A Magical Tale: The Peerless Summoner

Chapter 125: Going to the Artifact Hall

When the girls around Helena heard what she said, they nodded their heads.

Lydia then said in the next instant "Alright girls, we have spoken enough. Let's go to our rooms to rest. We are leaving for the mission tomorrow."

"What?" The girls questioned.

"Yea. So, go relax to preserve some energy and prepare your mind and body for the dangerous and exciting adventurous journey that we are going to embark upon." Lydia answered with a smile in her face.

"Alright." Lucretia said.

She then said in the next moment to Lauren and Deborah "Alright girls. Let's go" 

Then they stood from where they sat on and walked towards the door to leave Helena's room.

Some moment after Lucretia and the girls had gone, Lydia said to Helena "Well, I guess I have to leave now too. See you tomorrow." 

Helena nodded her head.

Then Lydia stood to her feet to leave Helena's room.

Immediately after she left, Helena collapsed into her bed.

She then pictured Sylla's face as she eased herself into the softness and comfortability of her large bed.

"Well, now that I am going into the world, I will have the chance to see you again. I have missed you so much. I just hope that you are still in your kingdom and that you are doing really fine" Helena said with a great hope in her heart.

Then after thinking sometime about Sylla, she raised herself to seat back on her bed in the cross-legged position to comprehend many offensive and defensive magical spells.

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Next day...

When Helena's eyes snapped open from her cross-legged position on the bed, she stood to her feet feeling light-headed and mentally sluggish. She couldn't think or reason fast. And this was because she had tried her best to comprehend myriad Sky-level spells from that evening that the girls left her place till this morning. 

Not feeling great about herself, she quickly casted a Mind and Body Refreshment-type spell on herself. 

Immediately she did so, she felt strong currents of vital energy beginning to course through her entire body, eliminating the lightheadedness that she was experiencing at the moment, and then the extreme mind fatigue that she felt. 

However, it was because of this invigorating spell that Helena knew that made her try to comprehend spells from that evening till this morning. 

Feeling refreshed and greatly energized like she just had a deeply relaxing shower and had consumed pills that provided tremendous amount to energy to do physical work, she went into the bathroom to have her bath. 

And when she came out of the bathroom with a towel wrapped around her body which she used in there to dry her wet body, she unwrapped the now wet towel that wrapped around her naked body and spread it on a cable in the bathroom. 

Then with a thought as she adeptly casted an Instant Dress-Up spell on herself, a casual outfit that she placed on her large bed which she had selected for the adventure that she and the other girls were going to embark on, teleported in an instant on her body, covering up the nakedness of her spotless body.

She then combed her hair and tied it onto a bun.

When she was done with that, she left her room and hurried to the Artifact Hall before the other girls in her cult group would come to see her.

She already knew where it was since it was in the same area as the Mission House.

So, moving at a high speed after she she had casted a Movement-Acceleration spell on herself, she appeared before the Artifact Hall.

Then she climbed up the long stairs to appear before the large golden door of the Artifact Hall.

When she got there, she knocked twice on the thick, huge door forged purely from gold.

Then the large golden door swung open with a gentle, middle-aged woman's voice telling her to come in.

"Come in, young one" 

Helena then stepped into the hall which was really massive in size.

She then saw to her great shock, thousands of rows of shelves that gave the feeling that they possibly stretched to infinity. 

Helena curiously looked into the distance to see if she could see where the rows of shelves ended at. But she just couldn't, as the rows of huge shelves stretched far further into the distance than her eyes could see, producing the thought in her mind that that they were seemingly endless rows of shelves.

She exhaled deeply with a gaze of intense astonishment in her eyes.

But before she could walk around to find an artifact to purchase for herself, a middle-aged woman suddenly appeared before her.

Once this person appeared before Helena, Helena quickly bowed and humbly said at the same time "Good morning, ma'am" 

"Morning dear." The middle-aged woman said.

She then asked with one of her brows furrowed "But what are you doing here so early in the morning?"

"I want to purchase a few peerless-quality magical artifacts for my first adventurous journey, ma'am" Helena replied.

"Oh. You are going on an adventure? That's great. But, aren't you too young and too weak to go into the world for any adventure at all?" The middle-aged woman asked with a perplexed tone in her voice.

"Well, I am not that weak. Besides, it is a two-star mission. So, I should be able to complete it and come back in one piece to the Great Sisterhood training camp." Helena replied.

"Hmm. I like your confidence. But, that's not what I am talking about. The world at the moment has been encompassed by darkness and Great evil. There are every form of battles, whether small-scale, large-scale or kingdom-scale, happening here and there everywhere in the world, resulting in the death of lots of people from many different races in many kingdoms. So, going into the world at this time could result in total disaster for you. I will advise that you continue to train till you are older and have grown more powerful before you think of going into the world for some adventure." The middle-aged woman said, trying to persuade Helena not to go into the world.

Helena smiled.

"Thank you, ma'am. But I can handle myself" She said.

The middle-aged woman suddenly looked at Helena with a visibly annoyed face.

"Alright. Return to where you came from. I won't allow you to purchase any artifact here." The middle-aged woman suddenly said with a stern expression in her face. 

Helena who heard what she said became very shocked.

She then quickly said before the middle-aged woman would vanish away from her presence.

"Ma'am, please wait. I actually lied to you. And I am really sorry for doing that." Helena hurriedly said with sincerity in her tone.

The middle-aged woman who was about to fly away to where she came from, stopped herself in her flight when she heard what Helena said.

"You lied to me? About what?" The middle-aged woman lowered herself back to the ground and asked curiously. 

"About my adventure, ma'am. Actually, I and four other girls are going for a mission that I selected from the Mission Hall. I selected a Golden Two-Star mission that I and the other girls would go into the world for and get a hundred thousand contribution points upon it completion." Helena said.

She then continued by saying "So, I came here to purchase magical artifacts which would enhance my spellcasting ability and probably my combat prowess to a higher degree. Also, I want to purchase some form of magical beast storage sack or bag from the Artifact Hall to keep my Beast Pet in it. I want it to support me over there in the region in the world where we would be trying our best to fulfill the mission that I selected from the mission house."

The annoyed and bewildered middle-aged woman gazed at Helena indescribably.

"Hmm." She uttered with a light of comprehension in her eyes.

She then asked with great perplexity in her tone "And do you have the contribution points to be able to purchase all these artifacts that you spoke about?"

Helena quickly nodded her head.

"Yes ma'am. I do" She replied.

The middle-aged woman who still gazed at Helena asked "I hope it is not that you came here with five or ten contribution points thinking that it would buy you anything in here."

"No ma'am. I have many thousand folds of that amounts of contribution points that you mentioned" Helena said, low-key trying to show off the immense figure of the contribution points that she had with her.

And as she said that, a brilliant smile could be seen hanging on her lips.

"What?" The middle-aged woman asked with her eyes widened in shock.

"That's the truth, ma'am. I am not lying to you." Helena said with a smile in her face.

"Hmm. And this would be your first time going on a mission, right?" The middle-aged woman asked.

"Yes, ma'am. My very first time." Helena answered.

"Hmm. So, how did come across such a shocking amounts of contribution points if you have never gone on a mission?" The middle-aged woman asked with a bewildered tone in her voice.

"Well, I came across a kind senior who generously shared some of her contribution points with me" Helena replied.

The middle-aged woman furrowed her brows.

"A senior? What is her name?" She asked.

"Her name's Sandra Witherstone, ma'am" Helena replied.

"Sandra Witherstone? Hmm. She's really generous." The middle-aged woman said with a nod of her head.

She then said further by asking Helena "What did you really say to her to make her transmit that astonishing amounts of contribution points to you?"

Helena broke a smile across her face.

"Nothing, ma'am. I guess she liked me, so she sent some of her hard-earned contribution points to me." She replied.

"Well, I guess that is your fortune then." The middle-aged woman said.

She then asked as she gazed at Helena "The Golden Two-Star mission that you selected, what's it about? Tell me, I want to know. And don't try to lie to me, as I have just casted a Lie Detection spell. So, if you try to tell any falsehood about the mission that you took, I will kick you out of here and you will never be able to return here to purchase anything again, until three or four years later."