Out of nowhere, Shiroe finds himself in the city of Akihabara, inside the game "Elder Tale".  Thirty thousand Japanese players have been locked inside the game!  The world on the other side of the screen becomes reality, and amidst the chaos Shiroe finds his old friend Naotsugu.  And as they relax at finding one another, they meet the powerful assassin "Akatsuki".  Akatsuki has a request to make of Shiroe...
The NPCs that inhabit the world of Elder Tale
Die Non-Player Characters in Elder Tales
NPC: Non Player Character, personajes 
controlados por la computadora.
Les personnages non joueurs,
habitants d’Elder Tales,
I PNG che abitano il mondo di Elder Tale
Os personagens não-jogáveis que
 habitam o mundo de Elder Tale
Неигровые персонажи
и жители мира «Элдер тэйл»