Is it Wrong to Copy Abilities in Apocalypse?
Chapter 139 - 139: CHAPTER 138 - Temporal Internal Projection.

<This skill sits well with mapping.>

A message covered in golden tint, flashed past the eyes of a guy with blood-red hair and frosty golden eyes.

*Step**Step*...

It was Alex, and right now, he was walking away from the castle, not even sparing a glance at the guy he had just killed.

It was Amarjeet, his head tumbling down the path as if it had just fallen to the ground with a look of shock and horror etched on his face.

'Hm.'

Alex nodded inwardly. That is the only reason he delayed Amarjeet's death for this long.

The skill temporal aura perception was a heroic-ranked skill with three subskills.

[[Temporal Aura Perception (Heroic) (Level 2—Tier 1) - A skill that lets one know the events that took place in a certain place.

→ Internal Projection: This lets the user see the events that took place in a certain area by expending mana; the amount of mana needed is dependent on the area being covered, and the power level of the one being projected.

→ External Projection: This lets the user do the same thing as the one above, with the only difference being that others could also see the projection; this skill burns a lot of mana.

→ Heightened Perception: The user's perception is heightened, crossing the humane limits, making it possible to sense the presence of beings within a certain distance.

]]

It was a good skill, especially for tracking purposes or laying traps.

Alex, however, just wanted the 'internal projection' skill as it was something that could help him a lot.

That skill showed the projection of auras of the beings that were in the surroundings or had been there, not showing the terrain.

His mapping skill, on the other hand, showed the terrain and not the beings, so once they were used together, Alex could fight with his eyes closed.

[[Temporal Internal Projection (Heroic): Lets the user know the events that took place within a fixed area; the amount of mana required increases the larger the area is and the farther back in the past the event took place.

]]

Yes, it would be a bit harder as the internal projection only showed the past projections, i.e., something that had already happened, but if he could guess the position his enemies were in a second ago, then making out their next move would be way easier than just shooting arrows randomly.

The external projection and heightened perception, however, were not something Alex really wanted.

The external projection in particular was useless to him, as he wasn't going to expend his mana just so he could show the projection of the past events to someone else.

As for the heightened perception? Well, Alex already had beastly instincts, and it was enough for him.

*Thud*

A low, muffled thud of Amarjeet's body, which was still on its knees, falling to the ground, was heard, but Alex didn't even cast a fleeting glance at it and rushed forward.

*Woosh*

It was time for him to clear some more rooms, in some more castles.

*Step**Step*...

He ran at his full speed, which was 220 km/h as of now.

The chilli air of the starry night brushed past his skin, sending a cool sensation down his body, making him relax a bit, and formulate the plans he had for the next castle in his mind.

It didn't even take him 3 minutes before he arrived at the entrance of the next castle.

*Rustle*

His ears twitched and his eyes sharpened as he heard the rustle from the bushes a bit far away from the entrance of the castle.

It was as if someone was trying to hide within them.

Alex, who had some idea of who they could be, frowned a bit before his brows relaxed as a new idea sprouted in his head.

*Step**Step*...

He entered the castle with light and cautious steps, fully aware of the fact that there were some people inside—humans who arrived here before him.

*Whoop*

He felt like passing through a dense, invisible wall of air, stepping into the threshold of the castle before his eyes sharpened.

*Gasp* Xn

"I-It's him, right?"

"I-I think so..."

"Is he going to k-kill us all?"

"Shouldn't we inform Baldev about him?"

"B-But he's trying to get another item!"

There were around 10 to 12 humans inside, moving from one door to another, trying to find a room they thought would be easier to enter.

But there were two people, children to be exact, who looked to be around 12—twins from the way they looked identical—and were doing nothing.

Both of them had the exact same looks, be it their light brown hair left unattended for who knows how long, or their black eyes tinted with green, filled with a sly yet curious glint.

The moment Alex, entered though, everyone had their eyes turn toward him, only to have them widen as a gasp left their lips, including the twins.

The twins, however, seemed more surprised than anyone else, and by mistake, one of the twins said something he shouldn't have.

The moment the last line from one of the twins was heard, the gazes, which were focused on Alex, turned toward them, a malevolent light flashing past every pair of eyes.

"Did they say 'another'?"

"I think they did..."

"That means they have one item."

"Why don't I take it for safekeeping?"

One after another, several whispers echoed through the area; the humans, who were trying to look for a perfect room to enter, had all changed their minds.

Their eyes were warily glancing at each other, while their focus remained on the twins, not wanting to lose to someone else, but Alex's expression remained unchanged.

*Step**Step*...

He just moved forward, ignoring whatever was happening here; his gaze did pause the twins for a while, but that was all he did.

He didn't care what happened here, as he was unrelated to all of them, be it the adults or the twins.

Alex's actions, however, caused the adults' bodies to tense, as the first thing they thought was that he was aiming for the same thing as they were.

For a second, even the twins, who didn't seem to be bothered by the 10 pairs of eyes, had their expression turn grim, but then it relaxed as they saw Alex walking past them, moving toward the first floor.

From Alex's observation, he could tell that the humans were trying to look for the rooms with the lowest number of beasts, completely oblivious to the fact that those beasts were the strongest, and if they were to wake up, then one wouldn't even be able to run away.

But who would tell them that?

Every human was sharing information with each other in the world chat, sure, but not every hypothesis humans would come up with would be true.

Alex had been observing the world chat as well, as it was good to be up to date with the things going on around the world.

<Their ability isn't something to be ignored, Alex.>

The AI, on the other hand, couldn't get its focus away from the twins, as they had an ability that could be very useful for Alex, who didn't trust humans.

'I'm still thinking about it...'

Alex, however, just shook his head, as he wasn't really sure if that skill was something he wanted or not.

*Creak*

With that being his last thought, he pushed open the first door he found—a door that every human in the castle was keeping away from as if it were a plague.