[The system demands ninety percent of the Host's vitality]
The reply came almost energetically, as though the system itself found amusement in what it had just proposed.
Asher sat dumbfounded as he read the system's message; he was too speechless to even reply to the system, his thoughts momentarily blank from the sheer absurdity of the demand.
'Did the system get corrupted? Or perhaps this has always been its true color, some sort of succubus of some sort?' Asher couldn't help but think to himself, his suspicion growing as he examined the situation from different angles.
If it had asked for lifespan, Asher might have considered it, but lifespan and vitality were two entirely different things, separated by a fundamental distinction that could not be ignored.
