How to take down an empire with voices in your head

14. The Egg

As the rest of the people on the battlefield pvped, Ranboo stood frozen under stress and confusion.

"This is just the best," Ranboo shook his head with a groan, "What am I supposed to do?"

'Fight,' the voice made Ranboo turn so quickly he fell to the ground.

It was the Egg, again.

'Fight or watch them die,' its sinful voice filled Ranboo's ears, 'Don't be a fool.'

"No, this isn't happening right?"

'But it is.'

Ranboo dropped the sword that somehow stayed in his grip when he fell, "How are you here?"

'I'm the egg that has spread vines across the server. They were cleaned up, but they're collected and brought here. If anything of me is anywhere, I can be there.'

"Why is everything so off?" Ranboo was only focusing on two things right now, the egg and his friends.

'Maybe it's because our team accidentally had a difficulty of sorts to handle last minute. So we arrived late and had to stall.'

"And what was that?" Ranboo tried to keep his calmest.

'Let's just say somebody wasn't a true believer that is no longer on our hands.'

Ranboo's breathing hitched, 'But the blood is.' He didn't even care if the egg could read his mind at this point.

He turned his head to his friends, they were fighting with mind-controlled people who would do anything to fulfill the orders of this damned egg.

'Fight,' the egg repeated.

"Why do you want me to fight? I can't."

Ranboo anxiously waited for the answer.

'Why can't you fight?'

Ranboo thought about the egg's question, he could. He just couldn't find it in him to actually do it, nor did he trust himself.

"I-" Ranboo paused and thought out his words, "I just can't find it in myself to."

"This was dumb, me coming here when I can't even fight."

The egg remained silent as Ranboo rambled on.

"It was stupid of me to come to a battlefield when I don't trust myself with this weapon."

Ranboo forked the sword on the ground with a sigh.

'I suppose it was,' the egg said calmly, 'But you can change it now.'

"Change what?" Ranboo asked, kicking a dead plant.

'You can change that distrust,' the egg went on, 'Just trust yourself for once.'

Ranboo shivered at the egg's words, "Why do you want me to fight so bad? What reason to you have?"

The egg remained silent for a few moments before speaking, 'I don't have one.'

Ranboo didn't believe it, maybe the egg wanted to see Ranboo slip out of control and maybe hurt his own friends.

That seemed like it was the plan to Ranboo, so he would not be giving in to this dumb egg.

"But you do," Ranboo corrected him, "Tell me or not but there is a reason."

'You're right,' the egg admitted and Ranboo didn't like its tone.

"Do I go fight?" Ranboo spoke out, glancing at the sword.

'That's up to you, I just wanted it for amusement.' the egg told him, 'But we weren't here for you anyways.'

"What do you mean?"

'Techno is the one. He ruined the Red Banquet.'

Ranboo felt his heart sink, "I don't get it." but he did.

'So, now everyone in the eggpire is going to try and end him.'

Ranboo glanced over to the fight, they did seem to all be going for Techno.

'Your friends are making it a bit difficult though, blocking for him and all.'

"That's a good thing then, Techno doesn't deserve to die."

'Stop them,' the egg's words almost cut Ranboo off.

"Sorry what?"

'Stop your friends from defending Techno,' the egg said so simply. As if it wasn't asking something Ranboo would never do.

"I'm not doing that," Ranboo spoke sternly, "You're just some dumb egg."

'Yet I have control over all these people?'

Ranboo sat quite at the eggs point.

'They do anything I make them, and I mean truly anything.'

"So if-"

'So yes, they will kill him.'

Ranboo's stomach twisted, he knew that those people would do anything, but hearing this from the egg still affected him.

Ranboo turned and watched Techno, he was doing just fine. But the opponents would do anything, and that was a problem.

He shook his head and grabbed his sword out of the ground, "Get out of my head you stupid egg."

'Fine,' the egg sighed, 'But remember.'

The egg paused and Ranboo waited, 'I know what you've done.'

Ranboo froze for only a second before recovering.

He shrugged the egg's words off and ran to the fight.

'This will all be fine.'