Is it Wrong to Copy Abilities in Apocalypse?

In the world chat, there was a way to check if someone was alive or dead, a way that many group members checked in order to keep track of their group's lifeline.

To check that, all one had to do was click on the profile of the said person, and when one looked at it and the name was greyed out, it meant the one in question was dead, and if not, then they were alive.

That was all one had to do in order to know whether a person was dead or not.

Ragha was doing just that right now, his finger tapping the status screen in a hurry as he quickly clicked on Urmina's profile, and the moment he saw her name greyed out...

'Fuck!'

He couldn't help but curse.

This was the worst possible outcome he could've thought of.

'Urmina is dead.'

He gritted his teeth as he realized that things weren't going a bit like what he had thought, and with no other choice left, he opened the world chat again, searching for the only option left to try.

So, he opened the only person he could call for now—Saurav.

That guy was in the area as well, just a bit in the peripheral region, moving around and keeping an eye out for any movements.

That guy wanted to enter the area as well since the chances of Alex being inside were higher, but both Ragha and Urmina denied him. His role was supposed to be the hidden element.

Saurav was supposed to come in rushing when both Urmina and Ragha were already engaging Alex in a battle. That would take Alex by surprise and make it possible for them to land attacks better.

But things had changed now. Urmina was dead, and Ragha didn't even know what kind of beast was responsible for Urmina's death and whether it would come at him as well or not.

If that was not enough, there was the fact that Alex's whereabouts still remained unknown, making him feel uneasy as well.

No one had seen Alex for a while, so everyone thought that he was inside this area, protecting his egg, but just now, his three subordinates came back alive after strolling through the forest, which implied the absence of Alex's presence in the forest.

'But what if he wants us to think that?'

This thought flashed in his mind, urging him to call in Saurav.

His instincts as a gangster who had been trapped by the police many times were telling him that he was missing something—something very big—but he couldn't tell what it was.

[Ragha: Urmina's dead. Come to my location quickly; we shouldn't stay away from each other right now.]

His fingers flashed at a very high speed as he typed this message in a hurry, and his subordinates who saw his action couldn't help but get confused.

"Everything cool, big bro?"

The first one of the guys among the three that went into the forest spoke, causing Ragha's focus to return to the situation at hand.

"We movin' outta here for now. Let's go!"

He nodded to the guys before he shouted an order to move out of this area for now. Things looked weird to him, and even his gut feelings couldn't point at anything concrete.

The only thing he saw was the fact that this area was not a monster zone, yet a beast's roar was heard and Urmina was dead. These two things were out of anything they had expected.

But just then, as everyone, although confused, was still moving away from the area as per Ragha's orders, something happened.

*Woosh*

A single wooshing sound was heard, but the moment it was heard, the surroundings froze. The trees stopped moving as if sensing the tension in the area, and the air turned heavy.

Some people fingered their ears, thinking that it was just in their mind and that it was only them hearing it, but as soon as they exchanged glances with some people, their expressions twisted.

Their relaxed expressions turned into that of true and unfiltered horror before chaos broke free.

"It's the death arrow!!"

No one knew who started it, but the moment that voice was heard, everyone got the courage to move from their spots.

"ALEX IS HERE!!"

Fear of losing their lives started to creep into their minds, making it impossible for them to think of anything other than running away.

The scene of their brothers and sisters getting their heads blasted into blood and gore was still fresh in their minds as if all of that had happened an hour ago, and that was precisely why the fear they felt was so high that they couldn't even bother to hear their leader's shouts.

"Quit running around like a bunch of wild beasts! Spread out, but stick together and keep it organized!"

Ragha kept shouting orders, only to find himself fuming as none of his people were even listening to him.

"Fuck! Stop shouting and run!"

Some even yelled at him, causing veins to pop up on his forehead, making him grit his teeth in anger.

This is what was going to happen now?!

He could clearly see some people—the weaker ones—getting crushed under the feet of the strong ones who were in a hurry to just run away from here.

"Hey! Cover for me! Let me run!"

It was then that he saw a black-haired guy grabbing the collar of another, shouting at the guy with light brown hair, asking the man to become a cover for him, but...

"Wtf?! If I will cover for you, then who will cover for me?!"

*Baam*

The brown-haired guy just punched the black-haired guy, causing blood to splurt out of his mouth, and as soon as that happened, the chaos paused.

The next moment, something happened—something that made a ruthless glint pass through the eyes of every person in the area.

"NOOOO—!"

Ragha saw the scene playing in front of him, and he hurriedly tried to stop it as well, but before he could even complete his words...

*Squelch!*

Another sound—the sick sound of flesh and bones being pierced through—echoed through the area, and the black-haired guy, with blood pouring out his mouth, stood up straight with a bloody grin.

"Oh, you will become a shield for me; if not alive, then dead is fine as well."

He spoke as he caught the staggering body of the brown-haired guy, who was still unable to comprehend what had happened.

"Wha...?"

The brown-haired guy's palm moved toward his abdomen, the place where he could see blood streaming down from, but before he could even think of something...

*Slash*

"Don't 'wha' me, just die, mf!"

The black-haired one slashed his knife again, directly decapitating the brown-haired guy.

*Thud*

The head of the guy, with an expression of confusion plastered over it, fell to the ground with a light thud, and as if it were the horn of war, a chaos greater than before broke out.

Ragha, on the other hand, just stood rooted in his spot, many things passing through his mind as he looked at the situation, making it impossible for him to think straight.

"Are they the ones you want to fight for...?"

It was then that he heard a cold voice from an inch behind him. He shivered, his eyes widened, and his hair stood rigid as he jumped away from where he was standing.