Is it Wrong to Copy Abilities in Apocalypse?

Chapter 190: CHAPTER 189 - A problem that wasn’t a problem to begin with.

(A While Before Alex Caught Urmina.)

Alex had been watching it as the Emberclaw ate humans one by one. He didn't feel anything, as there was no mercy for enemies in his dictionary, and the ones on Urmina's side were all enemies for him.

But his main target for today was Urmina. She was the one he really was after.

He was going to kill her no matter what.

'What are the conditions to copy her skill?'

But before that, he needed to copy her skill, as he had to make good use of a skill that was never going to be used by anyone after Urmina died.

He believed that Urmina's sponsor was probably a strong god, as she did get a pretty useful skill from her patron god.

But as said before, he won't try to make more enemies than he already has—especially when it comes to the gods—but he won't just let someone who had made themselves his enemy go.

Urmina was someone who had already thought of herself as his enemy, so by killing her, he wasn't really doing something evil or bad; he was just protecting himself by eliminating potential risks to his life.

The AI that heard Alex's command started analyzing Urmina, and the next second, a new notification flashed in front of Alex.

<Copy Condition: -

Make Urmina have a change of image about you; make it so that whatever she thinks of you changes drastically.>

'Hmmm...'

This was a bit of a tricky condition. Unlike the time with the beast, he didn't just have to use power this time; he had to emotionally affect Urmina. The problem, however, was that he didn't know exactly what Urmina thought of him.

It was pretty clear that Urmina wanted to kill him, which meant that she hated him—

'Wait...'

As soon as Alex thought about it, something clicked in his mind, and his eyes squinted in doubt.

'Will it work?'

He mused. He didn't have many chances, nor did he have any other choice. This was the only way he could think of—a way that could affect Urmina's emotions the most.

He was also aware of the fact that if this didn't work, then he would have to just kill Urmina, even if it meant that he was going to have to waste a powerful skill like Web Mastery.

It would be a waste, but that would be the only choice.

<I have something to inform you before you move forward, Alex.>

Before he could make a move, though, the AI stopped him as it had something to say. Alex didn't know what it was, nor did he have any idea of what it could be, but the AI's voice was unusually serious.

'What is it?'

Alex questioned, his voice carrying the same solemnness as the AI.

<This skill might be the last skill you could copy...>

The AI's words, as if a crackling, loud thunder, echoed through Alex's head, causing him to pause for a second before he frowned.

But before he could even inquire about it, the AI added.

<...for now.>

The moment Alex heard the AI's last two words, a tick mark appeared on his forehead. Alex, someone who rarely felt annoyed after he parted with Shera and Garvit, couldn't help his lips twitch in irritation.

'Where did you learn how to take these dramatic pauses? And what do you mean by those words?'

He questioned, annoyance and seriousness clear in his voice.

For a second, he had thought that his cheat—the thing that made him believe that he was better than others—was going to be useless now.

It wasn't his fault though; it was the AI's fault for making it sound like he had lost his ability to copy... forever.

<... what I mean is that you won't be able to copy any more abilities for a while.>

The AI, on the other hand, completely ignored the first part of his question and, with a pause, replied to the question that really mattered, but its answer didn't really make anything clear to Alex.

'Why?'

Alex didn't dwell too much on the fact that the AI had ignored his question, as there was something more important to discuss.

<The best way to explain it would be that your body had reached its limit in storing the number of skills, making it impossible to take in any more skills.>

The AI answered Alex's question as it knew it must be hard for him to reel it all in. Some time ago, he was thinking of copying the skills of all of the leaders, and now he finds out that he won't even be able to copy skills anymore.

'Elaborate.'

Alex, however, still needed to get more information on this topic. It was just as the AI had thought; it was hard for him to believe it.

He needed more explanation or something that could offer him some respite.

He knew that he was pretty strong, and with all of the abilities that he had, he would be able to reach the top of the power ranking.

But he also knew that when things took a turn for the worse, he, by chance, had to fight a god; he knew that at that time his powers would be nowhere enough to defeat his opponent.

<It is like your body is a container of water, and you have already filled it to the brim. At that point, if you were to forcefully put more water in that container, it would have no other choice than bursting.>

The AI gave Alex an example, explaining how things worked with a body and a skill. There was a reason why no human Alex had seen until now had more than 5 or 6 abilities.

<It was thanks to your body growing stronger as you turned into a Tempestborn that you were able to copy one more skill, or your body would've already reached its limit.>

The AI added after a slight pause, already expecting another question from Alex.

'So I can still change the water, right?'

Alex inquired, not as down as before. He didn't lose his ability; he just got some restrictions placed over it, nothing more than that.

<Huh?>

The AI, however, couldn't help but let out a confused voice. This is not the type of question it was expecting.

'I would be able to change the skills, right?'

Alex, on the other hand, repeated his question, and the AI finally answered.

<Yes, you can. I was about to get to that point.>

'Is there anything else you wanted to add?'

Alex continued walking forward. He wasn't much affected by the fact that he couldn't add any more skills now. He could still substitute the skills with new, better ones.

He preferred having one thing he was best at compared to having 1000 things he was good at anyway.

This condition didn't weaken Alex nor did it make his potential worse; all it did was put a restriction on him, and Alex was fine with that.

<Yes, I do have something to add. I wanted to inform you that once you cross the level 70 limit, you have 2 more skill slots left for you to use.>

The AI didn't get too deep in explaining that, nor did Alex need a deep explanation for that after everything the AI had already told him.

He just needed to grow stronger if he wanted to have more skills.

He nodded his head at that and started to rush toward Urmina, who was now on the ground with blood dripping down her back after getting hit by the whip of thunder from the beast's attack.

It was time for him to achieve his main objective.