Seventeen hours until the Executioner arrived.
Rama stood in the training facility, running combat drills despite Sekar's objections. Without champion status, his stats had dropped significantly. His reaction time was slower. His damage output reduced. His defensive skills less effective.
He was strong by normal standards—Level 50 was nothing to dismiss. But against a Level 143 entity, he was a liability.
"You need to rest," Sekar said from the observation deck.
"I need to train. My body has to remember how to fight without champion enhancements." He blocked a simulated attack, his timing slightly off. "I've been relying on champion reflexes for weeks. Now I'm back to baseline."
"You're still recovering from having zero HP six hours ago."
"Then I recover while training." He struck the simulation target, noting how his sword moved slower without champion-enhanced Agility. "The Executioner comes in seventeen hours. I can rest when it's dead."
