Is it Wrong to Copy Abilities in Apocalypse?

Alex never wanted to kill Shushant; if he did, he would've slashed the guy's neck instead of his arms.

His intention was to decapitate the guy and then observe him.

Alex wanted to know what kind of penalty he was going to face.

Shushant had failed to fulfill the required condition of providing the system with 10 coins, so as stated by the system, he was going to face the penalty, and Alex just wanted to know what it was.

We can never be sure when the system will do something like this again or if everyone will be able to do it or not.

Alex himself wasn't sure if he would always have 10 coins left in his stock. What if he had an emergency situation and had to use every single coin he had on him?

Wouldn't he be in a situation the same as Shushant at that time?

So, he wanted to be aware of what he would face and what the consequences of not being able to complete the requirements were, but alas...

Who would've thought that Shushant would have a change of heart and that he would try to pull back at the last moment?

*Slash*

The moment when Alex slashed his dagger at Shushat's arms, he had predicted it would fall to the foot of that guy since the body's momentum would push it forward.

But things changed a bit too fast for even Alex to notice.

The AI tried to warn him about it.

Alex himself saw the look in Shushant's eyes, and it was clear that the guy wasn't even trying to attack, but…

*Slice**Crack*

The sound of flesh and bone getting sliced cut their thoughts and words off.

It was already too late.

Even if Alex was strong and had control over his body way better than anyone else, it didn't mean that he could suddenly change his body's momentum in a mere millisecond.

As Alex felt the feeling of his blade cutting the flesh and bones of Shushant's arms, he gritted his teeth, his other hand moving forward to push the guy away, but before he could.

"ARGHHHH-"

The guy bellowed in pain, his eyes widening to the extreme, and the stone slab he was holding went free, and the next second...

*Thud**Baam**Shatter*

The stone slab fell on the guy's head, bashing it inwardly and killing him on the spot.

*Splatter*

Blood and gore from the bashed head flew at Alex, and the guy just stood still, letting the blood smear his face and shirt before retracting his hand.

He clenched his fist as he recalled the regret in the pain-filled eyes of Shushant.

*Grit*

The sound of his teeth being grounded as he saw his effort going to waste.

He wanted to observe the penalty so he could be prepared for it when it came for him, but what did he get in the end?

A fucking dead body, too, was left in this grotesque form.

All because of that momentary regret and realization that Shushant had at the end.

Alex's eyes turned as cold as they could as he continued to glare at the dead body in front of him; it was as if he wanted to kill the guy over again.

Why the hell did he get whatever enlightenment he got after he had already shouted 'die!!' with vigor and determination?

One shouldn't say things that could mislead others.

Yes, Alex is unhappy about the fact that he didn't get to see what the penalty was, and blame him all you want for that; he won't care.

As said many times before, he was an assassin—someone with more kill counts than the number of months he's been alive for. What else do you expect from him?

He did try to avoid unnecessary deaths, as killing someone would get you nowhere, but that doesn't mean that he would regret or cry over the death of a man who seemed to be apologetic for his action of trying to kill Alex himself.

Just then, a new notification from the system arrived.

[You have gained 10 coins by killing a level 2 human.]

"..."

Alex's gaze, which was focused on Shushant's corpse, inadvertently shifted at the illusionary screen floating in front of his eyes, but again, he said nothing.

The AI wanted to pass a comment as well, but it decided to stay quiet, just like Alex.

Alex had been looking around for system information in his free time while also experimenting with the system functions.

One of those new things that he had found out was that mute functions could be used to mute particular things as well.

After this new discovery, Alex had tried muting different things, and after a while, he had found out that other than the gods and gods sponsering notification, nothing really caused him a problem.

So, now, he only had the notification related to God muted.

This action caused his coin supply to lessen as the gods weren't happy with it, but when did Alex ever say that he cared about those gods?

Alex then turned around and started walking.

All of that was a waste of time now; he couldn't even get the piece of information he waited for; all he got was knowledge about the penalty, but what was at stake here?

What would he have to go through if he got a penalty like that?

He didn't know anything like that.

But just as he took a step on his route, a new notification flashed again.

[A certain god is happy that you at least got some coins.]

Alex paused as he saw this message, and the AI grew surprised as well.

The AI thought out loud; after all, both Alex and the AI were thinking the same, and that was why they didn't seem that dissatisfied.

The guy who was asking for 10 coins had now turned into 10 coins.

How irnonical.

'No, it's just something anyone who doesn't care about the death of that guy would think of.'

Alex, however, shook his head.

The certain god just wasn't bothered by the death of Shushant, or, more like, she didn't even take it into account.

Like that guy wasn't considered anything in her eyes.

All that mattered to her was that there was something to gain, and Alex had gained that something.

[A certain god is scrunching up their nose, saying that you need to bathe again.]

"Sigh…"

The next notification caused a heavy sigh to leave Alex's lips as he decided to ignore her notifications.

How he wished that he could mute her as well...

But, alas, he had yet to find a hint to solve that problem.

With those thoughts, Alex looked back at the map and decided to speed run some level 5 zones to let out some frustration.

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