Chapter 2: Settle In

Yoshie and Setchi discussed about couple of things, before they decided to go the village.

Camellia Island has one small village with a population of 165 people (more or less), living in the north area near the port. It was the village of NPCs or The People of the Land.

They walking for a while (long time, because they were walked from the top of mountain), then the signboard of the inn 'White Lily' comes into view. The logo made of a Lily flower can be seen, easily recognizable. The building looks to be three stories tall. It's made out of wood and bricks and looks considerably sturdy.

When they pass through the double doors, the first floor looks to be a bar but seems to look like a dining room, with some people talking at each other; on the right hand side is a counter and on the left hand side a staircase can be seen.

"Welcome to the Lily Inn…" The woman at the counter calls out to them. Pretty looking with green hair tied in a ponytail. Feels like a very lively person.

But, her cheerful face instantly disappears as soon as she sees who's the new guest entering her inn. "Ah, welcome sir Adventure, can I help you with something? It is for a meal or to stay for the night?" she got nervous all of sudden.

Although Yoshie and Setchi noticed about the changes in her attitude, they didn't say anything.

They know… how perspective of the people in that island about the Adventure.

The NPCs in Elder Tales were the same as other games, and they did not possess their own personalities. Although they were better programmed than other RPGs, they were limited by their AI in their conversation with the players.

But after the Catastrophe, NPCs appeared to be the same as normal people.

The game became reality, daily life became a nightmare.

They called themselves, People of the Land.

There were many obvious changes after the Apocalypse, with the biggest being the changes of the NPCs. They had an actual soul and body in this world. Their conversational skills and actions were no different from players.

Unless they had special settings, their battle prowess were miles behind players. But if you didn't confirm through the status screen, it was hard to tell players and NPCs apart.

They could think, breathe, eat, and were alive.

Each of them had their unique names and memories. They were not humans, they were not monsters, but they were an important element in the world.

Although, it was a village in a small island and only receives a very small number of tourists or about 2 to 3 visitors a day, it was never the Adventures. The People of the Land of Camellia Island never met any Adventure before their 'party' and only heard the rumors about them.

The People of the Land were not a term describing humans, elves or dwarfs, but used to differentiate between Players and NPCs.

When Elder Tales was just a game, this term was already in place, but seldom used by players, who referred to them simply as NPCs.

But it was different now.

They referred to players as Adventurers, and viewed them with fear. In their minds, Adventurers had a different culture, and their abilities were totally on another level.

Adventurers would grow stronger as they experienced battles, gaining powers hundreds of time more powerful, and possessed an undying soul. They did not disappear when they received fatal injuries, and would revive after returning to the cathedral. They could travel to places all over the world and even win battles against giants, the undead, and dragons.

Beings with such an incredible existence were known as Adventurers.

People of the Land did not have such battle prowess, they would fall when injured, could not revive when they died, representing the common folks in this world.

When their party arrived in that village for first time, they always caught the villagers staring and whispering about them, especially their armors and weapons.

Therefore knowing this, both Yoshie and Setchi unequipped their weapon (they're wearing light armor, not like the Guardian or any Warrior classes).

"Umm, miss… We would like to stay, how much does it cost per night?" Yoshie smiled at the woman.

"For one night, with a meal included in the morning and evening is 4 Gold, per person."

Eight Gold for both of them, that's little cheap. Usually one-night stay at inn in Adventure Cities cost 10-15 Gold per person.

Gold is monetary currency used in Elder Tale, the players see this currency as coins, with the basic unit of '1 Gold'. When Elder Tale was simply a game, Gold was earned either by defeating a monster or by completing a quest. It was used to buy food and items in the game.

It sounded extravagant, but both of them were level 90 players who have many gold coins, wealthy enough to stay years in there if they want. But of course most of their Gold was stored in the Bank. Each players has their own account in the bank at Guild Building in order to protect their assets from theft. But with no Guild Building in the island, they couldn't access the bank right now. They only have some Gold in their possession.

Yoshie turned to his red-headed friend, "How long?" he whispered. But Setchi just shrugged, 'Don't ask me,' his eyes seems to say.

After all the both of them didn't know how long it takes to complete all their quests.

"Then for now, we like to stay for one month please…"

"One month?!" shouted the woman. Not only her, some people who overheard their conversation also seem surprise.

'They will stay in here for that long?'

'What did these Adventures want in our village?'

'I heard bad rumors about the Adventure from my cousin at Ezzo Empire.'

Yoshi and Setchi wondered how is the situation on outside for making these people untrust the Adventure this much.

And then the door of the inn was suddenly forcibly opened.

"Someone, bring me to the doctor, he got seriously injured!" A brown-haired female in the middle twentieth or late half rushed in and cried out loud.

A moment later, a good-looking middle-aged man about 30 years old carried a blood-covered man around 20 years old.

"What happen?!" yelled the innkeeper.

"My brother got hurt by a \Gray Bear/ when we're hunting in the forest! Hurry up, please bring me the doctor!" the male hunter who carried the injured man shouting.

This is an emergency situation, the innkeeper woman also leave the counter with a serious look on her face. But what she said … "I'm sorry, Satomi-sensei is currently out the island and she is not going back for a while and Yana-sensei was looking for some medical herb at the South of mountain. The pharmacist is also closing for the moment."

"Anyone have knowledge about first aid treatment or medicinal herbs, please help us. We must at least help him somehow." cried the female hunter.

Seven people (excluding Yoshie and Setchi) on the inn's expression become despair with that word. Even if anyone saw it, it was obvious that it was not an injury that some amateurs can help. They only lay down the injured person on a table with a blanket and stand out stuttering.

"Yoshie, do you think this is one of quests?" whispered Setchi.

Quests were an event in Elder Tales where you accepted missions from an NPC or book, leading to a series of events and adventures, with a variety of content. For example, you receive a request from an old villager to look for her son in the forest; to clear the goblins in a cave; or every imaginable event could be included in quests.

Elder Tales was not like single-player RPG where there was a main story line and the quest represented a story in the game. Players could choose which level they want to take up the quest.

But, it was different now. The players who trapped inside Elder Tales, couldn't see the list of quests they can accept, its objective, or who will going to give them these quest anymore. The Adventure must find a way to get and complete the quests themselves.

"Quest or not, we must help him," said the blonde with worried face.

"But how? We're not a doctor or healer." said Setchi, "I wish Ein is here with us"

There were 12 classes in Elder Tales, all the players, meaning all the Adventurers, had to choose one of these classes to begin their adventure. Among them are 3 healer classes.

The principle of the healer class was to assist others. Healers helped survivability but were weak in attack, a class suitable for adventuring with parties but not acting alone. Clerics, among the 3 healer classes, they had the strongest healing abilities.

Ein, Shoichi's avatar in Elder Tales was a Cleric, the only healer class in their party. He's only level 58, but even so, having a healer in your party will save you a lot.

Suddenly, Yoshie bolted to the injured man. "Someone, bring me the most powerful wine here! Hurry!" he shouted.

Several people came running to the food counter and brought a bottle of wine immediately. When the Yoshie took it, he drinks it in his mouth and split in the man's wound.

The injured man who had lost consciousness until now, scooped up and screamed.

That's must painful. But it's better than dying!

No one else around him could move. Yoshie looked at his friend who still staring at him, "Setchi! Don't just stand in there… Help me! You still have some potion left, right?" he yelled.

The red-headed nodded, "Yeah… I think so." Then Setchi took out one potion from his bag, a yellow potion and hand it over to his friend.

"Let him drinks it, Yoshie and don't let him spill it! It's the only yellow potion I have"

Setchi still have the ingredients for the potion, but it will need time to make it.

Yoshi nodded and he moves the head of the injured person and help him gets up, after that the blonde put the yellow potion in the man's mouth. Yoshie grab the man's chin, open his mouth and pour the potion in the man's mouth. Yoshie can only pour a little inside. Then he repeated twice and three times, all the yellow potion was poured into the throat of injured man.

At the same time, after took it from his bag, Setchi poured a red potion directly into the wound. He know Yoshie splits wine before to disinfect. Now Setchi applies the red potion directly to the wound itself. After pour the first red potion and think it isn't enough, Setchi pour the second one into the wound.

The potions take the affect immediately.

The red potions slowly close the man's wound and stop the bleeding. The yellow potion will heal any internal organs damage if he has, it also regeneration the lost blood. The face of the injured man slowly recover from pale to normal. His fast breathing also becomes stability. Because he got serious injure and it's been some time so he lost a lot of blood. It was a life-threaten situation.

Finally a groan came from the man and he opened his eyes, "Ugh, what happen...? It felt like I hit by a bear."

"You were attacked by a Gray Bear." the middle-aged man scoffed, helping him to sit up "You made us worried, especially Karen."

The brown-haired female hunter, "He is right. You would have been a goner if these peop-Adventures not here to saved you."

"Adventure...?" now he and the other people turned to the said Adventures who having a conversation on their own.


After they somehow managed to save that man, Yoshie and Setchi took a few steps away from the rest of people in that inn.

"Ne, Yoshie... seeing that man almost dying made me realized some thing."

"Huh?"

"What happen if we die in here? I mean, this is not a game anymore."

In Elder Tales, you could revive if you died. The players who died in this world respawned in the cathedral after some time and players would lose part of their EXP and gold when they died, but Yoshie and Setchi hadn't experienced this yet, so they couldn't tell for sure.

"Hmm, we have some options. First, we die and we can go back to our original world. Second, when we die here, we also die in our original world. And third, if the game mechanics still applied, after we die, we still revive in the cathedral."

"The first option is an unlikely, because it's too cliche? And the second option is... too scary. Maybe the third option?"

"...wanna try?"

Setchi give his blonde friend 'are-you-kidding' look.

"Okay, okay, that was a joke." Yoshie chuckled. "But anyway, this island didn't have a cathedral right?"

"Yeah," paused "But they have a shrine."

Shrines serve the same purpose as a Cathedral, although they are not located in Adventurer Cities. They can be found from Lander (People of the Land) cities to the wilderness, making it both useful and highly dangerous depending on the situation an Adventurer is in.

"Oh yeah, I think I saw one when we come down from the mountain."

"But even so, we can't die here. Who knows what will happen to us if we die?"

"That's why, our first priority is to gather more information..."


That night, Yoshie and Setchi discover one more thing about the new Elder Tales world.

It was one of the cruel phenomena of this world.

'All food has no taste'

After the both of them 'saved' that man, the rest of people surrounded them with thank you, question, or just talking to them.

"Sir Adventure, thank you for saving my life..." said the now uninjured man.

"Oh man, that was cool! Are you a doctor?" asked one of big man, smacked lightly at Setchi's shoulder who give a small 'Eep!'

"Not all Adventures were bad like the rumor says." said a lady in the orange dress.

"Come on, I will treat you a dinner as my thanks for saved my brother" middle-aged man hunter.

So, the two Adventures found themselves sitting in large table with various food and drink in front them.

Yoshie and Setchi ate a bit of their food, but as soon as they ate it, they coughed.

It didn't have a taste.

Doesn't matter if they had curry rice, roasted chicken, soup or grilled fish, the taste was always like 'soggy crackers'; without the taste of salt, it was worse than soggy crackers.

The food all tasted the same.

The beverages had different colors, but they all tasted like tap water.

It wasn't so disgusting that you would spit it out and it didn't seem poisonous. You felt full after eating, so it was indeed food, but it was an experience Yoshie and Setchi could do without.

They were not sure how to react, since it was not disgusting enough to make you curse or swear. You would sulk as you ate more of it, as if the hope in your heart was starting to fade away. It was disgusting in a pathetic way.

But they hold it all because they didn't want offended the people on the inn.

Outside, they were smiling while eating the food. But inside, they were crying.

Oh, poor them...

~OWARI~


Not much in chapter 2, just filling chapter? hehe

Anyway, thank so much for the people who Follow, Favorite, and Review this story ^,^

The reply for reviews in chapter 1: (even you didn't ask any question, you should read the other question and my reply, it may contain some info and spoiler.)

Beasttamer 99: oh finally! there's log horizon crossover! thank you!

Me: Your welcome, thank you too for taking your time to read this story :D

GirlinSky: I recently re-watch Log Horizon again, and I looking forward for this crossover :) :)
Can I ask question? Tsuna and Emma have 4 friends who were played with them, Hayato and Lambo, and who else?

Me: Your question has been answered in this chapter, it's Shoichi XD the last member will be known at another chapter, don't worry :)

Kiri Kaito Clover: Grammatical errors aside, the fic is readable and looks promising. (One thing though. ENMA NOT EMMA)

Me: Oh my... I even not realize it! Thank so much for your correction on Enma's name ^_^

ptl: What is the physical power of level 90 magic classes? While they have powerful magic skills and stats, both of them have participated in life and death battles in their original world and Tsuna has CQC knowledge. By the way, will they be able to manifest Dying Will Flames? Those are based on the users psyche. At least as an Overskill.

Me: Physical power for Mage classes? I'm not really sure. The one who have more physical power than any classes is Warrior Class. Mage class is using Magical power than physical power (they have low DEF, HP, and PATK but high in MP, MATK, and INT) Mage classes are considered to be the only classes who wield powerful spells, but are often physically weak as a trade-off. Let say that both Tsuna and Enma still adjust with their 'body'. Not sure about Dying Will Flames, maybe in future? Who know... I'm planing give an Overskill to them, for Yoshie, it will related with his Summoner's skill and (maybe) for Setchi, it will related to his Subclass.

ItoshiMyHime: Why Akibahara? I mean, both Tsuna and Enma live in Italy, right? (since Vongola's mansion is in Italy) Why Yamato/Japan's Server and not West European Server?

Me: Because they used Japan Server when they first logged, and even you can transfer servers by moving your character to whichever continent you wanted to be on, Tsuna and Enma didn't want that because they still want be around in there (and moving will be troublesome), so they're still using Japan Server even if they lived in Italy right now.

Tears of Heart: its rare to find a good log horizon fanfic..keep up the work please..
Tsuna said he was in the mansion, which mean he's in Italy right? How can they be around Yamato then? Or is it that when they first play, they used Japan server and thus even when they moved to Italy, it's still possible to used Japan's server?
since Shiroe is trying to contact them, does that mean they're related to Debauchery Tea Party? what is their relationship? will other vongola appear too?

Me: Your question about the server has been answered in previous review. And yes, it's possible to use Japan Server when they're in Italy, I mean when first time play Elder Tales, players must chose between 13 available server, right? Meaning, the players can use any server anywhere. The difference between the servers is only where you 'landed' in the Game. (and another reason why Japan Server is... because I'm not familiar with West European Server, so little information about them, and thus I'm using Japan Server same with Anime). Yoshie and Setchi not really related to Debauchery Tea Party, maybe the both of them have been 'partying' with some members before, but only that. But... (Spoiler!) maybe Tsuna and Enma known about one of members in their real life. Your last question about Vongola... I can't answer now just wait in later chapters ^^.

Aulia25: I'm Waitinggg ~
This is good ! :D

Me: Arigato, I will do my best to update (^^)

I'm sorry if I'm not explain well...

There will be time skip in next chapter, one or two month later.

Critic? Shoot...

Correction? Very welcome...

Question? I'll try to answer...

Spoiler? PM me if you want...

AND...

Bad news, there wouldn't be any update in November because some reasons...

For now,

Bye~