Akiba

Akihabara, usually shortened to Akiba (アキバの街), is the largest of the five main cities (五大都市 go daitoshi) on the Japanese server of Elder Tale and is the hometown of many Japanese players. The others cities are Akiba, Minami, Susukino, and Nakasu.

It has the appearance of an old, overgrown city with streets lined with derelict buildings and rough stretches of asphalt buried under carpets of moss and entwined with vines.

Shiroe notes at the beginning of the series that a warm, moist wind rustled refreshingly through the treetops beneath the dazzling early summer sunlight. More than just heat, the radiant light burst from sky with an overwhelming intentness over both trees and buildings and cast deep shadows on town's main road that wrapped around itself the dark soil and dilapidated asphalt.

After the apocalypse, the security situation in Akiba deteriorates. Although outright fighting among players is not allowed within city limits, the number of PK incidents in the area around the city increases, and members of the city's large, influential guilds begin throw their weight around and act arrogantly.

Significantly, after the apocalypse, all zones in Elder Tale became available for purchase. In Akiba, this amounted to about 50 zones within the city and 300 hunting grounds outside of the city.

Trivia

 * Akihabara is named after a real life city in Japan.