Log Horizon (ログ・ホライズン)

HEH. COME ON YOU GUYS! DON'T LET UP ON ME!

I NEED EVERYTHING YOU GOT! NOW TAKE HIM DOWN!

GETTING A WIN AND SOLVING THE PROBLEM AREN'T THE SAME.

WOOHOO!

BANG! BOOM! POW! SLAM! WOOHOO!

FORTRESS STANCE!

I THINK I'M GOING TO TEST OUT THESE NEW WEAPONS...

BY TAKING OFF YOUR HEAD!

WATCH CAREFULLY AND LISTEN TO ME.

YOU MUST MAINTAIN AN ATTITUDE OF CONSTANT IMPROVEMENT.

AND NEVER FOR A MOMENT DISCOUNT TRAINING YOU'VE RECEIVED.

THIS IS IT! SHIROE, I NEED A DISTRACTION FROM YOUR TEAM!

AWESOME, AWESOME!

FIVE HUNDRED GUARDS MEANS ONE HECK OF A TREASURE!

I COULD NEVER HAVE FUN LIKE THIS IN THE REAL WORLD.

NOT EVEN CLOSE!

I SEE IT NOW!

WILLIAM!

A LITTLE HELP HERE!

I CAN'T BEGIN TO TELL YOU HOW GOOD MY DINNER'S GONNA BE...

AFTER I GET DONE KICKING ALL YOUR BUTTS!

HEY PEOPLE, GOT YOUR PUMPKINS OVER HERE!

FOR LADY MISA

D. D. D.!

THANKS COMMANDER TAKAYAMA!

OOOOOH! I WANNA PLAY!

YOU OUGHTA KNOW BY NOW THAT ORGANIZERS HAVE TO WORK, BABY!

UWAH...

OH COME ON!

I WANNA PLAY TUG OF WAR!

HMM. SO TELL ME.

WHY EXACTLY DID WE NEED TO HAVE AN AFTER HALLOWEEN EVENT, HRMM?

WELL, YOU REMEMBER THE EVENT

WE HAD FOR HALLOWEEN, RIGHT?

THAT'S KINDA WHY I WAS ASKING...

THE GAME DEVELOPERS ALREADY HAVE AN EVENT THIS TIME OF YEAR,

MONSTERS DROP PUMPKINS WHEN THEY'RE BEATEN

DURING THE LAST THREE DAYS OF THE MONTH, YOU DIG?

AND THAT'S JUST IT!

WE'VE GOT A BUNCH OF PRIZE PUMPKINS RIGHT HERE!

SO WHY NOT HAVE AN EVENT TO FIND A WAY TO GIVE 'EM AWAY?

COUNT ON MARIELLE, THE PARTY STRATEGIST, TO MAKE IT WORK!

NICE AIR GLASSES, GIRL.

ONE THING'S FOR SURE.

HM?

THIS CITY OF OURS HAS BECOME A SMOOTH PLACE TO LIVE.

YES IT HAS.

I CAN'T BELIEVE HOW FAST IT HAS HAPPENED.

IT SEEMS LIKE JUST YESTERDAY

THAT WE GOT TRAPPED HERE IN ELDER TALES.

I MEAN WE'VE STARTED A CITY, SET UP A SYSTEM,

AND PUT TOGETHER THE ROUND TABLE CONFERENCE

ALL IN A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.

YOU KNOW IT, AND EVERYONE'S PUT IN A LOT OF WORK

TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN, EVEN LITTLE SERARA.

DON'T USE YOUR HANDS! AND REMEMBER...

YOU GOTTA PAY FOR EVERY BUN YOUR DROP OUT THERE!

EH! MMPH! EHH!

I'M GOING TO BEAT EVERYONE TO WIN THIS RACE

AND THEN I'M GONNA HAVE A PUMPKIN PARTY WITH MISTER CAT!

JUST LOOK AT TOYA AND MINORI.

TOYA! YOU CAN'T DO THIS WITH JUST ATTITUDE

ANTICIPATE WHERE THE PHANTOM'S GOING!

GOT IT! OKAY! I CAN TOTALLY DO THIS!

ISUZU AND RUDY ARE IN THE THICK OF IT, HMM?

ARE YOU READY?

DO ANY OF THESE WANNABES‐NAY‐WHOS

THINK THEY CAN ACTUALLY BEAT US?

AFTER ALL, OUR TEAMWORK IS AMAZING,

AND OUR FOOTWORK IS NOTHING SHORT OF MAGNIFICENT!

GET SET!

RUDY! THEY'RE STARTING WITHOUT US!

OH, COME ON!

WOW! I'VE NEVER SEEN AN OBSTACLE COURSE LIKE THIS!

INCREDIBLY DONE!

THAT'S AKATSUKI FOR YOU!

AMAZING!

FIRST PLACE GOES TO AKATSUKI OF LOG HORIZON!

HEHE. I WILL MAKE SURE WE TAKE HOME THE GRAND PRIZE, MY LORD!

MISS AKATSUKI! WOOO!

THAT WAS REALLY SUPER, MISS AKATSUKI!

YEAH! YOU WERE GREAT!

WOO!

I JUST WISH SHIROE AND NAOTSUGU COULD BE OUT HERE TODAY!

I KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN, BABY.

THEY'RE STILL HUNG UP WITH THE NEGOTIATIONS.

WELL, THAT'S A SHAME!

MHMM!

AH...

THE ARMOR'S EMPTY.

YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO WORRY ABOUT

YEAH, YEAH. SO THERE'S NO ONE IN THERE,

BUT THEY'RE STILL ROYAL GUARD ARMOR, RIGHT?

AND THEY'RE STILL NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING

UNLESS YOU TRY PICKING A FIGHT

WITH SOMEONE IN A NON‐COMBAT ZONE

JUST NEVER BEEN THIS CLOSE TO 'EM

IT'S SURE TAKING SHIROE A WHILE TO GET THIS DONE...

MAKES ME WONDER IF EVERYTHING IS GOING OKAY...

IT'S BEEN KINDA ROUGH IN THERE FOR HIM.

I MEAN, HOW MANY TIMES HAVE WE BEEN HERE?

THE KUNIE TRIBE IS TRICKY.

THEY'D HAVE TO BE...

THOSE NPCS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR

CIRCULATING ALL THE WORLD'S CURRENCY

IT ISN'T JUST BANKING.

THEY ALSO MAINTAIN AND DEPLOY THE ROYAL GUARD,

ALONG WITH THE MAGICAL PATHWAYS

THAT RESPAWN MONSTERS AND ADVENTURERS.

AND THEIR MAGIC BARRIERS KEEP MONSTERS OUT OF THE CITIES.

SO WE CAN'T COME TO AN ARRANGEMENT?

TO DO SO WOULD BREAK LAWS DATING BACK TO MY ANCESTORS

HMM...

WELL THEN, DO YOU THINK WE COULD TALK THE KUNIE

INTO GIVING US A LOAN?

NO, I WOULDN'T BET ON IT

THE GUILD BUILDING, WHICH INCLUDES ALL LOCAL BANKING,

THE CATHEDRAL AND THE TRADE CENTER

ARE AMONG THE RESOURCES WE PURCHASED.

WE DID THAT IN ORDER TO PLACE THEM

UNDER CONTROL OF THE ROUND TABLE CONFERENCE.

WE WANTED TO BE SURE THAT NO ONE ELSE

WAS ABLE TO USE THEM AS THEIR OWN.

HOWEVER...

"HOWEVER", THE MAINTENANCE COSTS ARE NUTS!

ALL THOSE BUILDINGS ARE TAKING TEN MILLION IN GOLD

OUT OF OUR ACCOUNTS EVERY MONTH!

NOW WAIT... I REMEMBER THE PURCHASE OF THE GUILD BUILDING

AND IT WAS ONLY FIVE MILLION IN GOLD AT THE TIME.

AND WE'RE PAYING ALMOST DOUBLE THAT

TO HANG ON TO THEM EVERY MONTH?

YEAH, AND THE ROUND TABLE CONFERENCE IS GONNA WIND UP

GOING BANKRUPT BEFORE TOO LONG...

WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO HOLD

OUR PARTIES OR FESTIVALS ANYMORE.

I REALLY DON'T THINK THAT'S THE ISSUE AT HAND HERE?

HAS THIS THING GONE PUBLIC YET?

NO.

IT WOULDN'T BE WISE TO MAKE THIS INFORMATION PUBLIC,

NOT WITH UNWELCOME EARS OUT THERE.

YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT MINAMI, AREN'T YOU?

YES, WE BELIEVE FROM PLANT HWYADEN...

THE PEOPLE ON THE STREET ARE ALREADY TALKING ABOUT THEM.

I HEARD EVERYONE IN MINAMI BOWS TO PLANT HWYADEN

LIKE IT'S SOME KIND OF DICTATORSHIP.

YES, BUT THEY'RE DOING OKAY, AREN'T THEY?

I'VE GOT A FRIEND OVER THERE WHO TOLD ME ALL ABOUT IT...

POLITICALLY THINGS ARE KINDA SCREWED.

NOT ALL DICTATORS HURT THEIR PEOPLE, BUT...

YOU KNOW,

I SURE DO WISH KRUSTY AND ISAAC'S GUILDS WERE BACK.

FATE DEALT US A PRETTY BIG BLOW

WHEN THE GAME SERVER KICKED OFF

THE "RETURN OF THE GOBLIN KING" EVENT

AND THE GOBLIN ARMY STARTED STAMPEDING ALL OVER EVERYTHING.

AFTER THEIR VICTORY IN THE RAID AT ZANTLEAF,

THE AKIHABARA ADVENTURERS BEGAN TO INVADE THE GOBLIN ARMY'S

STRONGHOLD IN SEVENTH FALL.

KRUSTY AND ISAAC SERVE AS OUR GENERALS OUT THERE.

KARASHIN AND AKANEYA ARE ALSO THERE

FOR TECHNICAL AND LOGISTICAL SUPPORT.

BUT THE BATTLE GUILDS HAVE IT COVERED

I DON'T THINK MINAMI'S GOING TO POSE MUCH OF A THREAT

TO US IN THE NEAR FUTURE.

FINE, SO WHAT DO WE DO NOW?

HEY! THANKS FOR WAITING!

I THINK YOU'LL FIND A LITTLE HINT OF PUMPKIN

IN MANY OF THE ITEMS ON THE MENU TONIGHT.

YEAH, IT'S TASTY

I'M GETTING THE FEELING HE PUT PUMPKIN IN EVERYTHING

CHIEF NYANTA, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING WITHOUT PUMPKIN IN IT?

DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY NUTRIENTS ARE IN A PUMPKIN?

NOT TO MENTION THIS PUPPY CAN KEEP YOU WARM AT NIGHT.

YOU'RE PARTICIPATING IN A PUMPKIN FEAST,

DON'T DISRESPECT, LITTLE MAN.

I'M SORRY, CHIEF...

URR... WAHHH... I WANT MEAT!

WELL D. D. D. CAME IN FIRST.

AND THE BLACK SWORD KNIGHTS TOOK SECOND.

TENTH PLACE IS ACTUALLY STILL PRETTY GOOD FOR US.

YEAH... SO WHAT'S THAT THING YOU GOT THERE, MINORI?

SOME WEIRD OLD GUY

JUST WALKED UP TO ME AND SAID IT WAS OUR PRIZE FOR TENTH PLACE.

WELL IT'S KINDA FREAKY!

FU‐WOAH! THAT'S A STUFFED FUZZY GOAT SLIME!

REALLY!? IS THIS ONE OF THOSE DISGUSTINGLY CUTE ITEMS

I'VE BEEN HEARING EVERYONE TALK ABOUT?

BOYS ARE SO CRAZY ABOUT THINGS THAT ARE ALL GRODY, AREN'T THEY?

WHEN IT COMES TO IMMATURE STUFF LIKE THAT,

YOU'RE SUCH AN ADULT, MISTER CAT!

WELL THAT'S DISAPPOINTING TO HEAR...

YOU'RE SO GROWN UP AND REFINED

OKAY, I'M HERE, WHERE IS SHIROE?

UH MINORI... IS IT JUST ME OR...

DID BIG BROTHER SHIROE PULL A NO‐SHOW

FOR ANOTHER ONE OF OUR PARTIES?

HMMM... APPARENTLY HE'S CATCHING UP ON HIS WORK AGAIN.

HMMM...

WHY DO I GET THE FEELING

HIS BAD HABIT IS CATCHING UP WITH HIM AGAIN?