A Magical Tale: The Peerless Summoner

Why Helena made the egg hatch on time was because she couldn't be carrying an egg about in this dangerous place. Or it would break which would be a total waste of her effort.

With a smile in her face despite the splitting headache that she felt upon using all her Aetha energy, she rubbed the feathers of the bird and then kissed it head.

"Look at you, so beautiful" She said.

Then not wanting to waste further time in this place since the beasts that dwelled here could return, she held the small bird in her hands and tried to inhale to gather energy Aetha energy within her to some amount.

After she felt that she had raised her Aetha energy level to a degree, she quickly stood from where she sat and dashed out of the cave.

With the bird in her hand, she ran at the highest speed that she could muster. And as she ran, she tried inhaling too at the same time to continue gathering Aetha energy within her.

While going through one of the routes at her highest possible speed, she arrived at a cave where she saw some of her fellow colleagues. Also in this group of people that consisted of seven girls was Lydia. She was the dark robed girl in Jennifer's faction that used a blade to achieve quick, small-distance teleportation.

At the moment, they were surrounded on all sides by magical beasts that looked at them with salivating jaws.

Lydia threw the blade in her hand into the air with all the strength that she could muster. And once the blade got to it peak height in the air, Lydia teleported from where she was and appeared at the height that the blade reached.

Immediately she appeared there, she grasped her blade which gravitated towards her hand and then quickly threw it out towards a route that she had in sight.

Once the blade shot out of her hand like an arrow towards that route, Lydia prepared to teleport to where the blade was and then dash at high speed away from these magical beasts.

However, she couldn't outsmart the intelligent wolf-like beasts that surrounded she and the others.

The instant she flung the blade in her hand, one of the wolf-like beasts which had a bigger size and appeared to be the leader of this group of beasts unexpectedly shot at high speed towards where the blade was thrown to and opened it jaws wide to actually swallow the blade.

It successfully swallowed the blade and with it jaws still wide open, it prepared to cut Lydia into two parts with it powerful sharp teeth.

Immediately Lydia appeared before it, with her blade now inside the large, wolf-like beast which she couldn't really sense anymore had her eyes erupt both great fear and dread.

Then she instantly turned around to run away from the wolf-like beast that would quickly tear her apart into many places.

But just before she could turn to leave, the beast which was right in front of her and waited with it massive jaws wide open, prepared to forcefully close it jaws on her body to crush it into two parts.

However, the beast couldn't do what it had the intention to do when a solid stream of air that it denseness could be likened to that of a thick and heavy pillar of concrete suddenly smashed into it and at a very high speed that it wouldn't be able to dodge even if it wanted to.

Bang!

It was heavily knocked by this focused stream of solidified air and was shoved far into one of the many routes that led to other caves.

The other wolf-like beasts saw what Helena did and then had their bodies began to glow in a type of color.

But just before they could unleash whatever attack that wanted to launch at her, Helena who had quickly pointed at them also discharged that fast-moving stream of highly compacted air at them.

Bang!

Bang!

Bang!...

Numerous loud bang sounds rang out with the wolf-like beasts being tyrannically shoved into some of the many tunneling interconnected routes that led to other caves.

"Go! Leave here quickly" She said and then turned to run away before the beasts would charge towards them with burning fury from wherever they were terribly knocked to.

But just before Helena could turn to leave with the bird in one of her hands, Lydia who was always proud and arrogant because of her disappearing abilities actually spoke to Helena.

"Helena, please wait!" She said out loud so Helena could hear and very quickly.

Helena stopped and then turned to look at her.

"What's it? You should get out of here before the magical beasts would come for us" She said in an urgent tone.

"I know. B-But my blade. It's in the stomach of the beast. Without it, I am basically useless in this place. I could be killed." Lydia said.

"Oh. So, what do you want me to do about that?" Helena asked.

"C-Could you please help me retrieve it?" Lydia asked without difficulty in her tone but in a slightly stuttering manner.

She had dropped her pride and haughtiness before Helena.

"I thought you disliked me. Why do you want me to do things for you now?" Helena asked.

"I am sorry for those times. Please, find a place in your heart to forgive me. And from today henceforth, I would never oppose you again. I promise. I would become your friend." Lydia said.

Helena could sense the sincerity in Lydia's tone.

However, she didn't take her word for it. She could be saying those things to use her to get her blade back from the wolf-like beast that happily swallowed it. Also, she knew that she could be betrayed anytime by these people that belonged to Jennifer's 'Murderous Fairies' faction. She felt that they were all like slithering serpents.

Then she proceeded to ask "What about Jennifer's faction? If you would want to be my friend, you must leave there. I can't be friends with any person that belong to that evil and menacing group"