Is it Wrong to Copy Abilities in Apocalypse?

'...oh.'

Alex, who had stepped into the tree's trunk, was left with no words as he looked at the surroundings.

<A separate space> said the AI, making Alex nod his head.

He didn't understand what separate space meant magically, but he knew what it meant generally, and that gave him an idea of what was happening.

Surrounding him, unlike what he had thought it to be, there was a lush green forest with multicolored flowers and floral scent, having the ability to ease anyone's nerves.

He couldn't look past the long green veins that extended from so high that it was hard to even look at it, covering an area of 15 meters in diameter, making it seem like a big cylindrical room.

"Welcome to my humble temporary abode."

It was then that Alex heard a voice, and his attention, which had deviated from the topic, returned back to where it should. His body tensed, his eyes snapping toward the source of the voice only to widen.

'What the...'

What surprised him was not the primal 3-meter-big green body covered with mosses but shaped like a human. What surprised him were the things he could see with his analytic eyes.

[[Name: #$%!%&@!.

Race: Vat$%@%$^&# (???).

Title: The Eternal Green One (???), The Son of Wishgiver (???) , The Exhaled One (???),...<Extend>

Stats:

→ Strength: Class 4 (Peak) (SS) (Tier 1)

→ Defense: Class 4 (Peak) (SS) (Tier 1)

→ Agility: Class 4 (Peak) (SS) (Tier 1)

→ Stamina: Class 4 (Peak) (SS) (Tier 1)

→ Mana: Class 4 (Peak) (SS) (Tier 1)
Enjoy new tales from M V L

Skills:

→ Chlorokenisis (???): The ability to control, manipulate, and use any green lifeform as one wishes.

→ Temporal Arbory (???): An ability to control the flow of time in the surrounding area using the tree's ancient power.

→ Arboreal Regeneration (???): An ability to restore life, health, and vitality to nature, creatures, and even the divine tree itself.

→ Root Nexus (???): Utilize an interconnected root system to influence the land, communicate, and manipulate enemies.

...

..

<Extend>

]]

Most of the things were symbols or question marks, but from the things he could see, Alex was left stupefied for the first time.

Like, what the hell was this being?!

This (???) symbol, Alex knew it very well. It is the symbol next to Alex's Analytic eyes—which is ranked higher than Mythical by the system—and this being had his status screen filled with those.

But that was not all; this being had the same mark besides its race. It was not demonic, nor was it magical or mythical; it was (???), a rank that was higher than mythical.

Alex had faced demonic beasts and struggled against them, but never until now had he faced a beast with a higher classification than them. If that was not enough, this being's stats were classed as well, which was already special enough.

But things didn't end here, as this beast even had something that Alex had been curious about for a while, just way higher ranked than Alex's—it was the stats' classification, the one where the (C) was written in Alex's stats.

This being had (SS) next to its stats, which, if Alex was correct, was way higher in ranking.

The scenario ranking went from F, E, D, C, B, and A to S. This stats ranking must be the same, and SS must be higher than S, but there was no way Alex could be sure about it.

One thing, however, was clear to Alex: He couldn't defeat this being in front of him even with all he had. It was way too strong for him just with its abilities alone, which, unlike his analytic eyes, were attack and defense abilities.

The thing to note was that Alex had yet to see the full status of this being since this was all his eyes could show him.

That being's calm and gentle face, like that of a friendly neighborhood uncle, made it look trustworthy, but Alex, who could see some things about it, now knew just what kind of uncle it was.

"No need to be on guard; I do not intend to engage in combat with a being who might be my friend tomorrow."

That being or person in front of Alex spoke again, maintaining the smile. From the voice and appearance, it looked like a male, so Alex was now going to treat him as such.

"Friend?"

But as this person's words settled in his head, Alex frowned. How was he going to be a friend when they hadn't even talked yet? Why did this person seem so sure that Alex was going to become his friend?

"Yes, I have come to you with a deal, and if you accept it, then a lifelong friendship is promised with us Vat$%@%$^&#s—"

The being nodded its large head as it sat on its throne-like chair, yet he had to look down at Alex, but his words were cut short, as Alex, who was listening to his words, had his face contorted in pain the moment he heard the gibberish.

"Arghhhhh!"

He went on a knee, clutching his head with a frown, Titebreaker already summoned in his hand, ready to wave at the being in front of him, but when he saw the confused and surprised look on the being's face as if he had just realized something, Alex knew that it wasn't the being's doing.

'What's happening here?'

He just gritted his teeth and questioned inwardly, rising on his feet again, his eyes never leaving the being in front of him, who broke out of his surprise and spoke.

"I must apologize; it slipped my mind that humans who had yet to reach 'that' level are unable to bear the divine names for some reason," he bowed his large head as he spoke, and Alex, nodding his head, questioned back.

"What is 'that' level? And what do you want from me?" He growled, still feeling his head throbbing in pain as if someone were hammering his head continuously, but it was bearable now.

<All of this is probably happening because of your level being low and that creature in front of you being unaware of how low it was, but now he seems to be aware of it.>

The AI, on the other hand, replied to Alex's question, making Alex grind his teeth in annoyance.

'So I lost the advantage of having this person think that I was not taking hold of his mana control string on purpose, out of chivalry?' Alex lamented as he saw the light blue tinged with golden thread that had been floating around him for a while receding, going back into the being's body, who didn't seem to show anything strange on the outside and just nodded his head.

"I must apologize again as I cannot tell you about the level part, but the thing I want from you is something we can talk about," the green man spoke, waving his hand, making a throne-like chair emerge from the ground, rising up with alarmed Alex sitting atop it as he added, "Please make yourself comfortable."

<The reason why your analytic eyes weren't able to discern the complete status window of that being is pretty simple: Even if that being has his level suppressed, his abilities and other things, which you aren't supposed to see, are still the same.

The pieces of information you could perceive were the only ones you were supposed to know. Even I am having a hard time finding a copy condition for those abilities because they are on a level that you aren't even supposed to know yet.>

The AI, while also listening to the giant's words, continued its explanation, making Alex realize that the situation right now was way more serious than he had initially thought.

The series of abilities that the being in front of him had were already enough to make it hard for him to escape—he wasn't even sure of his escape as of now. Those abilities were so strong that he couldn't even get their full description, leaving him with only one option left: try it out.

He had to directly attack the being and try to escape from here—no second option.

But he wanted to not be hasty and show a bit more trust in Certain God as he had decided to. So he tried to keep himself calm for a while, which was easy to do since the atmosphere here made it so.

His eyes remained fixed on the giant in front of him, who had made his seat high enough that both of them were now looking into each other's eyes without having to look down at the other, not saying anything else as the giant seemed to be thinking of how he should say it; it was clear from the complicated look on its face.

Before long, the giant seemed to have his thoughts sorted, and just when he was about to speak, a voice was heard...

"Hah... why is it taking so long?!"

The voice sounded a bit young and childlike, making it clear that it belonged to a child, but no matter how altered that voice was, Alex was frozen for a moment when he heard it. He knew who this voice belonged to; he was more familiar with this voice than he wanted to...