Explosive growth

With a single mental command, I made my choice and prompted my system to implement all the changes that I kept on hold ever since I completed the "Bounties of the Forest" mission set. 

And merely a second too late, I admitted to my own idiocy, as the surge of power in my muscles reminded me of what accepting all of those generous benefits means. 

'Shit!'

In the moment of desperation, I reached out for the lesser of the two evils and invoked my "Eye of Time", hoping it would be enough. 

Between the rapid growth of my attributes and the activation of the skill, the time appeared to slow down…

Or rather, my perception of it grew faster, leading to the illusion of time dilation. And in the fraction of a second that it bought me, I did the only thing that I could to save the day.