Chapter 397
As the crowd waited for Mercury they talked about his legend. They said that those who'd displeased him were punished. One person had his skin removed and for the briefest moment there was a human form, of blood. The longer this took the angrier the crowd got. Then Mercury arrived, but he seemed weak. Older thieves remembered him being much stronger than this, almost god-like. Although weak Mercury gave a piece of the Chalice of life to Wesley. Then he died. This being, who had once been worshipped like a gog, had died. Wesley, Riley, Fred, feared that the First evil had killed Mercury to prevent him from helping them. This evil was strong enough to kill a god. There was also an immediated threat. The crowd seemed to blame Wesley's group for Mercury's death. They had placed their faith in him to help alleviate their despair, now he was gone. They would pay.