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He had made a choice.
It was a deliberate one, he spent days in this desolate dimension thinking about it and how to do it. It was easier than he thought tho, he had always looked up to Wemmbu after all, he was his best friend and the one of the only reasons he hadn't gone crazy in the End. He was always on the sidelines, but now that would change and everyone would see it too.
“How do you stay so attached to your morals, like how do you know what to do?”
Minute was clever and far more experienced than him. The voidling knew this of course and gave Eggchan some advice that he would always remember for years to come.
“Before you start fighting, you have to know what you are fighting for.”
And so Egg did, he thought back to a certain purple demon,how the other always protected him, sometimes even at the cost of himself, now he had the power to help him, to be someone Wemmbu could rely on in battle.
Lately it felt like all their enemies were stronger than them, outgearing or outnumbering them, and he couldn't handle being another burden on Wemmbu's shoulders, not anymore. He was going to help, he was going to be just as strong as his friend- well maybe not that much, but he would certainly try.
He tried being kind and peaceful, and it didn't work out, for him nor Wemmbu. He helped a lot of people and the world responded with violence, blood and hurt, for both of them. He would throw away his faith in a second if it meant that Wemmbu would be safe and unhurt after one of their wacky adventures.
Kindness didn't work, look where that got Rejoice.
Egg understood the purple demon better now, he was tired of the people, of everyone, of the unfairness of everything. Egg was going to deal with it just like Wemmbu did, with the same violence everyone showed the both of them. He understood why the other was always so frantic to protect him, to keep him safe, the fallen angel now would do the same.
After all, he wanted to live along Wemmbu, not survive with him six feet underground.
That is practically how he ended up in the End in the first place, he threw himself in front of an arrow meant for Wemmbu. He had seen the ‘sniper’ aiming at them, at Wemmbu, and before he could think of it his body was already moving, pushing Wemmbu out of the way and taking the shot for him. The horrified and terrified expression on Wemmbu's face was not one he had seen before, and he wanted it to stay that way.
Him and Wemmbu were surrounded by Law members and had to somehow destroy the orbital strike cannon inside of the fortress, for someone else it was an impossible task, but this was him and Wemmbu nothing is impossible for the two of them combined. Egg had made himself a powerful bow and that was what he mostly used in battle, spamming it when a lot of people were attacking him, and charging up shots when the purple demon needed someone off of him.
They were a good duo, especially now that he mostly learned how to use a sword, it was still hard of course considering all the Law members he faced were aiming to disarm him, not kill. Before he would have lost his sword at the start but Minute and Wemmbu taught him some tricks and he took some precautions, like bringing another sword, just in case.
The change on Wemmbu was definitely noticeable, now he didn't have to worry for Egg, he still did but less than before when Eggchan didn't know how to grab a sword properly. Now, the both of them charged into battle covering each other's backs, relying on each other like never before. Their bond was strong before but after he learned to fight? It felt like nothing could get in between them like the end again.
The demon laughed and cheered every time Egg got a kill, another one to the soon to grow list.
Other people who definitely noticed where the Law, because where Wemmbu got a kill, Egg got one as well to match it. Their members on the great sea shortened, by a lot. Shame they didn't manage to kill Lettuce, the bastard was slippery and kept pearling when they were near, they just needed for him to run out of things, so they made a plan.
Wemmbu would attack the regular members of the Law and anyone then stood in his way while Egg was going after Lettuce. His objective? Drain his resources as much as possible while avoiding getting his totem popped.
Easy to say but as soon as Lettuce called for help, Egg was swarmed with people and he would need to get distance so Wemmbu covered for him. And each time the other did it Egg felt warm, he felt protected, he was before but now it was real. And now he could do the same, and protect the demon too. Because he was pretty sure the other never had anyone to protect him aside from that one lion in the jungle but that didn't turn out well.
Wemmbu was a friend to Egg, he was a brother, he was everything the fallen angel had. If he had to compare the demon to a flower, he would be a cotton rose, well during the day the flower would be white but as the day progresses and it turns to night the flower turns redder until it is fully deep red. It perfectly matched how Wemmbu was in the day where he was usually with Egg, peaceful and a purring puppy basically, if anyone saw him like that they wouldn't believe it was Wemmbu. And at night, when the two of them ambushed their enemies he was a beast, a perfectly controlled tornado that got rid of anything in his path turning it red in the process.