Is it Wrong to Copy Abilities in Apocalypse?
Chapter 136 - 136: CHAPTER 135 - Leaving the Castle.

(10 minutes later.)

'15 minutes.'

Alex muttered inwardly, sitting on the body of an elephantine beast with the head of a goat.

15 minutes—that was how long it took for Alex to clear the castle.

Now, clearing the castle didn't mean killing every single beast within the castle; it meant having at least one relic or artifact retrieved from its rooms.

Right now, Alex was in the second room of the castle that he had cleared.

His eyes moved toward the last beast that had its eyes half open, staring at Alex with fury and hunger, as it groaned in agony.

Just like the last room, Alex had cleared this room by using his arrow and hell-bound touch, leaving all of the beasts dead or at least gravely injured.

This time, however, he left one of the beasts half-dead as he found out a problem that he would have to face if he were to kill every being within the room.

If all the beasts within the room were killed, the room would crumble, leaving nothing behind.

Alex was quick enough to escape the room before it vanished, so all he saw was the door vanishing from the hall, leaving nothing but the wall in its place.

All he could do was not make the same mistake again, as he didn't know what would happen to those who were still inside the room by the time it imploded.

It was within his fortune that he found the artifact hidden within that room before escaping, or he would've had to leave that room empty-handed.

The destruction that the beasts had caused made the artifact fall out of the drawer it was hidden within.

Unfortunately for him, he didn't find any artifacts or relics in this room, no matter how hard he tried to find one.

The good thing, however, was that he had time in his hands, at least until the beast, who was still letting out groans and whimpers of pain, was still alive.

*Tap*

Alex jumped down, off the corpse of the beast he was sitting upon, sighing at his bad luck before he moved closer to the only beast left alive in the room.

*Step**Step*...

His eyes scanned the beast's body one last time.

[[Name: Unnamed Elephram.

Race: Elephram.

Title: --

Stats:

→ Strength – Level 25 (Tier 1)

→ Defense – Level 23 (Tier 1)

→ Agility – Level 21 (Tier 1)

→ Stamina – Level 25 (Tier 1)

→ Mana – Level 23 (Tier 1)

Skills:

→ Stampede of Thunder (Rare): The beast, with its large body, could cause the earth itself to tremble, and its affinity to thunder only makes it more dangerous for its enemies.

– Mad Charge - The beast's agility, which is its weakness, gets boosted by a lot as thunder runs through its body, taking its enemies by surprise.

– Tremor - The beast's weight makes it possible for it to have its enemies stumble as it rushes at them, making them an easier target for its mad charge.

→ Mountain's Endurance (Rare): Elephram is a large beast with a huge amount of stamina, and it could use its stamina to its advantage.

– Stamina Heal - The beast can burn its stamina to heal its body.

– Prolonged Battle Boost - The longer the battle goes on, the faster its body heals, increasing its endurance.

→ Stonehide (Uncommon): Its hide, which is that of a strong beast, protects it from physical harm, but only to a certain degree.

]]

The beast was strong—not something Alex could hope to defeat in frontal combat—but it was again within his luck that the beasts were frenzied and he had the boost of the TFO (The First Ones) title.

*Slice*

With a clean strick, Alex slit the beast's throat, taking away its ability to breathe.

*Gurggle*

The beast's body twitched as it choked on its own blood before it went still. Dead.

Alex sighed as he moved out of the room, trying to find another one filled with low-level beasts, as he had only been able to find one artifact and had already lost 15 minutes.

But even though he didn't get an artifact or relic from this room, he wasn't leaving empty-handed, as he got the knowledge of the fact that it is not always a guarantee that a room will have an artifact or relic hidden within.

Just like this room, there was a chance that there would be nothing inside.

With that noted in his mind, Alex started moving from one room to another, trying to see if there was any other room with low-level beasts remaining in the castle.

The castle was surprisingly small from the inside, having only one floor, even though it looked the size of a multistorey from the outside.

But there was one thing that made up for its size, and it was that the hallway of the castle extended for around a kilometer, although the width of the castle looked to be around 100 or 200 meters from the outside.

Alex went through every single room, and although he did find some rooms with below-level-30 beasts within them, he didn't step in as they were level 25+ beasts—not something Alex would want to face unless he didn't have a choice.

Now one would think, when everyone all around the world was trying to be as stealthy as possible, entering the rooms, and leaving after searching through the free drawers, why was Alex killing the beasts?

The answer was simple: Because he was capable of doing so.

The ones who weren't doing it were just too weak to even face the level 20+ beasts, which seemed to be the lowest level the beast within the castle had.

As for the highest level of the beast?

Well, Alex had seen levels 50 and 60 beasts within this castle already, and their breath alone was enough to send quakes within his body.

So, Alex would just hold his breath and close the door the moment he pushed it open, too shaken to even look at the beasts' stats—as that was the only thing he could see with his analytic eyes.

One thing about those rooms was that there were one or maybe two—mostly one—beasts in those rooms, sleeping soundly.

But no matter how many doors Alex opened, none of them turned out to be low-leveled; all of them had 25+ leveled beasts, so he decided that it was time for him to move to the next castle.

With the artifact he got from the first room in his inventory, Alex marched toward the entrance of the castle, ready to leave.

If he couldn't find a room with low-leveled beasts in this castle, then he would just move to the next one; he already had the entry and exit pass—the artifact.

One artifact was all this scenario asked one to have, and they could enter and leave any and every castle whenever they wanted to.

So, with a last fleeting glance at the insides of the castle, Alex moved out, but the moment he came out of the entrance...

"HAND OVER WHATEVER YOU HAVE—!"

A loud, demanding yell was heard, causing Alex to squint his eyes as a frosty glint flashed past his eyes.

*Grip*

His dagger appeared in his palm, held with a strong grip, ready to face some new adversaries.

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