The orb of light in his mind clearly showed that the number of traits he could equip had increased from two to four!
"This is great news!" He Xi thought excitedly. "I was just worrying that I'd accumulated several useful traits but could only equip two. It was so awkward. Now I've got a little more room to work with!"
At the same time, he noticed a detail he hadn't paid much attention to before: the attribute bonuses he'd gained by extracting traits—the +2 Strength from [Savage Charge] and the +2 Constitution from [Thick Skin]—seemed to be permanently bound to him.
Even if he removed these traits from his equipment slots and replaced them with others, those attribute points wouldn't disappear.
"So the attribute points these two traits provide are added permanently the instant I obtain them?"
"They're not an effect of equipping the traits, but a one-time reward for acquiring them!"
"Though even if I get another [Thick Skin] in the future, it probably won't give me another 2 points of Constitution."
"Attribute rewards from the same trait probably only take effect once."
"Even so, this is already incredibly powerful," He Xi thought with satisfaction.
This meant that in the future, he could hand traits with attribute bonuses to Bruce or someone else without hesitation, without worrying that doing so would reduce his permanent attributes.
After checking the pleasant surprises from his level and traits, He Xi's gaze fell on the last entry in his status bar.
[Salamachis's Contract: Your Bloodline Power will be extracted in 4 hours and 22 minutes.]
"It's around 7:20 p.m. now... So it'll take effect in a little over four hours, around midnight."
"So..."
"That means..."
A flash of inspiration struck him, and he suddenly realized something.
"Was the original owner of this