Is it Wrong to Copy Abilities in Apocalypse?

Alex wasn't a fool to try fighting a nightmarish creature, whose roar alone could cause his ears to bleed. He knew that his attack was going to fail.

He never had hope of succeeding.

All he wanted was for the scream of the beast to stop, as he might go deaf if it continued.

So, all he could do was divert the beast's attention, and he found out that he achieved more than that.

The beast was stunned in disbelief; Alex could see it clearly in its eyes—um, multiple grotesque eyes.

But that moment of time—the period when that abomination stood frozen in its spot—was enough for Alex to implement his plan.

He dashed toward the oily wall of the maze with his dagger in one hand and a cluster of three arrows in the other.

He rushed toward the wall with everything he had before...

*Woosh*

He jumped up, reaching a height of 10 feet, and the moment he had reached the highest point...

*Pierce**Thunk*

He struck the knife and the arrowhead into the wall, and with a sound the same as a lump of hard frozen meat being pierced, they stabbed the living wall of the maze.

"Phew…"

Alex, who wasn't sure if this would work, let out the large puff of air he was holding in. His eyes turned sharp as he looked down, still hanging on the wall.

The height wasn't much, and he wouldn't die by falling, but if he were to fall, then he wouldn't get another chance, especially with the creatures of the maze closing in.

He closed his eyes.

*Inhale**Exhale*

Took a deep breath.

*Grip*

His grip on his dagger tightened as his eyes snapped open, determination shining in them.

He hoped that his plan worked, or he wouldn't have a chance at survival.

But just as he was getting ready to execute his plan further...

"I-I W-WILL KILL YOU!!"

Alex froze, his gaze turning to look at the abomination that was rushing toward him.

"!!!"

His eyes widened in alarm as he saw the beast that had been dragging its body, now running as its body morphed into a much uglier state with two legs protruding out of its fat body.

*Baam**Baam*...

Each step caused the ground to quake, its speed unnaturally fast for its bulky form.

[[ → Agility - Level 2+1 (Rage mode on) (Tier 1) ]]

The moment Alex's eyes fell on the beast's stats, his eyes widened even more.

'It can grow?!'

A sense of urgency gripped his heart, and with a deep breath...

*Khch*

He pulled out the bundle of arrows, pushed his body higher with the support of his dagger, and then...

*Thunk*

He impaled the bundle of arrows a foot or two higher than they already were.

*GRAOA!*

The beast, however, roared as it tried to rush faster toward Alex, and that just elevated the rush he felt.

*Kwach*

So he hurriedly pulled the dagger out of the wall, and just like he did with the arrows...

*Pierce*

He flung his body up with the support of the arrows before he struck the wall with his dagger.

He didn't pause after that, though.

*Scraapp*

He did the same thing again.

*Khuch*

Then again.

*Pierce*

And again.

*Kwach*

He kept doing it without a stop, as he could see that abomination somehow being able to climb the wall at the same speed it ran on the ground.

"I-I WILL KILL Y-YOU!!"

A distorted voice echoed through all directions, a chorus of men and women fused into one, as if countless souls were crying out in a tendon, causing the air to tremble along with it.

This was all the beast even said now.

*Kwach**Woosh*

With a final push, Alex jumped up over the wall.

"Hah…"

His fingers were a bit sore from all that tension they went through but as he looked down...

*Boom**Boom**Boom*...

And saw that abomination still rushing over, he gritted his teeth.

*Grit*

He didn't like this helpless feeling he got, but what could he do?

His eyes hurriedly scanned for direction, a path to move toward, and in just a second, he found it.

'A final point.'

Alex saw a green light coming out from a bit far away into the maze, and he knew what it was.

It was one of the final points.

So, without looking back at the beast, he dashed toward it.

*Tap**Tap*...

*Boom**Boom*...

His feet tapped the 2-meter-thick wall as he ran from one to another, but he wasn't alone, as the beast seemed to be growing faster and faster as the time passed, and by now, it was already following behind Alex with a speed just a bit lower than his own.

A bit far away, after crossing a series of walls, there was a final point—one that was filled with 100 people and surrounded by many others who were trying to get inside, only to be flung back as soon as they touched the green barrier.

"I W-WILL K-KILL YOU!!!"

The roar they had been hearing for a while—one that sent shivers down their spines—seemed to be getting closer by every passing second, heightening the panic among the crowd outside of the final point.

"Let me in!!"

A guy screamed with a frightened look on his face, slashing the wooden pipe in his hand at the green barrier.

*Clink*

But all in vain, as his rod fell to the ground with a sharp sound.

*Thud*

The guy fell to his knees with despair in his eyes.

"J-Just let me in..."

Tears streamed down his face as he looked at an old man who was standing right in front of him, but inside the green zone.

"You're going to die soon, anyway."

The man spoke with a pleading look in his eyes, but the old man just squinted his eyes.

"Hohoh, this is an apocalypse young man; one should look out for themselves."

The old man, with his back hunched, uttered those words with a sly grin on his face, directly denying the guy like he had been doing for a while, causing the guy to lower his head in resignation.

The old man who saw this just shook his head with a smirk.

'Young people these days don't have the least bit of decency...'

He muttered inwardly with a contemptuous look on his face.

Why would he give his spot to a man when his own life was in danger?

'I still have years to live!'

He huffed as he shook his head. In the apocalypse, there was no old and no young, anyone could die at any moment, so age was of no matter here.

The young man, however, trembled; his eyes widened in shock as he noticed something.

The iron rod that fell off his hand was now half inside the barrier...

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