Is it Wrong to Copy Abilities in Apocalypse?

Title: N/A

Coins: 20.

Stats:

→ Strength – Level 22 (Tier 1)

→ Defense – Level 22 (Tier 1)

→ Agility – Level 21 (Tier 1)

→ Stamina – Level 25.5 (Tier 1)

→ Mana – Level 24 (Tier 1)

Skills:

→ Vichara-Vardhana (Mythical) (#######) – Being easy to get caught due to the uneven stats, you have an ability that could make you the victor of any battle.

- Chant of Perception: As long as your lips keep moving, your perception will remain all-time high, so much that your body will move on its own to avoid attacks.

- Inquiry Infusion: The more your questions are answered, the more you grow stronger; with every one of your questions answered, you will get a random boost of 0.5 stats value—only if you are within a battle. (It can be stacked.)

→Demonic Healing (Epic) (#######) – As a true demonic entity that is related to blood and corpses, you have a strong healing power.

- Limited Heal: No matter what kind of injury you have, it automatically gets healed within 30 minutes—will drain you out of mana if you have a life-threatening injury.

- Second Heal: By the expanse of your mana—depending on the severity of the wound—you will be able to heal your wounds in a second with a cooldown of 30 seconds.

→ Butcher (Rare) (Level 1 - Tier 1) – You have been butchering meat for years, making it a skill of its own, letting you know the weak spots where you can cut meat the best.

- Stab: The best point to stab your knife is the point you will always pick.

- Slash: The best point to slash your knife is the point you will always pick.

→ Persuasion (Uncommon) (Level 1 - Tier 1) – You have dealt with a lot of customers during your work, and you know how to make people believe your words; it is not always effective, though.

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The demon was stronger, and although not as strong as the boss of the level 20 demonic zone, it was going to be harder to defeat...

Especially when Alex couldn't have the advantage of 'The First Ones' title with this guy.

What confused Alex, however, was the '#######' sign that was substituting the level and tier of the skills.

The AI, on the other hand, could guess what was happening, so it explained, and Alex, who heard it, nodded inwardly before he came out of the bushes.

The demon was surely strong, but if Alex ran away now, then it would be stronger later, and that was not good for Alex, who absolutely wanted its skill.

It was not like its speed was way higher than Alex's; it was just one level higher.

The stats that were a bit too high were stamina and mana, some things that are needed in prolonged battles, which was the forte of the demon.

However, this was better for Alex, as he wanted to finish this fight as soon as he was done copying that skill.

*Woosh*

But as he shot the arrow and was about to rush at the demon with the dagger in his hand, he paused.

Not without a reason, though...

*Pierce*

The demon that would generally avoid an arrow shot by the humans, let Alex's arrow hit its chest, piercing it completely before it grinned.

*Squelch*

"These things are going to be quite annoying if left in your hands..."

The demon uttered those words as it pulled the arrow out of his chest, its black eyes locked on Alex.

The moment the demon did it, the wound on his chest started to close; the demon must've used its skill.

*Snap*

"So, why not just make them unusable?"

It then snapped the arrow into two, letting it fall to the ground after that.

But the moment Alex saw that his finger twirled, and the next second...

*Woosh*

*Pierce*

The broken head of the arrow, which was falling down to the ground, changed its direction, directly piercing the demon's leg, but the demon just looked at it once before his gaze moved toward Alex.

"And? What did you achieve from that?"

The demon asked with a dead look in its eyes, as if not understanding what Alex got from that move.

*Sklch*

Chalitanetra, the demon, plucked the arrow out of his leg, causing brown blood to flow out of the body, his eyes still staring at Alex, who placed the bow back in the inventory.

The AI, on the other hand, started a countdown—the cooldown period of the demon's healing ability.

"Ah, you are not the type who talks a lot, huh?"

*Step**Step*...

Just then, the demon stepped forward, not minding the blood that was pouring out of the wound, his eyes shining in realization.

"Well, no worries, I will make you talk just like I did with that guy," shrugged the demon as it knew that Alex would soon be writhing in pain, begging to be left alive.

The demon's nails, which had turned black, grew longer, reaching 6 centimeters in length, as he pointed at Kartik, who was lying dead with a hole in his head.

'Battle analytics.'

Alex, however, ignored the demon's yapping and activated his ability—one that helps him physically.

The difference of one or two levels could be covered with this ability, as it boosted his power a bit, letting him move his body better.

But there was a problem...

He needed to make the battle last more than 5 minutes, and maybe more depending on the situation, but even with every bit of his mana, the most Alex could use battle analytics for was 90 seconds.

He had something that could help him with that, but only if the demon let him catch a breather could he be able to use that particular thing.

He was just going to run around for the next thirty seconds, mostly avoiding frontal confrontation as he wanted to save most of his cards right now.

He had activated the battle analytics just so that he could gain an initial boost, as he didn't want the demon to think that it had the upper hand from the start.

The AI kept on with the countdown, giving Alex an idea of when the cooldown period of the demon's healing ability was over.

Only after that would the demon be able to heal its wound, and only then would Alex be able to attack it again, over and over again, until he had made the demon use its ability ten times.

10 times—that was how many times Alex had to make the demon use the epic-ranked skill before the AI could copy it.

Each turn had a cooldown of 30 seconds, and that was why Alex had to pull the battle longer than 5 minutes.

Alex was going to run around, at least until the demon had turned really serious, as right now, the demon was rather relaxed.

*Step**Step*...

"Why are you stepping back? Come closer, let me have a look at your body—the body I'm going to dissect in a while."

It just kept walking toward Alex, who was stepping back, matching the pace of the demon.

It seemed like the demon forgot what kind of monster Alex was after facing some humans, who couldn't survive a single strike from it.

It was going to realize its mistake sooner or later; now would it be too late by the time it realizes it or not is something only time will tell.