Chapter 85

Knowing that the true Sith Lord was hiding out on the hidden planet Exegol didn't make me happy. It meant that Palpatine was still alive and most likely even more powerful than his clone. I wasn't sure when he made the copy but after further investigation of the corpse, I found that it was a pale imitation of the clone from the Clone Wars. It was very understandable as I had somewhat kidnapped all of the Kaminoans and stored their medical expertise on a planet in the Grove collection. They worked for me away from Palpatines grip. Still, that didn't matter because while I had the experts and data, Palpatine had hundreds of thousands of template clones to work from.

I wonder just how developed his cloning machines were as I flew in a chunky space cargo ship. I almost immediately acted against the true Emperor and went to Exegol. I can't have an unhinged Palpatine biting at my heels, especially one that could make powerful clones. I peered through the cockpit window as we travelled through the red honeycomb zone using the Sith wayfinder. I hate travelling through dangerous space as I'm not that skilled in piloting, this was why I made the finest pilot in the galaxy fly us through.

Darth Vader wasn't happy, he thought that he had done his part when he left Palpatine unguarded but now he was fairing me through a death zone to fight an even greater enemy. Darth Vader did complain but it was pointed out that the Death Star wasn't being left alone and the people who suffered most through his action now had control of it, Yoda refused to leave the planet killer because he couldn't afford to lose it to anyone else. This was incredibly bad news for Darth Vader and he quickly understood that I was his key to freedom.

The ship rumbled as we entered normal space. Exegol was shocking, the planet seemed to be in perpetual twilight darkness and the planet was in ruin. It closely resembled any of the glassed planets I had bought except for the hideous dark side aura wafting from the surface.

This was the beginning of a big fight. It was in no way the same as sneaking on the Death Star to fight a single person. This was a battle, a proper war.

As soon as we were in the planet's atmosphere, the giant cargo doors opened up and my army of Asura droids and doppelgangers jumped and spread out like commandos doing an airdrop. Just for this special event, I released the limitations I placed on my doppelgangers and tied their abilities and thoughts together. Within minutes the first encounter happened as I saw the bright flashes of abilities and weapons firing. The doppelgangers had intercepted a hooded group that called themselves The Sith Eternal.

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The fight cost the doppelgangers a lot of force power which they happily recharged by draining the Sith Eternals. My doppelgangers weren't gentle and took everything they had, be it force power or memories.

As the focal point that connected all the doppelgangers, I was hit with a ton of information. It was hard to sieve the useful stuff from the everyday living that held zero usefulness. Thankfully I could feel the inner thoughts of the Sith Eternal and didn't feel a single drop of pity for them. Only comic book villains had equal amounts of evil as they did, they existed to create pain. For no other reason but to inflict as much suffering as possible, they had captured victims and placed them in Bacta-like tanks so they were in a state of pain and fear forever more.

My army continued as more conflicts happened, the surface of Exegol lit up with lightning, blaster fire and explosions revealing structures that were hidden by the shadows of mountains.

More and more info flooded my mind, so much that I had to relieve myself by allowing the other doppelgangers to make decisions on what was useful and what wasn't. This gave me the freedom to replace my lost doppelgangers.

While there was a limited loss in the beginning as my army attacked an unaware planet, there were soon some losses as the Sith Eternal countered. Buildings that the Sith Eternal lost to my doppelgangers exploded from ruptured power lines or explosions that the last remaining Sith Eternal purposely self-destructed.

Doppelgangers were formed in my cargo ship where they would equip themselves with spare weapons and armour and leave by flying through the air to where the latest doppelganger was lost and continue the fight.

After an hour of fighting the doppelgangers stopped altogether from losing members as they adapted. It was an impressive sight to witness a single doppelganger pull information out of a Sith Eternal and use it immediately. The doppelganger used an ability I didn't know called Darkshear and forged an imperceptible weapon in the form of a spear from dark-side energy tossing it at Sith Eternal and pinning the guy to the wall where he was met with three Asura droids blasting him with gatling laser gun firing. While that was impressive, it was even more so to witness the other doppelgangers showing off with the same technique but adapted. Some of the doppelgangers would create massive spears that destroyed a passing Vehicle while others used the new ability to create spears made from tiny needles that split apart as they were tossed to decimate large amounts of land with tiny piercing death.

It was then the doppelgangers started to work their force powers together to create more destruction. A combo of Darkshear and force lightning caused a web of lightning to jump from each of the spears and vaporize anyone trapped in the web. If they were fast enough the Sith Eternal could escape but what they didn't expect was for the very winds to betray them and drag them back into death.

This continued throughout. When the doppelganger faced something unexpected there was a chance of losing some droids or even a doppelganger but it didn't last long as captured Sith Entnrals were probed and their power was added to mine. A cloud of hate was pooling in my mind as the doppelgangers drained the Sith Eternal but I allowed it to wash over me like it was water and the unique way I handled the force allowed me to ignore and discard the rage.