Vol 2 Chapter 4 (1/2)

Chapter 04: Knights of Camelot

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After Crescent☪Moon opened, Akiba had become more vibrant

The problem of food looked simple, but that was not true

The citizens who had so far eaten food like cheere infatuated with Crescent☪Moon in a blink of an eye Crescent☪Moon's meals focused mainly on takeout, and by the real world's standards, it should not be any fancy food, but in this alternate world, it was the the best thing ever

The 3 shops could not meet the demand, but the 4th started operation a few days later Crescent Moon Alliance's summoner conjured a salamander to heat up the hot plate to keep the pizza slices war was reat reviews

Akiba citizens knew right frouild Crescent Moon Alliance, and soaht, this concept made everyone accept this fact

In fact, there were people sending threatening letters to Crescent Moon Alliance de them to make the new recipe public, but even the writers knew this was just an excuse

After the 4th shop opened, a rumor started to spread

Crescent Moon Alliance uilds, Oceanic Syste Center

The 3 uilds had over 5000 members, a third of the total population in Akiba Soh volume of trade in theCenterthem in bulk, as if to confirm this rumor

Even after expanding to 4 outlets and i the menu, the increased speed did little to stem the demand They could serve 1500 people a day at most

Most of the citizens already had a taste of Crescent☪Moon's burger, and they wanted to eat it again Since they could eat the food of the old world again, it was a pain to go back to the days of tasteless ain

There was already a queue before dawn at Crescent☪Moon, and queue numbers needed to be issued

The econoht other positive effects

First, Crescent☪Moon was expensive, a meal was priced 3 to 6 times more than others In this world without entertainment to spendthis aold But even so, they still needed a sizable amount of cash on hand If you ate 3 ed to buy so old a month

Up until now, life in Akiba didn't require much cash There were some people who just curled up in a ball in the ruins so ho e

Akiba's central square had not seen people recruiting for raiding partners in a long tiuilds, just a te together In this world, this was a rare sight, and it garnered more attention than usual

As they left, Crescent☪Moon eether and cheer them on

Of course, these groups would buy a bottle of Black Rose Tea before leaving, maybe they knew the staff personally

But this had never happened in Elder Tales’ neorld before, and it was a wonderful and heartwar san their journey

Other than personal financial activities, there were alsodeer redients were beginning to rise in price

This was the result of the 8th District Shopping Center's discreet buying of stock But if the price increased, there would be people who react and increase the supply Several guilds who heard this news organized ingredient transport tearedients in order to reap the profit

But the 8th District Shopping Center's Charasin had already anticipated this He had already arranged with several sanize expeditions to farredients

Charasin planned the hunting expedition that would take several days, delegating the responsibility to the local faruild's support system, he set up a supply line

This went beyond the Catastrophe, or the history of the world when it was a game itself For the first tiuild directly supporting a battle guild' was for Center did not rely too e aredients at a fixed price

The players who had been holing up at ho up the purchase of consumables and equipment repair Blacksing

Wasn't the source of the change Crescent☪Moon?

If Crescent Moon Alliance teauilds, the scale could be as big as one sixth of all players in the japan server This would be the birth of the biggest, strongest, and most influential force The players in other cities had been asking about Crescent Moon Alliance via telepathy, andBut Maryele had declined the 'please wait until the end of the month'

Battle guilds who usually had no interest in the affairs of production guilds were starting to take notice too

In this world with no internet or WebTV, whichca

Citizens would gather in every corner, discussing news and ideas The Crescent Moon Alliance came up in the discussion frequently, and the cheerful and kind guildbattle teaot mentioned frequently At the same time, a part of the more experienced players who knew the details would u, Nyanta, and Debauchery Tea Party as if they were re

But it was not only the Adventurers ere gossiping these news, but no one seemed to notice

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It had been 10 days since the can started

The Crescent☪Moons that were full of people everyday had becoht Today the 4 stores were also operating at full speed under the clear summer sky

But this was a spacious room far from the bustle of the city

It was the building known as the Heart of Akiba, the largeThis uild hall But there was no electricity in this world, so the lift was just a h to climb 16 levels of stairs

In the center of this spacious roo there were all people that could be seen as representing Akiba

Black Sword Knights’ Grand Commander Isaac

Honesty’s Guildmaster Eins

DDD’s Chief 'Berserker' Krusty

Silver Sword’s young leader William

West Wind Brigade’s harem style Guildmaster Soujirou

Oceanic Syste Armed' Michitaka

The Rodrick Firm’s Guildmaster Rodrick

8th District Shopping Center’s young boss Charasin

Crescent Moon Alliance's Maryele

Grandeur’s Alchemist Woodstock

Radio Market’s expert mechanic Akaneya

And shi+roe of Log Horizon

Behind the twelve leaders, they had a few aides with them The thirty-odd players in this spacious room all had different expressions

Some felt uneasy, some were surprised, a feere expressionless, and there were those who looked confident All of theht before

The agenda was 'the future of Akiba'

Hosted by Log Horizon's shi+roe and Crescent Moon Alliance's Maryele together

Most ere gathered here were leaders of large guilds Oceanic Syste Center were all uildsBlack Sword Knights, Honesty, DDD, Silver Sword, and West Wind Brigade were either large-scale or successful battle guilds

Crescent Moon Alliance, Grandeur, and Radio Market were part of the leading group that failed to foruilds

Only Log Horizon was a totally unknown guildBut the people qualified to gather here had a wide information net, and those ere surprised by shi+roe's presence were less than a quarter

As the people gathered began gauging each of the participants, Crescent Moon Alliance's Serara cae had not been sold in Crescent☪Moon yet, surprising all of the participants But this small sense of shock passed quickly, and the room remained silent

shi+roe sat calmly

But his emotions were not calm

Thiswas shi+roe's battlefield

He was not losing to a ht spread across the arena shi+roe felt the fever of a heatstroke and the chill of the tense air The participants were all people he needed to consort with, but only a feere allies he could trust No matter what happened, he could not let them kno perilous his position was

(This is a fight I started on my oill)

Just like Soujirou said, this world was a prison, everyone was bound by the need to survive The hopelessness of being trapped, theof helplessness bound them

shi+roe had been busy with various events since the Catastrophe, dealing with the proble

But this ca Tohya, saving Minori, or building some form of order for Akiba, in the extreme you could say it was just shi+roe's selfish will This was shi+roe's drea unnecessary battles Of course shi+roe thought this action was beneficial

Not only beneficial to himself, but also the people important to him and to the whole Akiba city, shi+roe believed

Even so, this was still shi+roe's willfulness, this fact could not be changed

Based on this, shi+roe had found freedom for the first time since the Catastrophe He used his willfulness as a starting point, started battles for the sake of fulfilling his wish, and gave it his all This brought a high degree of tension and pressure thatsense of joy

”shi+roe-chi? Are you fine nya?”

Nyanta as standing behind him asked shi+roe could accept this concern directly Including Nyanta and the two not present, Naotsugu and Akatsuki, they had also accepted the Log Horizon label This was the first challenge of this guild with only fourout different assignments, they had a common battlefield

To fight and win for your comrades

shi+roe sith determination in his heart

The tension increased in the room Everyone was finally seated

shi+roe stood up to give the opening speech

”Thank you everyone for rateful My na Horizon I invited all of you here to discuss an agenda The content is complicated, and I will need to spend some time on this, so please be patient”

shi+roe pausedaround the table

( No rateful that everyone attended, probably with the help of Soujirou working behind the scenes But this will save ti all the places to convince them On the other hand, this is the final battle)

”Keep your speech short, 'Debauchery's' shi+roe, it's not like we don't know each other”

The one speaking was 'Black Sword' Isaac, one of the top few players in the japan server He had experienced hundred of battles, leading the way as the vanguard in various major raids shi+roe was invited to lend his support several tiht he wouldn't remember a player with such an unpopular class as Enchanter, but it seemed that was not true

”What is the purpose of this ?”

The one co leader Willia silky white hair tied behind hi his legs alternately, and seemed to have little patience

”Since soo directly into the main topic Should I say question or proposal? I want to discuss the current situation in Akiba As everyone knoe are stuck in this alternate world since the Catastrophe with no way to log out, and no clue on what to do This is so we have to live with On the other hand, the at, a lot of our friends are losing their drive, and even giving up on life The econo I want to settle this situation, that is the reason e are here”

shi+roe said with his eyes half open

No problem, the words he needed to say flowed in his mind It was so clear that he could almost touch them

”And we are here to do what?”

”So troublesome”

”Why do we need to discuss this sort of thing?”

”I understand what you mean, but what can we do?”

Caluild master Eins asked

”Souild alliance?”

”Sort of, but I heard that the plan was a failure”

shi+roe swept his gaze towards the plan's initiators, Grandeur's and Radio Market's guild representatives, who nodded their pale faces in agree Crescent Moon Alliance, were all suilds, and they did not seem qualified to sit here with their suilds that had fifty-fold their membershi+p

”That plan has been dissolved, but I feel it is because ere pushi+ng too hard on a lot of issues The plan back then was to unite the suilds In other words, the sether to protect our common interest That's why our plan failed”

”Yes, we agreed to work together on the surface, but we ended up pursuing our own agendas in the end, so there was no unity and the plan broke down”

The h level subclass mechanic, Radio Market's Akaneya chipped in on Maryele's speech

”So you want to gather all the or at least the guilds that can represent Akiba's influence to readjust our relations in the city?”

” sether, even uilds, this is madness!”

The people present started reacting to Maryele's speech

The invitation included Maryele's guild as the host, this made the participants think that 'In other words, this is the follow up of the failed suild alliance?'

(This is the natural conclusion)

Even if soather everyone for thishis name

Maryele's fame, in addition to the fact that Crescent Moon Alliance equated to Crescent☪Moon, the weight of these two na underway But they needed to clear thissoon

”The agenda is not the same It is the improvement of the situation in Akiba”

shi+roe's words were interrupted by the sound of a chair”If that is the case, please allow us to leave first”

The one standing up was the one who had been unhappy and impatient all this while, Silver Sword's Guilder on his waist and put on his cape

”We are a battle guild The at to do with us In other words, we are fine with the city being in chaos or in harmony The affairs of the city should be left to those who are interested It is probably a waste of ti We are just simply not keen to take part, so count us out”

Willia his piece

A wave of commotion started in the room

Grandeur's, Radio Market's, and Crescent Moon Alliance's leaders all had sour faces shi+roe heard that the s like this in the latter phase

But shi+roe as chairing thehad already expected this to happen

(Silver Sithdrew)

shi+roe analyzed the effect of this incident on the battle and adjusted the scorecard in his heart

Silver Sas indeed a big-scale battle guild, but their presence was not crucial here If the biggest battle guild, DDD, and the biggest production guild, Oceanic Systems wanted to withdraw, shi+roe already had a plan in place to convince theuilds to withdraw

More i rowdy after Willianored

”Even though there are now 11 of us left, let uild all of you was to foranization known as the 'Round Table Alliance' to discuss the operation of Akiba as a city There are twothe ator The next is the ianization can operate with these two goals in mind, and slowly become the tool that can solve the problems in the function of the city”

The rooain

This is because the participants were probing each other for any reaction

(This is the main event)

shi+roe felt hi line as he looked around the room

The people gathered here were able to influence 80 of the city; just their members alone totaled 6000, 40 of the population

Not only that, but since there were so ood terms with, or even formed subordinate-like relationshi+ps under theether for raids, these type of horizontal relations spread their network even further

Those gathered here had a big influence over all the Adventurers in Akiba Their consensus was almost equal to the consensus of all citizens This hy shi+roe chose these influential guilds in the first place

But getting the ree was difficult It was several tiuild” shi+roe understood, but still e

”Before that, can you explain the criteria of choosing the members?”

The first to break the silence was Eins, the guilded voice similar to his appearance

”I understand Firstly, Black Sword Knights, Honesty, DDD, and West Wind Brigade are either uilds, or successful ones Silver Sithdrew is no exception Oceanic Syste Center represent the 3 big productions guilds Crescent Moon Alliance, Grandeur, and Radio Market represent the suilds These are the reasons why I chose everyone here to participate But this is so I don't want you all tonot just theuilds that do not have the chance to take part They are here to reflect the views of all these guilds and people Even the suild should have a chance to express their views If we succeed in foruilds will uphold this standpoint”

shi+roe was expecting so up 3 seats, but unexpectedly, everyone calmly accepted it

The uilds that are invited here had numbers over 6000, but on the contrary, this uilds was over 9000, shi+roe inviting 3 guilds to represent them was acceptable to the participants

But anization wouldn't be formed in the first place, so they didn't really care, that hat shi+roe observed

”What about you?”

The short question was asked by the leader of DDD, 'Berserker' Krusty He looked different than his nicknalasses and handsome face

”I aanizer composer”

shi+roe reply curtly

shi+roe was chairing this Akiba self-governance uild's scale of operation and fame, shi+roe was not qualified

For it a suild A new guild like this wouldn't be heeded even if he talked about Akiba's future

From shi+roe's own criteria, he should be disqualified

(But, this is not important)

If you wanted to talk about qualification, it did not uilds that did qualify, were they i for the masses, the ansould be no

(Things will not progress as I wish no matter how much ait, this has been confirance, you will not be wrong This is ive it my all I have completed the preparations in advance, and I have started this )

”Er and sent out the invitation to qualify for this discussion?”

Krusty made this query as he noticed shi+roe's intent, and shi+roe said confidently, ”That is correct”

”assu to maintain security? No, firstly what do yousecurity'?”

'Black Sword' Isaac asked,shi+roe tense up

”Soinners in the nae correct? This is not a healthy situation”

shi+roe pointing out this fact made Issac back off

” is it regarding 'EXP Pot'? But that is not illegal correct?”

The term 'EXP Pot' caused a commotion, half the participants reacted with 'ah ah, he is bringing this up as expected' Setting whether it was legal to one side, they still felt guilty about this fact

”Players do not have any laws to follow, breaking non-existing laws is just an excuse, everyone here understands this point”

shi+roe said to Isaac who had a sinister expression

”This is not limited to just the 'EXP Pot' incident, the probleuidelines to refer to, so we can do as ish in this world correct? But even so, to us it is not about the legal aspect, the iuilt over this”

”You are being illogical, the law does exist If players fight in a non-combat zone, they will be killed as punishment”

”This is the result, not the law This is just a si in a non-co is the effect This is not a rule, but a natural phenoree to this, and we did not set this standard, this type of thing is not under a legal system”

shi+roe silenced Isaac with his words

Black Sword Knights was one of the big guilds that was allegedly buying EXP Pots Issac was trying to wipe away his guilty conscience with this argument

But this was one of the obstacles in shi+roe's way, he had to do all he could to remove it

”For exaandia abducting young NPCs and selling the this kind of shady business”

The participants all looked at shi+roe with shock

”Based on your concept, this is not illegal, because the guards did not attack theht? This action can be done in this world, it is possible But a legal system is different, the question is 'Is this acceptable to us', that's how the law should be like, correct? We need rules to govern ourselves”

You could make as many excuses as you wanted

For instance, confining the beginners was for their protection Taking the 'EXP Pot' was to make up for their lack of combat ability toexpenses

The selling of NPCs as slaves could be waived off with the excuse 'they are slaves and have no huhts' nobody could prove they were hu you get just because you proved sohts The history of the real world had already proven this point

That's why shi+roe's tactical goal was not to use logic to break all these excuses, but to ulate ourselves in this lawless world'

The point shi+roe raisedthemselves Souild representatives, but their aides as well,the room noisy

There were two types of reactions

One thought that there needed to be soround rules

The other thought there was no way they could come to a consensus

”Silver Sword declared they are withdrawing, but they see an influential group appearing in Akiba who does not agree with the existence of this organization, what should be done? In other words, there anization”

Krusty asked shi+roe cal all those present

”That is to fight, basically chase them out of Akiba Even if they sneak in, it will be hard to perforuild to disband”

shi+roe's answer caused an uproar

Si roouild”, ”Force them out”

Talk was easy, execution was difficult In this world where you could respawn, even death was not a deterrent Since it was not a deterrent, the effect of arrest was also low Taking this to the extreme, even if you were arrested and detained in jail, you could escape by suicide

With these conditions, destroying guilds was very difficult

But the reason behind the air of panic in this silent rooo The group here had influence over 80 of the citizens

If the participants cas Crescent Moon Alliance could not achieve could be done here, such as guarding all the entrances, executing any wanted person by PK The production guilds could refuse all trade with criminals

Doing this would use up a lot of resources and manpower, but was able to pressure the populace in both physical and non-physical ways

”But you will need the help of battle guilds like us to achieve this, correct?”

'Black Sword' Isaac reminded shi+roe

”In the end, if it is 10 or 20 people, we can perfor if one of the nores the decision of the council and announce that the law can go and eat shi+t that will be war then? Even if the organization is foruarantee every issue will be settled srate all our views? If so be pointless?”

Isaac had a point

The participants agreed softly, and the sound of chatter spread through the room