Log Horizon

On the morning of the fourth day, it was raining when I woke up.

The rain that started falling in the middle of the night seemed to have lasted forever.

The grain was small and not strong, it was weak rain in the summer. The forest around here seems to be well drained, and when the tent is damaged, it doesn't seem like it will.

Either way, if you go into the dungeon, the outside weather, etc. will be irrelevant. Minori thought so and began the morning gear inspection.

It's done right after I finished my dungeon exploration yesterday, such as checking my gear, but I don't even find this type of inspection a hassle because I've been a habit since I went to middle school.

(You're getting anxious... me)

I was working without making as much noise as possible, but it is already morning. Other sleeping bags start to move.

There are four tents in total. There are two large tents. For upper and lower parties. The other one is for the three of my escorts. The last one was for women, so I used it for dressing and luggage storage.

So the number of tents used by Minori is five. It's spacious.

"Oh."

The fifty bells I slept next to grumbled as I rubbed my eyes.

Fifty bells seem to have a strong lower back of hair and a hair texture that is prone to habits. My back hair is bouncing overnight. He cares and always makes it into a thick threesome, but Minori thought such fifty bell hair was cute too.

"It's morning, too, huh?

Fifty bells, still half blind, do their gaze toward the entrance to the tent. This large tent for eight (rather than a tent) has a coarse fabric near the entrance and exit and outside lights are visible.

"Yeah. It's dim because it's raining, but it should be morning by now"

"Oh well...... You're sleepy, something."

"I guess it's because it's cool"

"Mmm."

Fifty bells, whining munyamunya about something, dive straight into the sleeping bag again. Minori smiled bitterly, but hung a blanket over her sleeping bag.

Everyone else, although there are signs of waking up, is not coming up.

It's raining quite a bit outside, but on the contrary, it was a cool, sleepy night last night because of the low temperatures. In a tent wrapped in rain sounds, as peaceful as a shelter, maybe everyone appreciates a cool night.

The monotonous water sound spilling down the tent was like protecting everyone. Since I started camping in this mountain, it seems like I've been taking my time for the first time.

I felt the shadow move.

When I glance at you, the nymphomaniac appears from the opening and closing of the entrance. Minori proceeded to the center of the tent and headed for Nyatai. This large tent was so tall that there was nothing wrong with Minori standing up if it was the central part.

"Good morning."

"Good morning, Mrs. Nacchan"

"Actually, it's breakfast"

Minori nods at Nyantai's low voice.

"In this rain, we don't even go out and eat together. For breakfast, I was supposed to take my own sandwich and crab cream soup in the tent."

"Okay."

I hear Nyata went out of her way to bring me dinner that morning.

Nyantada veteran players have magic bags. Unlike Minori and the newcomers, they carry items well and do not get wet in the rain.

The ten of us took it out was an edible amount of sandwiches and a cream soup full of small pots.

"Thank you"

"Oh, because it's good, because it's good. Nyah. Later."

To Minori trying to keep her head down in disguise while holding the basin and pan, Natha shook her palm to the fu and went back into the light rain. Probably went to deliver breakfast to other groups as well.

Minori carefully transports the basin to the center of the tent. I worried about what to do with the small pot, but I remembered that I had a lamp on my luggage with a foot for heating and installed it on top of it.

"Mm-hmm. Rice?

Toya wakes up with her blushing head. "Yeah, Towya. Hair, it's amazing," Minori tried to give advice, but Toya just replied raw, "Mmm."

"Don't you want some?

"Eat. Ugh."

Toya waking up in the first place. Next door, Lundell House woke up too. This one doesn't even show a sleepy face. He's still falling asleep, "Good morning, Miss Minori.... It's a sunny beauty today," he flirts and heads to the entrance to the tent with a voice that doesn't make sense.

"It's raining, Mr. Lundelhouse!" Minori called out, "I just need to change my face and wash my clothes," she fluttered out.

That's where I came back, Serara.

Soon, I thought, Serara, I'm going to go ahead and start lining up the cut fruit next to the spread sandwich. Apparently, he was with Nyata. Early morning date (?) I guess so.

With such help from Serara, Minori starts pouring cream soup into the cup. The rewarmed soup spreads the scent like clam chowder into the tent. Looks very tasty.

"It was delicious."

That's how upbeat Serara talks to me. Maybe I've had a taste at Natha's. Minori thinks it does look delicious. Even if you serve like this, the milk-colored soup with corn and crab meat is fascinating.

"Mmm."

Minori wakes up holding the fifty bells rolling like potato worms.

To Minori, who took the luggage out, Serara received a dish saying, "Well, I'll take this one."

The rain keeps falling. In it, breakfast begins.

Minori calms her hips behind the fifty bells, which escaped her sleeping bag only on her upper body, and puts her hair away. She does have strong hips and a lot of hair. The fifty bells themselves were blurry that they were not girly, but Minori thinks that their bright brown hair looks very good on her when knitted in three.

"Delicious, this"

Toya shrugs. Let's just say that wearing a T-shirt with half pants over the sleeping bag is good because it doesn't show the lady, but it's not so ugly.

He came back early. "Hey, smells good this morning, great breakfast. Don't you think so, you guys," said Lundelhaus, a refreshing aura, who has been checking herself out for a short time and at a totally usual pace.

To that Lundelhouse, the fifty bells give a sandwich with half of them in their sleeping bags "Rudy, this is delicious".

(Rudy?)

Lundelhaus received that sandwich very generously and flaunted, "Oh, I wonder if this is a salad mashed with pumpkins. It's delicious," he said. What's oddly good about it is that I guess I grew up in a really well-groomed family.

The meal continued quietly as it was.

Even before, it wasn't a giddy atmosphere, but the noisy noise of quiet rain seemed to whisper, and everyone was worried about the dungeon that had to go in today.

I decided to pack the rest of the plentiful sandwich into a basket and turn it to lunch. The sandwich with the three flavors was a caged effort of the sincere heart of Nyantai and was very tasty. Minori's favorite was the one with the fruit omelet.

There was fruit left, but everyone was sighing relieved with each hot cup in their hands. That blank state of mind that comes after a full stomach was descending on all the members.

"Um..."

In such an atmosphere, Towya raises her voice.

"Is it a replacement?

Serara asks such a towya, peeking into the small pot.

"No, I'm not."

Thoya looks for words, thinking of something.

With a gaze exchanged only for a moment, Minori knew what Toya was thinking. I want to do something about this situation, and I'm going to throw a stone at you. Maybe more than my sister, Minori (myself), my brother tried to stand on the arrow himself? Minori even imagined that.

In his questionable surrounding gaze, Toya is bewildered as he opens his mouth several times. I guess I can't find a good word. It's a familiar sight for Minori that Toya, who is not so much of a mouthful, gets lost in the language that way.

If Toya is going to cut the seal with determination, there's no way Minori won't even go out with her.

(Yeah. Rather, that was what I was supposed to do)

- All right. If you get in trouble, step forward. Not the legs, but the heart.

I heard it one day, I remember the direct line advice.

With your heart, step out. I feel like I finally know just a little bit about the meaning of the word. It's about telling you to shake your courage. The belief that courage is not a word that means not to be frightened in the midst of battle, but to overcome the cowardice in oneself.

Minori realizes that it was her heart that was staying frightened.

"Gentlemen. Would you like to start this afternoon's dungeon offense?

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"Huh?"

A voice rises from the fiftieth bell like it was taken lightly.

"What are you talking about, Miss Minori? We're here for a sleepover, aren't we? Going to the dungeons as soon as possible, gaining a little more experience, and increasing the level will be the top priority"

Lundelhaus strikes the minnows in a tight tone.

"But in the end, I can only try once a day. Yesterday and yesterday, we're getting out of here in less than three hours, right? Then even if we go in the afternoon, can we achieve enough of the same results as yesterday?"

"That's... yes. But I'll always have trouble with the same"

Lundelhaus is unconvinced.

"I'll always have the same problem."

"Minori?

Serara's worrying voice. I guess you thought Minori and Lundelhouse might get into a fight. Minori felt it, as the plea for "don't say anything radical" was included in the call.

"So it's all morning"

Both Serara and Toya are nervous about Minori's words.

"Let's be sloppy"

But such tension is also later in Minori's dialogue, smashing it in one piece.

"Miss Minori. Are you kidding me?

Lundelhaus kneeling with anger included in his voice. Only a handsome blonde, regardless of her personality, is quite compelling when she exposes her anger this way, and Minori gets a little frightened inside.

But the fifty bells, not a single step pressured by that Lundelhouse, "calm down, Rudy," left Lundelhouse feeling lightly out of the way. Minori wonders, even though Fifty Bells is usually someone who reads too much about the ambient air. Against Lundelhaus, it's as if he doesn't feel the whim to say so.

"Although I was sloppy enough to say too much. I think we should introduce ourselves."

Minori continues by carefully choosing words. Minori told the decapitating members.

"My name is Minori. Level is 14 at 21. It is also a human race in this world. You're Toya's, twin sister there. At the lowest level of this party, I pull my legs, and I'm sorry"

Lundelhaus snorts small at the words, but Minori didn't care. No, "I couldn't have cared less" when I got here, but you'd be right.

"I am a Divine Officer (Kannagi)." The Cleric Officer is one of the three restored positions. "

"I know that."

"No, I don't know"

Minori says back to Lundelhouse, who tries to interrupt him, with a serious face.

"I don't know. True. I don't know anything about you, either. What do you like and what do you dislike? Do you want to step forward or back? I don't know anything. It's about the profession."

――

Serara is solidifying like a surprise. I guess I never heard Minori so clearly deny the words of others. Only Towya among the members is not surprised. A little surprised was the fifty bells. Though I was surprised, I immediately had a gentle grin.

"Tell me. I'm weak, so I can't help you unless I hear it and remember it all."

"Everything...?

Serara hesitates to question the word.

"It's all, it's all.... for example, right. What is the lava bullet, used by Mr. Lundelhouse?

"Hmm...... That's the Orb of Ravah. The lava orb, that's the name."

Lundelhaus replies like he said it was nothing.

"Then it's with me that I don't know anything yet. For example...... erm. Why would Mr. Lundelhouse use that spell? There are a lot of other spells, aren't there?

"That's because that spell is valid.... Hmm. Enabled, huh? The next question is, 'Why is it valid?' Is it?

Minori nods at Lundelhouse's words.

"That spell is one of my handheld spells that is quite powerful. The chanting time is also completed in two short seconds. For this reason, the reuse regulation time is a poor 18 seconds. First of all, this timeline is extremely well balanced. You can't fire in a row, but you can use it several times in a single battle if you have a reuse time of 18 seconds.

Even though that spell is a mass attack spell, it has the characteristic that a smaller orb runs around enemy lines. It's a great way to snipe at enemies without involving them, even if they were in the avant-garde. "

When Minori listened enthusiastically, she nodded over and over to the story.

"Just give me a minute. Samurai's towing stunt has a short range, and chants for 1.5 seconds."

Tonya raises her voice like a surprise.

"What do you mean?

"Er, I mean. I use the Samurai Challenge when my enemies come near me. It's called a Taunting Stunt, and it doesn't do the damage itself, but it does it as if it did a huge amount of damage, and it draws the attention of the enemy."

Serara also listens with a difficult face. The content itself is understandable, but I cannot grasp the characteristics of other professions. In fact, it must be a difficult story.

"Hmm."

But Lundelhaus has shown quite a bit of comprehension to listen to.

- That was naturally a possible stunt,

If the monster's alertness focuses on the opponent who did the damage, they will all be forbidden to do more damage than Toya, who is a "wall actor" in order to anchor the enemy to the "wall role".

Then "sorcerers" and "assassins", who are proud of their heavy damage, will no longer be able to do their part. So if you're a good wall player, you're supposed to have a stunt that focuses monster animosity more than anyone else in the party.

The stunt is a series of moves commonly known as the "Townting System". These, while not actually damaging, shock and hurt the monster and deeply engrave the existence of a "wall character" in his vigilance.

"But this provocative stunt has all sorts of characteristics in the same warrior class, but that's a narrow range. Was it about 3m? Anyway, it's the distance the knife reaches. So I have to draw this guy in before I can use it. It'll take two seconds to activate."

Fifty bells are listening with a decent face. Again, they're hard to talk to.

"I mean, it is. If Skeleton is casting that Orb of Ravah spell while he's rushing over to us, the landing will be a whole lot quicker than my Samurai Challenge, right? When that happens, it's only natural for Skeleton to go to Mr. Lundelhouse."

In conclusion, yes.

We should protect everyone, Toya's Taunton Stunt, it's not working. If the enemy uses flying gear, he will be out of range, and Lundell House's attack spell will be hitting the enemy before the Taunt Stunt in the first place.

"So don't use Orb of Ravah, is that what you're saying?

"No, just give me two seconds."

"Then wouldn't two seconds be wasted? Put it in a glorious battle. Two seconds of L.A. is deadly."

Touya and Lundelhaus, who continue to argue, both grow louder step by step. Fighting waist, not so much, but the enthusiasm between them seemed to shake.

"... maybe. That. What's the point of Hooga the Coward?

Fifty bells hesitate to speak.

"What's that? Fifty Bells Sister."

Toya asks with a decent face. Lundelhouse said, "Thank you. It's a cowardly name. Is that a stunt? Miss Fifty Bells," etc.

"" The Coward's Hooga "is a stunt I just remembered, and it's a" perpetual support song ". -" Persistent Coverage Song "is a stunt that has been working all along, as long as it lasts. I can only use up to two types at the top, but it works all the time.

So, "The Coward's Hooga"... Hang on to this song, and it's like it's going to make it look like someone other than the warrior did less damage. "

"Do you have such a stunt!?" "True."

Touya and Lundelhaus raise their voices and marvel.

I knew Bard's ability to cover was varied, but I didn't even think he had that kind of stunt.

"Ugh, I do. I do."

The Fifty Bells are a little backward about whether or not they were pushed by the force. Neither have the two swordscreens they're going to inquire about, which seems to be perfect for the Fifty Bells.

"'Cause this' perpetual backup song 'won't heal unless it adds more damage, and it doesn't increase your dodging rate or your offense, does it? I've always thought it was a wasted stunt..."

That won't be impossible either.

I think Minori herself only thought "what a pointless stunt" when suddenly she talked about her ability to "make the damage done by someone other than the warrior position look low".

But even if it turns out, it's a step forward.

"I knew I didn't know anything."

"Hmm. - Miss Minori. This looks like I have to apologize. I do admit I was ignorant and poorly understood."

Lundelhaus bows his head clean.

"No, I had no idea either. So tell me all the spells that Mr. Lundelhouse knows, too. Not just the name, not just the performance, but what do you like, dislike, when do you use it, do you want to use it? All"

"All of it...? It's gonna take a while, Miss Minori?

"It's fine. Take your time. If you don't know, I'll ask you as many times as I can."

It was raining a little outside, but we hadn't all heard that sound anymore.

What I can and can't do.

Something I'm good at, something I'm not good at.

Even in the afternoon, Minori and the others had been talking to each other for a long time.

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Siloe hit a turnaround in the bed.

Time is before dawn. There is not even a slight noise in the dark room.

The interior, which doesn't even come in the starlight because the curtains are also closed, is dominated by pitch-black darkness. Darkness so dense that it doesn't make a slight difference, whether you're opening your eyes, meditating.

In it Siroe remembers the last few days.

The nobles of the Alliance of Free Cities Eastal have, as expected, been in individual contact with Shiloe and the others at the Round Table Conference. The demands vary, but where we wish to dispatch troops, there are few. Most of them wanted to enter into technical offerings and trade treaties. It is the impression of the Shiloes that they are still smarter than they thought.

The nobles seem to understand that the march of the Adventurers could easily disrupt the balance of power between the cities and lose the current equilibrium. It was also surprising that a small number of aristocrats were grasping information on the magical steamship prototype, which was jointly developed by the Marine Alliance, the Roderick Chamber of Commerce and the Eighth Shopping District. I had predicted from Akatsuki's report that there seems to be a significant number of undercover detectives in the city of Akiba.

I would say that's all the attention.

The city of Akiba does not lay slogans or anything on technical information. I don't think it's that hard to ask. As of now, there is confidentiality of information and so on. Technologies such as steam engines, however, require a high level of subvocational skills such as "blacksmiths" and "engineers". Even if it leaks around saying "I'm creating a silo thing to say so," it's hard to believe that this is going to be something that can be produced quickly in other countries.

We talked with Michitaka, Krusty, and other members of the Roundtable Conference by way of reading, but the food relationship seemed to have no harm in entering into a free-trade treaty. Food self-sufficiency in the city of Akiba is not high.

Especially the so-called staple foods called rice, wheat, legumes and potatoes are devastating. If it depends on these genres, the trade pact works in favour of the city of Akiba. On the other hand, it was the flavourings that could be the main export of Akiba's city in food.

Of course, I am not good at basic seasonings and herbs such as salt, sugar, but processed seasonings such as soy sauce and sauce are strong "brewers" in the city of Akiba with the knowledge of the original world.

Thus, some offers from the nobles were accepted, albeit limited, or promised to be considered. The offer I declined extends to several times that. They were all necessary steps to make the stance of the city of Akiba clear and go.

But it was the meeting with Li-Gang that was even more shocking than the meeting with the Alliance of Free Cities Lords, who said so.

(You're restless...)

Siloe hits one more turn around and thinks.

Li-Gang himself is not an unpleasant person. Siloe thinks he's quite a loving researcher. My head spins fast, and I have knowledge. I don't know if I can trust you, but I don't think you're lying.

But the history of this world he spoke of made Siloe feel terribly unstable.

"Mori Luo Transformation" "World Fraction".

Soul Theory (Spirit Theory).

In studying world-wide witchcraft, Li-Gan's current interests were apparently narrowed down to two points above.

"The Soul Problem" - Li-Gang said, but that's this "Soul Theory". Although that technical aspect was not understood by Shiloe, who is not an expert, the approximate point seems to be the following theory:

Generally speaking, the spiritual power that moves humans and subhumans is the soul spirit. And "konpaku" is not a single layer, but an energy body that is closely related to two species: soul (konpaku) and prince (haku).

According to Li-Gang......

A soul is the energy that drives the spirit. The human spirit exists above the soul. A strong soul indicates that the mind is strong, which also affects magical power and so on. MP is the expression of the power of the soul.

A prince is an energy that drives the flesh. The physical strength of the human body is greatly influenced by the body. When the prince is strong, not only physical strength, but also the spiritual energy of the flesh. Warriors and other weapons attack positions use this for combat. It also appears in HP, but more importantly, "chi" is the expression of power.

When a person becomes incapable of fighting, the body stops moving first. At this point, the spirit is alive and well. But the body and spirit are separated, and the side of the spirit becomes a state caught in darkness. The communication between the soul and the prince begins to go out of touch.

And then the spread of Haku begins. As I mentioned earlier, the root energy of the flesh is "chi". Therefore, this diffusion takes as long as the presence of a robust and high level of flesh. Low-level, infirm things will spread in minutes, but if they are tough, the diffusion will continue for half a day. This process is called depression.

The term "resuscitation magic" used for restoration is used for corpses in this state. The principle of effect is to collect and reconstruct the spirits that have diffused into the surrounding atmosphere and return them to the flesh.

For the missing "chi," the recovery technician rebuilds using his own "chi," but for this rebuild, the construction information is created backwards from the records placed on the corpse in front of him. Apparently, the loss of experience is due to an error at this time of calculation or the inevitable deterioration of information.

Now, when "resuscitation magic" and the like are not used and the body is completely diffused, the body cannot maintain the status quo. Physically, it starts to rot. In the case of the "earthlings", death becomes decisive at this point.... Yes, surprisingly, resuscitation magic is also valid for the "Earthlings". As long as it is right after death.

On the other hand, in the case of an adventurer, the flesh breaks down into particles at the end of the depression (raku) or at the time the adventurer wishes after death. It is furthermore transferred to the Great Temple using the power of the soul, where the flesh is automatically reconstituted. Restore the Great Temple with "Power of Mind". Then "self-resuscitate" the restored flesh by re-joining the soul.

Due to this miraculous ability, both the power of the soul and the power of the prince are consumed to the limit, and some experience points are lost due to information degradation - "The Adventurer" is "Resurrected." It is virtually immortal.

If you stop by Li-Gang's research, this is the system of death and the resurrection of the Adventurer in this other world.

"It's surprisingly similar to a subhuman reincarnation system."

Li-Gang said.

"Subhumans, when an individual dies... well, in this case, they get depressed. As with the" Earthlings ", their flesh rots and their equipment is abandoned intact. But on the other hand, the soul is immediately given life as another individual. Growth will take years to 10 years, but it's reincarnation, immortality."

That was, in a way, a horrible story.

Most of all, this story is a hypothesis that Li-Gang and his master were studying, a story that the public [the earthlings] do not know. But if that's true, a species called subhuman can be a more obnoxious enemy than we thought.

- So does the subhuman have memories of his previous life, that is, before he died? That's what Siloe asked.

"I can't answer anything about that. There are two elements involved in this matter."

Li-Gang searches for words so hard to answer.

"First of all, the seat of the spirit is the soul. This is indestructible in sub-humans and Adventurers. Spirituality, personality, vows, and sexual orientation are undoubtedly stored as information in the soul. And memories, at least, have been found to be stored in the soul.

On the other hand, however, it has also been found that memory can be stored in an organ called the brain of the flesh. Needless to say, flesh is the realm of the prince.

In other words, memory is an information continuum that exists across both souls and spirits. More than that, it is assumed that the memory will be missing due to the reconstruction of depression (laku) and pride (haku), confirming the fact that the said event.

Memories are defective and degraded by death.

The soul is also the seat of emotion. Beyond that, even in the presence of immortality, "poison", which is called fear, despair, or fatigue, can turn. In fact, the subhuman is probably in a state where his soul (kon) has been distorted by the curse of the First Mori Luo Transformation. The spirit of that state, even if it retains the memory itself, is losing its' ability to remember freely and recognize it as its own past '. Be viewed in person as a memory, so to speak, of schizophrenia or as a story. "

So, death is.

Death is not a no-risk in this other world.

That was a horrible fact.

No, it's still all just a hypothesis. I can even cloud.

But as silencing such a voice of doubt, the majority of the siloes were convinced that it would be true. That's a sense of smell before reason. It can't be no risk. Something called infinite life.

(Memory is stored in both the soul and brain, Li-Gang said...)

I don't believe in the magician's fantasy magic theory out of my head, but that can also come to mind for Shiloe.

It's a cloudy structure for all the games called "Elder Tail" and no online games. The Shiloe players sat at the PC desk of the house and played in the world of "Elder Tail". Roughly all online games are fun things in such situations.

Doesn't that mean that Castle Bell Kei (Shiroganekai), a university student who knows the people of the Old World, played the role of a soul in earlier theories?

Even if the character dies, there is no way that the player, "Castle Bell Eye", will die. It's all about manipulating the resurrected siloe again and leaving again for adventure.

Even if we borrow Li-Gang's theory, it becomes the rationale that "Castle Bell Eye" had all of the memories and that Shiloe had only "flesh".

But that's the story of a time when Elder Tail was a game.

I don't know what kind of magic worked, but now the siloe, as the siloe itself, has become real in this whole other world.

In other words, the soul of Shiloe has become present in this world. Not in a "Old World" safe, muddy PC desk situation. That memory continuity is no longer protected. Death will mercilessly hurt Shiloe's soul.

Siloe called her status screen.

There is also an indication of "number of deaths".

Reflecting Siloe's long playing history, that number is by no means small.

But Shiloe has never experienced death since the Catastrophe. Sometimes I feel bad about thin. If you say you had a physiological aversion or fear even if you knew you'd be resurrected, until then... And that should have been the same for all the members of The Horizon of Records.

I don't know how much memory is missing.

Not on a large scale, I'm sure.

If that were the case, it would be so rumored in the city of Akiba. Perhaps its size is something that you can't say once at a time. Alternatively, there may be selectivity, such as disappearing from less important memories, that the person doesn't even realize.

Perhaps the defect is in such an amount that it is not enough to take, that it is no different from everyday oblivion.

(There's no way you can cloud like this...)

I'm not talking to Michitaka or Krusty about this.

He also stopped talking to Akatsuki.

But sooner or later you won't be able to talk. That's an issue involving all the players.

Siloe hit a turnaround again in the dark.

The darkness was bitter everywhere.