Everyone’s getting prepared  

Gilbert is waiting in the room while drinking a cup of tea. After some time Hugo appeared in the room with a list in his hand.

Sitting on a chair he throws the list to Gilbert. Getting the list he looks at it and says "So these are the parties that will participate in the special quest 'God's Hammer' Quite an interesting lineup this is.

Hearing his words Hugo picked a cup of tea and after taking a sip he says "Yes you are correct these are the parties that will fight for the sake of humanity and your party will play an important role in it".

Gilbert looks at him with seriousness in his eyes and asked "Why did you say that the sake of humanity will depend on it?"

Hugo put down his cup of tea and said "It's a confidential news, The Church has investigated the dark aura and the result was very shocking".

Gilbert didn't let him finish his words and asked "What is it?"

Getting interrupted Hugo was annoyed so he said in a loud voice "Let me finish my words".

He shut his mouth hearing his words and looked down.

Hugo continued his words and said, "It's confirmed that the dark aura is coming from the netherworld, which means the Demonic church has already opened the gate for them".

Hearing the news Gilbert's eyes were about to gouge out. He touched his hair and looked outside the window for some minutes.

After a few minutes he looked at Hugo with a serious look and said "This matter is serious then, the destiny of humankind is depending on us".

"Yeah, you guys are our only hope, we have to close that gate before the Demon King arrives no matter what, if he manages to step outside the dungeon then there will be a massacre and it will become hard for us to stop him and on top of that many valuable lives will be lost," said Hugo in the response of his words.

"Can I ask you a question?" asked Gilbert out of nowhere.

Suddenly getting questioned Hugo was startled but he didn't deny his request due to that and said "Go ahead".

Getting the permit he asked "Why the officials didn't notice it till now? It would take many years to prepare the gate then what the hell you guys were doing?"

Hearing his question Hugo lowered his head and said "As a King, it's my fault for not noticing it earlier, I will take full responsibility for it if there will be any casualties".

Saying that he looked at Gilbert and said "Will you help us out in this desperate situation?"

"Of course, why wouldn't I" replied Gilbert with a smile on his face.

Hugo was pleased to hear his words so he raised his head and said "Then you have to make Dai Itami participate in this quest".

Gilbert was shocked to hear this but he calmed himself down and asked "What is your reason behind it?"

Hugo laughed and said, "There is no ill reason behind it; he is powerful and strong so it's obvious for us to want him on this special quest".

Looking into his eyes he can feel the seriousness and the weight of his words so he stood up and said 'Ok I will talk to him to join our Party and the quest".

Saying that he asked for permission to leave.

Hugo permitted it immediately and said "We only have a few days at hand so talk to him quickly" saying that he waved his hand and said goodbye.

Gilbert also waved back and left the room.

Just when Gilbert left, Hugo called a servant and told him to bring a fine bottle of fine wine.

The servant nodded his head and went to bring the wine. In a few minutes, he bought the wine and a glass and left from there after showing respect to Hugo.

He opened the bottle and poured a little bit of the wine and stirred it and after taking a sip he uttered "What a fine wine this is like the day" saying that he looked at the window through the glass and said, "Hope that you will show me your worth Integrity level magician Dai Itami".

On the other side Itami was practicing his magical skills in the garden that's when he saw a man suffering so he went near him and saw that a weird kind of white foam was pouring out of his mouth, seeing Itami he touched his leg and was begging for something.

Itami couldn't understand what he was trying to say so he was thinking of lending him his ear but that's when the unknown person dies while coughing the foam out.

Harold gets out of his room to see what this sound is, getting outside his room he sees a person dying in the garden so he goes near him and he was also coughing out the white foam from his mouth.

He doesn't know what is going on so he calls Quinella but just when he calls her name Itami also calls her, their voice reached to the ears of Quinella in a mere minute.

Hearing the commotion, she gets out of the room and seeing the dead people she makes a face like she was waiting for them, seeing them she goes near them and kicks their body and says "At last you have reached here you invaders".

Hearing her words Itami and Harold were shocked so they asked at the same time again "Do you know them?"

Hearing the question, she looks at them with a poker face and says "No, how would I know them, they aren't my relatives.

Hearing her answer they were both shocked but that's when Chris walked out of the house and said "Why are you guys being that shocked, it's Quinella you guys are talking to she can do anything, and most of the time she pulls out the weirdest thing so don't get shocked on this small incident".

Hearing his words Itami laughed while Harold couldn't understand how could he remain so calm in this unexplainable situation so he looked at Chris with seriousness and curiousness in his eyes and asked "Do you guys see dead bodies every day?"

Hearing his sudden out of the syllabus question Chris looked at him with a straight face.

A sudden awkwardness activated out of nowhere. There were some silent moments after that question but Itami broke the silence by asking a question to Chris.

"Didn't you explain to him about the current situation and the project?" asked Itami with a serious look.

"No leader I haven't yet" replied Chris while looking at Harold.

Harold doesn't know what is going on so he is just looking at everyone like a chicken and thinking "What the hell is going on and why has the atmosphere suddenly changed",

While he was thinking that, Quinella coughed to gain everyone's attention.

Getting everyone's attention she started saying "I know that you guys are kinda shocked right now especially Harold so let me explain everything".

Saying that she went inside the house without saying anything.

Everyone's jaw dropped after seeing her action. They all thought that she was just joking about explaining the situation.

But she wasn't joking; she actually went into the house to drink some water.

After a few minutes, she returned with enthusiasm. This time she started with the intention to finish it off.

"So the guys you are seeing right now are the victim of my barrier magic, I put a barrier to stop any unknown or unwanted person and this barrier magic is called 'Chosen Ones' As the name tells it only permits the person to enter in the barrier whom I chose when a person steps inside my barrier I can feel their presence and if I don't want to let that person walk inside my barrier I simply actives my curse which is attached to the barrier and due to that a poison spreads around them which causes them to vomit and pour out a white foam from their mouth".

Saying all that things at once she catches her breath and looks at everyone.

Itami and Chris were looking like they expected such things from me except Harold.

He was horrified after listening to the explanation.

He made a weird expression and asked "Are you a witch?"

Quinella laughed insanely after hearing his question and replied "Are you dumb, this skill can only be used by a witch so yeah I am a witch".

Hearing her answer she couldn't believe her words that's when Chris placed his hands on his shoulder and said "We need to talk" (To be continued)

I plan to give you guys an extra here but due to some reason I haven't completed that extra yet so please enjoy this chapter until then. I will add the extra after a few days.

Thanks for reading the chapter.