Is it Wrong to Copy Abilities in Apocalypse?

(A while before Alex arrived in the forest of Jamargadi Talli.)

What did the humans—the ones with the power and brains to understand the meaning behind Karan's words—have in mind that they went silent?

No one even knew that they were planning something. The chat was still on about how Karan would be killed and whatnot. No one had noticed that the stronger players, like the 4 leaders, had gone offline for a while.

What they were doing was messaging each other, trying to make a group with only a selected few people. They didn't seem to have any desire to take everyone along for wherever they were going to go.

[Karina: Are you guys sure about this?]

In a small group chat consisting of the four leaders, Karan, and 10 more players with unique sets of skills, Karina's message popped up as she looked at the time.

It was about time that the new zone would spawn.

[Ragha: I'm damn sure we ain't got nothin' to lose in this.]

The first one to reply to her question was Ragha, and they were all talking on the chat even though they were not too far away because they were hiding right now, waiting for the beasts to arrive, wanting to take at least the first batch of beasts with surprise.

[Saurav: I also don't think we are doing anything wrong; rather, what we are doing would be called a heroic deed by the others.]

The next reply was from Saurav, who, just like Ragha, didn't see anything wrong in what they were doing. Read exclusive adventures at mvl

[Mira: Same here; why would we be having second thoughts about this anyway? Did you already forget that Karan had already used his ability?]

Mira, who, just like the others, didn't have any problem with, but her question made the conversation come to an abrupt pause as Karina didn't have anything she could reply those words with.

She was never worried about the plan failing. She just didn't like that Karan guy for some reason, so listening to his words and doing something that might make them look bad in Alex's eyes was not something she wanted.

Right now, however, she didn't have a choice. The plan was already made and ready to be executed; if she were to step back now, not only would she not be included in future plans, but she might even lose this chance to gain more coins for herself.

Their plan was to intercept the beasts in this area, if and only if Alex were to be able to reach this spot on time, something people were helping them keep track of.

That was why, when they found out that Alex was quite close to the area that was going to be the next safe zone spawn area, they decided to make a move. They wanted to use Alex's power to let him clear the stronger beasts while they cleared the weaker ones, amassing coins for themselves—the sole reason why they didn't bring many people along.

The more people there were, the more they would have to divide the coins.

But wait! How did they know where the next zone was going to appear? No one could guess that, or so was what these people—the leaders—thought until Karan messaged them personally.

He could estimate the next safe's location, something no one believed at first, but as soon as they met him physically and saw him speaking about their past experiences just after talking to them for a while, it shocked them to the core.

It was only after he told them about his ability, which was called Megamind, capable of making him think at a speed faster than supercomputers, that they realized that he might really have the ability to predict the position of the next safe zone.

And it was true!

Karan predicted the exact location of the next two zones and the third zone, close to which they were hiding right now.

But to use that ability was not that simple, as he had to burn coins instead of mana to power that ability, and unlike other abilities that won't work without mana, this one worked even without coins, loaning its user coins only to take double of those coins in return, and if one couldn't return the coins, then they would have to face the penalty.

What the penalty was, Karan didn't know since he had never used the ability for long or such intense calculation, never needing to loan coins from the ability, but now that he was on a loan, he had to pay double the coins, and Karina, who had the lie detection ability, was sure that he wasn't lying when he said that he needed 30k coins just to get rid of the loan.

Now, they had to kill enough beasts to get rid of Karan's loan AND score some coins for themselves. It was going to take a lot of effort, but Karan told them that all they needed to do was follow his orders when fighting the beasts, and with his Megamind, he would lead them to the best possible results.

"Grrrr..."

It was then, making everyone turn toward the forest, looking away from the chats, that a low, beastly growl was heard before it turned into multiple growls, all of them nearing their location.

'They are here.'

They didn't need someone to tell them that the beasts were here, and they were about to reach them.

[Karan: Ready your attacks!]

Karan's message flashed in front of their eyes, and as they had agreed, they listened to his commands, focusing their mana on their attacks while conserving as much as they could. The fight might go on for a very long time after all, and they still didn't know how Alex would react to this.

They had to be prepared for everything.

[Karan: Tappu and Pappu, have your abilities activated, and the moment you see even a hint of surprise attack or stealthy attacks from the beasts, be sure to warn us without thinking of the consequences.]

Another series of texts appeared in front of the 14-person group, causing their gaze to focus hard on the incoming horde of the beasts.

*Rumble*

Hoofs and heavy feet of the beasts made the ground rumble as they neared the humans, making them nervous before the fight even began, but they remained steadfast as this was really a golden chance for them to score a lot of coins.

'Just how did that monster fight multiple hordes like this one...?'

This one question, however, was ever present in their heads.

Just how did Alex fight these beasts—no, not just these beasts, these were the weakest bunch, he fought with the ones that were getting spawned during the later part of the hour... Just how??

They weren't even sure if they could fight two waves of the beasts that were rushing towards them, much less fighting for an hour continuously.

The only reason they were fighting was based on the fact that Alex was going to go in fighting the stronger ones, or they would've just let this one go just like the last two.

[Karan: NOW!!!]

Soon, breaking them out of their thoughts, Karan's message flashed in front of them, causing them to spring up, jumping right into action. Hoping that things would go as planned, or they might lose a lot in this endeavor.