Is it Wrong to Copy Abilities in Apocalypse?

People were searching for Alex everywhere. In this area, Alex's death meant every other person's relief.

If Alex died, then the second sub-scenario would be over, meaning no one would have their difficulty level increased in the next scenario.

No one actually had anything against Alex; they were quite scared of him, but by now, everyone knew that Alex didn't have a leg, so they started tracking him down.

The group of leaders, then ones that had thought that there was no way they could win, now had a new flame burning in their hearts.

But still, not all of them wanted to fight against Alex, not when he could move without any restriction.

Alex had never lost a fight or so was what everyone knew.

Even if this was wrong and Alex did lose a fight, he was still a monster. During the time all five leaders faced off against Alex, they realized one thing: If Alex was allowed to move, then they would die even without knowing where the arrow came from.

Alex was a master of stealth. He didn't have any ability for stealth, but his natural camouflage was masterful.

The fact that his attacks were lethal enough to kill level 12 and 13 players without even giving them a chance to fight back was just an add-on to the danger named Alex.

Many people thought that Alex was injured, so this was the best time to hunt him, but there were some, like Karina and Mira, who didn't want to step in.

"An injured lion is more ferocious than a normal one"—this is what they believed in.

Even Saurav believed in it, but he wanted to try fighting Alex. He had changed a lot. He wasn't the guy who would tremble under Alex's cold gaze anymore, and he wanted to prove it to himself.

That was the reason why he agreed to try their luck on fighting Alex again—the same Alex who was now highest on the rank board again.

Whenever Alex came across humans asking for 100 coins in exchange for their lives, those people would leave a message in the world chat, informing everyone about Alex's location.

This was something Alex had noticed as well, but he didn't really stop that, as this was going exactly like he wanted things to be.

Some humans tried to follow him, trying to take advantage of the fact that he wasn't going to kill them, making it look like they just wanted to be friends; in reality, they were just keeping track of his movements.

Soon, people realized what Alex had been doing: He was just gathering coins.

It was only when they saw him entering the level 35 zone, a particular zone that had already become the reason for more than 1000 human deaths, that they realized what was going on.

'He was collecting coins to get his stats up to a certain level so that he could fight his way through the zone.'

It was not hard to guess, but the leaders who had been following the updates—Ragha, Urmina, and Saurav—had their expressions turned grim the moment they pieced things together.

They looked at their stats, and when they saw their highest stat being level 20, they realized that defeating Alex was nothing but a pipe dream right now.

Alex was trying to clear a level 35 zone, and from the way he collected coins from everywhere, he should've at least gotten his hand on 50k coins.

With that many coins and the danger of a level 35 zone, Alex must definitely have upgraded his stats to 35, or 30 at the very least.

If they were to fight him with the way their stats were, they would just be asking for their own deaths.

Even if he had one of his legs missing, he was still 10+ levels higher than them!

That was not something they could just ignore.

If they used all of the coins they had, even the ones their subordinates', they might just reach level 30 or around it. That would be better than nothing, but not enough to defeat Alex.

They were planning to go for Alex and surround the level 35 zone, making it impossible for Alex to leave the area, but now, their plans have been scrapped.

If they wanted to defeat Alex, or at least have enough hope to do it, they needed to have 30+ levels, or maybe they should just reach the stat limit before the third scenario.

That way, no matter how strong Alex gets, he wouldn't be able to take on 3 players with their level the same as him.

With their minds made up, the leaders decided to call off the battle for now and focus all of their manpower on collecting more and more coins by clearing more zones.

There are many Level 20 zones right now, the highest number of zones being Level 25 and Level 30.

So, all they had to do was power up. There was no way Alex would be able to break past the stat limit... right?

They didn't know that right at that moment, Alex had received a reward—something so good that he had never even imagined.

A leg made of flesh and bones of a Stormrazor Wyrm.

It was a being Alex had never even heard about, but as he found himself floating, his body feeling as light as air, he knew that it was going to get attached to him.

He was always confused as to how he was going to get his new leg attached, but now he just waited—not like he could do something.

["Just relax~~. It will be over in a jiffy."]

It was then that he heard the voice of the certain god, calm and soothing, telling him to relax, and for some reason, his eyes started to feel heavy, as if he were drifting into the dream world.

He could feel the warm sensation coursing through his leg, and slowly, the warmness increased. It felt like his leg was being massaged by some very hot hands; it was heated, but not so much to burn his leg.

Alex felt like it had just been around 5 seconds before the heat intensity changed again, the heat increasing a fold. He frowned a bit but didn't open his eyes and let his body float freely.

*Chissssss*

"Arghhhhhh!!"

The next second, however, his eyes snapped open, widening to the extreme as he felt his leg being pressed between two heated irons. It was burning his remaining leg.

He could smell the burnt scent of his flesh, causing his face to contort in pain.

"GAHHHHHH—!!!"

He roared in agony, only to shut his mouth close the next second. This zone was cleared didn't mean that he was safe.

He felt like his veins were beings filled with magma, burning them from the inside. His fists clenched and his jaws pressed against each other, but no matter what he did, neither could he move his body nor could he cope with the pain.

He bit his lips, causing blood to pour out of it, dripping on the ground. His golden eyes gained streaks of red as he glared at the brightest star in the sky.

'RELAX?!! OVER IN A JIFFY?!'

He wanted to roar out loud, but he kept his mouth shut, his body trembling in pain, sweat dripping down his forehead. He just kept gritting his teeth, not wanting to let out a scream loud enough to attract some other monsters.

But soon, unable to take the pain and unable to vent it out by screaming, he fell unconscious.