The virtual world becomes gamers' only world in the bestselling light novel franchise that spawned one of the most watched anime in recent years! In the sort of autumn afternoon that leaves maidens sighing, new enemies arrives in Akiba! And these enemies are more terrifying than any monster - they're human. Worse, their target is the very system at the heart of the city - the Round Table Council! Will the tenuous government that Shiroe's worked so hard to build survive this latest threat?