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

Whisper sat down next to Fray.

I could see the way she tensed up that she wanted to be anywhere else, but he'd boxed her in, and she wasn't going to climb over him.

"I can't believe Trent has a Hunter…" Whisper shook his head. "And a Godling on the same team. Mavery has to be sweating..." He looked at me, then in the direction that Rix had gone. "They're really doing it."

"Doing what?" Oz scowled at him.

"Taking on the Primus…" Whisper smiled widely, "And the two of you are going to be their weapons."

"How do you know about the Primus?" From what I understood a very small number of people knew what they were.

"Most people will say they're a myth, like Elves or Dragons, but for a few people, they are very real." He clenched his fist. "All I will tell you is that I know someone they took out."

"Who?" Oz didn't seem to believe him.

"The deal is within reason." Whisper shook his head. "There's no reason for you to know that."

"Then I think you're all talk." Oz scowled.

"You don't like me." Whisper eyed the raven-haired woman next to me.

"You beat one of my friends almost to death in front of me." Her green eyes glared at him. "Why should I like you?"

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"I saved that kid's life!" Whisper raised his voice. "Do you know what Gilma was compelled to do since he made it that far?" He looked between the two of us. "It was a lot more final than what I did to him. Will he have nightmares about it for a few years? Sure. But he'll be alive to have those nightmares." He poked his finger on the table.

"She wouldn't have been able to do anything if you hadn't stopped Yhan…" Oz sat back in her seat.

"If Yhan would have been able to kill her, do you know what would have happened?" Whisper eyed both of us. "That bunker would have gone into lockdown until Sipher came back and opened it up." He shook his head. "And do you think he would have been merciful?" The bandit shook his head. "I helped Glima clear out that bunker so you could find a legitimate way to escape while taking out any of the bandits that would have refused to leave." He had a smug smile on his face. "I saved you then like I saved you in Wurn and how I saved you…" He looked at his CB. "Yesterday."

"You wanted him to get free…" I looked over at Oz. "He brought him there so one of us would let him out!" I was upset and I'd just found a reason to vent it on him. "You brought him there to die!"

Whisper looked confused. "That's a weird way to say thank you."

"Why should I say thank you..?!"

"Do you know how hard it is to find a Noble that is worth kidnapping that will actually get their hands dirty?" Whisper shook his head. "Most will happily order others to do their killing for them, but when it comes time to get that PK tag, they can't do it." He looked at me. "I know you looked in those crates. I took those off of him when I nabbed him. He might have been registered as a Merchant, but he was a smuggler. I did the Ward a favor by setting him up to be taken off the board."

"You…" I shook my head. "Why?"

"Why what?" Whisper looked strained.

"Why try to save us?"

Oz looked at me like I'd just wasted one of my three wishes.

Whisper was mulling over the answer in his head. "Because…" He shook his head as he changed what he was going to say. "Because I thought it might make up for some of the things I've done."

None of us could say anything until the door opened and Rix walked in with Sydney Faeru.