"181)}Abyssal Shaft — Entrance Japan Server Beneath Tearstone Mountains Dungeon/ No Monsters No PVP Entry Restrictions/ None Exit Restrictions/ None" "It's finally time for our full raid." "And we're the first adventurers to ever come here." "I love this tension." "too." "Don't worry!" "It'll work out." "guys..." "Everyone ready?" "We're going to plant our flag in this raid zone!" "We let two of them through." "Get them back here!" "Go around!" "A raid zone on the lowest level of the Depths of Palm... 1)}Abyssal Shaft — Zone A Japan Server Beneath Tearstone Mountains Dungeon/ Monsters Present PVP Permitted Skill Use Permitted Entry Restrictions/ Yes Full Raids Supported Exit Restrictions/ None" "The Abyssal Shaft." "This is a familiar raid dungeon from the original game." "strengthened version of a normal dungeon with more corridors and rooms and more traps and puzzles." "And it's composed of multiple large zones." "and for the exit." "1)}The Abyssal Shaft" "The Abyssal Shaft." "Enemy encounter!" "Get ready quick!" "Orks' Jelly x 3." "Naotsugu!" "Yeah!" "Full Raid in four parties of six." "This is our formation for this raid." "Party 1" "Party 1 consists of the tanks." "Their job is to attract the enemy from the front and endure their attacks." "so does our whole plan." "Three enemies coming from the southwest exit." "Leave 'em to me!" "Anchor Howl!" "Wyvern Kick!" "Party 2 is the seek-and-destroy team." "They're in charge of handling any enemies Party 1 missed or dealing with unexpected reinforcements." "1)\an7}Party 2 they have to think fast and react fast." "Party 2 Party 1 Party 3" "Enemy reinforcements." "Requesting support." "1)}Party Chat Party 1 Party 2 Party 3 Party 4 in the direction Party 4 is traveling." "Orks' Jelly x 6!" "Rapid Shot!" "The primary job of Parties 3 and 4 is attacking." "They're comprised of members whose emphasis is on attack." "But their defense is weak." "When the situation calls for it" "Get back!" "Right!" "Party 3 becomes our main offensive force 477)}Party 1 Party 3" "477)}Party 2 477)}Party 4 while Party 4 guards the surrounding area." "That's our formation for this raid team and the basis of our strategy." "Standard monsters in a raid zone are far more powerful than normal monsters." "Lv. 92 Log Horizon the level cap was raised from 90 to 100." "we'll be wiped out." "Dead adventurers revive at the raid zone's entrance." "I screwed that up." "Wyvern Kick!" "Demikas!" "You're too far ahead!" "Our healers can't reach you!" "I don't care!" "This is too easy!" "What's this?" "1)}Physical Damage Increased Brigandia" "it'll drop special materials." "It's possible to use these to create powerful items." "Here!" "Heal!" "Thanks!" "dear!" "Naotsugu?" "I can handle these slimes anytime!" "aren't you?" "so just keep sacrificing yourself for me." "And..." "That's..." "Raid zones have anywhere from five to ten special monsters called "raid bosses." "It looks just like Vendémiaire of the First Prison." "The Nine Great Prisons of Heilos"?" "I remember that." "Lv. 91 Rank/ Raid right?" "Data gets reused all the time." "it's coming!" "Split up and get ready!" "get in front of its right leg." "flank its left leg." "take the left rear." "take the right rear." "Anchor Howl!" "All right!" "We'll start by knocking its HP down the usual way!" "Roger." "Offensive classes are given attack boosts and extra damage buffs and the rear forces use ranged attacks from a safe location." "Warrior tanks are given plus defense boosts and reduced-damage buffs." "And their most important task is controlling aggro." "keeping the enemy's attention." "What's wrong?" "ostrich monster!" "What?" "It's going to fly?" "it's some other motion." "Shiroe!" "An area-of-effect attack that ignores aggro?" "damage report." "Five rooted." "Four petrified." "One instant kill." "We need healers." "Get them a revive!" "You're kidding me..." "He didn't have that skill during Heilos!" "Hurry up with those debuffs!" "Demikas!" "I'm not waiting for your slow healers!" "Tiger Echo Fist!" "Cross Slash!" "Lv. 91 Rank/ Raid look." "huh?" "That knocked off a few of us!" "One's on the platform below." "Two have vanished from the zone!" "The damned thing's moving up." "Follow it." "Right!" "Be careful!" "right?" "A raid boss uses more powerful attacks each time its HP drops." "Its timing and attributes are different than the last time!" "It's gotten a lot nastier... you need different tactics than for normal battles." "Naotsugu!" "Tetra!" "Strong party members alone aren't enough to win." "Dinkuron's petrified!" "That's bad..." "All our tanks are down." "Any healers left?" "No!" "They're lost!" "we need to..." "I guess we'll have to." "Retreat!" "fall back!" "through repeated defeats and retreats you discover the enemy's abilities and break through them." "We continued to fight Vendémiaire of the First Prison again and again." "We were never completely wiped out we came very close." "Damn it..." "I screwed up again." "analyze them and try many different ways of winning." "Raids are long fights." "Some can take more than a month." "And..." "It's the blink... it disregards aggro and uses that attack that inflicts negative status effects or insta-kill on ten people at random." "We'll measure the intervals in the next fight." "Sixty seconds." "It's a sixty-second interval." "Start counting!" "four..." "Go around!" "Debuffs!" "Now!" "Five..." "Six..." "Hurry and get into positions!" "Seven..." "Some raid boss attacks have a cool down." "and minimize the damage..." "Sixty!" "William!" "Right!" "Take this!" "There's no flash this time!" "Okay!" "The attack was canceled!" "This is our chance!" "Shave down its HP!" "Up the DPS!" "If you can memorize every one of the enemy's strengths and weaknesses and get the team to work together well it's just a matter of time." "you can get a phantasm-level item." "we found the second raid boss" "El Raida of the Fifth Prison." "Though she was a tough opponent with aggro resets and guardian beast summons... we beat her." "and attempt to clear the dungeon." "That is what a full raid is." "It's been three weeks since we started the raid." "Demikas!" "Sheesh... monsters!" "Hey!" "I told you to wait for my next taunt!" "Demi-Demi's aggro is... blabbermouth." "I'm—" "Demi-Demi!" "Behind you!" "Wyvern Kick!" "His teamwork is a mess." "We'll just have to back him up." "As we get deeper in we've really begun to understand how hard the dungeon is." "and the fights are more difficult." "We don't even know how big the zone is let alone how close we are to clearing it." "Here I go!" "Here I go!" "Sorry if you fall in love with me!" "Just shut up and do it!" "then!" "What everyone's been asking for..." "Aurora Heal!" "We're saved." "Concentrate your attacks!" "Avoid close-range attacks!" "Right!" "Ever since we defeated the first two we haven't encountered any raid bosses." "And searching the dungeon is getting us nowhere." "The battle had entered a stalemate." "How much do you think is left?" "How many raid bosses?" "1)}Abyssal Shaft — Safe Zone Japan Server Beneath Tearstone Mountains Dungeon/ No Monsters PVP Permitted Skill Use Permitted Entry Restrictions/ None Exit Restrictions/ None probably." "This isn't good..." "We can't last for ten days." "We're currently facing supply problems." "equipment gets damaged." "you need someone with crafter skills to do maintenance." "William only has a limited supply of crystal comets." "A high-level crafter had to use phantasm-level materials to make them." "huh?" "Who knows how long our food will last?" "you need good equipment." "And the only real way to get it is during a raid." "Same with crafting materials." "Other raid guilds will do low-level raids simply for materials." "it's been harder to visit a lot of raid zones." "But we can't go through easy raids just for supplies." "We aren't a weak guild like that." "Our guild master doesn't like anything done halfway." "Indeed." "Isn't that why we followed him here?" "I have some materials I prepared." "How long will they last?" "I'd guess twenty days total." "Twenty days?" "is it?" "Y-Yeah..." "You're right." "Yeah." "Seriously?" "with only eight members." "How did he get all those materials?" "He's obviously no ordinary guy." "After I left the Round Table and wandered to a bunch of raid zones" "I ended up in Susukino." "I don't regret my actions." "but..." "We're tired." "Bye." "guild master." "What are they planning to do?" "Weaklings." "I came to a place like this without even asking what Shiroe was after." "And they believe in me." "I don't know what's right." "Or what I should say to them." "I'm no more than a gamer." "Games are the only thing I've ever taken seriously in my life." "But..." "Shiroe?" "No Goofing Off!" "It's convenient that we can go underground." "But they aren't people we can keep fooling forever with tricks like that." "but not them." "That bastard!" "That bastard!" "Shiroe..." "I can take the cat-head and the guardian." "They fought with their own power." "But he..." "He just lurked in the back and issued orders he..." "Which of you is Brigandia's Demi-glace?" "uh..." "Delicious?" "It was an enchanter skill that gave me that buff." "1)\an7\fs20}Physical Damage Increased Brigandia" "He used Keen Edge to buff me and Mind Shock to stun the enemy for a moment." "That bastard saved me?" "Saved me?" "!" "Maybe he discovered I gave him extra veggies?" "I don't think that's it." "What a problem he is..." "You said it." "But... he's no coward." "Check out this stew!" "Let's eat!" "Chomp!" "Naotsugu?" "What's wrong?" "It seems like Shiro isn't doing so well." "Does it?" "and he always looks upset." "and taking it easy." "But since he's always that way he can't tell when he's really suffering." "And is he really suffering now?" "Yeah." "Then he needs an idol." "I think he's got one." "Should I show him my panties?" "pan—" "A-Akatsuki's curse again!" "either." "what's he doing in a hole like this?" "indeed..." "This is just a guess but it might be to protect his home." "His home?" "Not like an actual building." "I mean..." "His guild?" "His town?" "the world?" "The world?" "right?" "And companions." "that would be family." "right?" "And something like that needs a place to belong." "in other words." "the many guilds there can't be happy." "And the people in those guilds would have to be sad." "to protect his home." "His home?" "huh?" "It's about time to talk to Marie..." "I guess it isn't quite time yet." "but I can't..." "Naotsugu?" "N-Nothing!" "Nothing at all!" "Absolutely nothing whatsoever!" "Is "Christmas" different from "Snowfell"?" "Isn't that the People of the Land's winter festival?" "That's right." "Do you think Shiroe will make it back in time for Christmas?" "huh?" "the old world must be..." "Katsuo?" "I-I've never spent Christmas with anyone except my family." "I..." "I..." "Don't say anymore." "we're all together." "Santa Claus?" "people exchange presents." "Christmas is when Santa hands out presents." "Yeah." "He rides a reindeer." "actually." "huh?" "I wonder what he'll give us." "I want the Teachings." "I would definitely want it." "What's that about the Teachings?" "Akatsuki?" "When did you get here?" "That's our mysterious ninja!" "Akatsuki!" "Y-Yeah." "Thanks for the hard work." "How about some tea and snacks?" "Thank you." "what are the Teachings?" "You don't know?" "The whole town's been talking about it." "too." "it's a new rank for skills." "The same skill can be more or less powerful yes?" "right?" "Correct." "The same skill can have four ranks— 1)\fs20}Fatal Flash/Assassinate" "Adept Basic and Secret—" "Secret Hidden with each more powerful than the last." "you need a scroll made by an adventurer in the same job class." "right?" "though at a high price." "But "Secret" requires one to clear a special quest." "You have to participate in a raid." "A raid..." "And the "Teachings" are a level above that." "But isn't it just a rumor?" "It seems very few people have actually acquired or seen one." "Shiroe said they're real." "Shiroe did?" "he says they exist." "right?" "one that didn't exist when this was a game..." "The Teachings." "Come on in!" "How about it?" "Let's Eat Bird!" "{\cH744857}6 Days Until Christmas!" "{\fs20\cH407B5A}Bird Is Yummy" "Six days until Christmas!" "It's almost Christmas!" "weak fools..." "We are not your dogs." "lowly adventurers." "I want to become strong." "Akatsuki is uncertain and alone without Shiroe." "Why did Shiroe leave her?" "Why is she weak?" "as well." "She believes adventurers and People of the Land cannot understand each other." "Shattered Wings" "Next time:" "Shattered Wings." "Rise up once more."