(Eris POV)
"Ok… I know we jus' went and said all that and all, but do we even have any idea on how we're gunna take this bozo down?" Bait asked.
"Location… Unknown…" Laverna muttered.
After we had left Master's courtyard to hunt down the bastard, we went back to the trash's room but of course he wasn't there waiting for us anymore.
We then decided to split up into groups to find the idiot where we would send a signal to the others if we managed to find him.
All of my personalities were grouped up together with me while Lian Li, Diao Chan, Brendan and the little sisters formed the other group.
Lian Li had also gone ahead to warn Figurehead Qing about what was going on. He might have felt nothing was wrong but of course our words took precedence so he made sure that everyone stayed indoors until we told them otherwise.
The Matriarch had declined to join in and opted to let us handle the matter which was a wise choice on her part. We didn't really need her help since she was still confused about what was going on and she would have been a burden anyway.
Thus our current situation of wondering what we should do now.
"This one humbly suggests to start at where a self-important 'god' might choose to reside," Denna suggested.
All of us immediately turned to look at the peak of the highest mountain within the Sect.
Definitely someone with an overinflated ego to claim themselves to be god would stay at.
Master's courtyard may be the building built on the highest location within the Sect, but it wasn't built on the peak of the mountain itself. That's because Master himself said it was 'ridiculous to have to climb those steps everyday, just somewhere over there will do' while gesturing towards his current courtyard's location.
Such is Master who is above such mundane concerns like living on the highest peak to be above everyone.
With our destination set, we drew our swords and used Air Quarks to propel ourselves up towards the mountain's peak.
When we reached the peak, there was a figure sitting cross legged there under the shade of a tree. The only problem was that the figure was not who we expected it to be.
"Is that… Another me?" I asked aloud.
The figure stood up and revealed herself to be the splitting image of me, just like my other personalities that were standing around me.
"FiNaLLY, mY LEgS WErE JUST GoING NUMB FRoM WAItING HERE."
I furrowed my brows, "You… How are you here?"
She spread out her arms dramatically, "IS It ThAT SURPRISING FOR Me TO BE HEre? i AM sTILL OnE oF YOU AM I NOT? OR Is THIS THE pART WHERE ALL oF YoU REJECT MY OWn EXISTENCE?"
Bait crossed her arms, "Ehh… But aren't ya like all of us bashed together or sumthin'? Ya not even suppos' ta be a single thin'."
She was obviously offended by Bait's words, "HOW DARE YOU?! i AM AS REAl AS ANY oNE OF YOU HAve ANY RIGHT TO BE! I Am MY OWN PERSONa! THIs ONE DOESN't NeED ANY OF YOU TO BE rEAL!"
"Mirror… Manifest…" Laverna pointed out, claiming that her manifestation was only due to the creation of the mirror world and she was merely a construct made by that trash. Which meant she was indeed not supposed to exist.
"AHAHAHAHA! thAT'S THe BEST PArT!" She laughed maniacally. "NORMALLY YOU WOULD Be RIGHT OF cOURSE… BUT aYE MADE A REALLY nICE DEAL WITH THAT BoY! YA SEE, IF THAT BOY CAnCElS THIS WORLD, ALL OF yOU WILL bE GONe ToO! BUT IF I CAn KILL ALL OF YOU AND ABSORB YOU ALL INTO Me… THEN I WILL BE THE REAL ONE REMAINING!"
I frowned at her words, "What do you mean? Don't all of us just return back to one body after that trash is dead?"
"AHAHAHA! IS THAT WHAT ALL OF YOU BeLIEVE?! AS SOON AS THIS WOrLD iS DEsTROYED, wE'LL ALL BE GONE EXCEPT FOR ONE. NEED i TELL YOU EXACTLY WHO THAT OnE PERsON MIGHT BE?"
Bait, Laverna and Denna all turned to look at me.
"Did ya know dat?" Bait asked me.
"No," I answered honestly. "I thought everything would just go back to normal or we might even stay like this after that trash is dead."
Laverna became visibly upset, "Gone… Unacceptable… No Master…"
Yes, I believe any one of us would definitely not accept the fact that we would not be able to see Master anymore if this were to happen.
"BUT i HAVE A SOLUTION," The weird me continued, getting our attention. "SImPLY KILL THE ORIGINAL, lET yOURSELVES JOiN WITH ME, AnD WE CAN EXIST IN THE SAME BODY AgAIN!"
"Kill… Eris?" Denna asked, turning to face me.
Bait turned to me as well, "If we do dat… We can continue being with Master, right?"
Laverna tightened her grip on her sword, "Eternity… With Master…"
Eh? They're turning on me? No, their eyes look a little different?
Ah, I see, the other me is trying to assert her own influence over them… I need to wake them up somehow.
I readied my own sword, "If we were to tell Master of this predicament, I'm sure Master would be able to help us with this."
"AHAHAHA! DO YOU EVEN HEAR YOURSELF? AS POWERFUL mASTER MAY BE, THis ISN't SOMETHING THaT HE IS CAPABLE OF FIXING! ONLY BY kILLING HeR CAN WE CONTINUE OUR EXISTENCE! JOIN ME, AND WE CAN TAKE hER DOWN RIGHT Here AND NOW!"
All of us froze at her words.
I could see the colour return to my other personalities' eyes.
Bait turned back to glare at the other me, "How dare ya! Ya think ya can git' away with tryin' to sway us and diss Master at the same time? Ya dead!"
"Master… Omnipotent…" Laverna pointed out.
Denna swung her sword in an arc, "This one agrees. Master is all powerful and there is nothing He cannot do. To even suggest that Master is incapable of anything at all is tantamount to sacrilege."
I pointed my own sword at her, "You claim to be us, but it's clear now you are nothing but a fake. You're not even a mirror of us if you can even say such words. Before we get rid of the trash that created this problem for Master, we'll deal with you first, bitch."
She furrowed her brows before breaking into a smile, "sO BE IT. I hAD BeEN PLANNING deAL WITH aLL OF YOU FROM THE START. PREPARE TO dIE!"
All of us let out a roar as we charged.