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>>17697581
Is it too hard to think for yourself?
When he see Bernkastel in ep 2, she wears a goat mask. Goats are people that are seeking the answer but are too dumb. In ep 8, we see a collection of them in the real world that also wear goat masks. Thus, Bernkastel is the manifestation of the people on the internet seeking to find the truth. You'll also notice that Bernkastel was the villain, as so is the reader in a way.
Ep 1-2 were written by Beatrice but ep 3-4 were released on the internet by Tohya. The mystery fans were displeased with how bad Battler was as a detective and asked to put their own. Erika is 'Bernkastel piece' but in a literal sense, she is the mary sue of the mystery fan. She is overly competent, loved by everyone initially and has a comprehensive understanding of mystery cliche. Something no detective story ever does is talk about detective cliche. Every detective simply does whatever they want oblivious to the tropes they exist in. But Erika is allowed to do so because she is born from people that are familiar with detective fiction.
Ep 5 is Tohya allowing the mystery fans to place their own detective in the story and Erika fails horribly. The mystery fans are insulted and humiliated, so when in ep 6 Tohya gives them a second chance, they fuck with him and create the logic error. Erika and Bernkastel no longer care about the mystery but only fucking with Battler who is the gamemaster (Tohya). By the end of ep 6, Battler and Beatrice say the red that even if Erika joins the island, the number will be the same. Meaning that any person +1 X that joins the island will be dead upon entry. You can only use the people on the island to solve the mystery.
In ep 8, Bernkastel creates her own gameboard, and what is curious is that the answer is the same as in tea party 7. Tohya comes back with his own fantasy gameboard but then the rest happens in real life.
In Tsubasa, Black Battler is introduced, perverted by the mystery fans. At one point, Black Battler breaks the rules and kills Ronove. He looks at the sky and screams 'you can stop this if you just tell the answer Tohya'. This is the mystery fans creating their own gameboard using Black Battler instead of Erika because she's already dead.

I hope that answered your question about who is Erika.

Also one final piece of information. In Truth Ending, Ange sees Erika. This is meant to show that Ange has become Erika, a pawn of the mystery fans on the internet seeking the truth.