Richard sighed, pushing away the lingering frustration from his System Shop window-shopping. He needed more SP, that was clear. And his stats, impressive as they were, still felt... finite. He accessed the System Shop again, specifically navigating to the 'Stat Point' exchange. He'd crossed the 100-point threshold in his attributes, and the System had informed him that each subsequent +1 now cost 10 available Stat Points. He grimly suspected it would scale again at 1000.
The exchange rate materialized, a block of glowing text that nearly made him vomit his breakfast.
[ 1 Stat Point = 1000 SP ]
"What the fuck?!" he choked, leaning back, eyes wide. "How is that so expensive?!"
The System's voice echoed in his mind, laced with its characteristic digital condescension. [ If you want to stat your way up to godhood level, earn more SP. ]
