Vol 2 Chapter 5 (1/2)
Chapter 05: Grab Your Future
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”You are threatening us!”
In another location, in the spacious , thetowards a flash point
The announce' had the same effect as an explosion
The only ones who did not feel the bloere shi+roe himself, Nyanta behind him, the Crescent Moon Alliance ade who did not know the actual plan but had somehow sensed the situation
The guild building was one of the main facilities of Akiba
The guild hall'sfroh-level guilds It aduilds in the system
But it didlobby in Akiba also housed the bank counters Banks in Elder Tales were important facilities, where you could deposit your money and rent warehouse space to store your items
In this alternate world, the only penalty for death was the deduction of some experience points and a drop in the durability of your equipment But items not equipped would be dropped on the field with a certain probability
If you were lucky you ht be able to recover them But if you were PKed, it would definitely be taken by the enee amount of cash on your person was a reckless act Players would normally deposit most of their wealth in the bank When they needed to spend it on expensive ite fee to remit the money
For Elder Tales players, the bank was so you used everyday, an important and convenient facility
Akiba's only bank counter was in the guild building's lobby shi+roe controlled its access This had major implications
There were banks in every city, and the accounts were linked Be it cash or items, you could process the withdrawal from any bank For instance, you could deposit cash in Akiba and withdraw it from Hannan
But with the intercity transport gates down, it was risky to travel to a city so far away shi+roe's group traveled to Susukino before, but that was a rare case After the Catastrophe, players who traveled to another city fro city were probably less than 01
Taking into account the current environment, shi+roe now had the power to freeze the bank accounts of everyone, it was easy to understand why the participants were shocked
shi+roe announced his plan to the Crescent Moon Alliance after confirold needed Even Henrietta couldn't calm herself and said, ”Compared to shi+roe-sama, the devil is so uy, but shi+roe-sama doesn't think so 'Black Heart Glasses' is too cute a nickname for you”
”Freezing bank accounts? What else can you call it but intimidation?”
The suildvoice
”I a to Isaac-san's question, which was 'Even if the council is forht object and incite a war' My answer is there will be no war, because the one starting it will lose all access to Akiba's guild building”
”Isn't that a threat”
shi+roe replied to his relentless questions
”If you want to say that this is intiuild like Isaac's uses the tactic 'if you propose anything that is detrimental to me, I will start a war', it will also be intimidation, correct? What is the difference between these two? I a up a council to discuss official business', and did not ignore any criticism Please consider which request is more reasonable”
A heavy silence that threatened to crush all of the room
The participants felt that they were having a nightmare
”How did you raise sois a public zone, correct? Where did the money come from?”
”It was sponsored by us”
The one answering was Oceanic Syste Ar back to normal, and he seemed to be the first to recover from the shock
”So the challenge mentioned by shi+roe-dono is”
”Yes, that is to start this ”
”So that's why”
Michitaka nodded a from him the reason for the sponsorshi+p There were only 11 people seated, but the impact of shi+roe's words had driven the aides into panic as well
”Please quiet down a bit, this is too noisy!”
Michitaka bellowed at the crowd as he lowered his head to study the documents before hi that Nyanta discovered, as well the preparation ers This was a real cooking recipe detailing how to prepare the food, not an 'in-garedients needed to create food by using the menu selection
Earlier in the , he invited Oceanic Syste Center, the 3 uild masters to come, and distributed this data to them personally
The content of the data was simple beyond description Crescent☪Moon's new food product did not coame recipe
Lured by the prospects of getting their hands on the gauilds were led on by the Crescent Moon Alliance, and each lost their 15 old investment
But shi+roe was not sorry about this
shi+roe retorted to the 3 unhappy guild masters, ”Why do you think that this data is not worth 15 old?”
”shi+roe-dono, do you have anything more to add?”
Michitaka had already accepted all of this, as he asked shi+roe with a bitter smile and an unhappy look
”That is right, no matter how shi+roe-senpai explains, we are still in a position akin to blackmail And humans will lose their cool if they know they are under threat You understand this correct?”
Soujirou added
shi+roe nodded to acknowledge Soujirou and continued
”The two of you summarized this very well I don't think that a place with a single person holding soto the previous topic, does everyone think that this city no, let's go bigger, does everyone think that this world's Adventurers, are they okay with the current situation? I want to raise two main objectives The first is to let the citizens of the city, and of this world recover their vitality Second, set laws for the Adventurers of this city, and enforce it Anyone opposed to this so far?”
No objections
That was to be expected
And shi+roe's objectives were not bad things Recovering vitality was a good thing, both the battle guilds and production guilds would benefit
But if the detailed plan caused a heavy load, then it would be different If letting other players recover their vigor involved an increase in the burden of this 's participants, the next question would be 'ould pick this unlucky lot'
But at this point in time, no one raised any objections
Setting laas the same Some may think it was troublesoathered here were all japanese playing in the japanese server No one could disal system
Depending on the content of the law, such as soree with, some proble laws, there was no reason to object
”Okay”
'Black Sword' Isaac slammed his thick hand onto the table, as if to shoulder everyone's confusion, and announced,
”Since it has co's proposer Log Horizon's plan in detail”
The warrior in black araze also fell on shi+roe shi+roe stuck out his chest, and continued to speak with a renewed passion
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Moving between zones was a special gan
For instance, if you wanted to , you had to use a specific facility, a door
Fro the 2nd and 3rd floor corridors These corridors with doors were arranged in an orderly uild halls
Physically speaking, there were no rooms behind the doors, since there was no space for the rooms anyway All the doors were close to each other, and the wall behind was only 1 meter deep Every floor had 17 such corridors, you couldn't find the space for rooms anywhere here
Using the guild building's ical door, you would be transported to another zone known as the guild hall That was an easier way to understand this Vice-versa, using the door of the guild hall would transport you to the guild building
They didn't know if it was Minori or Tohya who touched the door handle first Facing the attacking venos, they ran away in order to avoid their attacks, and fell face-down into the guild building corridor
”There are 2 more!”
The guild building corridor was different frothe Hainners down the stairs
Minori coughed repeatedly
She had the disgusting feeling of bugs squirs was actually just the teic Since the caster could not see Minori, the bugs were all gone But the revolting feeling made her feel that they were still there
”Minori, are you okay?”
Tohya patted her back gently with a worried look Minori as kneeling on the floor could not see Tohya, only the floor and a spreading pool of blood
”Tohya you are Wait a moment, I will cast 'Minor Heal'”
”It's fine, I'm okay”
Feeling Tohya raising his gaze, Minori turned her head to look Besides her was a young swordsman in blue leather arirl in black
”What are your na?”
The young swordshtly older than the twins The black-haired swordsh-schooler asked Minori
(Are we safe now?)
Minori did not knohy Hauild building's corridor But the fact they had been rescued was real Minori lost the strength in her legs from relief
Minori took hold of the offered hand of the swordsman and stood up
Tohya was already on his feet, answering the swordsman's question
”I am Tohya, this is inners”
”Alright, that's great”
The young swordsht was lifted off his shoulders
”I ao to the lobby, your co there We need to cure you and ascertain everyone is here, explain the situation and arrange for the things after”
”Hey Minori, don't get cold feet now, it is e”
”Tohya you are such a bully”
Tohya's gentle and relieving tone didn'twords They just needed to follow Shouryuu the swordsman, and they would be able toabout that
(!)
Minori felt an unexpected chill on her back She didn't need to turn around to know that soaze behind her, but only realized she shouldn't have done that rasp the current situation, but to rush down the stairs But it was already too late
An adult hand covered her eyes and grabbed Minori roughly When Minori realized this, she felt a strong force tackling her It was TohyaMinori was knocked away, the hand was not able to touch her clothes It changed its target to Tohya This arth that ripped Tohya's wrist Tohya's steel wrist guard creaked under the pressure
That Su zones
”You two!”
The Sue class But a th than Tohya's warrior class In this world, physical appearance had no bearings on arth From Tohya's tense and painful expression, you could tell how e this skinny arm could deal
”What are you doing? What are you all sche?”
”So noisy, just shut up!”
Tohya shouted with all his ht
Tohya overca the Sue, but Tohya drew his sword at the same time to protect his sister
”You audacious brats dare to oppose o!”
These words awakened the pain in the twins' hearts
They were only a burden, and they could not even defend against the violence of this man
Even so, Minori still gathered her courage to resist At this ure rushed to the scene like a dark sparrow from the opposite direction
This shadow kicked Ha herself between the twins and him
(So powerful this person is so pretty)
The pretty lady Minori saw used her flying knee so smoothly it seemed that she had practiced it thousands of times on the Summoner Her actions were so fluid it looked like some kind of dance
But the words that came out of her pretty little mouth were both sharp and cruel
”Just as weak as you look” she said with a face of contempt towards the Summoner
”Who are you? Akatsuki? Log Horizon? Never heard of you before!”
The Su with his gauild name with a look of disdain
But the words had no effect on the young girl, she maintained her usual serious expression and replied with a nod
”Is that so? Isn't the label of the 3rd rate guild Hah at you as you walk on the street, it's so bad you have to run back to hide in the guild hall in shaht?”
The rabbed her collar Battles were restricted in the Guild Building but Hamelin members knew very well from experience what actions would be considered as battles
Attacking eapons or using offensive ed as battle actions without exceptions But contact by hand, if it didn't cause excessive pain, would not be seen as combat
Just like how Yakuza in the real world kneould be considered breaking the law, they were also aware of what they were allowed to do without provoking the guards fro
”What did you just say? You know about Hamelin and still dare to talk shi+t with me? You smelly brat!”
Even facing such a cold and intins of fear Her tiny body was lifted off the ground by this Summoner, but Akatsuki calmly spoke in this position
” Ah, ies, I missed one of them The name is Shredder A ly as a shredded piece of paper Yes”
”What are you talking about? When I drag you back into the guild hall, someone like you will”
The sound was cut off
Not only the sound, the man himself also disappeared
Akatsuki landed softly, the er in front of her
”My lord, thanks for adding hi someone while they are still in the zone will banish theuild hall Erm, yes Understood, we entleman named Tohya They seem to be the last two, I will continue uild hall entrance”
The pretty and delicate young girl maintained her serious expression, turned and approached the exhausted tere sitting on the floor
”You are Minori and Tohya correct? I am Akatsuki, my lord shi+roe's shi+nobi I will ensure your safety, ed in another battle But first of all do you want to take a bath?”
Minori's tears fell with relief
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”As I explained, I aor of the city and increase security As for the detailed plan, I will first expressvitality I have already discussed this with a few related personnel Mary-nee”
shi+roe's speech gave Maryele the courage to stand up
”I think everyone already knows, Crescent Moon Alliance's business Crescent☪Moon is very popular, sales have been great”
Maryele placed both hands on the table and leaned forward shi+roe could see that Henrietta as behind her was cheering her on silently
”Crescent☪Moon provides take-outpoint is its absolutely delicious burgers There have been various rumors and speculations, we have heard about this As for our secret, a lot of people have speculated that we discovered recipes that are level 91 and above It is not true”
Except for the production guilds who already knew the truth, this news caused a big co room
”I want to announce the secret here, the redients norh But the one cooking must have the Chef subclass If the Chef's level is too low, the cooking will be judged to have failed It is that siame menu”
As the crowd began to understand the ier
Ingredients needed to be ame menu, this was an assumption that had deceived everyone This was a simple matter, but also a revolutionary discovery
Maryele took her seat amidst the clauht up
”The one who discovered this method is the Chef behind me, Nyanta I received his permission to share this with Crescent Moon Alliance, and subsequently started Crescent☪Moon”
” So that is why Oceanic Systems sponsored them”
” Wait, didn't they just get tricked?”
All kinds of conjecture reverberated in the nored the noise and continued
”I feel that this discovery has a lot of potential This was first discovered by Chief Nyanta, but I couldn't have held thisthisin the first place Michitaka-san, have there been any results?”
”Yes”
Michitaka, replied with a deep voice The seeuild had a look of surprise on his face
The 3 uilds had been quiet for all this time the reason lay in shi+roe's speech
”Our guild with the help of The Rodrick Fir a steao”
This announceain, but it did not cause an uproar like the last surprise After hearing this, the listeners were starting to doubt their ears, and were concentrating on the exchange between Michitaka and shi+roe in order to not miss out any details
”Technically speaking it is still a prototype, it still has a lot of problems But the theory has been proven to work”
”Producing results in less than half a day, that is a”
”The basic parts areit with existing parts is an excellent idea”
Michitaka nodded at shi+roe
”Hey Making a stea, but what is this about?”
'Black Sword' Isaac asked with all his wrath and anger gone
”Isaac-san, you don't understand? In simple ter methods and Chefs, but it proves 'players with production subclasses can s that are not in the gan, there is nothing related to steaame But the fact that it does not exist not only affects same recipe, but also expands into a dimension beyond just delicious food”
The Rodrick Firuild master Rodrick answered Isaac He explained in amore like a scholar than a merchant
”Froa craze soon I think a lot of things in the old world can be recreated here Let ood chance ofradios”
8th District Shopping Center's Charasin continued where Rodrick left off
The scholarly Rodrick and Michitaka ere suilds itness to the steaine experiment
”With more new inventions, it will create more demands, and there will be more ways to earn or in the city Because the econoo out of control, I think we need to consider the details But this chaos can be controlled, it won't cause depression and stagnation In this world, itees, or tools you can use with your hands can be ame menu Since there are templates for everyone to follow, I predict that there will be rapid progress”
”We the 3 uilds have confir on ways to make money and stimulate the economy We support shi+roe-dono's proposal and think there is nothing wrong with it”
Michitaka continued after shi+roe finished
”Then, you guys frouilds”
”Yes, we support the setting of the 'Round Table Council'”
In actual fact, a small business like the Crescent☪Moon franchise couldthe e sales per person would drop froold Despite that, there were still plenty of potential customers which was all the players in Akiba, ten times the number Crescent☪Moon could handle
It was easy to tell that this would have a huge effect on the economy
The battle guild asp in response
With the 3 uilds so confident, they could only accept that the proposal would invigorate the city
”The city is like this becauseBut I think thefor them to do The monetary expenses in this world are too loe need to ree, so they ork to earnit I think there should be more job opportunities in the future, for exa to hire more help for the shops, correct?”
”Yes, we have been restricted to using our members for various reasons, but I definitely want to hire more people”
Charasin nodded at Maryele's sincere words
”Battle guilds will have redients, exploration, and escort et to hire the battle guilds to investigate the 'Fairy Rings' After co that, the next will be infor the data to be distributed by newspaper or other s”
It had been confirs were in nors were affected by the different e its teleportation destination, so the chance of going to your desired location was low With the fact that you could no longer refer to online guides, there was no way to predict where you would go, so no one used them
It was possible to investigate the destination you would be transferred to, but it would take a lot of resources Not only were the 28 days of the ed every hour The data of each Fairy Ringit to the tis were an encyclopedic amount of data
It was not that no one wanted to investigate, it was just that this project was too big, it could not be accouild
But if you created the organization shi+roe proposed, to support the operation, then it was not iuilds could take on this big mission
”Next is the issue of security, there should be people who thinks laill be restrictive, but I think this is soes styled alternate world, even if we don't restrict certain actions by law, I think reason and culture will allow this world to operate s spots or territorial disputes, if we agree to co another unreasonably
The participants nodded in agree 'Black Sword' Isaac
”But for some extreme actions, we still need so in low level zones, for instance, bullying a player below level 50 is h wealth for the them is just a way to enjoy murder The details of the restriction can be decided later, but I feel PKing should be banned for all low-level zones around Akiba”
There were no comments for this from the others
Guilds worthy of being invited here were all big guilds which wouldn't go down the PK line This was expected, since guilds that would PK were et what they wanted
”The next will be huuarantee of personal freedom In this world where death is not the end, confine are uilds should be a voluntary decision, forceful and coercive actions should be illegal and punishable by law Other things like al too”
Regarding thisAdding these rules should be unavoidable
The reeable atmosphere, the participants felt that there were no problem with this Everyone present resented criet rid of this criminal behavior'
But with the syste in non-couards to the violators, but other crimes like confinement and coercion would not activate them In other words, there needed to be soe if any laws had been broken, and even enforce punishment on the spot But this method used a lot of resources and everyone didn't think it would work
But shi+roebank account' card, with this things would bethe players, the 'Round Table Council' would investigate and blacklist any problematic players They would then be unable to live properly in Akiba and be forced to move to another city
For the participants, shi+roe's suggestion was very sound
The steauilds in the formation of the 'Round Table Council' were all surprising ele felt reasonable
shi+roe expressed these specific practices in order to convince the participants in for to the details
Even though he had not gained total support across the board, it had reached an acceptable level and the at the council
”This is the last point huhts not only apply to the Adventurers, but also the People of the Land as well”
Several people opened their htly The quick-witted participants immediately linked this to the slavery proble this point
But shi+roe was talking about a completely different matter
”It is inconclusive how thewill end today, whether the draft I submit will be accepted and the formation of the 'Round Table Council' is still unknown But I hope everyone at least has the idea that the fantastical and twisted world we are in has affected the Elder Tales game But as we learned froame world, it is an alternate world that follows ic than that Has anyone here conversed properly with the People of the Land before?”
One of the aides said, ”Aren't they NPCs?”
”They are not NPCs, they have unique personalities They have their oorries, dreams, and moral view in this world They call themselves the People of the Land, and refer to us as Adventurers But I need to inal citizens of this world, we are the parasites Akiba is an Adventurer city, so there are less People of the Land here But in this whole world, there are definitely more People of the Land than us Adventurers and People of the Land have different responsibilities in this world, if we carry on like this, on't be able to build a good relationshi+p with them”
”Relationshi+p?”
shi+roe's words, even if part of it made them feel ”so that's hoorks, if you think about it he is right” and nodded their heads, but some parts were too abstract for them and annoyed them 'In this alternate world of Elder Tales, they are not NPCs, but the people of this world' this point even if it was not convincing, but it was a logical conjecture But for h to move them
”Ah Let me add on to that point”
In the air of confusion, Maryele said gingerly
She was always tense in such fors, but she maintained her cheerful nature and explained,
”Erm, Crescent☪Moon is very popular, but our customers are not just players, in other words, not only Adventurers The People of the Land also want to buy theh I don't really kno to describe this, and we are not sure ourselves But these people also want to eat tasty food”
Theroom became silent
The shock this revelation gave the croas enough to give the sensation of the ground you were standing on cracking and caving in
NPCs to andia in Susukino went too far, the nor , but that was only when this was still a game
But because of this, to the experienced players of Elder Tales gathered in this room, Maryele's report was like a punch that destroyed common sense
”I won't suggest that we give up returning to the original world, and I don't want to say this either But we need to recognize that we have been in this alternate world for 2 months noe cannot continue to be a selfish visitor We have the preconception that the People of the Land have no e to the Elder Tales setting, we are a special class known as Adventurers, with the ability to be 'mercenaries who can learn special skills and raid the nest of monsters' But the People of the Land are the majority in this world, because services such as banks are provided by them They should be able to live on without us But if we don't behave ourselves in this world, it could result in a irreparable bad end”
shi+roe sat down after he finished without waiting for any response He was tired but felt content
Even though shi+roe had finished his proposal, theroom remained silent