Chapter 171: Awe

"Hey!"

"Wake up right now!"

"Is he dead?"

"Stop wishing him death!"

"Just asking."

The voices which I was hearing appeared distant yet they were so close. It seemed my senses had been blurred or I was existing in a hazy world. I didn't know if I was dead or in the data state where I would be respawning after some time but the experience didn't seem good at all.

"Let's not allow him to die, he helped us a lot!"

"We would have taken care of ourselves."

"Don't be so cold hearted, John. You were running as a coward when he asked us to flee."

"Everyone would have done the same."

These voices kept on becoming ethereal and I didn't know what was happening. Where was I? Was I dying? I was capable of thinking in my state but I wasn't capable of sensing anything clearly. I could only hear voices but they sounded very distant.

"I can't die..." I parted my lips to finally say something. It was as if a kind of weight had been placed on my lips to prevent me from saying anything. I was glad that I