Is it Wrong to Copy Abilities in Apocalypse?

Alex had some gods donating him a lot of coins even though they were on mute; it was as if they wanted him to unmute them just like the selected few gods he had kept on unmute.

Every 3 or 4 hours, the coins Alex can collect from the gods are more than 5000—he doesn't even need to go hunting!

The first scenario, which was 4 hours long as well, on the other hand, just gave 1000 coins.

If not for the fact that one can't level up more than the level cap before they clear the next scenario, Alex wouldn't even want to take part in the scenarios.

Right now, however, there was something he wanted to do—something that would bring him more profit than anything else could.

*Tap**Tap**Tap*...

He kept running through the planes and forests at the highest speed he could, moving toward the black skull mark on the map.

Yes, he was going to go take care of the demon, and it was not for the other humans in this area.

He just wanted a skill from the demon, and there were only one and a half days left before the second tutorial.

There was no guarantee that Alex could still find the demon after the second scenario started, and even if he did, who knows how strong it would be.

There was still a bit of uncertainty in his mind, as he wasn't sure if that demon could also have its stats break the capped limit or not.

After all, it was a demon.

Alex, who was running at his full speed—around 200 km/h—reached the spot he wanted to in just a minute as the demon wasn't that far away from him.

*Snap*

"ARGHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!"

But then he paused, as a guttural scream echoed through the surroundings.

*Grip*

His fingers clenched the hilt of the dagger unknowingly as his eyes scanned the area from within a lush green bush.

"Ah, yes, that's the voice I like to hear."

There was 'Pratish', or to be precise, Chalitanetra, the demon, standing in front of a guy who was writhing on the ground.

"P-PLEASE! L-LET ME GO—!"

The guy on the ground pleaded in pain, tears streaming down his eyes as he looked at his fingers that were bent at an impossible angle.

*Crack—Snap*

But his plea was cut short by a crisp cracking sound before a snap was heard, followed by another agonizing scream from the guy's mouth.

"—GAHHHHHHHHH!!"

"I already said that any words that come out of your mouth—and are not the answers to the question I asked—will take the torture a level higher."

Chalitanetra shook his head with a sigh, a nasty grin ever-present on his lips, as he pressed his leg harder on the guy's arm that he had just snapped.

"NOOOO! PLEASE!!!"

The guy shook his head violently, trying to pull his body away from the demon, even if it meant that he would have to tear his hand apart, but the pain he felt wouldn't let him do it.

"Now, what is your name?"

Chalitanetra bends down a bit, his completely black eyes staring into the other guy's light black eyes.

"RAAGHHHHHHHHHH!!!!"

But the guy just kept roaring in pain as the demon was putting its weight on the exact spot in his arm that it broke a second ago.

"Hey, you!"

The demon then growled as it turned to look at a guy who seemed to be the one sending the vivid description of whatever was happening here to the world.

"Y-Yes?"

The guy trembled in fright as he raised his head, only to turn his head toward the ground the moment his eyes met the demon's scary black eyes.

"What is this guy's name?"

*Crack—Snap*

The demon questioned as he smashed his feet on the other hand of the guy, who had his eyes widen as the pain he felt increased by folds.

"ARGHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!"

"K-Karti—!"

The 'cameraman', the one who wrote down anything that was happening here and sent it to the world chat, trembled in terror as he hurriedly tried to answer the question, but...

*Woosh—Pierce—Woosh*

The sound of something zooming through the air was heard, and the next thing the 'cameraman' felt was a sharp pain in his forehead before his world went dark.

The guy couldn't even complete his words.

The demon, on the other hand, had its eyes sharpened, an annoyed light passing through them.

This had happened a lot of times before.

There were some courageous humans who believed in the saying: Where there's a will, there's a way.

These humans tried to stop him from growing stronger by killing the ones he asked the questions, chipping away some of his stats, only to be the ones screaming in agony as they have themselves tortured.

His eyes scanned the surroundings, and his vigilance rose.

From the speed of the arrow, the demon could guess the power of the human was around level 13 or 14, which was in no way enough to contend against him, but that didn't mean that he would let them go.

But just then...

"ARGHHHHHH—!"

The guy who was flailing his feet on the ground, trying to cope with the pain he felt, Kartik, had his life reaped away by the same arrow that had passed through the head of the 'cameraman'.

*Woosh—Pierce—Woosh*

The demon, on the other hand, froze the moment it saw this before a wide grin broke out on its lips, the corner of its lips almost reaching its eyes.

"Alex Matthew…"

His voice, which sounded like Pratish until now, distorted, turning into a deep guttural voice.

*Woosh*

*Grab*

Alex, who heard those words, rose from the bush he was hiding inside of and recalled the arrow, grabbing it before he knocked it back on the bow.

"Hehe, you finally came~"

Chalitanetra held his cheeks as his body started to fidget as if he were a girl who finally found her love.

Alex, however, just squinted his eyes, releasing the arrow at the demon.

He knew that the demon had already noticed the direction he shot from, and it was only going to be a while before it would find him, so Alex just came out of the bushes, ready to fight the demon.

As for why he killed the humans...

Well, the demon was already stronger than him, so leaving the humans alive would've just made them a source of power for the demon.

The humans, if kept alive, would be more of a hindrance to him; if that was not enough, then there was a chance that they might expose his abilities to the world, making everyone aware of his powers.

So, Alex did the best thing he could think of—kill them.

He never really cared about their lives, after all.

Now, with a final look at the demon's stats and its skills, Alex rushed at the demon, but just then...

*Pierce*

He paused with a frown as he saw the next scene playing out...