Is it Wrong to Copy Abilities in Apocalypse?

7:48, 26 July 20XY.

Muzaffarnagar Zone, Uttar Pradesh, India.

[Prateek: I somehow can't believe how we all survived this scenario...]

[Rakhi: Same here, bro. I never thought we would be able to survive this scenario. I even had sex with a random guy just because I didn't want to die a virgin...]

[Sakshi: Whoa, @Rakhi! What're you gonna do now? You're not dead.]

[Rakhi: What will I do? Of course, I'll search for that bastard. He came tons inside me saying that we were going to die anyway, but we didn't, so he gotta take responsibility.]

People in this area, who should've been trembling in fear, not knowing when they would die, had enough luxury to do chit-chat about random things now.

Many who thought that they wouldn't survive this scenario were now still somewhat stunned, wishing that this was not just a sick dream shown to them by the system.

[Pavan: But seriously, man, if not for the defenders, we wouldn't have survived. It was only because of them that we did.]

It was then as if reminiscing about the past day, a guy sent this message, and people who saw this agreed to his words without anyone opposing that notion.

[Kartik: Yeah! Ragha was like a wild beast man. He killed the beasts with his bare hands, breaking them with brute force. I waited there, risking my life, but after watching him fight, I felt that it was worth it.]

[Gaurav: Smh, you probably didn't see Ridha then. She was like a goddess of fire and destruction; no matter where her hand went, there would be fire following it, burning the beasts alive. Their agonized roars were just too satisfying to hear!]

[Vansh: Goddess of fire? There's only one goddess of fire, and that's my goddess Karina! Her firestorm was just too OP! She killed so many beasts with just one attack of hers!]

[Kriti: Hah! They were all just so-so; you should've seen my prince Saurav! He was like the lord of darkness; with a wave of his hands, chains, and spikes of shadows would sprout from the ground, killing every beast in the surroundings.]

Yes, they were singing praises of the people who left the deepest impression on their minds. And yes, Ridha had joined them as well; she did when she found out that Alex was helping them as well.

All of them, including Alex, who decided to get some more coins for future scenarios, had defended the humans against many safe zones, resulting in them being called defenders by everyone.

They couldn't defend the humans against each safe zone, but only a few, among the ones who were supposed to die, died. All because of their timely intervention.

It was everyone else's job to fight against the low-ranked beasts, and during that time, Alex would recover his mana, making it so that he could fight again. When he fought, on the other hand, the others didn't have much time to rest; they used that time to move to the area that was supposed to be the next zone.

The cycle continued, and humans, who saw this, started to gain more confidence, fathering around the fighting place and cheering for the humans they supported.

[Lalita: No matter what you guys say... the one who did the most was Alex. And I love him for that. He saved me just when I was about to get killed by a beast. The heroic look on his face and his dashing smile made me fall for him in an instant.]

Soon, however, a new message arrived. This one, unlike others, who were singing praises of others, spoke about Alex, making the chat go silent.

Everyone knew her words were true (leaving the last part, that is), but they had complicated opinions and feelings about Alex's actions. They didn't know what they should be doing right now.

Wasn't Alex the one responsible for their situation? Partially, yes. His completion of the last sub-scenario did make things hard for them, but even without that, they were supposed to fight the beasts, and the beasts were supposed to rush at them.

The only difference was that they couldn't hide from the beasts because of how things were. But to them, Alex's actions weren't really praiseworthy. Most of them thought that it was only natural for Alex to do this, as he was the one responsible for this in the first place.

[Krishna: Yeah! If not for him, then all of those goddesses and princes that you guys are worshiping would already be dead along with you guys!]

But there were few who admired Alex from the bottom of their hearts, as Alex, without asking for anything in return, did help them, even though he didn't have any obligation to do so. Looking at him gave courage to many others, making the number of humans fighting against the beast rise from 10 to 100.

Yes, many of them died fighting, but more joined as well.

It was only because of them being united that things became easier. They couldn't have done it alone, though. Many gods were supporting them as well, sponsoring coins for them and helping them increase their levels to fight better.

People didn't want to accept it, as they needed someone to blame in their hearts—someone whom they could blame for every bad thing that had happened to them during this scenario—but they knew that if Alex had not decided to help them, then there would rarely be any human alive in the area.

By this scenario, Alex's fame has risen to new heights, making him the strongest person in people's eyes, especially when many of them saw how he dealt with the beasts—how he cleaved the heads of tens of them with a single strike and how he burned them alive without even moving from his spot.

Fame, however, always made others jealous, and many were jealous of him, cursing him for putting them in that situation in the first place, but there were some who had turned grom after listening to the tales of Alex.

"So, he's alive, and he seems to be growing stronger..." Spoke a cryptic voice, its owner behind a veil, as four people wearing colored suits kneeled before them.

This person was something Alex knew very well, someone he was trying to forget because this person was of no value to him anymore, but the one surrounded by the veil couldn't think of Alex as nothing—they knew how capable and dangerous Alex was.

"We will let him be for now, but once he tries something against us, we will be using our 'her'." The person behind the veil spoke after a while, staring at the chat screen in front of them.

This person had many of his subordinates stationed in India before the apocalypse hit, and now they were the source of his information circle, providing him with better pieces of information.

"Yes, sir." X4

The four people in front of the person, however, just bowed their heads deeper, accepting the order. They, just like this person, were aware of who Alex was and how dangerous he was, so no matter what it was, they wanted him dead, or at least they didn't want him coming after them.

The man in question, Alex, was, on the other hand, oblivious to all of this as he killed the beasts coming at him. It was the last hour of the scenario, and he had amassed a lot of points without getting much tired. Now he was sure that he didn't have to worry about coins for a while.

His body moved with expert agility and masterful fluidity, avoiding any attack that came at him while delivering fatal blows to the monsters and beasts in his surroundings.

People had seen some of his abilities, which he didn't want, but it was good that they never saw him fighting seriously, as that would've exposed almost all of his abilities.

They would've seen it if they could, but poor people weren't strong enough to stay close enough to watch it all go down because the moment Alex needs to get serious is the moment when the really strong beasts arrive.

Right now, he was as calm as the surface of the lake, cleaving the beasts into pieces; his mind, however, was far from calm.

["I used my power to make it like that, and now you're letting it go to waste?!"]

Yes, Certain God was the reason for it.

She was continuously asking Alex to go into the blue zone and fight the husk left behind by Greeny, saying that she had done something that would help him but Alex didn't want to go.

He had no reason to fight a risky battle when everything was about to end; all he had to do was fight these beasts for a bit more time, and he, along with everyone in the world who survived, would've cleared the third scenario by then.

Alex was never eager to take unnecessary risks, so he wasn't going to do it.

He never asked for her to help him in the first place, so whatever she did was going to go to waste.

"No."

He simply denied it, like he had been doing for a while, and the Certain God, with a hmph, let it go as well.

[Sigh...]

It was then that a sigh was heard by every human in this world, and the beasts froze in their spots, breaking into particles before vanishing.

It was clear to everyone what was happening—the scenario was finally over.

Alex, however, had this strange feeling in his heart that something big was coming for them—something way bigger than what they had been through until now.