Is it Wrong to Copy Abilities in Apocalypse?

The demon Chalitanetra glared at Alex as it threw its arms toward Alex, its claws sharp and ready to slice through Alex\'s muscles and bones, but before it could...

*Grab*

With a grit of his teeth and a cold light in his eyes, Alex pushed his arm forward, gripping the demon\'s head, causing it to growl in frustration.

"Graa!"

But the demon didn\'t stop its hand, which was just about to slash Alex.

It was going to die by Alex\'s hands—it knew that the moment it found itself getting in a disadvantageous situation—but it didn\'t want to stop.

It now knew that Alex\'s stats were around level 20, which meant he had his levels capped.

This was not something it ever thought was possible.

It takes at least a week for someone—the strong ones—to reach here yet that guy did it in days...

The demon couldn\'t let such a being be left alive.

\'I can\'t let the gods have another monster!\'

It roared inwardly and...

*Slash*

Its palm tore apart Alex\'s skin, and muscles, but at the last moment, Alex had hunched his back, letting the claws pass through without much obstruction, and that was why, other than a claw mark on his chest, nothing else happened, but then his grip in the demon\'s head tightened.

"Die."

He muttered, and the next second...

*Fwoosh*

Bright purple flames, as if the bringer of death, enveloped the demon\'s head.

*Hisss—Crackle—Pop*

Its head started to get roasted from the outside, causing the demon to feel a searing pain.

"ARGHHHHHHHHHH!"

It roared as it tried to flail its arms at Alex, but the moment its grip on Alex\'s gagger loosened, Alex pulled it out and slashed the demon\'s arms.

*Slash* X2

\'Shallow.\'

Alex muttered as he felt his blade slashing through the flesh of the demon\'s arms, but it couldn\'t cut it out, so he slashed again.

*Pierce*

But one of the demon\'s arms, just like before, pierced through his left shoulder.

"Ghhhh!"

Alex growled in pain as he hurried his slash, and...

*Squelch**Thud*

With a final slash, one of the demon\'s arms got detached and fell to the ground, and the next second, Alex pushed his mana into hellbound touch, increasing the intensity of the flames.

"GAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!"

It roared in agony as it tried to use its other hand to attack Alex, but it couldn\'t as his arms had burned a lot from the inside, making it unusable, so the demon continued, its voice not being directed at Alex.

"I DON\'T HAVE MUCH TIME, MY LORD—!"

*CRACKLE—BOOM*

Its yell, however, was cut short as thunder roared in the sky, and dark, muddy clouds started to cover the area, causing Alex to feel uneasy as he recalled another such event happening before.

*FWOOSH*

He pushed all of the mana in his mana pool into the hell-bound touch, causing the demon to screech in pain, but that was not all...

*Woosh**Pierce*

Alex waved his dagger, directly impaling the demon\'s head, which had its defenses lowered, and the moment he did that...

"ARGHHHHHHHH—!"

The demon\'s bellow paused, and its body slumped, but just then...

*BOOM*

Alex\'s eyes widened as he saw a fierce wave of lightning roaring toward him, as if wanting to devour him within, causing his body to move inadvertently, jumping away from the demon, only to see the huge bolt of lightning striking the demon.

[The Devourer of Infants has cursed Chilatanetra.]

A new notification flashed past the eyes of every single human in the 100 km surroundings, causing unease to grip their hearts.

The most tense of all was Alex, who watched it unfold in real-time.

The demon\'s body struck with lightning, started to glow brightly, elevated into the air, and shifted between shades of purple and green, as if rotting and decaying.

But the next second, its body slumped.

*Thud*

Falling to the ground lifelessly, as if it were dead, but Alex didn\'t move; the unease he felt had yet to be elevated, causing him to grip his dagger harder.

*Grip*

The sound of his fingers clenching the hilt of the dagger could be heard throughout the surroundings as the whole area was enveloped in a suffocating silence.

*Shizzle—Hiss*

*Chisss*

*Crackle*

The only sound that could be heard was the sound of green grasses, filled with life, getting burned as they were under the direct assault of the lightning.

*Inhale**Exhale*

Alex\'s chest heaved up and down, and his eyes anxiously stared at the demon\'s body, looking for any kind of movement, even a slight jerk in it.

It had just been one or two seconds since the thunder had struck, yet for Alex, it was longer than any hour he had been through.

He changed his weapon, taking his bow out and knocking one of the last arrows he was left with.

*Strain*

He pulled the bowstring along with the arrow that had its tip burning with a fiery purple fire, aimed right for the demon\'s head.

But just then...

*Woop*

With a strange popping sound, the body of the demon jerked, and Alex, who saw it, had his eyes widen in alarm before he let go of the arrow, causing it to zoom toward the demon\'s head...

*Swoosh**Pierce*

But then he frowned as he found the demon, still unmoving, as if really dead, and it was then that a new notification flashed throughout this scenario zone.

[{Sub-Scenario 1 - The minor demons.} → Complete.]

It was as if the people in this zone were pushed into a warm hot spring; their bodies trembled in relief.

They didn\'t know who did it, but as they looked at the bounty list and found Alex still sitting on the top, they could guess who was their saviour.

[Gaotum: He did it! I knew he would do it!]

[Gambhir: I always knew that he wasn\'t a bad guy!]

[Lata: Yeah, and now that I look at his photo again, although still scary due to the hard look on his face, I can say with utmost confidence that he would be the most handsome man in the world.]

[Shruti: I\'m in love already!]

[Tapis: Alex, you have my sincerest gratitude.]

[Kavita: Alex, I love you! Please let me be with you!]

[Rajiv: Yes! Me too!]

[Rishika: Me three!]

[Roshan: Wait-! @Rajiv, aren\'t you a guy...?]

[Rajiv: Fock off, bitch! Me being a man has nothing to do with this; I can shake my ass better than any of you guys can!]

Those words caused the whole chat to go silent, but yeah, every chat within the surrounding state chats was filled with talks about Alex.

Although many hated him for his powers, ruthlessness, coldness, and unfriendly behavior, he was still gaining a fan base—which was larger than the haters.

In the apocalypse, those with power and chivalry were the ones who got the highest grade of respect, and although Alex was anything but chivalrous, his actions did make him seem like that.

As for what the one responsible for all this fame was doing, well, he was staring at the corpse of the demon, which had now turned back into Pratish, the only difference being that the guy was really dead.

[The Riddling Phantom has been kicked out of the game.]

A new notification flashed in front of the people in this area, and as Alex saw it, he got a rough idea of what must\'ve happened.