Is it Wrong to Copy Abilities in Apocalypse?

A boy who looked to be around 18 or 19 years old could be seen running in a dense forest.

*Woosh*

His short, red hair danced in the air as he ran at a speed unattainable for a human.

*Squish**Squish*...

His footsteps, which would've caused snapping and cracking sounds as he dashed through the forest filled with twigs and dry leaves, were now making a soft, squelching sound as he ran with his golden eyes focused ahead.

All of this was because of the thunderstorm that happened before.

The one-minute storm—the storm that was made by a god just because they wanted to show their anger.

This showed just how strong these gods were, fortifying the boy's decision to not interact much with them.

The boy, Alex, was not actually focused on his surroundings, though.

His destination was fixed, and he already knew that with this speed, it wouldn't take him long to reach his desired spot, so he wasn't too worried about it.

Right now, he is focused on a new skill called 'analytic eyes'.

His cold golden eyes would flash with silver now and then whenever there was a rustle in the bushes or anything like that.

He would just glance at any living being he could see, trying to test out his new skill.

This skill made it possible for him to get all the information he wanted on the beings below level 14—which means that they needed to be within 10 levels above him—and for now, that was all he needed.

It showed him like a status window.

*Rustle*

The bushes a distance away from him rustled, causing his eyes to snap toward them.

[Name: Unnamed.

Race: Squirrel.

Unawakened.]

The moment his eyes landed on the squirrel, this information flashed in front of his eyes.

He had seen the same kind of status panel, or more like this, all he could find when he gazed at any other animal he met along the way.

Their name, race, and unawakened status.

When he saw it for the first time, he couldn't help but frown. For a second, he was confused about the status of these animals.

But as he thought about it for a while, he concluded that these animals were not going to gain levels like him and were going to stay the way they were for the rest of their lives if they survived, which would be harder than it looked.

This, however, caused another question to pop up in Alex's mind.

'Will there be humans who are unawakened as well?'

But just as that question sprouted, the first word that he ever heard from the game system echoed in his mind.

[Humans from Earth, the time for you to experience something new has arrived!]

'Human…'

It particularly said humans and not 'everyone on earth', so that means the animals are not included, but recalling the unawakened status, Alex could tell that there was a chance for even the animals.

But how? He didn't know.

Alex just shook his head and continued to rush forward.

As Alex kept dashing through the forest, the AI commented.

'Hm.'

Alex nodded his head as well.

Among the four abilities, infrared vision was the least helpful, but it could still help him in many situations.

Humans are not nocturnal, and many other fantasy monsters must be the same. This infrared vision could come in handy when fighting against those kinds of creatures during the night.

The one that was most interesting was mapping.

This mapping ability might look a bit similar to a map, which the system already provided, but it was not.

The map that the system gave was like the ones in Google Maps, or more like a path-showing map. Mapping, on the other hand, prints everything Alex's eyes see right into his brain, along with the possible hidden traps and shortcuts.

The moment Alex saw that ability, he had already thought of many ways to use it.

He was an assassin, and assassins are experts when it comes to using their surroundings, so remembering a detailed blueprint of the area he visited could be used in many ways.

How?

We will know when the time's right.

*Squish**Slop**Squish**Slop*...

For now, Alex just ran toward a level 5 zone.

What kind of monster or beast would be there? He won't know until he reaches it, so he waits for that moment.

He was determined to have a nice hunt, no matter what kind of creature he was going to face.

[Coins: 6856.]

Alex looked at his coins again for the umpteenth time, making sure that he really did have them.

With this many coins, he didn't need to worry about facing a problem when fighting in the level 5 zone, at least.

He would increase his stats when he felt like he needed them.

He just ran toward the designated spot, wanting to farm more points.

[A certain god wants to know what you did.]

But then a notification—something he couldn't stop from popping up—appeared in his vision.

'Sigh…'

Alex couldn't help but sigh at how annoying these gods can be.

Since the moment he accepted the gift, Alex has been receiving lots of notifications from this same god.

[A certain god wants to know why you are ignoring them.]

Alex frowned a bit, but he shook his head, not wanting to get involved with this god.

[A certain god is whining about being ignored.]

Alex didn't even show any reaction now; he just focused on the path ahead.

[A certain god wants to know why she feels a strange connection with you for a while.]

This question did cause Alex to frown, although internally he still did.

'Just what does she want?'

That was what he wanted to know; after all, what could a god like her want from him that she would go so far as to even try to deceive him?

Neither he nor the AI had an answer for that, so he decided to just ignore all of this for now.

[A certain god is curious about your past…]

[A certain god is asking you…]

[A certain god…]

[A certain…]

[A…]

[...]

..

.

Alex kept disregarding the notifications, and for a while, his mind was completely unfocused on those notifications, almost making it seem like they were muted as well.

'Sigh…'

Now that was a sigh of relief.

He had muted the other gods already, and although he did notice that they had stopped sending coins since his coins weren't increasing even a bit, he didn't unmute them for now.

He will unmute them, but only when he's done with his first hunt.

These notifications that flash in front of his eyes are a bit of annoyance during a fight, and even though it doesn't affect the battle prowess by much, it is still a diversion.

So, Alex had decided to keep these notifications mute until his fight was done.

The AI that had been keeping an eye on the map for Alex commented, causing Alex to nod his head inwardly before he started to slow down.

Since he was close to the spot, there was a chance that he might stumble upon the beasts or creatures that were supposed to live in this area, patrolling their vicinity.

So he slowed down, his eyes taking in everything from the surroundings.

His muscles taunted, ready to get into an attacking position the moment he was to will it.

*Rustle*

Just then, he heard a rustle coming from the bushes next to him, causing him to slash his dagger toward the bush.

*Swoosh*

The dagger cut through the air, ready to pierce whatever was to come out of the bush, no matter what it was, and...

*Pierce*

The black did pierce something.

"Kwak!"

Along with the piercing sound, a pained yell was heard, but that sound caused Alex to frown.

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