As Xasxquar woke up, he realized his stomach was still sore from the surgery, so he decided to investigate it and went to the Court of Erds. Later, when he asked Shakru Erd, he explained that, since it was Shakru Erd who did it, the body heals the wound but retains the pain. So Xasxquar kept his mouth shut and went out of his room to see that a big meeting was going on. Apparently, like Xasxquar, many others, mantles of Erd were having the same trouble, Junghybt trying to steal their powers, and most of these mantles were also near Xasxquar's galaxy, so Junghybt must be aware of these other mantles.
So three other mantles, all having the same problem, called for a universal alliance, where all the other mantles agreed to help the mantles in trouble, no matter where they were, so temporarily, Shakru Erd gave everyone a teleporter. Xasxquar, intrigued, went over to the other three mantles and introduced himself and his problem, and the other agreed to help each other, since they were in the same galaxy cluster.
A mantle from 11145111244423a galaxy named Zaschrian told his first battle with the Junghybt clone, and how easily he defeated him.
The second mantle from the smaller 11145111244423d galaxy named Finoru was much less human and had gills. His first encounter with Junghybt was when he was with his family, and a clone wounded his daughter, but not seriously. Finoru noticed the tracer and removed it with a spell, without even hurting her, and healed the wound.
The third one from the largest 11145111244423c galaxy named Deekshi, her first encounter with Junghybt, was not a clone but Junghybt himself, who came to her house and demanded her powers, but she quickly used a cloaking spell on Junghybt's ship, causing him to check his whistling apparatus and eventually flee.
From these experiences, Xasxquar realized that Junghybt's main priority wasn't killing the mantles, but his Whisitling apparatus.
Now Xasxquar had to go back to his cavern. The other mantles offered to come and help, but Xasxquar said he would use the medallion if needed, so all four of them synced their medallion with the extra button it had and went their own paths.
After Xasxquar went back to his cavern, he saw Swana come in, once again with a worried face, but this time it wasn't a clone of Junghybt or Junghybt himself.
Swana said, "You should take a leave. The Jèrmolog and the board of directors are thinking about putting you on sabbatical. Without college holding you back, you will be unhinged, and since you're extremely stupid, being unhinged is bad. Now go to the Jèrmolog, and get a leave."
Xasxquar replied coolly, "I already took leave for a week, don't worry about me, worry about your safety. The more you're with me, the more you'll get targeted, especially since I'm being hunted by Junghybt, and I know a few other mantles with the same problem. Finoru's daughter got severely hurt like that, so please, be careful, and stop roaming with me. And now that my Arrack disguise is torn a bit, I need to fix it up."
Swana then said, "I already fixed it, and for your information, I can take care of myself."
Xasxquar, surprised by Swana's determination, went to gather more information on Junghybt's base of operations, because he always had one. Earlier, it was his house; now it was the warehouse. Though Xasxquar had been to the warehouse, he was teleported there, so he had no idea where it was.
That's when Swana gave Xasxquar an idea: since he still had the tracker that had been placed in his stomach, Swana could reverse-engineer it and track the location where it was pinging. But even Swana couldn't do it because her expertise was alchemy and the basics of organic chemistry. So Swana did the next best thing: she asked a student, and the student just so happened to be Sheila. Everyone knew she had a knack for hacking into the college systems, and if Sheila wanted some credit, she would have to tell Swana and Xasxquar how to reverse track Junghybt. So both of them went to Sheila and asked, "So, I'm looking at your score, it's deficient."
Sheila answered, "Yes, I can see that."
Swana asked, "We're willing to give credit for that-"
Sheila cut in the middle and said, "I'll do it."
Swana then explained what she had to do, then said, "No questions."
Sheila agreed and tracked the warehouse easily. Xasxquar went back to the Court of Erds and gave the location to Finoru, Zaschrian, and Deekshi.
When Xasxquar came back resumed his business, while he noticed that Junghybt's location was changing, realizing that repeatedly giving the location to Finoru, Zaschrian, and Deekshi would be annoying to both Xasxquar and them. While Xasxquar tried reading books on how to do a replication spell, the Jèrmolog came to him and said in a serious tone, "Proffessor Arrack, I appreciate your concern for your students, and how much you care for their studies and their future, but due to the recent incident, the board of directors and I have are asking you take leave, or we will put you on sabbatical, or might even fire you, so please, understand the situation and accept our terms… we mean no offence."
Xasxquar replied, "I have already taken leave for a week, approved by you, and thank you very much for being kind enough to warn me of the consequences, so that I can avoid them. Finally, no offence can be taken from a gentleman like yourself."
The Jèrmolog, blushing from the compliment, said, "Well, I guess I'll see you in a week then, thank you."
Xasxquar thought of how easily he avoided a confrontation with the Jèmolog and felt that the Jèmolog was very foolish. Xasxquar went back to Sheila and asked her to make a better tracker for more credit, and also to give to three other people. Sheila was extremely happy for the extra credit she was getting and went back to her dorm to make the trackers.
Meanwhile, Xasxquar went back to his cavern, to be met with Swana. Xasxquar was very surprised to see her because it was midnight and only a few minutes were left till twelve o'clock. Xasxquar surprisingly asked, "What are you still doing here? It's very late."
But Swana kept counting down from thirty, and finally, when she got to zero, she screamed, "HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!"
It was the thirteenth of October, Xasxquar's birthday. When he was just a small kid, he get whatever he asked, his mother not even analyisng the requests, and spent all the money his father had left him, then all of a sudden, after reaching a sensible age she told him to explore the world, and gave him all the money she had left, Xasxquar alone in the world sought to education, but soon diverted, though lazy he was a brilliant mind, teaching seniors, and the age of eleven, but after a sudden pandemic, his knowledge reached its peak and then slowly descended, and after regaining his grip on his education, he got an respectable position in this college, and in all these years, he never celebrated his birthday, never with himself or with any friends (Because he didn't have any friends) and after soo many years, he celebrated his birthday with Swana. Xasxquar cut his cake, then ate half of it. He told Swana to finish the cake, so it won't get wasted. Swana reluctantly ate the other half, and after Xasxquar drifted off to sleep, Swana kissed him on the forehead and left. Xasxquar felt it but didn't complain. It was apparent that a romance was blooming between the two.
Then, suddenly, he was woken up by Shakru Erd. Xasxquar asked him what happened. Shakru Erd simply said, "I was bored." This response enraged Xasxquar. Xasxquar angrily said, "Then why wake me up? Watch some cartoons or something, let me sleep peacefully."
Then Shakru Erd said, "I wanted to ask you something… is Junghybt dead?"
Xasxquar, surprised such a question replied, "Well, I wouldn't know, I didn't kill him."
Shakru Erd then asked Xasxquar, "Then why is his whistling apparatus not making those weird sounds? What is it for anyway?"
Xasxquar replied to the question, "The Whistling apparatus is to make clones, one leader clone whose memory is always connected to the apparatus, making him immortal unless the apparatus is destroyed, and the extra attachments to extract my powers and implant them in the clones, or himself. I think he shut down his apparatus either to stay inconspicuous or to change his base of operations, or fix his Whistling apparatus, but Junghybt isn't the type to hide, so it's either to change his base of operations or fix his apparatus."
Shakru Erd then said, "Without my intervention, transferring your power to him isn't impossible, but it is very hard, needs a lot of blood, sweat, and tears…"
Sharkru Erd then left, wishing his holidays would be peaceful. Then, immediately, Swana came and said, "My brother Bharath's marriage had been set!"
Xasxquar immediately replied, "I hope his wife is as lovely as you."
Swana blushed and said, "Oh, don't worry, she won't be, as a matter of fact, nobody can." She finished off poshly.
Xasxquar told Swana, "So I guess you'll also be taking leave to go to Bharath's engagement?"
Swana excitedly said, "Yes, of course, why would I?"
Xasxquar replied, "Then, I'm asking to maybe come with you?"
Swana, shocked by the request, squealed, "Yes, I mean, you have to come."
Xasxquar then said, "Then I'll be enjoying my holidays with you."
All of a sudden, there was a buzzing in his pocket. Xasxquar initially thought it was his medallion, but when he checked, it was his phone. Worried, Xasxquar checked it. It was his mother, Xasxquar, not knowing what to do, asked Swana.
Swana told him to attend the call, so he did. As soon as he attended the call, he heard his mother asking him why he hadn't been home for the past few days, as if nothing had happened. Xasxquar was surprised by such a question, and before he could say something, his mother said, "Master Junghybt is waiting for you." With that surprise, Xasxquar ended the call and shut his phone, snapping it in half. He got so tense, he involuntarily used a power he didn't even know he had, extreme strength, but Xasxquar didn't have enough room in his head to appreciate his powers; he was worried what Junghybt would do to his mother, but then quickly realized, they both were an awkward team.
Even in such tension, Xasxquar clearly and patiently explained everything from how he got his powers till now to Swana, so that she could get the bigger picture. Swana also listened to Xasxquar with the same frequency. Swana wanted to tell Xasxquar something to make him better, but Xasxquar didn't listen. He paced up and down the cavern until he got his senses.
And told Swana that he was going to the Court of Erds, to get a clearer view, and get the help of Finoru, Zaschrian and Deekshi, and he did, he went to them and all of them discussed, what just happened, Finoru absolutely shocked at the fact that Junghybt and Xasxquar's mother were a not-so-dynamic duo, so all of them decided to go to Xasxquar's home, Xasxquar held his button while the others tapped from above, while Xasxquar slowly entered his home, the other were behind his house's door, and as Xasxquar slowly enter into their line of sight Xasxquar's mother slowly turned around and said, "Soo sorry my dear, I didn't want you to find out like this, ever since the day you saw Junghybt and I in Tyiijorg, but your father needs this, you'll be better off dead when your father finally rules this pathetic world, maybe his ruling will give this world a purpose, once again very sorry dear, I always loved you, but this is for the greater good"
Xasxquar felt something open just behind his feet. While the other mantles came to his aid, he quickly moved away from the trapdoor and started fighting his own mother. He recited a spell, "Nunc cosmi gladium voco, Erd vi incantatum." and summoned his very own sword. Though it was only physical when he summoned it, it was like a real sword, but with the power of Erd.
Xasxquar jumped into a fight. He first started with one of Junghybt's many clones, as each sword clashed and each of the clone's swords, Deekshi tried the same trick of cloaking his apparatus, but it didn't work. Xasxquar, once in battle with multiple clones, found the leader clone and tried to finish him off at first. Xasxquar's sword is coming from the right, slashing the leader's sword in two pieces. As the sword disintegrated, so did his head. As his decapitated head vanished, he went on with the clone, without a leader; they were disorganized and focused on only one target, and Xasxquar was the target. Xasxquar summoned a shield on Deekshi and slammed his sword on it, making a blast of energy that disintegrated all the clones. In one shot, Deekshi shot a quick compliment and went back into battle, as Xasxquar plunged onto Junghybt, his sword and his shield clashing, the sword's energy once again amplified, and was shot to his mother. Knocking her back, Junghybt, clearly in severe disappointment in himself, dodged another attack from Xasxquar.
As both their swords clashed, an intense spark of molten metal was made. As they once again resumed the sword battle, sparks of molten metal flying out in every direction, and both their sword clashed over and over and over again, making charges of sounds, and finally, after a powerful slash, Junghybt's sword failed him and shattered into multiple pieces with a loud clang, and Junghybt knocked over, as Junghybt stared at the ground, at his broken fragments of his sword, he looked at Xasxquar and said, "This is not the end, this feud is far from over" and teleported away, as Zephtak also was losing, Xasxquar joined Finoru and the others, and told Zephtak to give up, and said, "Your boyfriend was too much of a chicken and clucked away, what about you? Going to run away like him or stand your ground and talk, or this is going to end badly."
Zephtak replied, "You can never defeat me, I'll be back, lovingly, your mother." She gave Xasxquar a flying kiss and teleported away.
Finoru then said, "Your mother, she is very fierce, and also very weird, no offence."
Deekshi said, "I hate your mom; she tried to kill me on our first meeting."
Zaschrian stayed silent, due to exhaustion, and Xasxquar asked Finoru how he kept breathing outside his underwater world. Finoru just said, "Multi-purpose gills."
Then all of them went their own ways, while Xasxquar just slept after a long day, though knowing that Junghybt would come stronger, and he would have to face him.