Is it Wrong to Copy Abilities in Apocalypse?

Were stars like a room? Or were they something else?

But that was all they could do—wonder. None of them actually knew what it was. Many contracted players tried to ask their gods about it, only to get the same answer: You don\'t need to know that right now.

Right now, inside one such star—the brightest one of them all—some modifications were being made.

"So~? This is not me breaking a rule, right~?"

A voice, one with which Alex was very familiar, echoed in the star, as right now, inside it, there was only one person standing who heard that voice.

And surprisingly, although a bit different, it was the gamer system, the controller of the game on Earth.

She was, unlike what people had seen her to be, a bit more mature. She looked like an adult version of herself, staring at a portal-like structure where the voice came from.

She had been getting involved with this same god a lot these days. She had warned her a lot, and when it\'s said a lot, it\'s meant that she does it every day.

Of course, it was none other than the certain god, and by using some of her tricks, she had made it so that she wouldn\'t have to stay in this star, which looked like a room of a five-star hotel, any longer.

"What did you gain from this?"

The system questioned the certain god, who was somewhere on the other side of the silver-white portal. The system knew the answer to that question, yet she asked.

"It is way more comfortable in this place~."

The Certain God\'s voice, still playful as ever, came from the other side, causing the system to squint her eyes as she questioned again, her monotonous voice gaining a hint of sneer.

"Isn\'t that a prison as well—"

"ROOAAARRR!!"

The system\'s voice, however, was cut short by the furious roar, strong enough to send tremors through the star itself, even cracking the room, which is supposed to be fine even after taking on an attack of a demigod.

"You should put a leash on those beasts."

But as soon as that roar ended, the system\'s voice echoed, her eyes turning cold.

She knew how strong the owner of that roar was and what the god on the other side was capable of, but that didn\'t mean that they could just do whatever they wanted.

At least the beast can\'t do it, not in front of her, who is supposed to be the one who maintains the order of the whole system.

"Yeah... no~. They are not some creatures without their will; they have a mind and they can think, so they would do what they want to do. I can\'t just stop them, you know~"

The certain god on the other side, however, didn\'t seem to care about the system\'s hard tone. She just shrugged it off in the same playful tone, and before the system could even reply, she added.

"As for your question, which you couldn\'t even complete, I will just say a line: the one with a house of glasses shouldn\'t throw stones at others."

For the first time, her tone turned around. She didn\'t seem playful anymore; she sounded more like she was taunting the system, but the system just stared at the portal for a while, her eyes turning back to an emotionless, dull look.

"You should remember that you don\'t have any more chances to play around. The last stunt you pulled by giving a human something that none of them are supposed to get like this had already made it so that if you make one more mistake, you will be banished from the game.

If you resist, I might even have to wake the honored ones."

The system, who knew exactly what the certain god was getting at and what her own situation was, didn\'t have any words to refute the certain god\'s statement, so she picked up a topic that might put some pressure on the certain god.

"Yeah, sure, sure~"

But unlike what she thought, the certain god\'s reply was pretty relaxed, as if she wasn\'t even bothered by the system\'s words, causing tick marks to appear on her jaws, but she just waved her hand and vanished from there.

By now, everyone knew about the Certain God\'s deeds—they knew that she had given Alex a reward that no one was supposed to receive right now.

The ancient wyrm\'s flesh and bones, something even the gods would fight for if they could get their hands on it, were given to a mere human who wasn\'t even a level 100 player—this didn\'t sit well with many gods.

Now, the certain god had many gods angry and annoyed by her, and it was all because of the system spreading news about it.

The certain god had always been unpredictable, being a thorn for every god in existence. If not for the fact that she was really powerful, she would\'ve already been killed. That\'s just how many enemies she had.

Due to her involvement, now the system can\'t let her clone be free with whatever she does.

She had been observing that particular clone that was supposed to be looking over Alex and the people in India, and she had been taking in reports about Alex, the guy who had been one of the top humans on the power ladder since the start of the apocalypse.

She knew that her clone was being too much and that those things weren\'t some things that were completely allowed, but it was giving her more information on the human named Alex, who was somehow able to make other beings\' abilities his own.

Or that was what it seemed like.

He had been a human that had intrigued her the most. No other did the same. There were other strong ones, but this one in particular named Alex Matthew was not like the others; she could feel it.

Now, however, it seemed like things would get hard, and she should probably get rid of that clone soon.

She was sure that Alex was probably going to report that clone in a while, and once he did, she would just use it as a reason to erase that clone, even though she had yet to commit some major rule-breaking actions.

Her step in making Alex\'s reward go public didn\'t just bring her profit; there were some drawbacks as well.

Now, Alex had more gods watching over him, rooting for him, or trying to form a contract with him, and as their eyes saw Alex\'s situation and heard about the past happenings from the other gods, they slowly became aware of the fact that her clone was doing things she wasn\'t supposed to do.

That clone was simply supposed to have an annoying personality and nothing else, but now she was developing something else—she was getting curious. Curious about how far she can push Alex.

That was not something that the clone was programmed to do. And that was probably the reason why the main body of the system wanted her eliminated as soon as possible.

One\'s clone gaining more knowledge and emotion and then going against their main body was not something uncommon. It had happened to many people who thought that there was no way for a clone to do such things.

"Hah..."

The system, on the other hand, just sighed as she appeared back into the place she is used to living in—a place which she can\'t leave for more than a day—her prison.

The same place filled with nothing but light devouring darkness, making it impossible to even see what\'s within. If not for her glowing body and flowing white hair that shimmered like stars in the sky, the whole area would have no light in it.

This is what the certain god was talking about when she said that she had a house made of glasses.

She herself was trapped in a prison of no escape, unlike the certain god, who could easily leave her prison whenever she wanted to.

What the system didn\'t know, however, was that her actions were not something that brought problems to the Certain God.

She always had enemies, and she always had gods trying to kill her if they got a chance; it was nothing new.

The only thing that had changed was their number, which had increased a bit.

But was she scared of them? Not in the least.

She wasn\'t someone who was that easy to scare.

"Oh~? Oath of existence? That girl seems pretty serious about this, but what should I do~? I don\'t want some pretty girl who is crazy in love with him any closer to what she is…"

The Certain God\'s voice was heard again, but this time, she sounded a bit annoyed.

But that didn\'t mean she would take it out on Alex, who wasn\'t able to completely understand the importance of the oath of existence from what the other gods told him through the messages.

So, she spoke, sending her words to him.