Is it Wrong to Copy Abilities in Apocalypse?

*Slash*

A kobold was slashed across his neck with a black blade the moment it saw a silhouette coming out of the bush in its view.

As the silhouette came into view, the kobold saw a pair of gold eyes staring at it without a hint of emotion.

Its eyes widened in shock and elation.

It finally found the perpetrator, who had been killing its brothers and sisters for a while.

*Gurgle*

It tried to speak, only to choke on its own blood.

It now realizes that although the human was a meter away from it, the human was still able to cut his neck deep enough to cut out deeper into it than it had thought.

With no other choice left, it rushed toward the human in front of it, who was looking at him with a frown.

But before it could even wave its claws at the human, its vision turned upside down.

"Another level 1..."

*Thud*

With those words being the last it heard, its vision darkened.

The human in front of the goblin, Alex, just kicked the body of the kobold he just killed with a frown on his face.

He has already killed 6 kobolds, including the one he killed just now, gaining 60 coins, but he felt that something was off.

All of the kobolds he killed were level 1; none of them were of higher ranks like 3, 4, or 5.

It was not that he hated the situation.

The beasts from level 1 to level 5 all gave the same amount of coins, so it didn't matter if he killed the stronger ones or the weaker ones; he would get the same number of coins for every beast in this area.

It was better if he only had to kill the low-level kobolds since it would be easier for him to farm coins, but for some unknown reason, he felt like things weren't that simple.

The AI's words caused a sharp light to flash past Alex's eyes.

He had only found 6 kobolds in the outer circle, and even though these kobolds seem to be colonial species, each of the kobolds he killed was moving alone.

The AI commented, and Alex didn't even take a second to understand what it was implying.

'They were location markers?'

Alex muttered inwardly with a frown as he looked back toward the body of the kobold that he had killed just some time ago.

The kobolds he killed along the way were as dead as they could be, but were they even supposed to make it back?

Or the only thing they were supposed to play a part in was to be a location marker by letting the smell of their blood in the air.

Alex still had a frown, as now he could tell that his trail had been discovered and the kobolds should already know that he was here.

*Woosh*

As if wanting to prove him right, an arrow whistled through the air and moved right toward Alex's head.

Alex hurriedly tilted his head, avoiding the arrow by an inch.

"Huh."

With his chilly eyes searching for the attacker, Alex swiftly rolled onto the ground, moving toward a tree to take cover.

*Woosh*

Another arrow was shot at him, but his speed was faster, and he was already behind a tree.

*Thunk*

The arrow went ahead and embedded itself in the tree trunk.

However, if one focused on it, one would notice that the arrow had pierced the exact spot where Alex's head on the other side of the tree was.

If the tree wasn't there, then Alex's head would've been pierced.

Alex, on the other hand, took out his black dagger and lifted it up to his eye level.

The black dagger was sharp—sharp enough that one could see their face in it—so as the sunlight shone up in the sky, Alex used the dagger as a mirror to get a view of the surroundings.

His cold eyes reflected on the dagger, taking in the view of the tree that he estimated the arrow to have been shot from.

*Shine*

In a moment, he saw a sharp light shining in between the leaves of that tree. It was as if a sharp metal was reflecting the sunlight.

*Woosh*

And in the next instant, another arrow was shot.

If not for Alex's haste in pulling his arm back, then it would've been pierced.

'...'

Alex frowned at this.

The one in the opposition was probably a level 5 just like him, and whoever it was, they were good with bow and arrow.

For an assassin and close-range fighter like Alex, this type of opponent was the hardest to deal with.

But fortunately for him, he had a lot of cover to take in this area.

His gaze turned toward another tree, ready to rush toward it, but before that, he picked up a broken twig that was lying some distance away from him, and then...

*Woosh*

He threw it all of his might, causing a whooshing sound to be heard, but as if in tendon...

*Woosh*

Another sound of air being cut was heard as an arrow was shot toward the twig that Alex had flung.

Alex, however, didn't just sit still this time.

*Step**Step**Step*...

He dashed toward the next tree that would get him closer to the tree where the arrow was shot from.

*Swoosh*

But that wasn't all Alex did, he tossed a stone he picked up from the ground right at the spot he saw the arrow shining a moment ago.

Yeah, it takes some time to cock an arrow on the bow after a strike, but he still threw the stone toward the tree to disrupt the one who had been shooting the arrows at him.

It was just out of caution, and he never intended it to hit the target.

Yet…

"Kaah!"

With a crisp cry, a creature fell toward the ground.

*Snap**Crack*...

The tree was huge and filled with branches, so as the creature fell toward the ground, many branches broke until...

*Thud*

"Khoooo!"

The creature fell to the ground with a thud, and a pained shout left its mouth, but Alex—who was still shocked by the fact that his attack hit the target—had his body tense as he understood what the creature yelled.

"Attack!"

That's what it yelled, even though it had broken some bones in its body.

[A certain god is giggling and saying that the shocked face looks cute on you.]

Alex ignored the notification once again.

He waited for the one ordered by the archer to attack, and he didn't have to wait for long before he saw at least 20 kobolds rushing toward him with different kinds of weapons in their hands.

*Grip*

He gripped the dagger in his hand, ready to face the incoming horde, and although his body was tense, his mind was as calm as it could be.

His eyes observed the incoming horde of kobolds, and the only thing he was relieved about was that none of them were level 3+.

He didn't wait for the kobolds to get closer as he rushed at them, but just then, an idea flashed in his eyes, and a cold smile couldn't help but form on his lips.

It was finally time to test one of his abilities' limits.

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