Chapter 114: The Mountain

It had been a long time since Hiro died. He had thought that as long as his hosts were safe, his core inside their wombs would be protected. He had sacrificed several cores before when his girls were conquering the dungeon to distract monsters, but it was the first time he had died from a curse.

Rebecca turned to her stomach, sensing a strange emptiness there. Hiro’s death had left her empty. She felt a strange sense of loss.

“Hiro?” she called. Almost panicking.

“Rebecca, are you okay?” Cecile came to her as the soldiers gathered themselves.

Hiro used the chance to create another core and slipped inside Rebecca.

“Hiro!!” Rebecca cried out as a familiar bulge slipped into her womb. She then hugged him tightly. She was worried. She was just a mediocre mage. She wasn’t worthy of wielding Hiro. All she had was him. Even then, she felt she lagged behind compared