Log Horizon - ep16

Now they are tying together various plot threads, the thing motivating this is the massive ambush by monsters that they suffered under last episode. First you have the cause of this attack, seems to be the result of the failure to complete a special quest. Accord to Shiroe in this world there is a quest that happens twice a year. That it is the crowning of the goblin king, that the quest last a week and within this week they must defeat the king before this happens or else the goblin will more difficult to defeat. However it seem with the adventures focus in on improving the lives of everyone else in Akihabara they neglected to do any quests even one as important as this.

Now with a serious battle on the horizon, this force Shiroe to reveal what he learn from Regan. That they will lose some of their memories when they die, and with Crusty help he is able to identify which memories are lost. It seems that they lose the memories of the real world each time that they die, this is a problem because if they die enough times then Eldar tale will be their reality. Although the answer to this is simple enough you just have to avoid dying and there will be no memory loss. Also it brings forth the question about Izumo knights, that they seems to be missing. It could be that they were wipped out by the Goblin kings forces or the were erased by apocalypse. That the ones in the greatest danger from the Goblin kings forces are the people of the land.

That it will probably be the Goblin King that will allow for a treaty to be formed between the adventures and the people of the land. The issue of the Goblin King might also be where Shiroe will start experimenting with the high branches of magic that Regan talk about. Final you have the training party that has been the focus the last couple of episodes is going to be on the front-line because the first target that the Goblin King has is choushi with is the closest town to where they have been training at. That they will have to hold them here until reinforcements arrive.