Is it Wrong to Copy Abilities in Apocalypse?

[{Sub-Scenario 1 - The minor demons.}

Quest Category: Subsidiary.

Difficulty: A.

Clear Condition: -

→ Kill the minor demon summoned in your area.

Duration: Before the second scenario starts.

Reward:

→ If in a group: 1000 coins/person.

→ If alone: A rare ranked title, 2000 coins, and an opportunity to form a contract with any god of your choosing.

Penalty: The difficulty of the second main scenario will be elevated to an S rank.

]

This was the new quest that everyone in the world had received.

In every 100-kilometer radius, at least one demon was summoned.

Each demon had its own ways of getting summoned, and they were all unique on their own, but one thing about every demon was the same, and that was that they were way too strong for the humans to do anything to them.

The demons were naked with a black-colored skull on the map, revealing their current location. That was why many people tried to deal with the demons in groups, only to have themselves killed.

They were underestimating the power difference between level 5 and level 15+.

Unlike the demon Alex came across, the others were not so low in level; some of them were even in their late teens, with some exceptions in their early 20s.

The one Alex met, on the other hand, was one that was considered one of the most dangerous ones because of its abilities in the godnet.

As for what the godnet was, you will know in the near future.

The demon Chalitanetra, the one that Alex ran away from, was hunting humans right now.

Well, not actually hunting; it was more like he was trying to gain stats from them, only to lose them when he killed them.

The demon's ability, as said before, was considered very dangerous, at least until the guy was to meet someone stronger than him.

All that guy had to do was ask someone a question, and if the guy answered, then the battle is considered to have started.

Now, until the guy is dead, this demon will have his stats boosted as the ability's boost can be stacked.

That is what the guy had been trying to do for a while, but some people, who wouldn't just let the demon move away from them, would end up dead by his hands while also taking away the boosts he had collected from them.

That demon was a master of elongated fights as it grew stronger with time, and Alex had now set him as his target to kill.

As for what Alex was doing right now?

*Slash*

"Kweiek–!"

A new message appeared in Alex's head as he slashed a large cat's neck before it could even react.

'Hm.'

Alex just nodded his head inwardly as he wasn't going to do anything else in the first place.

He had escaped from that spot because the demon was quite slow, and he had collected some coins by clearing a few level 10 zones.

He had around 5000 coins, including 1196 he had saved for emergencies, the ones he got from hunting several level 10 zones, and the coins he kept getting from the gods.

But when he was cornered by the demon from before, he, without noticing, just pushed every coin he had into his agility stats, making it reach level 20 in one go.

After that, though, he was left with at most 276 coins.

However, no one can blame him for what he did.

Just a punch to the gut was enough to make him cough out blood and crack some bones.

That alone was more than what it would take for Alex to realize the disparity of power between them.

That was the reason why he pushed everything he could into his agility stat, only stopping when he noticed that it couldn't go any higher.

Now, for the first time, Alex had his stats so imbalanced that it was getting hard for him to control his speed perfectly.

His speed was at level 20 after all.

These level 10 zones weren't even a problem for him now.

In just 2 hours, he had jumped from one level 10 zone to another, clearing every zone he could find, and amassing a lot of points.

*Woosh*

He rushed toward a staring cat that seemed to be running away from him, and even before the cat could realize that it was caught, its world turned around.

*Thud* X2

Two low thuds, one for its body and one for its head, were heard as Alex kept staring at the coin increment of his.

He needed 19200 coins if he wanted to get all of his stats up to level 20, and 7600 coins if he needed to get them up to level 15, which is what he wanted to do.

The coins he got from level 10 zones were not enough for him anymore; he needed to go higher—to go to level 15 zones—especially after he had almost cleared out the level 10 zones within the surrounding 40 to 50-kilometer radius.

'One more cleared.'

Alex muttered inwardly as he cleared another one of these level 10 zones, but the good thing was that in probably an hour or two, he would have enough coins to get himself up to level 15.

After that, he would start clearing the level 15 zones, and then maybe he would be at level 20 by tomorrow.

*Inhale**Exhale*

He took a deep breath as a cold light flashed past his already frosty eyes, his gaze fixed on the map where a black skull mark kept moving here and there in the surrounding area as if searching for someone.

And Alex knew exactly who that guy was searching for, especially when he looked at the world chats.

[Paresh: Guys! That demon is asking for the location of the first bounty ranker Alex Matthew, if you answer it correctly, you will be spared!]

[Kuldeep: Yes! I just randomly pointed in a certain direction, and that dumb demon rushed toward the direction I pointed at.]

[Riksha: ... why not just tell the demon the right direction?]

[Rosan: ... ]

[Riddhi: ... ]

[Zahira: ... we should just tell it the right direction, let them both fight, at least one of them would die, right?]

[Akash: Yes, let's do that!]

After that, every single chat was in Riksha's favor.

This, however, didn't deter Alex; all it did was make it easier for him to hunt beasts in a wider range.

If the demon were to keep moving in one area, then Alex would've to keep avoiding that place, but now that the demon would keep following him, he could move all around the area.

The plus point was that he was faster than the demon, and he could just check where the demon was on the map.

[Coins: 5176.]

So, with one last look at the coins he had, Alex rushed toward the next level 10 zone.

He would have to keep clearing the level 10 zones until he had enough coins to get all of his stats up to level 15.

Only after that would he enter the level 15 zone.