The System's low hum crawled across Jack's nerves like static electricity before a storm.
[DANGER ASSESSMENT COMPLETE]
[Bound creatures cannot actively harm their host.]
[Power reading: UNSTABLE.]
[Sovereign-class entity previously detected on this floor.]
So it was him.
The "Sovereign-class entity" the System had warned about the moment they stepped onto Floor 24 hadn't been some prowling beast in the wilderness.
Jack exhaled slowly, forcing his breath through his chest that felt tight enough to crack.
Sovereign class.
'If I were stupid enough to try a binding right now… what would it even cost?'
[Binding Cost]
[Pest | 2,500 Tokens]
[Wretch | 5,000 Tokens]
[Vile | 10,000 Tokens]
[Terror | 25,000 Tokens]
[Dread | 50,000 Tokens]
[Nightmare | 100,000 Tokens]
[Disaster | 150,000 Tokens]
[Sovereign | 250,000 Tokens]
[Emperor | 1,000,000 Tokens]
[Tyrant | 10,000,000 Tokens]
Jack's stomach gave a slow, sickening twist as the numbers burned themselves into his vision.
