ammonical scent in the air, and she knew what it was as she looked at the liquid pooled below the girl.

"Y-Yes! I-I'm here! A-Are you trapped here just like me...?"

Kavya's eyes then turned toward the owner of the relief and excitement-filled voice.

It was the only male in the carriage, and from his voice alone, it was clear that he was happy that he was not alone and there was someone else with him, but her nose scrunched up as she smelled the intense murky and spoiled scent that came from the guy.

The next second, however, her eyes widened.

'Did he shit himself?'

"A-Ah, I'm not alone...'

The girl from before sighed in relief as she heard the guy's voice, feeling a sense of relief as she found out that there was a guy with her.

Kavya, who saw all this, just shook her head before she stood up, moving toward the girl who was the quietest among the bunch.

It wasn't like she was not going to save the others; she would, but she wanted to start with the one who looked the calmest.

'I just wish I could see the person who saved us again...'

She muttered inwardly as she stared at the sky from the air vent.