[PENDANT OF DRAVEN - TEMPORARY LEVEL 3]
[STAT LIMITATIONS TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED]
[WARNING: MORTAL VESSEL STRAIN INCREASING]
[TIME LIMIT: UNKNOWN - RECOMMEND MINIMIZING DURATION]
The warnings scrolled past as Jack's stats transformed before his eyes:
[Strength: 350 (+100)]
[Stamina: 350 (+45)]
[Agility: 350 (+45)]
[Vitality: 350 (+25)]
[Endurance: 350 (+30)]
[Magic: 400 (+90)]
[HP:18,750]
[MP: 4,000]
The numbers should have felt empowering. It should have filled him with confidence that bordered on invincibility. But Jack's enhanced perception recognized something the raw statistics didn't convey. These were still mortal measurements, merely elevated.
Impressive by human standards, catastrophic compared to his baseline, but ultimately finite.
