'What's up with it?' Mark asked telepathically.
In front of him, floated what looked like a glitching screen.
[Your Stats, and therefore, your Status Window cannot currently be shown.]
'Why not? How long has it been this way? I haven't checked my Stats for a while now. Is it the same for my Underlings' Stats-'
[Analyzing...]
'What? Can't think of a convincing answer?' Mark asked.
His slight annoyance was obvious.
[Stats are a way to express numerically one's relative strength.]
'So?'
[The Stats you were previously shown or assigned reflect your strength inside the Dungeon.]
'So, if I understand right, what you're saying is that...'
A sinking feeling started settling in.
'My Stats outside of here are actually lower?'
[Much lower.]
The Monster named Mark started laughing out loud.
'I guess me and my Underlings having Stats with values surpassing 4000 should have made it obvious.'
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