(L) Log Horizon (novel)

[YbKWzNEb]

Originally Posted by DQueenie13

http://ncode.syosetu.com/n8725k/116/

New chapter is up. I don't have a time for a proper summary, but notable things from when I skimmed:

Spoiler:

• Silver Sword is a member of the new Round Table, if that wasn't clear from last chapter.
• Roe2 has been brought up several times and it seems she keeps in contact with Minori. Fingers crossed that she'll join LH this volume! (That said, Roe2 debuted in Skylarks Take Flight, and it seems like she'll be important in Nightingale's Song.)
• Rayneshia will be important for negotiating with Minami and Westelande. Also, like many people predicted at the end of the anime, Rayneshia will be a key player in retrieving Krusty.

Spoiler for new chapter.:

I wonder how people would react when they knew about Roe2 being Shiroe's alt. It's gonna be fun.

[tuckersister]

Yeah, Roe2 joins LH!!��

[DQueenie13]

http://ncode.syosetu.com/n8725k/117/

Some really quick spoilers:

Spoiler:

• Something I really did not expect to see happening: Woodstock W meets up with KR and Ga-tan.
• As it turns out, Grandeur left the Round Table and Akiba entirely because of work: they established themselves as a new method of communication and transportation between remote Lander villages, and found themselves so involved with that work that they chose to withdraw from the Round Table.
• Woodstock is delivering a letter/package to KR. While telepathy is useful, people can't send images or diagrams, so letters still have their uses.
• The next section is about the scrub party, out and about to do stuff and things. They meet two girls named Lelia (レリア) and Litka (リトカ). It seems like the scrub party rescued them, or something, and are now helping them? They bring the two back to the Log Horizon guild house, which ends the chapter.

[tuckersister]

Are there any hints that Roe2 will join LH?

[DQueenie13]

She hasn't been brought up this chapter. This may be shaping into another largely-kids volume, and she was brought up last chapter between Charasin and Minori (btw, about the comment about whether people know Roe2 is Shiroe's alt, I think everyone already knows by now). I wouldn't be surprised if she at least played an important role, and if Mamare somehow intends to end this in two volumes after this one completes, that doesn't leave us much time to get a Summoner, Druid, and Monk.

[YbKWzNEb]

Inb4 LH monk is Kanami

[Gatmar]

So another volume that will focus on the minor member sides again.

i really am patiently waiting to how Shiroe will react to seeing his alternate. even more on the shock he now has a sister...lol.

[FRS]

Thanks for the latest summary DQueenie13.

[DQueenie13]

http://ncode.syosetu.com/n8725k/118/

Mamare's on a roll. Again, not as complete of a summary as I would like, but here's some spoilers:

Spoiler:

Part 2.01 focuses on Shiroe and Akatsuki as they go out to prepare for the kids' hangout, they have some bonding time.

Prat 2.02 switches over to Rayneshia, Rieze, Misa, Charasin, and Elissa. They're trying to figure out the logistics of retrieving Krusty. The plan is to take the Podarge, a sister ship to the Ocypete, over to Eured. They'll then somehow find their way over to Krusty, defeat Bucaphi, and then return to Yamato. However, there are also many unknown factors, so they have to proceed with caution. Misa and some other D3 members will accompany her, but Rieze will stay back in Akiba to watch over the remnants of DDD.

Part 2.03 returns back to Log Horizon. Lelia and Litka partake in a huge feast at the Log Horizon guild hall. Here's something particularly interesting: they're Izumo Knights. They have been in the game since its earliest days, a pair of Wolf Fang sisters that appear in various quests. However, they typically acted as guides or quest givers and did not have any particular powers of their own. (Their full names are Lelia Mofur XVIII (レリア＝モフール) and Litka Mofur XVII (リトカ＝モフール二十八世. I think Lelia is a Monk and Litka is a Druid.)

Akatsuki whispers to Shiroe whether they're the infamous "Wandering Poor Sisters." (The ruby given for this name is ワンダリング・プアキュート. Wandering Puacute? I have no idea.) As it turns out, they were involved in a really annoying chain quest that required you to collect 1,000 Amarudol scales for a special equip (the quest was given out by Izumo Knight blacksmiths). Because Amarudol scales are not a guaranteed drop, you'd have to farm them for a while. After delivering the scales, you discover that you need other materials to make the boots. While you're out gathering the materials, you get a notice that the scales were used up on a prototype, so you'd need to collect another 3,000 scales for the real deal. After slaving away for 3,000 scales, you run into Lelia and Litka; Litka, disguised as a merchant, ends up taking all 3,000 of your scales. Even though Lelia apologizes for her behavior, you don't get those scales back, so you once again have to harvest 3,000 scales. If you thought you were done then, you're wrong: after delivering the scales to the blacksmiths, Lelia, who received the scales, gets hit by a Gorgon and the scales fall into the furnace and are inevitably destroyed. So you go off to get another 3,000 scales... only to have them confiscated as repayment for Litka's eating spree (she's a big eater too). Finally, with your fourth attempt, you can finally get the boots. Of course, having to farm for huge quantities of materials isn't unheard of. However, it's the fact that this is caused by Lelia and Litka's bumbles that garnered the quest's infamy.

However, the kids insist that Lelia and Litka are good people. Shiroe decides that their game history isn't necessarily indicative of what they're like now, and decides to allow them as guests to Log Horizon. Nyanta asks them what they were doing in Akiba, and Lelia responds that they came while following "evil signs." Litka adds to that, saying that Akiba's Adventurers are the targets of Eirenus. (The Demon of Idols in the Nuctemeron, powerful during the Third Hour.)

Also, happy birthday, Nyanta!

[FRS]

*horrible flashback from Everquest farming while reading DQueenie13 post*

[Alf]

Spoiler:

Ruby of "Wandering Poor Sisters" probably means "Wandering Poor Cute". By the way, it was whispered by Tetora, while Akatsuki understood what happened from the exchange and had a miserable face, perhaps she's been through something similar in SOLO

And after Litka added Akiba's Adventurers targeted by Eirenus, Lelia was like "Eh?"

But Idol? So it's about Tetora? or the idol of Akiba - Rayneshia?

[DQueenie13]

Spoiler:

I don't know if Eirenus is still the Genius of Idols here. Some of the Genius have minor title changes, like Bucaphi from the Genius of Stryges to the Genius of Witches, and Camaysar from the Genius of the Marriage of Controversies to just the Genius of Marriage (okay, that's actually a relatively major title change).

I also wonder if the Genius' strength are ranked by their hour. Bucaphi, who gave Krusty his curse, is one of the Genii of the Tenth Hour and is said to be the leader of several other Genii. On the other hand, Tacritau (Taliktan) is a Genius of the Fifth Hour. Papus and Rasphuia were both from the First Hour.

[The Green One]

10,000 scales that aren't guaranteed drops just to get a pair of boots?.....man what kind of depraved sadist programmed that quest........

[Xellos-_^]

i am surprise anyone would actually do it.

[The Green One]

That person would truly be said to be living in the database. It'd take a lifetime to complete. Or at the very least an entire guild of dedicated bots farming 24/7.

[FRS]

If those boots are the only way to get a buff or have the bests stats ever i can see peoples farming for them.

[Xellos-_^]

unless the items are acct bound, i would just buy it form another player.

[The Green One]

And pay the hilariously over inflated zomg I have to sell my next six generations of kids expensive due to their obvious rarity?

[Xellos-_^]

Originally Posted by The Green One

And pay the hilariously over inflated zomg I have to sell my next six generations of kids expensive due to their obvious rarity?

there is always someone willing to farm this stuff. the price will drop off after a bit and i will be using in-game currency.

[Evil Jesus]

119 is out http://ncode.syosetu.com/n8725k/119/