An icy chill ran down Ivy's spine as she processed what Xadia had just said, but her deduction was soon severed as an unconscious Xadia rushed at her after throwing the drained energy crystal staff to the side.
"Corvex Devereaux et mephorca"
Three jabs came from the unconscious Xadia aiming to grab at Ivy's hand, but they had hit nothing but air and he was slightly puzzled, he could see that his hands had gone right through Ivy's body, it seemed that she had become intangible.
Another jab came from Xadia and it made Ivy move backward, although it had gone right through her, there was a slight sense of touch she felt, and when she looked at Xadia, his hands were beaming a bright white color.
Xadia then rushed at Ivy at a very fast speed and she was too late to react, fast punches came at her and with every hit, she was beginning to feel the impact of the punches coming from Xadia.
"Etsi rittle". Ivy shouted making plant shrubs sprout from the ground, but Xadia easily went through them as he pulverized everything in his way
Xadia was soon in front of Ivy again and he wasn't going to let her go this time, siphoning energy into his hands, he then held Ivy by the neck lifting her from the ground, as he began to draw energy from her.
"You leave me no choice".
A surge of energy shot through Ivy's hand as she clenched her fist and threw her hand aiming at Xadia's head, knocking him away a few meters away from her.
It was at a very fast speed and the unhinged Xadia hadn't paid attention to his prey and was completely overwhelmed by the sudden shift in power, and a sense of trepidation hit him into a daze making him stagger at the impact of the punch.
Ivy didn't stop there as the energy rushed into her legs and she began to run at Xadia, she delivered three quick jabs at Xadia's head again, not stopping for any chance of a counterattack.
Gritting his teeth Xadia prepared himself for the next attack, and when it came he was ready as he had grabbed onto Ivy's arm, lifting her and throwing her off to the wall.
"Invisique"
Right in front of xadia, the troublesome prey had just turned imperceptible making Xadia raise his eyebrows in contempt, for some reason, the hunt was becoming more and more difficult by the moment, it was hard to be convinced that an ineffectual target could put up much of a fight.
Xadia's speculation was soon interrupted by a punch from the now invisible girl making him lose his balance for a few seconds of apprehension.
"You can't hit what you can't see,". Ivy said as she prepared herself for another form of incursion, she knew she couldn't defeat Xadia, not without a proper plan of action, a last result to tame the beast had resulted in her using an invisible spell.
If he couldn't see her she was just as vulnerable as she was, but at least she had the advantage as she had gotten right behind Xadia delivering another significant hit to his rear.
She continued her mayhem of attacks evading every counterattack coming from Xadia, he hit punches into the air but Ivy could see through it all, making a distance away from him, Ivy then began to draw more energy into her fist aiming to knock him out at once, rushing at him from his backside she successfully delivered the hit knocking Xadia out to the ground.
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Slowly opening his eyes Xadia stood up from the floor head ringing and pounding from the fight early on, examining his environment, it looked to be the same spot where Ivy had fought him, but there was no sign of her.
"Where did she go,..... did she go to report me,". A dreaded thought entered his head making him proceed to leave but he was soon met by an invincible wall.
Xadia was confused he could see the clear outline of the library building and the way to the main lecture building could be seen, but something was blocking his way from moving forward.
Momentarily the atmosphere had begun to distort in a glitchy-like pattern transforming the scenery of the environment, alas it was all an illusion.
Now it looked as if Xadia was inside a room, a very wide room and there appeared to be a big table-like structure at the center of the room, it had a couple of laboratory equipment and Xadia had seen some of it before.
There was also a spot for what looked like a construction department, it had a robot arm stationed at the edge of the table, it was the same version as the one in the construction class, and there were four footstools placed around the table aside from that there looked to be two doors ushered at the second and eleventh position of the room.
And Xadia had begun to wonder where he was, moving to examine the room he was soon reminded of the invisible barrier, and looking at the floor there was a circle-like drawing with runes and symbols drawn around him, it was something only an emitter could do.
Suddenly out of the blue Ivy appeared right in front of him.
"Are you... okay?". Ivy asked.
"I'm fine now"
"What's wrong with you, first you jerk my staff, absorb all the energy in it, and then attack me, it was as if you were being controlled".
"I'm.... sorry, it happens when I'm low in energy or when I have no chance of surviving a fight, I don't.....fully understand it, I need help,". Xadia said with a sober face looking straight at the ground.
About to say a word a sudden force launched Ivy at Xadia making her hit her head on the circle barrier that encaged him.
Dropping to the floor checked if the girl was okay, are you okay,.....did I do that? ".
"No, you didn't, I have my problems too,". Ivy said slowly standing up from the floor and holding onto her head.
"Is that how you beat me, is.....that the drawback of the spell you used to make yourself stronger".
"That was no spell, that was all me, I... can I trust you?".
The words that Ivy just said had made him start to think if it wasn't a spell she used what was it, could he be trusted? In a way, xadia thought with all the secrets he was keeping he could manage to keep another one as well.
"Uhm..yes".
"Okay, then I'll be trusting you with what I'm about to tell you, you mustn't let anyone else know," Ivy said factually.
"You know how an emitter has a core in their head making us able to use spells and how an augmenter uses energy from their core to strengthen their bodies, well.....I can do both, .....I have two siphon cores.
Xadia hadn't thought about a siphon having two cores since it hadn't been mentioned while he was researching about siphons, so his mind hadn't drifted in that direction, but if that was to be found out by the public it would be something that would change the balance of siphon abilities, thus it was something that needed to be kept secret.
"The energy crystal that was used for my siphon process turned out to be a never before seen type of crystal, siphonium had mutated with uranium forming a powerful crystal type, the administrator said I was lucky to have survived the process, I have resulted to cultivation to control the energy, but it's too much and I get jolts like this sometimes in front of our classmates, so I tend to get discriminated.
"The crystal in my staff helps a lot, it's a null crystal so I pour my energy into it".
"Maybe we can help each other,...I have an energy problem and you have a lot, so I can be absorbing them for you, I'm sure the crystal can't house all the energy you have inside"
It was true what xadia had just said, Ivy could only pour a little amount into the null crystal, it had a limited amount of energy capabilities, but with Xadia, she could expel more energy.
"Okay, let's do it, you can come after class lessons, I'll be here, I'll have to install your location beacon, so you can know where I am and I can know yours too".
Placing her hand on the barrier her hand started to light a golden blue, "Excalibur". Ivy said canceling the circle barrier around Xadia's, she then gestured with her hand for Xadia's hand, pressing a button on her watch, and holographic rays scanned at Xadia's watch and after the scan, a screen popped up revealing both locations.
"It's done".
"Thanks for not ratting me out to the counselor,". Xadia said with a polite smile.
"I should get going now, I'll see you tomorrow,". Xadia said moving to the door by the two-clock position of the room.
"Hey that's my bedroom"
"Wait, you're telling me this is your dorm apartment, you have all this to yourself".
"Of course, my Dad paid for the VIP accommodation form so yeah everything here is sorta mine".
Xadia didn't know what to say, the room was very wide and detailed in equipment that he thought they were in the school, making him wonder how many credits she paid for this type of accommodation.
"Come on it's this way". Ivy smiled leading Xadia to the door opposite the room.
Opening the door for Xadia, Ivy waved goodbye, now out of the apartment it was already evening as the sun dimmed moonlight.
Making his way to the dorm, Tyson could not be seen and Xadia didn't waste time with a Currell pack before ensconcing himself on the bed before drifting to sleep from the exhaustion of the day.
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We will warm the Herd
And shake the Stars.