"Sending our people to Earth was not the hard part. The real difficulty was transforming this region—making a place cold enough for us to live. A world like yours has no natural climate fit for our survival."
Victor narrowed his eyes. "So what did you do?"
Rhozan swallowed hard.
"To alter Earth's environment, to create a land resembling our old world… the forbidden spell demanded a sacrifice. Not of mana. Not of resources. But of life."
Victor felt something cold crawl down his spine.
"Whose life?" he asked, though he already dreaded the answer.
Rhozan's voice broke.
"Ten pregnant Kahr'uun."
Victor's face froze.
Rhozan voice trembled as the truth spilled out.
"No pregnant woman willingly agrees to die… to give up the child in her womb. Our leaders knew this. They also knew that without the sacrifice, the fleeing remnants of our race would perish almost as soon as we arrived here."
Victor's fists clenched.
