Log Horizon: Alien Chronicles Volume 1

Ch.6

“Well, it should at least keep us dry from the rain.” Akatsuki felt her eye twitching at the building before her. She followed the three men, hoping to repay Shiroe, but this was not what she was expecting.

[The structure is still sound. I can fix it up tomorrow along with making beds. I’ll make training dummies tonight so you all can do training while I work.] Las Boss padding his hand on the remains of a skyscraper, but only the first floor remained. It was inside a fence formed from another building with the upper part completely gone, meaning the remaining build was a part of the inside of the original building.

“It’s small, but pretty cheap at 6,500 gold. Though, what about the shrimp?” Naotsugu looked at Akatsuki and instantly yelped when she kneed him in the face. “What was that for?”

“I’m not a shrimp!” Akatsuki glared at the idiot. “And why are we at this place? Couldn’t we stay at an inn?”

“Sorry. It’s just we realized that option might not be open much longer.” Shiroe said, making Akatsuki frown at him. “Hence we secured a base where we can rest if the inns were bought by guilds. You can sleep at the inn tonight. I just wanted to make sure you seen where we can be found in case you need something.” Shiroe did a slight bow along with the apology.

“I am not going anywhere till I repay you.” Akatsuki said, her serious face on. A Reset Appearance Potion is costly. Can I even repay him back with all my money? Akatsuki thought, her worry eating away at her. But, her pride would not allow her to leave a debt unpaid.

“D-Don’t worry about it. Think of it as a gift.” Shiroe looked away from Akatsuki’s laser glare.

“I cannot stand owing a debt to anyone.” Akatsuki stated, though hiding her own nervousness. I only have 30,000 thousand on me. Even adding in all my items, that much not be enough.

“Ah… But, Boss, help me here,” Shiroe gave a whimper of help to Las Boss. Akatsuki narrowed her eyes at the dropout ninja. The man was still surveying the area, studying it with a keen eye.

[You know the price of a Reset Appearance Potion has skyrocketed, right, Shiroe? It’s worth well over 1,000,000 gold by now.] Las Boss shook his head, putting his traveling chest on the ground. He sat on a rock and opened on of the drawers, pulling out string and other supplies. [Ah, Akatsuki, you think of yourself as a ninja, right? Like you said before.]

“Yes.” Akatsuki nodded, narrowing her eyes. What is he up to?

[How about you work for Shiroe and join our party?] Las Boss pointed at his text boxes. [You can be his shinobi and protect him. A bodyguard type mission usually pays roughly from 30,000 ryou to 1,000,000 ryou depending on the danger level of the mission. If you work for us just to train and figure out the battle system, you could pay off your debt in a few days even if you just changed the ryou to Gold. Though ryou equals ten yen with what my employers use for my pay rate, so it’s actually 300,000 to 10,000,000 yen. But, I don’t remember the conversion rate of Yen to Gold for the game, so that could be lot of Gold…. What’s with the looks?] Las Boss frowned at the open mouths on Shiroe and Naotsugu, gaping at him. Akatsuki even did not know if she was a gaping from her own shock.

“Holy cow festival, that’s a lot of money,” Naotsugu said, glaring at Las Boss. “You’re trolling us, aren’t ya?”

“He’s not. How much is on your head, as a bounty?” Shiroe asked, shaking his head.

[Last I check, it’s up to 2,000,000 ryou. Since I gotten photos of major villages, gotten a network of employees and companies who could be confused as a spy network, and yet to properly be investigated by any ninja, my bounty is pretty high even though I am not an official ninja. Hence I made sure to keep in mind how much missions are in case I need to pay for support. Not that I really need much since when it comes to surviving, I’m a pro both in Elder Tales and the shit game I was in.] Las Boss did a thumbs up with a smug smile on his face.