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

I threw the RV into drive.

"GESAI, FIGURE OUT WHERE SYDNEY FAERU LIVES! FRAY, TELL OZ AND ETHER THAT THEY CAN BE MAD AT ME LATER, BUT WE NEED THEM OUT HERE!"

Gesai got up and grabbed the wheel. "You need to let me drive."

I had a feeling she knew that whichever way we were supposed to go, I was going to drive by to check on the others.

"Justia said to run. You need to trust that she wouldn't say that flippantly." Gesai pulled me out of the driver's seat. "Look up where the Faeru estate is while I get us somewhere else."

Oz and Ether hurried out of the bathroom in front of Fray.

"What's going on?" Ether knelt down by Trent.

"He tried to go into her seal, and this happened." Rix was wiping the sweat off his face, but he didn't look good.

"I called Justia to get them to move because I thought that someone was going to go to the house after the mess we made, and she told me to run." I was a little surprised that all of those words hadn't run together.

"What were you saying about the Faeru Estate?" Oz looked very concerned.

"Trent said that we can trust him, and he says that's a safe place." I nodded at Whisper. My hands were shaking so much that I couldn't type.

"How do you know that it's not a trap?" Ether looked at Rix.

"Because if it's a trap, I'll cut his heart out." The golden woman glared at the bandit.

Whisper tilted his head and mumbled something.

"Can someone look up where we're going? I'm having trouble typing." I looked out the front windshield. Actually, there was the card I had been planning on using, but I wasn't sure how smart it was.

"Actually, wait…" I navigated my contact information until I landed on the person who had sent us on this cursed mission.

The blonde-haired, blue-eyed, dark-skinned God appeared on my half of the windshield. "Atlas! What...? Tres leaned forward in his seat. "What happened?!?"

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"Trent was asking Astrid questions, and she passed out. We found a seal on her like mine, but because Rix got her to PK someone earlier, we know she's not a deity." It seemed like a better word than listing all the possibilities. "Trent tried to go inside it, and now he's unconscious. And Justia told me to run. Probably because someone came to the house after Trent blew up a bunch of stuff to send Mive a message, but now we don't know where is a safe place to hide!"

"You have Whisper???" Tres was looking around the RV.

"Trent restrained him, but he said we can trust him, but I don't know if we should, and he said go to Sydney Faeru, but I don't know if it's safe…"

"Atlas." Tres interrupted me. "Breathe." He looked around me. "Hunter, show me the other girl's mark."

Rix scooted over and picked Astrid up from behind.

"That's good, you can put her down. And you should probably cover her up…" Tres shook his head. "Videt."

The restraints around Whisper's face fell off. The bandit glared at us, but he had a deep scowl on his face as he looked at the front.

"Tres." There was venom in every letter Whisper spoke.

"You're bound to obey." Tres glared at the bandit.

"Don't do that…" Whisper saw who Tres was talking to. "No. Please, anyone else."

"Anyone?" Tres smiled, and I didn't know what was being exchanged between them, but I could tell that the God had some kind of control over him. "Fine. You are bound to obey and protect the Hunter."

There was a look of dread on his face and a look of satisfaction on Rix's.

"Videt."

The rest of the restraint fell off as Tres spoke the word.

"One of these days…" Whisper began, and I could tell there was more he was trying to say, but nothing was coming out.

"He'll do whatever you tell him to within reason." Tres was looking at Rix. "He'll protect you until I cancel the contract, but don't push him too far, and there is one big thing to know about him. He can't knowingly kill someone. So don't send him into a situation where he has to kill someone or give him that order."

Tres looked at Whisper. "There's also a limit to what you can make him tell you. Is it safe for them to go to the Faeru estate?"

"No." Whisper looked panicked. "But it is safe to go to Sydney Faeru!"

"Why?" I looked at the bandit.

"Not my secret to tell." Whisper shook his head.

"Do you know where she lives?" Rix took over the questioning.

"Yes."

"Is it safe to go there?" Rix seemed to enjoy having the bandit do what she said.

Whisper looked pained. "She is safe. I don't know if her house will be at this moment."

I realized that everyone was looking at me. "It seems like as good of an idea as any."