The Gold of the Kunie

Gold of the Kunie is the seventh volume of the Log Horizon light novel series written by Mamare Touno.

Summary
Nureha lays on the ground in Minami, alone and unmotivated to do anything about the city, thinking about how foolish everything was. During this time, it is revealed that Indicus, a former member of the Debauchery Tea Party and now a fervent hater of Kanami, is really the one pulling the strings by reminding her of her past and telling her that Shiroe has no need for her. After Indicus leaves, Nureha tells herself that Indicus' assessment of Shiroe, whom the other woman deemed "useless," was wrong. At that time, Indicus goes to the Ten-Seat Council, discussing plans for Minami and learning from K.R., another Debauchery Tea Party member, that Shiroe was not in Akiba for reasons unknown.

Shiroe, Naotsugu, and Re Gan go to the north to negotiate with the Kinjo, a member of the Kunie clan whom Rayneshia spoke with in the previous volume. Negotiations fail, but Kinjo confirms the presence of a new Raid that leads to unlimited gold at the Kunie clan's base of operations at the Depths of Palm, so off they go towards Susukino to request for now-ruling guild Silver Sword's assistance.

While Shiroe requests William Massachusetts for help, Naotsugu and Re Gan meet Tetora, a Cleric from Minami sent by former Debauchery Tea Party member Kazuhiko, who decides to help them out (and tease Naotsugu). At the same time, Demikas, who still harbors a grudge towards Nyanta and Shiroe for that overwhelming defeat in the first month of the Catastrophe, barges into Shiroe and William's meeting. After being forced to stand down by William (who apparently overwhelmingly defeated the Monk in a duel), Tetora reveals in a conversation with Naotsugu and Re Gan that he's now married to a Lander woman, who keeps a tight leash on him. With the addition of Demikas to the raiding party, Shiroe and William barely gather enough members for a Full Raid, as many of Silver Sword's members have become demotivated from dying so many times.

Meanwhile, Krusty's and Isaac's group are off to finish the Return of the Goblin King event. While that is happening, the flavor text of items turning real begins to take effect. Takayama Misa's scythe, which causes calamities, starts glowing ominously. Krusty immediately grabs it out of her hands when it creates a glow that engulfs Krusty and Misa's right arm before disappearing with him and the arm.

The Full Party raid to challenge Abyssal Shaft travels to the Depths of Palm by foot, worrying Shiroe due to the amount of supplies it would use, although William does not seem to care. Although they become aware of the raid's difficulty, they believe that they would be able to defeat the Raid Boss. When they are fighting the Raid Boss, though, it turns out that the Bosses had gained intelligence; two other Raid Bosses come to the aid of the first, resulting in a party wipe. During this time, Shiroe meets up with Akatsuki on the Moon after she dies against Enbart Nelles.

After William manages to scrape up some words to motivate his guild once more, they decide to attempt the Raid one more time, and again, two other Raid Bosses come to the aid of the first, and the first injures itself in order to spawn Mobs; however, in a last-ditch attempt, Demikas throws Shiroe into the room where both Kinjo and the gold production was. Shiroe also successfully negotiates with the clan this time, and temporarily gains access to 7 million gold in order to the entirety of the Yamato server and then gave it all back to the server so that no individual could now hold them, relieving the Round Table Alliance of the duty of maintaining the Guild Meeting Hall.

On Silver Sword's side, the Raid Party successfully cleared the raid after killing two of the three Raid Bosses, and William gave Shiroe a Phantasmal accessory as a token of thanks. Having successfully accomplished his goal, Shiroe's group returns to Akiba. Shiroe learned from Kazuhiko that Tetora is male, although it is unspecified whether it was just Tetora or also the avatar. Tetora asks him to keep it a secret, then asks if she could join Log Horizon. Although she was sent by Kazuhiko, who was trying to reign in Indicus' regime, she truly wanted to join the guild on her own accord. He agrees, and the guild now has its Cleric member.

Upon returning to Akiba, Shiroe is immediately hugged by Akatsuki, who herself had completed her first Raid battle. Tetora flirts with Naotsugu, who has yet to realize that Tetora's a former male, in front of Maryelle. Maryelle is still Naotsugu's one true love, though, and he has a Griffin-saddle-for-two that he enjoys teasing her with since she hates it.

Log Horizon

 * Shiroe
 * Naotsugu
 * Tetora

Silver Sword

 * William Massachusetts

Plant Hwyaden

 * Nureha
 * Indicus

Other

 * Demikas
 * Re Gan
 * Krusty
 * Takayama Misa