Mantle of the Gods [LitRPG / Slow Burn / FTB Harem]

Trent was trying to summon Mive.

My heart felt like it was beating in my throat. "Why?"

"Because Tres is worried about him." Trent looked at Astrid like he was debating knocking her out. "He hasn't heard from Mive in a decade, and he is afraid that something has happened."

I was confused. "How could something have happened?" I motioned around. "The city hasn't been desolated."

"That's why he hasn't come himself." Trent looked at Astrid. "Do you know what happened to him?"

The golden woman looked terrified as she shook her head.

"A yes then." Trent rubbed his chin. "Does it have something to do with your little stunt tonight?"

Rix was barely able to catch her as she passed out.

"Also a yes…" Trent looked at Rix. "Lay her on the floor and…" He turned around and put his hands over Whisper's eyes.

The other man tried to scream and struggled as something black covered his eyes. I would have guessed that he would have tried to pull it off, but that same black stuff pinned Whisper's arms to the side of the RV.

"Keep struggling and I'll have to knock you out until you're needed." Trent patted Whisper on the cheek.

"Why did you do that?" I looked at Astrid. "Is she going to be okay?"

"I did that because I didn't think you'd want him to see this…" Trent ripped Astrid's shirt open. I was about to protest when I saw what he'd been looking for.

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There was a black crest above her heart like the one above mine. Except this one had a dark green face on it with what looked like tentacles for a beard instead of weapons like I had on the seal over my heart. I looked at Trent. "Is she a..?"

"The PK shorted it out, which is the only reason why it's visible." Trent looked over at Rix. "Was that why you fed her the kill?"

"I thought you'd be mad if I got any more experience before you put a limiter on my CB." Rix shook her head. "I didn't think it was this bad."

"What is that?" Ether was standing on her knees in the booth.

Oz had gotten up to come see, but Fray was trying to hide in the corner.

"Mhmah!" Whisper was looking around. "Mhmah!"

"It's…" He turned to the other two women, and I saw what he was about to do.

"No!" I moved in between him and them. I met his eyes. "They need to know what this is eventually."

Trent eyed me for a moment. "You realize that if one of the Gods gets their hands on them, they'll do to them what I'm about to do to her?"

I took a deep breath, and it felt like ice. "Then let them decide."

I stepped out of the way.

"Atlas…?" Ether looked at me.

"It's about to get deeper." It almost felt like a betrayal. Fray and Gesai hadn't been brought into this yet, but it felt like a pretty good time to do it with almost everyone together. "You know the general picture, but we have to talk details…" I took her hand. "This is a huge ask. Bigger than just keeping it a secret of what we are." I looked at Rix, then back at her. "I have an idea of what he's about to do." I looked at Oz. "And it's going to be worse than what he did to Gesai. If you take this step, you're going to have to get a seal like this, but it also means that if you're ever captured, then you'll know exactly what the Gods will do to you to get the information you have from you."

"I'll do it." Oz straightened. "I'm with you."

Ether was staring at Astrid and nodded. "I need to know."

The way she said it made me very uneasy. I tried to reach for her, but she flinched. I pulled my hand away and blinked back the tears in my eyes. I knew this day was coming. I just hoped she'd understand.