Is it Wrong to Copy Abilities in Apocalypse?

Chapter 113: CHAPTER 112 - 4 More Times.

*Flutter*

"Gegegegegegege."

A Gigglewrath was flying around freely as it kept giggling.

It was in the area where one of the other Gigglewraths was sent to survey.

That one had yet to return, causing this one to follow behind it and see what it was up to.

It didn't think, even for a second, that one of its kind would've died, all it thought was that its friend found a new prey to hunt and was probably playing with it.

They liked to play with their food before eating after all.

This Gigglewrath was just here in case he could take part in the fun as well.

It was one of the guard imps as well, and it was supposed to survey another area, but it still rushed here for fun.

They were the strongest creatures in the area, so they lived fearlessly; at least that's what they wanted to do.

*Fweet!*

But just as the beast was about to leave their zone, hoping that its friend was somewhere close by, a sharp sound of whistle was heard, causing its giggles to pause before it turned around to look at the source of the sound.

Its eyes widened the moment it saw a human standing close to a large boulder with one of his legs resting on the body of the friend it thought was having fun hunting outside the zone.

"Grrrrr!"

It growled as its small purple eyes burned with anger, glaring at the red-haired human, Alex, with the intention to kill him, and the moment it did that...

Alex jumped away from the spot the moment he heard the AI's voice, and as soon as he did that...

*Fwoosh*

The spot where he was standing lit up with fire, engulfing the body of the dead imp along with it.

The beast, however, didn't like it.

It was shocked that a human could dodge its attack, but that didn't mean it would get stunned by it.

The only thing that happened was its anger flaring up, causing its body to tremble, its fat belly giggling along with it, wanting to transform, but before it could do it, Alex, who was rolling on the ground, moving away from the hellfire, waved his hand.

*Woosh* X2

The moment he did it, two arrows that he had shot earlier—even before the beast came here—zoomed toward the beast that couldn't even react to the arrow's speed, and...

*Pierce* X2

"Kwak—!"

Although the beast realized that it was attacked at the last moment, it couldn't react to it, causing it to lose its life.

*Thud*

The body of the beast fell to the ground with a heavy, muffled thud, causing a bit of dust to fly off before Alex moved toward the body of the beast, pulling it to the spot he was standing at, waiting for the next one to come flying.

This one was a test—a test for the reaction speed of these beast's without them entering the rage mode, and it gave him an idea of what to do.

But it would only work in case there was no more than one beast coming at him.

If two or more beasts were coming at a time...

*Flutter* X2

'Tch.'

Alex clicked his tongue with a frown as soon as his ears twitched, hearing the sound of two pairs of wings fluttering.

*Drag*

He hurriedly pulled the body of the just-killed beast along with him, hiding under the large piece of concrete that had been working as a good shelter for him.

*Flutter* X2

"Gegegegegege." X2

The sound of the beasts nearing him, and they were probably just above him...

*Strain*

With a serious expression, he pulled the bowstring, ready to take a shot.

There was only one way to enter and leave the spot, and although it restricted his movements, and made it easy for him to get attacks, it also gave him an accurate shot at anyone who came into the view.

*Flutter* X2

"Gegegege…" X2

But soon he relaxed as he heard the sound of the wings moving away.

The AI sighed in relief as well, as it was tensed just as much as Alex was.

'Hm.'

Alex nodded his head before he pulled the body of the beast, which was heavier than it looked, out of the shelter and waited for the next beast to come around.

*Flutter*

Not long after, he heard another sound of wings beating as fast as they could, trying to keep the fat body afloat, causing his eyes to brighten, and he quickly knocked two arrows on his bow.

*Strain*

*Woosh* X2

He pulled the string and released the arrows, twirling his fingers and controlling them without much effort.

As his mana pool increased, so did the time he could use an ability, this could be seen better in the abilities that used a very low amount of mana since the start.

The wind's whisper was one of them, as it only required a little bit of mana, at least until you decided to increase the speed of the weapon controlled by the wind.

*Flutter*

"Gegegegege."

When the beast passed through Alex, moving out of the zone, just like before…

*Fweet!*

Alex let out a sharp whistle, causing the beast to turn toward him, and just like the one before, it glared at him.

It was the AI that warned him again, and he moved out of the way, only to squint his eyes as he found the same thing happening again.

*Fwoosh*

A bright purple ember started burning on the spot, enveloping the body of the Gigglewrath he had placed under his feet.

He squinted his eyes as he couldn't help but be fascinated by this ability.

Even his beastly instincts, which could warn him of any surprise attack, couldn't help him in this case.

It does warn him, but if he were to listen to his senses, then he would surely have half of his body burned.

The AI, on the other hand, is an expert when it comes to reading mana-related things, especially skills, and abilities, so it was accurately able to predict when the hellfire skill is activated.

"Grrr!"

Just like the last one, this beast growled as well, and again, Alex waved his hand.

*Woosh* X2

*Pierce*

This beast, however, seemed to have noticed the arrow as it tried to avoid it, successfully evading one, only to get its head impaled by the other.

Alex's eyes squinted as he saw this.

'I can't let it happen again.'

The beast noticed the arrow because they were flying closer, as Alex wanted to reduce the mana consumption, but not again.

He would rather have his mana emptied, and groan in pain, hidden under this piece of debris than face the beast in its rage mode, which would of course attract more of its kind, putting him in a bind.

*Thud*

The beast's body fell to the ground with the same heavy thud as the others, and Alex moved toward it, pulling the arrow out of its head.

*Squelch*

*Drag*

Then he dragged the beast to the same spot, preparing to repeat the same thing over again.

'4 more times.'

He muttered inwardly as a light of excitement shone in his eyes—eager to get a new, strong ability in his arsenal.