Chapter 117: The Sea of Despair(1) (1/2)

While Nico was finding the actual appearance of his opponent fun, the others weren't!

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Gavin was not having the best day.

Every event seemed to aggregate the helpless feeling he possessed inside him.

If not for him having a mission, he would have opted to commit suicide all along.

At this point in his life, it was nothing more than just a release. A blissful release from the pain.

In a span of mere hours, his face had turned to an unhealthy shade of yellow and multiple bite marks were on his dark lips, indicating that he had been inflicting pain to himself.

His sickly complexion became more pallid as he saw the true appearance of the opponent he was meant to face.

”Josh…,” Gavin stammered.

He instantly regretted being curious at his opponent's true face.

Of all the people he didn't want to see him this way, Josh was at the top of the list.

After he had lost to Josh in the competition, months ago, Gavin had descended into depression.

He was only cheered up when his uncle told him he was not done yet, that he could still defeat Josh...….yet, his uncle was now dead.

His uncle was either among another horde of zombies or was lying dead on the floor of the guest house. Either way, he was dead!

Looking at his former best friend, Gavin wryly smiled, ”What are you doing here?”

It seemed Josh shared the same sentiment as the latter softly replied, ”To stop any attempt of delaying the invasion.”

He walked closer to Gavin and explained, ”We acted as baits to attract the attention of the Aztec forces, who were still deciding whether to apprehend us or not. We distracted them as the zombies broke into the capital.”

Scrunching his brows, Gavin asked, ”Why are you telling me this?”

Shaking off his emotion, Joshua warned, ”To make you understand that this is not the competition, where things are still within rules. This is a matter of life and death and you are free to turn back.”

Gavin couldn't deny that he was tempted to run away.

However, where would he go to?

Did he still have a home to go to?

Could he even betray the remaining friends that he had left?

He pursed his lips together and faked a smile, ”I can't go.”

”I thought as much,” sighed Joshua.

He stared at Gavin for a few seconds and cautiously asked, ”Who did you lose?”

He had known Gavin since he was young and this was the first time he saw such a dead expression on his face.

The only thing close to it was the expression Gavin showed when he lost his pet. So, Joshua was able to put two and two together and figure out the reason for Gavin's current expression.

However, he did not expect those two words that came out of Gavin's mouth, ”Uncle Todd...”

Joshua tried to understand those two words and the two of them engaged in a battle of silence.

It was barely up to half a minute before Gavin broke the silence.

Bluffing his emotions, he forcefully laughed, ”Hahahaha.”

It was unknown whether he was laughing at himself or at Nico.

He then dropped a bomb that submerged Nico deep into the sea of despair, ”Pinseun City is gone, along with all the other cities”