Crimson Night

Crimson Night ("The Red Night" in the Crunchyroll subs) is the nineteenth episode of the Log Horizon 2 anime and is the fifth episode of the Route 43 arc.

Synopsis
Nyanta sees the wyverns moving in on the town of Safil and decides that he can't just watch from a distance any longer.

The Battle Begins
Minori, Tohya and Serara start heading out of town, hoping to fight outside as to have less obstacles and minimize damage to the buildings. As they run, Serara contacts Rudy and tells him to leave his party chat open and to get Isuzu.

Rudy gets Isuzu from her room and then casts a Skylark Shoe spell to raise their movement speed so they can run faster.

The kids are surprised that the townspeople are so calm despite the threat to their town. They then see the Odyssey Knights run by and the people cheering them on. They guess that the people aren't worried because the Odyssey Knights will protect them. Once they reach the battlefield on the the edge of town, Minori, Toyha and Serara watch in shock as the Odyssey Knights run into battle haphazardly and beg to be killed by each generating as much aggro as they can. When they are killed, they are resurrected by their portable Cathedral, and then the Knights just run back into battle to repeat the process.

Roe2 is quite impressed by the invention of the portable Cathedral. Tohya is angry at her saying it's insane. She argues that it's not insane and that they seem quite willing to donate Empathiom, saying if they keep dying that often, the gathering efficiency will go up a lot and it probably a big help to Genius. They kids of obviously confused and Tohya yells at her asking what she's saying, and that they're dying out there so their party should do something. Roe2 doesn't see why since the Knights seem to desire death.

Within Plant Hwyaden's Train
Londark reports in that everything looks fine and Mizufa Trude grumbles about how a loser from Susukino is treated like a noble just because he's an Adventurer. She then gets a report that the Odyssey Knights are fighting wyverns and orders half of their Nightshade Servants to be sent out. Kazuhiko overhears and frowns. Plant Hwyaden has created a device to hookup Landers to. They summon Nightshade Servants to act as vessels for the minds of People of the Land. The Lander Summoner can gain experience points and if the Nightshade Servant dies, it doesn't hurt its summoner. They claim to be giving Landers temporary immortality and power leveling them. When the mention about injecting the Lander with an EXP Pot, Kazuhiko objects, saying it's too dangerous. Mizufa ignores his objections saying "Who cares about that hypocrite?" and that war is where you go to die.

Nightshade Servants Attack
The Nightshade Servants enter the battle and the first thing they attack is the portable Cathedral. The Odyssey Knights attack them to protect their shrine.