Chapter 87: Fort Return

“Shit. Another attack!” the captain cursed. He barked to his men, gathering them.

“Send all the wounded here. Move the field hospital closer to the wall—we have a healing symbiote user!”

Hiro would have preferred the captain not to overestimate his abilities. His healing was powerful, but it had limits—namely, his cell storage.

Cell storage usually felt irrelevant to Hiro since he rarely spent time outside his hosts, and they rarely starved. but it didn’t just cap his healing, it also limited how much of his body he could manifest outside his core. Without it, he couldn’t extend his tentacles properly.

And that was important.

Unfortunately, Hiro couldn’t speak, so he had no way to voice his concerns.

“Should I help?” Nana asked.

“Yes—but don’t get too close,” the commander replied.

When they reached the wall, the assault from the Tentacle Forest had intensified. Massive creatures—rhino-like monsters—charged out of the trees. Each bore the same flower-like growth