Vol 4 Chapter 5 (2/2)

This was not the ter the world and seeing a sunrise that no

one had seen before, the name of shi+roe's companions

Since he called himself that, he was also a scion of 'hers'

”No, you need to feel bothered Rundelhous Code, a felloho gives up so easily calling himself an

Adventurer will only trouble others This is not enough Did you spend your whole life training and

learning in order to die in an alley like this? What you have found in the dungeons are not tactics or

strategy, but the will to survive, the grit to do anything to keep living on no matter how hard you have to

work, the spirit to never give up right?”

”shi+roe-nii”

”Rundelhous, your resolve is not strong enough!”

”Then what do you expect me to do?”

Rundelhous' eyes were full of regret and dismay, even if he said this was only natural, his heart refused to

accept it as his tears started to flow

Because of this, shi+roe decided to use that 'ic'

”Pay attention and listen up!”

shi+roe took out the docuriffon's back and put it in front of

Rundelhous' face

”This is”

”A contract?”

The document shi+roe took from his backpack was indeed a contract, it ritten in 'Carved Dragon Eye

Ink' on the 'Fairy King Paper' redients, the only one in the world

”Contract Log Horizon representative shi+roe, and Rundelhous Code agree to the following terms:

1 Effective iuild Log Horizon

2 Rundelhous will act appropriately and carry out tasks assigned seriously befitting his position as a

Horizon

3 Log Horizon will provide Rundelhous with necessary support to aid hi out his tasks

including the identity of an Adventurer

4 This contract is based on s either party gain will

remain in effect even if the contract lapses

As above, there are 2 copies of the contract, both parties will keep one copy after signing the agreement

as proof”

Sounds of gasping could be heard

”Adventurer?”

”This is shi+roe-san, this is!”

This was developing a spell that was not in the game

shi+roe noticed this possibility a long tio

Chefs could cook fooddishes with normal taste

Nyanta explained to shi+roe on their way back to Susukino

And this had proven to be correct

And shi+roe convinced the Round Table Council that this was not limited to chefs

People with the corresponding skills could use the

things that did not exist in this alternate world

This was the realbehind Nyanta's discovery

2 s he had visualized and conducted experiments

repeatedly He kept this as a hidden ace to be used if the Round Table Council o

s and it evolved

His conversation with ReGan about Spirit Theory gave shi+roe an inspiration and one of his research

topics was going to bear fruit here

Rundelhous was a People of the Land

And he would die in 3 minutes

People of the Land could not revive

Rundelhous would disappear

If that was the case, the ansas obvious

He needed to make Rundelhous into an Adventurer in these 3 minutes

His experiments proved that scribes could make simple contracts and all sort of documents such as

'Mission Request For powers A scribe with a high enough level

could create these with redients

But a these type of contracts, this one was top class

Allowing a Person of the Land to join a guild and bestowing the identity of Adventurer on him, this

contract looked like a fraud to shi+roe So shi+roe used his level 90 Scribe skills and the top-class ical

ingredients and ink he collected during the tiret in order to

fulfill this request

shi+roe moved the contract closer to Rundelhous' face

”I have already signed this, the rest is up to you”

”Venturer”

”You can realize your dreams”

The young sorcerer with mud all over him said in a weak voice, as shi+roe explained to him

”This contract has a risk, you will be altered in so a

different being Adventurers are still new to this world, you ht in some other events,

Adventurers ined”

”I want to become”

The status screen still showed the flashi+ng word 'death', his HP was reducing gradually, Rundelhous

replied without hesitation

”I want to become an Adventurer, people who help those in need, I won't mind the small details I am not

after the glory I just want to be an Adventurer”

Rundelhous grabbed the pen with his tre hand and it fell out of his hand immediately 'Hades

Incense of Soul Recovery' was losing its effect, Rundelhous ht be unable to keep his 'Soul' and

'Essence' connected

”Rudy don't worry”

Isuzu held his hand

”I will sign this together with Rudy”

Isuzu embraced Rundelhous from behind, Tohya helped fro

spells repeatedly, the four of thened

His treeical ink

to write down his naht shi+roe's skills were acknowledged by

this alternate world, beco a brand ne

”Rundelhous, you will die and respawn in the cathedral”

shi+roe said as he felt the cogs turning so 'Essence' turned into

dancing light particles and fleards Akiba, the other players watched this dream-like scene with

stunned expressions

The act of developing ic was the reason why he earned the nickname 'Chronicler of the East' in the

future

Part 4

The battle continued in the dark

In the heart of the Sand Leaf central hills

The venue was a valley like the previous battle, the only difference was the size of the place and the scale

of the battle When she asked Takayaht in valleys, the ansas: ”A large

group needs a lot of space to gather, we can organize ourselves in the forest or the hills, but it will be

hard to accommodate everyone there”

Raynesia thought about it and agreed

Goblins ence was low But since they werein an army,

they would follow certain rules

Since they were fighting in the valley, there were several ridges where they could see the whole valley

Takayaes but it was different from last time

They only set up the ht need to move on short notice,

or because Raynesia declined the chair, but from the looks of relief from Takayama Misa, Raynesia

predicted the previous tiement just for her [1]

But these were trivial matters

Raynesia, Takaya on the battle in the valley

Takayaoblin taoblins

didn't have a complicated society like humans, but they had primitive division of labor and classes

Most goblins were lightly aroblins had special classes, the

oblin tamers bred beasts like Owlbears,

Hippogriffs, and dire wolves

They could see the eneround had gained

sentience and squirhtmares

”Seems like a mutant breed”

Takayama Misa explained calmly:

”We fought thes raised in the miasma of the undead To

have raised so oblin tamers Elder Tales has such an

intriguing detailed secret setting”

”Would Would they be alright”

”Worrying is an absurd action”

Takayama Misa maintained her cold attitude and words, but Raynesia was not so optimistic There were a

few hundred eneeneral must be in the center, probably in

the exotic tent heels that was essentially a mobile fortress

Raynesia was not worried about that hts as well Even

though they wouldn't die, it would still be painful if they got hurt, which pained her too

But the two sides engaged suddenly without regard to Raynesia's worries

”Square shape so pretty”

”This is the square formation”

Takayama Misa walked to Raynesia's side probably to chat

She pointed to Krusty's arned on 4 sides in the shape of a square and continued

”This is a coroups are usually formed in multiples of 4, the same

number of sides as the box So in terms of command, squares are the easiest formation to adopt It is

basically a defensive forhters in the front supported by the ranged and

e dealers But since this is a tight-knit formation, it will be bad

against eneroups of wild beasts, it can be an iron-clad

defensive wall”

”So that is how”

Raynesia guessed right

The strong vanguards deflected the attacks of the wolves easily, with arrows andout from

behind them The balreat columns of fire all over

the valley ht that she could see without any assistance

”They are ”

Takayaht at the battlefield

The whole forer It turned into the shape of a trapezoid and

advanced, taking out the enemies in its way

Takayama Misa said this was a defensive formation, but this seemed to be an unreliable evaluation

This was the first tie-scale battle, she had never seen the defensive battles of

the castle knights, so she had nothing to use as a reference, but what she saw could not be described as

defensive

She saw it as a square hole

Krusty's aroblin aroblins and wolves would

be dealt hen they touched the hole The way the formation handled the enemy was akin to a neat

freak, giving off a sense of madness

”Look closely”

At this moment, a bonfire see birds flew out from

it and spread orange and crimson flames in all 4 directions, obviously a summoned beast But Raynesia

had never heard of sus ranged from the

size of a fist to that of a puppy, she had never seen such powerful and dignified creatures

”That is the Phoenix you can forh-level spirit with fire affinity The

summoners need to complete a very difficult quest before they are qualified to form a contract with such

graceful and holy beast what is wrong?”

(She asked ?)

(That creature has flame on it?)

(Adventurers can can summon such creatures, there should be a limit to such foul play correct?)

Raynesia finally understood

Krusty was not putting on a brave face, this was how he acted naturally

No wonder Takaya was absurd

No one could predict ould happen on the battlefield But there were people in this world who

were fine in this unpredictable battlefield and used their extraordinary experience no common man could

hope to match to rule the arena

The ar were also Adventurers who had accu experience

and training Raynesia recognized frohts could not

be applied on them

Adventurers were an existence beyond Raynesia's comprehension

The goblin general's giant uards and gigantic

ferocious goblins flew out from the shattered fortress Krusty's forces continued to advance

Raynesia heard an impossible voice

Well then, let's enjoy this sumptuous meal

The calm words with a hint of joy definitely came from Krusty

Raynesia did not have telepathic abilities, she couldn't have heard Krusty from so far away, but she did

hear his voice

Krusty swung his two-handed axe and pointed it at the eneated

black spears caroup of warriors dual-wielding blades shredded

through the goblins like thin clothes

”We have finished the main course Let's leave the rest to the nets spread out by our headquarters'

tactician”

Takayama Misa closed her report file with a soft sound, her voice so cal

so obvious

Part 5

In the end they linked up just before dawn

The resistance of the Sahuagin was stronger than expected, Ocypete took a lot of time to dock Ocypete

had a lot of functions installed as an experimental prototype, but it was basically a transport shi+p

It was not acraft

It was hard to suppress enemies that could move freely in the water, so it was hard to execute bold attack

maneuvers

But at riffons to ferry several players by air to reinforce the

defenses of Choushi+ With summoners on both sides of the coastline, it was only a matter of time before

they repelled the Sahuagins

”Wah, I didn't expect you to come shi+ro-bou!”

Maryele smiled so happily

shi+roe who appeared out of nowhere walked out froanized

the limited manpower and established another defensive line at the north side of the farm

shi+roe was the guildHorizon

That uild masters that formed the Round Table Council, but he was not wellknown

The background behind the formation of the Round Table Council was no secret, so well-informed

Adventurers all knew about shi+roe But couild masters of major

guilds, or Maryele with her wide social network, the number of people who knew his face was much

lower

If you talked to hi man who valued friendshi+ps But he

seeht

(He is a good kid! But that face! Those eyes! So scary!)

Maryele nodded as she made this conclusion, but Henrietta chided her, ”Most Adventurers are good kids

in Maryele's eyes”

Anyway, shi+roe's appearance was not well known, but the iht to the battlefield was quite

significant

Even if he was not well-known, shi+roe was still the tactician for the expedition army The morale would

increase when headquarters sent reinforcements over

shi+roe appeared in town thethe defensive team think he was the one

who led them here

Maryele used this effect to the limit

She raised her voice to motivate the defense team

The teains recovered their fighting spirit when they heard news

of reinforce the

creatures to perforin with renewed vigor and

passion

The corpses of the Sahuagin either ashed away by the tide or disappeared into thin air after some

tiht

The Adventurers won the grueling fight at ht

The Adventurers taking part in the su in their oay at the

port between Sand Leaf River and the beach

The sentry and defensive tasks were handled by the reinforcey to help All those

gathered here were the suoblins and the Sahuagins

Maryele was thinking ofa more spirited attitude as a role

her cape and laying flat on the ground

(Fu We soh)

Crescent Moon Alliance had no experience with large-scale raids or defensive battles, Maryele had

never commanded such a complicated battle line before

She was a total amateur at this, the reason they succeeded was because of the passion and determination

of the beginners, as well as the support of the veterans led by Naotsugu

”Are you alright Mary-san?”

This voice was closer than she expected

And just when she was thinking about him

”Woo wah?”

Naotsugu sat beside Maryele who sprang up in surprise He had changed into baggy shorts and summer

shi+rt

”Why are youweird sounds Mary-san?”

”Wah, that was sly of you Naotsugu-yan, when did you change?”

”No, it's because The arht so I can relax”

Maryele's relentless questions aze wander all over

She looked around and saw their exhausted coe their

clothes too

”I-I-I I need to change too?”

”Are you okay?”

Maryele pressed her teic nonstop the whole day which made the her head

heavy and numb

Clerics were thespells, they could also cast all sorts of

, the variety of skills of the cleric was the best a

the healers

In this group battle, Maryele did not for

healing spells on all the parties she saw, a heal-and-run tactic

She didn't think that was a wrong tactic to use, but it was ined Maryele

experienced the feeling of exhausting all of her MP 10 ti her head hurt

”Rest a bit more?”

”Woo hoo hoo”

To be honest, Maryele didn't want to move at all

”The bathhouse is still full anyway”

”There is a bathhouse?”

Bathhouses were new facilities in Akiba, Maryele was shocked that Choushi+ had such advanced

installations

”Of course there is The reason why Akiba doesn't have shower roo menu for

Adventurers does not include shower facilities Or rather, we can craft such facilities, but only for

decorative purposes, they do have water storage or heating functions When Elder Tales was just a game

there was no need for us to bathe, but the People of the Land had to shower fro so

they have the appropriate facilities to do so”

”IsIs that so?”

Maryele held her head with her hands and fell

So there were shower rooms if they visited one of the few homes of the People of the Land in Akiba?

Maryele recalled discovering Henrietta pouring hot water from a kettle to a basin to wipe her body

secretly in theco Henrietta's scary

face during that incident lum

”But we all rushed to the showers at the hotel and ht now By the way, the

hotel is for men, the mayor's house is for ladies”

”Oh, now I know I will enjoy the breeze here for a while more”

”Yes yes”

Naotsugu sat with his legs crossed

Maryele spread her cape on the grass and sat lazily

The two of theht

A gentle and soothing breeze u

Naotsugu looked at the bright and clearleaf from a tropical tree

(Ah)

Maryele could feel the re the battle cooling down finally

It was thanks to this interestingemotions were

finally cal peace

”Naotsugu-yan, let me ask you”

”About what?”

Naotsugu's leisurely voice gave Maryele the concrete feeling that the battle was really over, everyone

survived and protected this town Some of the Adventurers were hurt too badly and went back to the

cathedral in Akiba, but the number was small

”We did well right?”

”Of course, we protected the town successfully”

Maryele are that her siddy smile that she could

not show in public, but she didn't mind at all

Just for this entle wind Naotsugu was giving her under

the bright ht

Part 6

There was a sound of a bell co from the distance

There was a refreshi+ng fragrance and particles sparkling around him

Rundelhous sat up on the s

(This is)

He could see the night sky out theIt should be nighttiht now

In this roo out shi+ny pollen that illuminated

the room

(I see, so this is the cathedral)

Rundelhous was able to comprehend He had heard about this place, but this was his first time here

People of the Land were different from Adventurers after all, even if they prayed in church, they would

not seek spiritual guidance in the cathedral

The cathedral was one of the facilities related to the Adventurers, it was ical architecture

than a religious construction Rundelhous followed the example of other People of the Land and had never

visited it before

(Anyway Good, seems like I can move)

He sat on the bed and moved his body carefully

Right hand, left hand, both legs, shoulders there seemed to be no problem, but he felt tired to the bones,

probably an after-effect of respawning

He heard that respawning in the cathedral deducted EXP, Rundelhous opened his status to check and was

stunned

The status screen of the Adventurers was ined His stats were adjusted to

reflect stats gained from his equipment, the details of how his equipment affects his stats were also

displayed, his MP and HP were also shown in numerical values with increments of 01

He looked at his EXP gauge which had dropped significantly It couldn't be helped, he not only

respawned here, he had numerous resurrection spells cast on him as well, this was the price he must pay

He was alive

Rundelhous' chest was filled with a slew of emotions

He was not after the identity or status of the Adventurers, nor was he after their way of life Rundelhous

was the 3rd son of a corrupted noble family, the freedom and sense of justice of the Adventurers who

fought for the people were dazzling and stole his heart

Rundelhous unconsciously followed his gaze and opened another tab on the status screen He found the

word Adventurer

Name: Rundelhous Code

Class: Sorcerer

Subclass: Adventurer

Rundelhous stared blankly at these words for a long while

(That's right, I do not have a subclass, that contract forced me to take on a new subclass Adventurer)

Rundelhous checked the abilities of the subclass in a hurry, a list of unfamiliar abilities he heard about:

'ability to respawn in the cathedral', 'telepathy ability', 'adjustain', 'use of bank and

warehouse', 'detailed status screen', there were also many more abilities Rundelhous didn't understand,

and they were all listed together here

(So many If I have this power)

He could not gain back the tie his past, but he wouldn't spend his nights feeling

frustrated and helpless at his weakness

More i his identity He could live together with the

friends he had grown close to during the training caht be able to rebuild his old home,

create a place to live life to the fullest

Rundelhous tried to recollect

He remembered an Adventurer that wanted to wipe out all these corrupt nobles

That hat he wanted to be, but was cursed to never achieve Rundelhous swore that given another

chance, he wanted to become an Adventurer He then reviewed this miracle he always dreamed of

This s lasses was also an

Adventurer that his two friends Minori and Tohya respected, and was also the guild uild

(That young man shi+roe should know about places I have never seen before)

As Rundelhous i footsteps

”Rudy!”

Isuzu barged in, banging the stone doors She looked both angry and perplexed, staring at Rundelhous

from the entrance

”Hi Miss Isuzu Is anything wrong?”

”Is Is anything wrong You ask”

She walked towards hi strides and bent her upper body backwards

Her head was in a taller position than the sitting Rundelhous, so he could not see her expression He could

only hear the sound of sniffing, but Isuzu's voice was definitely angry

”Overexerting yourself so much, what if you die stupid Rudy!”

”Miss Isuzu, calling s you have to do even if you have to risk

your life Just like no one can put a collar on the free spirited Adventurers, no one can stop my battles”

”When I command you to wait, you have to wait properly!”

”You are being unreasonable”

”You must wait!”

Isuzu's voice sounded aloof and Rundelhous felt anger rising from his heart

But he realized so when he wondered why Isuzu was here

Isuzu was the only companion who knew Rundelhous was a People of the Land Actually, Minori noticed

too, but the one who pressed Rundelhous for the truth and assisted hi his dream was only

Isuzu

She being here right now meant she used 'Call of Home' to chase Rundelhous who respawned in the

cathedral in Akiba

”Sorry I seem to have worried you”

The moment Rundelhous said these words, a punch so painful that it made him cry fell on his head

Rundelhous didn't understand why he was hit, but as a noble who had lived to this age, he understood that

he had to apologize repeatedly in a soothing voice when a woman was in this type of condition

”Sorry Miss Isuzu, it's ain” ”Anyway, can you tell

me why?”

He was hit 2-3 ti up from the abuse and his

conscious was starting to fade

”I understand, I will listen to Miss Isuzu's command properly”

”Really?”

”Really, I swear to God”

”You must tell me about your childhood Rudy”

”Why must I! II understand, I will talk”

”If you are so reckless, it won't be enough no matter how many lives you have”

”I a on my actions”

”Okay, shake” [2]

(Ah?)

This word made Rundelhous look blankly at Isuzu

Isuzu's cute freckled face seery at the same time Only her eyes had a

hint of shyness as she extended her hand gently

(If you ht?)

Rundelhous gently placed his hand on hers in response

This was a strange action that did not exist in this world To Rundelhous, this was the reverse action of a

knight guiding a lady, so it was so

He heard fro fealty to their masters, which made him

ht now she had hi his frustration

Seeirl with freckles

Part 7

Akiba's first expedition army returned with victory This was named the East Expedition Army in the

future as the west also sent out an expedition army to deal with the 'Suzaku Gate's Ghost Festival' incident

at the same time

The expedition ar, they only trapped the invasion army in Sand Leaf

peninsula and wiped them out The whole war ended one week after Krusty's forces defeated the goblin

general

shi+roe and Krusty were looking out for reinforcements from 'Seven Falls' all this while, but there were no

signs of them until the very end

The fortress 'Seven Falls' they atching closely should still have several thousand monsters inside

This was about a fifth of the whole goblin invasion ar threat

To measure military powers by numbers was a concept from the old world In this alternate world where

the difference in fighting power varied a lot, they could be as strong as a soldier or as hty as a tank, so

nue for milita