Chapter 114: A Tale of Tragedy (1/2)

He looked straight at Gavin's lukewarm eyes and got his answer, ”Uncle Todd.”

...…..

His soft words were heard by everyone, including the trio.

Being familiar with Uncle Todd, they exclaimed, while fighting, ”What?”

Refusing to believe what he heard, Nico asked again, ”Who did you say died?”

A drop of tear dripped down Gavin's cheeks as he thought about the matter again.

In a fit of annoyance, he shouted, to no one in particular, ”I said it was Uncle Todd, alright!”

He wanted to break out of the formation and continued killing as many zombies as he could find, but his last ounce of sanity kept him in line.

Meanwhile, Nico couldn't process the information he had just received, 'Uncle Todd….he is…..dead…..'

It has more been more than half a year since he first met Uncle Todd.

The first time they met, the charismatic man saved him, his sister, Jake, and Jaya's life, introducing them to the real world of cultivation with his [Boulder Fist] technique.

Months after that, they met again for their journey to the capital and the man was still as lively as ever.

Uncle Todd had instructed them, before the competition, and even pointed out his flaws after he was eliminated.

It could be seen that Nico well respected the man called Todd Elliot and had a teacher-like relationship with him, along with the rest of the Pinesun group that came to the capital.

Hearing such a man had died caused an emotional turmoil in the minds of the trio.

Despite not knowing for more than a year, his impact on their life way out-valued the impact one can make in another person's life in under a year.

While they didn't descend into tears, they were immensely sad as the man had now departed from the world of the living.

Wanting to know more, but being careful with it, Nico softly asked Gavin, ”How did he die?”

After killing a zombie that lunged at him, Gavin, ”A while ago.....”

Listening to his words, Nico understood everything.

It turned out a while ago, Gavin was recruited to the army.

Due to his strength and upbringing, he was easily promoted to knight rank after a month.

That filled him with a lot of responsibilities and made him busy, absent from the guest house, where the Pinesun group stayed.

However, when it all happened, that is exactly today, Gavin was off-duty.

So, he took the time to spend it with his uncle, not knowing that he chose the wrong time.

That was when things turned sour.

Coincidences linked up with one another and Gavin found the guest house invaded by zombies.

With his experience, Gavin fought well to protect the building but was later overcome by the sheer number of zombies.

He tried to escape with the rest of the Pinesun group but was cornered by five [Gray Eye Zombie] that were already used to their abilities.

Being the only one that was at [Realm-2], Gavin couldn't take on the five zombies.

He easily got overwhelmed by their sheer strength of the zombie.

In less than a minute, he was beaten up so badly that it would have led to his death, if not for his uncle intervening.

Using himself as bait, Uncle Todd attracted the zombies and shouted at Gavin to led the Pinesun group out.