The 38th story arc of the Tower of God series consisting of chapters 95 - 107 from the second season. The arc centers around the final match of the Workshop Battle between the combined Khun and Shibisu teams going up against Reflejo's FUG Team, who have taken Viole's rescuers hostage. Meanwhile, an escape plan is made by Lero-Ro to help Viole and his companions escape the Workshop Battle before the FUG Rankers put their plan in motion.
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30F - Workshop Battle: Closure
After being summoned to what's left of the Growth Tournament's Item Store, Rak leaves with the injured Wangnan to ge tthe latter to a safe place. Before leaving, Rak asks if Bam is staying this time around, which the latter admits he is. Meanwhile, Viole stands before Beta ready to fight. The two begin to duel one another in close-combat, but Viole struggles to get use to the new power of the Thorn within him as Beta gets the upper hand. As a result, Ehwa and Khun aid Viole in battle. Meanwhile, Sophia and her guards continue to watch while Lauroe has fallen asleep again.
Khun calls Beta out to back off now that the Growth Tournament's over, but Beta taunts Viole that his friends are still trying to protect him despite his mere existence putting them in danger. Beta goes over his backstory that despite having to kill off the four other survivors in his experiment group on the promise of freedom, he's still forced to being connected to Workshop since his body can't last without Workshop's medicine. Powering up his Dionysos and Phobos ignitions at once, Beta orders him to cut the crap about believing he can have everything despite all the atrocities that Workshop has done for the Slayer-Candidate. The two engage once more in combat as Khun shields Ehwa with his Lighthouse field from the current fight while also providing Viole with back-up. The Slayer-Candidate then manages to stop Beta's Dionysos and Phobos ignitions using copied moves from the Rankers, Yu Hansung and Mule Love.
Viole then calls out Beta for forcing all the blame onto him despite the Living Ignition Weapon experiments being performed by others within FUG and Workshop An enraged Beta continues to attack asking how Viole doesn't believe he's part of this, but Viole calls out Beta's contradiction that he attacked Viole's friends despite them having nothing to do with all this, and states that Beta is the one who's completely twisted. Eventually, Viole manages to perform the Wave Explosion powered up by the Thorn through Beta's chest that forces the latter to his knees, and begins coughing up blood. Viole then points out that Beta isn't hating him out of revenge. He was just desperately looking for something to hate.
Despite getting hit by the Wave Explosion, Beta gets up once more, and orders for Viole to stop being so arrogant. Preparing Phobos once more, Beta orders for Viole to stop looking down on him, but is stopped in his tracks when he sees Khun and Ehwa prepared to defend the Slayer-Candidate. Viole asks for Beta to use this chance to stop fighting so that he can let his body heal given that it's reached its limit, or else it will bring misfortune to both of them. However, Beta becomes more unstable, and claims that as long as Viole feels misfortune, he doesn't care what happens to him. Despite charging forward once more, Beta has his effort stopped by Viole thanks to the Thorn powering up his immobilization Bang.
Realizing that Viole has become stronger than him thanks to the Thorn's power, Beta sarcastically congratulates Viole for now having everything he ever wanted compared to Beta who lost everything. However, Viole claims that everything he's done and accomplished so far is rightfully his, and that he's been fighting all this time to protect what's been most precious to him, which enrages Beta. Prepared to continue fighting, Sophia finally steps in to inform Beta that what Viole said about him not being Beta's true enemy is correct.
Beta remains confused by the statement, which Sophia explains that the Living Ignition Weapon experiments connected to Viole were completed long before the tests on Beta started; meaning that neither are connected with one another. The revelation shocks Beta, who thinks back to how Emily had told him that he was created to get revenge on Viole for the experiments. Thus, Beta's left questioning if Emily had been using him this entire time. Having reached his limit, Beta begins to cough up a lot of blood, which the Workshop guards move in to secure Beta under order of Workshop's higher-ups.
The Workshop Battle Regulars are forced to stand by and watch as the guards move in to dispose of Beta despite not liking how this is turning out. However, the guards' attempt to kill Beta is stopped by the arrival of Shibisu and his group (Akraptor, Hatz, Quaetro, and Rak), who are revealed to still be in the tournament due to a system error. Shibisu further explains that the error freaked out the hosts, Io and Punk, which they bailed back to the Archimedes to find out what's going on. Shibisu and company help dispose of the surrounding guards, and as one of said guards is about to shoot Sophia, she's protected by one of the guards, who turns out to be Lero-Ro. Taking off his guard helmet to reintroduce himself to his former students, Lero-Ro informs the group that he's here to help the Regulars make it through the Workshop Battle.
Meanwhile, Ron Mei remains at the island volcano with Baragav. The former of which is disappointed that it's looking like a loss for them since Viole got away. However, she gets a Pocket call from Reflejo, who's gathering what's left of his FUG Team to prepare for battle against the Khun and Shibisu teams. With Cassano's help, it turns out that Reflejo managed to defeat and capture Viole's rescue team (Hwaryun, Horyang and Nobic), which Reflejo claims that they now have the bait to force Viole into his last ever battle.
Having learned that Cassano put a tracker on Horyang, something that even Guide Hwaryun didn't notice, Reflejo admits that his logic was correct in keeping the Devil of the Right Arm on his FUG Team. Cassano states that he just wants the item he desires, and will be departing the FUG Team, which Reflejo assures Cassano that he can have it, but that the Arm Devil will have to drop out of the tournament since the item is back at the Archimedes. Cassano departs from the FUG Team to do just that, which Reflejo asks him why he ended up betraying his Workshop friend. Before continuing his departure, Cassano states that he just wants everything around him to be destroyed.
A flashback to four years occurs back on the 25th Floor at the moment when Khun departs with Rachel to break away from the 2nd Floor team that was created through Bam's sacrifice. Shibisu catches up to Khun and complains that he doesn't like the way Khun is going about this, and asks if things would have been different had Bam still been alive. Khun replies that he doesn't know himself, and thinks that this has all been a dream, which he hopes to eventually wake up from it.
Returning to the present, the members of Shibisu and Khun's teams watch the happy reunion between Viole, Khun and Rak. Ehwa admits that it's weird seeing Viole smile, which Akraptor congratulates Viole for the escape. Akraptor asks about Horyang's status, but Viole apologizes that he couldn't bring Horyang with him. However, Akraptor doesn't mind knowing that Horyang can handle things by himself. Viole asks in return about Wangnan's status, which Akraptor answers that they're using the medical facility on the ship the Workshop guards arrived on to patch him up. In addition, Akraptor states his amazement that Wangnan somehow managed to survive an injury to the heart, but that he's also glad that it seems that they won't have to regret letting Beta live.
Realizing what Akraptor's referring to, Viole turns his attention to an unconscious Beta being watched over by Sophia. The researcher claims that Beta will be fine, but is worried that Workshop will forever chase after him now that the orders been given by the higher-ups to dispose of Beta. Sophia blames herself for not completing the experiment to make Beta happy, but Viole answers that there's a different reason that Beta, and even Cassano and Horyang, are currently unhappy.
Near them, Khun and Shibisu discuss their current situation. Khun deduces that they're trapped since FUG still has Rankers waiting for them aboard the Archimedes even if they manage to win the Workshop Battle against Reflejo's Team FUG. However, Lero-Ro informs them that the higher-ups aboard the Archimedes are currently dealing with a problem that even the hosts, Io and Punk, had to return to help resolve. As a result, the Workshop Battle's final match has been postponed for now. Meanwhile, the panicking Io and Punk are back at the Archimedes getting word that someone broke into Emily's facility. They discuss how things will turn out to be a disaster if the freed Archimedes prisoners manage to reach Emily while Ranker Madorako begins to get impatient at this setback.
Back to the tournament, Lero-Ro informs the group that a colleague of his (a man in a green helmet like Io and Punk) has been stationed at the tournament's waiting room to help summon their remaining teammates to them. Next, Lero-Ro explains that they'll use a floating ship parked nearby that he and his colleague originally arrived to the Workshop Battle in. He also informs them that their eliminated friends have already been placed within it. Thus, Lero-Ro states to Viole and the Regulars that with the floating ship, they will all use it to escape the Workshop Battle. Meanwhile, Reflejo's Team FUG get into position with Viole's rescue team as their hostages. Reflejo gives the order to send the message to Viole that the final battle will soon begin.
Aboard the Archimedes while the prison escape is still going on, Madorako continues to watch over everything. He then realizes he messed up after spotting Lero-Ro's ship that was prepared to escape with Viole and company while the tournament's still going on. Madorako figures that it's about time for his side to make a move, which at this point, one of his FUG Ranker colleagues appears before him with a messenger from the arena wishing to speak with him.
Back to the Item Store, Rak is seen buying an item called a Mad Shocker while Lero-Ro explains that they're ready to leave now that Bam has officially returned to them. He reassures the Regulars that they will escape due to Wolhaiksong, the people he works for, having a ship stationed outside the Workshop Battle prepared to pick them up before FUG could catch up to them. Lero-Ro continues to explain that it's because Wolhaiksong's Irregular leader, Urek Mazino, had met Viole previously, and wishes to see him again, much to Khun and Shibisu's shock finding out that Viole met Urek. It's at this point that they receive a call from Reflejo using Hwaryun's Pocket.
Reflejo informs Viole and company that he's captured the three people (Hwaryun, Horyang, and Nobic) that performed the Slayer-Candidate's rescue in the Thorn's mountain, and should Viole not face the FUG Team in the final match of the Workshop Battle, he will kill the three hostages. He leaves off telling Viole that he will be waiting for the FUG Slayer's arrival with Hwaryun as his hostage at the mountain location where the Thorn used to be. After the call, Shibisu's left confused hearing Hwaryun's name again as a part of FUG, which Viole explains that Yuto from his FUG Team had swapped out with Hwaryun so that the latter can help him escape said organization. Viole announces that he wishes to fight Reflejo's FUG Team to save the hostages despite this being his chance to escape. The group objects to his wish, but seeing Viole refuse to change his mind, Khun is glad to see that Bam's characteristic where his opinion never changes hasn't left him, and decides to go along with it.
Khun asks Lero-Ro how much time they have to perform the rescue against Team FUG, which Lero-Ro answers that there's only a window of about 30 minutes before the FUG Rankers retake control of this situation to block off their escape. Despite it being a very narrow window, Khun gives the order to split into three teams: Quaetro and Shibisu will rescue Nobic, Akraptor and Ehwa will rescue Horyang, and the reunited team of himself, Viole, and Rak, will face Reflejo to rescue Hwaryun. Shibisu continues to object claiming that the window is too small for just them. However, it's at this point that they're greeted by the person that Vespa was able to summon into the tournament since Team Shibisu was never officially eliminated due to the tournament malfunction.
Switching over to the northern side of the tournament island, the FUG Team stands ready for the arrival of Viole and his allies. Ron Mei and Baragav remain on watch outside the volcano, which Ron Mei questions if Viole will actually reappear. In return, Reflejo assures her that he will given that he knows what Viole's like having lived the life as a Slayer-Candiate in order to protect his friends. Ron Mei and Baragav duo are then suddenly greeted by the Bong Bong fairy dropping off Hatz and an enraged Endorsi before them. The latter of which is irritated that her summon took so long, and that she has to wait a bit longer for her reunion with Bam. Ron Mei's left confused as to why their opponent's not the Slayer Candidate, which the Viole, Khun, Rak team are seen making their way through the Thorn's mountain to face Reflejo.
During their journey through the mountain, Viole mentions his surprise having just found out that it was Endorsi who won the Bong Bong fairy during the One Shot, One Opportunity game. Khun then brings up how it was thanks to his Emily terminal that he could make the rescue plan. However, knowing that Emily helped him get Bam back, Khun worries that Emily could prove to be a dangerous weapon if it's used to deceive people. Despite that scary thought, Khun let's it go for now to deal with the current problem. The Viole, Khun, Rak team enters the volcano room that used to be housing the Thorn, which they see a beaten Hwaryun lying unconscious.
Meanwhile, Lero-Ro gets the word to his two Ranker colleagues to remain on standby for the 30 minute time limit. Quant waits on the escape vehicle after clearing out its Workshop guards, and having the eliminated Regulars (Anaak, Ran, and Miseng) already on board. The green masked colleague remains in the tournament's waiting room with the remaining Regulars (Goseng, Prince, Verdi, Blarode, and Dan) that are not in the tournament ready to be summoned to the escape vehicle. Hearing that Lero-Ro is planning an escape, Sophia begs him to take Beta along so that he can enjoy freedom instead of being disposed of by Workshop.
Sophia reveals that she was an orphan from the Tower's Middle Area similar to Horyang and Cassano, but was able to get job as a Workshop researcher due to having high intellect. She further explains how she wanted to help the orphan children by making them powerful through the experiments, but now finally realizes she was wrong after Viole had told her that it wasn't the experiments, but just her interacting with them, such as giving them their names, that made them happy. She begs Lero-Ro once more to take Beta along so that he, as well as Viole, Horyang, and Cassano, can experience happiness, which Lero-Ro accepts to do so. At this point, Beta wakes up from being unconscious.He thinks back to how Cassano freed him from the Acorn Workshop, and had set him up with the help of Emily to fight against Viole. As a result, Beta's left wondering what it is that the Devil of the Right Arm is planning. Meanwhile, Cassano's seen as the messenger before Madorako, which the Arm Devil's being given some sort of tiny object.
Back in the tournament, Endorsi and Hatz stand off against Ron Mei and Baragav as the former threatens them for stalling her date with Viole. In return, Ron taunts her that she will get in trouble with the Jahad Empire like Anaak's mother being in love despite her Jahad Princess status, which provokes Endorsi into attacking her. However, Baragav easily deflects Endorsi's kick. Meanwhile within the mountain's Thorn room, Reflejo greets Viole's group, and informs them that he left Hwaryun just barely alive. Shadows begin to envelop Reflejo as he announces to the Slayer-Candidate that the final match of the Workshop Battle between them will now begin.
Prepared for the Thorn room battle, the Viole, Khun, Rak team feel that something is off about Reflejo. The latter shows off a giant scythe weapon, and is swarming in shadow shinsu, which Khun figures that Reflejo has pulled out his trump card for this final match. Returning to Endorsi's fight after the Mad Dog had blocked her kick, it turns out that it was Baragav that won the Blood Tamara item during the One Shot, One Opportunity game, and that he used it on himself to gain its increased defense ability. Thus, the backlash from kicking Baragav's Blood Tamara enhanced body leaves Endorsi's leg damaged.
The Jahad Princess realizes that she has a tough fight on her hand, and retreats back to Hatz before Ron could capture her with a Lighthouse field. Seeing the injured Endorsi, Ron taunts her that thanks to Baragav's phantom wolves, as well as being given the Blood Tamara item, Baragav is now the most powerful Regular here. Annoyed that her date with Bam is getting stalled, Endorsi becomes irritated that Ron thinks Baragav is now a challenge for her. Meanwhile, Akraptor, Ehwa and Quaetro search around for Horyang and Nobic, but are coming up empty. Vespa informs Shibisu that she couldn't find anything either scouting around the area, which leaves Shibisu worried since there's only 20 minutes left to find where Horyang and Nobic were stashed away at.
Swinging his shadow scythe, Reflejo shows off his strength to Viole's group, which Khun admits that it's power is beyond that of an E-rank Regular. Reflejo introduces himself as someone who's inherited a piece of FUG Ranker Poken's shadow, and that he can use the power from the shadow to gain a temporary power-up to be as strong as a B-rank Regular. He offers Viole one last chance to give up, and will even hand over the hostages if the Slayer-Candidate does so, but Viole refuses since Reflejo words is something he no longer trusts. With negotiations over, Reflejo squares off against the Viole, Khun, and Rak team. As Bam holds off Reflejo's shadows with his shinsu Bangs, Rak struggles to get his new Mad Shocker spear working, but Khun manages to immobilize Reflejo long enough for Viole to get in close and potentially rescue Hwaryun.
Back at the Archimedes, Madorako puts his FUG plan into action due to what he learned from his meeting with Cassano. It turned out that Cassano had provided him information about Reflejo forcing the Workshop Battle's final match to continue by taking Viole's companions hostage in exchange for a certain Workshop item (the red vial). Thus, Madorako gives the order to his FUG Ranker bodyguards to begin the plan of pouring the solution down on Viole. Elsewhere aboard the Archimedes, Traveller makes his way through a vent to evade the Workshop guards. He continues to make his way towards Emily in order to get answers as to why she lured him and the other intruders to her. However, upon arriving at the entrance of the Acorn Workshop lab that Emily is in, he sees that Cassano has arrived there as well.
Returning to the Thorn's mountain, Viole fights in close-combat against the shadow-using Reflejo. However, the Slayer-Candidate's forced on the defensive due to Reflejo taking advantage of Viole's "desire to save everyone" weakness; constantly using Hwaryun as his shield to keep Viole from truly attacking him. In addition, Reflejo explains that Viole won't win as he's become one-with-the-shadow. A being that shinsu doesn't work on, and that once said shadow is exhausted, he will disappear once his goal to turn Viole into a weapon for FUG is done with. Watching the battle between Viole and Reflejo unfold, Khun deduces that there's an opening regarding Reflejo's usage of Hwaryun as his meat-shield, and calls out to Rak that he's got a plan.
Back to the Archimedes' Acorn Workshop, Traveller greets Cassano at the door to Emily's facility. Cassano uses the red vial he got from Madorako, which turns out to be the key to open up Emily's lab door. He then informs Traveller that as a reward for making it this far, the latter should be allowed to see the truth about what happened to Emily, which the Devil of the Right Arm also reveals his plan to take Emily away from Workshop. Traveller looks into Emily's room, and sees nothing but a giant water tank with Emily's name written on it.
Cassano explains to the confused Traveller that Workshop was actually doing two experiments: turning people into Living Ignition Weapons, and dissolving people that were turned into Living Ignition Weapons (both to turn Viole into a Living Ignition Weapon, and then dissolve him). The water tank they see before them is Emily having been the first successful person to be dissolved. Cassano also explains that despite Workshop deciding that Emily was no longer needed now that the experiment is a success, she ended up being saved by Sophia to remain in the water tube within Workshop. Eventually, Io and Punk took notice of what the dissolved Emily was capable of, and befriended Sophia to move Emily to the Archimedes, and placed her water tank within the large egg-shaped machine, so that they can take advantage of her abilities. They created the Emily chatting bot through the Archimedes control system, but needed funding to provide the terminals to the Regulars.
As a result, Io and Punk relied on FUG Ranker Madorako's businessman skills to acquire the funds needed to get Emily's chatting bot fully functional. Once the Workshop Battle was over, Io and Punk's plan was to move Emily to another location in secret. Traveller finds Cassano's explanation hard to believe given that Emily begged him and the intruders to come save her, which Cassano informs him of the bad news that it was all a lie. Cassano theorizing that Emily was under the delusion that she was still a human who needed to be saved. As a result, Traveller's left frustrated wondering why Workshop would do something so cruel to a person. In return, Cassano asks if Traveller wants to depart with him since he now has Emily in his possession, and happens to have one vacant spot open for the team he joined. Traveller asks where they're headed, which the Devil of the Right Arm answers that a girl he knows that has the potential to change the Tower is finally here.
A flashback occurs where Cassano holds Horyang hostage trying to convince Ilmar (Horyang) to come with him to a new team he's joined that's planning to change the filthy world of the Tower. Horyang questions why Cassano's doing this, which Cassano explains how disgusting it is that nothing's changed. That FUG was still continuing the Workshop experiments even after what they did to him and Ilmar. Overall, Horyang refuses to go along since he now has companions, and a girl he likes, within said Tower, which causes Cassano to attack him as his way of saying good-bye. In the present, Sia Sia is seen watching over the unconscious Horyang.
Returning to the Reflejo fight, Khun and Rak get ready to enter the battle following the former's plan. Khun also looks up information on Rak's new Mad Shocker weapon on his Lighthouse, and sees that it's designed for throwing, which will help with the plan. Reflejo remains standing by with Hwaryun as his hostage while Viole remains unconscious after being hit by the last shadow Bang attack. The masked Regular looks up at he mountain hole believing that the Archimedes solution will pour in soon, and is happy to know that his most desired wish for FUG to get their weapon is about to come true. It's at this point that Khun and Rak attack Reflejo.
Rak throws his Mad Shocker spear to bait Reflejo to defend his front, but the shadow-user is caught off-guard when Khun teleports the Mad Shocker with his Lighthouse field to hit Reflejo from behind. Khun uses the opening to get in close to try to stab Reflejo, but like usual, the masked Regular moves Hwaryun into the path to take the stab. In return, Khun taunts the masked Regular that he expected Reflejo was going to pull this. Meanwhile, Viole continues to lie on the ground unconscious, but his Thorn finally begins to unravel.
Seeing that Khun is perfectly fine with stabbing Hwaryun with a knife, Reflejo asks if he chose to give up the hostage to change the flow of battle. However, he's shocked to see Hwaryun get sucked into the knife. Khun reveals that the knife is actually the White Heavenly Mirror. The reward that he got from the One Shot, One Opportunity game. He used one of the knife's three abilities to seal Hwaryun into the knife to protect her from Reflejo (if the White Heavenly Mirror stabs someone in the heart, they get sucked into the knife). Claiming that he doesn't need to rely on a hostage to kill them, an enraged Reflejo sends his shadow Bangs at Khun to finish him off, but he has his attack intercepted by powerful shinsu Bangs from a now conscious Viole who now seems more powerful than before.
Meanwhile at Horyang's location, Sia struggles to decide on who to side with since she wants to continue helping Viole, but also needs to help FUG since they promised to pay her a lot of money. She begins to hear the voices of Shibisu's rescue group getting closer, and is running out of time to choose a side. Back to the Mad Dog fight, Hatz figures he and Endorsi need to change up their battle plan, and pulls out the metal rod he's been using as a sword. Endorsi finds this to be a joke, but Hatz assures her not to underestimate on what he can accomplish with a piece of metal, and states that he's serious about defeating FUG due to what they did to Bam. Endorsi thinks back to the moment after she escaped the FUG Dormitory where Rak told her everything that happened to Bam becoming FUG's Slayer-Candidate, and admits that the sight of Ron Mei pisses her off seeing another blonde traitor (referring to Rachel).
Endorsi charges forward against Ron and Baragav while Hatz follows after her as support. Having learned how to better fight thanks to training up from his losses to Cassano, Hatz manages to fight through Baragav's phantom wolves with his shinsu enhanced metal pole to distract the Mad Dog long enough for Endorsi to teleport Baragav away with her using the Bong Bong fairy. As a result, Endorsi and Baragav are teleported to a location high above the Workshop Battle island where she threatens to kick Baragav downward to crash into the island to see if his Blood Tamara invincibility will allow him to survive the fall. Meanwhile at the volcano battle against Reflejo, Viole stands ready to fight once more, but this time around, with the Thorn now fully awakened.
The Thorn is seen floating above Viole's shoulder as a red thorn-like object that's about half the size of him. Viole feels the power of the Thorn flowing within him, and could tell that something about him feels different. He then returns to standing opposite Reflejo, who also notices that something about the Slayer-Candidate seems different. Meanwhile aboard the Archimedes, the Workshop guards regain control having captured the remaining intruders that have escaped. Io and Punk are excited at the thought that they can resume the tournament in order to get their hands on Emily. However, their attention, as well as Madorako's, are brought to the sight of Endorsi up in the sky kicking Baragav down to the island.
Returning to the Reflejo battle, Reflejo thinks about how Poken gave him a piece of his shadow because he deserved it, and prepares for battle to test to see if Viole is deserving of the Thorn. The two engage in close-combat, but to Reflejo's surprise, Viole manages to immobilize him despite being a user of shadow that has no shinsu flow to control. Watching Reflejo get knocked back, Khun deduces that the god-like power of the Thorn is allowing Viole to do the impossible as Reflejo realizes that the Thorn has indeed chosen Viole as its user.
Viole could tell that using the Thorn is draining his stamina greatly, and states to Reflejo that they should finish this quickly. Reflejo thinks back to making FUG's long-awaited dream a reality, and refuses to accept Viole as the organization's god despite being chosen as the Thorn's user. Viole agrees that he's no god, and is just Reflejo's illusion to cover his own weakness. Viole then charges toward Reflejo. Khun and Rak provide back-up using the teleporting Mad Shocker and Lighthouse combo once more to get Reflejo off-balance as Viole lands a major blow against Reflejo that finally knocks off his metal mask. Viole claiming that he's done playing as FUG's god. Meanwhile at that exact moment, Endorsi smashes the falling Baragav against the island; ready for her date with Bam.
After Endorsi sky drops Baragav down onto the island arena, it turns out that the latter survived the crater impact much to Endorsi's disappointment. Witnessing Endorsi, the audience and Io and Punk begin to realize that something is amiss seeing the Workshop Battle continuing despite the postponement. Madorako wonders if Endorsi appearing means that Reflejo failed, and decides that it's time to begin the operation. A FUG Ranker wearing purple clothes working for Madorako appears at the end of the Archimedes ready to drop the solution down onto the island.
Back within the Thorn's mountain, Viole is left really exhausted after hitting Reflejo with his Thorn powered shinsu blast. Khun taking note of how powerful the Thorn is to knock down Reflejo when he was temporarily at the level of B-Rank Regular. Now without his mask, an exhausted Reflejo shows off his true face towards Viole and company, and admits to finding it hilarious that god allowed such an undeserving person to have the Thorn. He states that he will be sure to correct god's mistake as Reflejo thinks back to a tragedy in his past where Reflejo's tribe was killed, and his eyes were cut out, for looking upon the beautiful Jahad Princess, Yulia, who he doesn't believe deserved to be given such beauty and Jahad Princess status. Reflejo informs Viole, Khun, and Rak that the solution will now be poured into their room, and kill everyone in the process. He also claims that he's fine with dying if it means that FUG's dream will become reality as the purple clothed FUG Ranker begins to pour the Archimedes solution down upon the Thorn's mountain.
Meanwhile, Hatz arrives at Endorsi and Baragav's crater location with Ron Mei now as his hostage. Despite claims that it's against his character, Hatz informs them that all he's doing is evening out the playing field given that the Mad Dog had taken hostages themselves. Pointing out that Baragav injured his right foot absorbing the fall from the sky, Hatz asks for the Mad Dog team to surrender since it's now obvious that Endorsi and him are the real winners. Ron agrees to surrender, but warns them that Viole is about to be killed by the Archimedes solution, which causes Endorsi and Hatz to race off to the Thorn's mountain.
Returning to the Thorn's mountain, the entrance into the Thorn room collapses as Reflejo reveals that his plan was to trap everyone within it since he was prepared to die since the very beginning. Khun quickly calls Shibisu to ask how things are going on his side, but he's informed that they're still looking for the hostages, and have lost contact with Endorsi. At that point, Shibisu's group is greeted by Sia, who's chosen to side with Viole, and shows his teammates the location of the other hostages. Moments later, Shibisu informs Khun that they found the location of Horyang and Nobic, and have regained contact with Endorsi and Hatz, who are getting closer to the Thorn's mountain. However, Endorsi can't use the Bong Bong fairy due to exhausting its use against Baragav and Ron.
The solution begins to pour into the Thorn room as Endorsi yells out that she doesn't plan to lose Bam this time around. Meanwhile, Lero-Ro and Quant continue to wait out the 30 minute time limit at their escape vehicle with the newly arrived Sophia and Beta, as well as the eliminated Regulars: Anaak, Ran, Miseng, and Paracule. With only five minutes remaining for Viole's rescue operation, they notice the Archimedes beginning FUG's operation of pouring the solution down onto the island.
Lero-Ro spots the purple-clothed FUG Ranker being the one pouring the solution, and finds it unbelievable that FUG is overstepping the boundaries by interfering with the E-rank Workshop Battle. He gives the order to Quant, as well as Hachuling aboard the Archimedes, that they're moving up the escape plan to rescue the E-rank Regulars from FUG. Meanwhile, inside the Thorn's mountain, the solution begins to destroy the room that Viole, Khun, Rak, and Reflejo are in.
Aboard the Archimedes, Io and Punk confront FUG Ranker Madorako about the stunt he's pulling pouring the solution down while everyone is still watching the Workshop Battle. They also threaten to axe their deal since this stunt is also putting Io and Punk in danger, but Madorako informs them that he was planning to axe the deal anyway since he decided to make the deal with Cassano rather than Io and Punk by handing the red vial key needed to get into Emily's facility over to the former. The FUG businessman reveals that Cassano has already escaped the Archimedes on an airship with Emily at hand, which enrages Io and Punk to the point of attacking the FUG Ranker. Madorako however, isn't threatened since Io and Punk went to such great lengths to keep their plan a secret from everyone in the Tower, and attacks the hosts in return since no one is around to protect them.
Meanwhile, the purple-clothed FUG Ranker pouring the solution is greeted by Lero-Ro's escape vehicle. Quant flying the ship distracts the FUG Ranker long enough to allow for Lero-Ro to blast the FUG member away from the object that's pouring the solution. The solution stops falling into the Thorn room as Viole and company realize that Lero-Ro's escape vehicle is already here to save them. While Lero-Ro holds off the purple-clothed FUG Ranker, Khun asks how things are going on Shibisu's side, which is answered that they just found Nobic and Horyang thanks to FUG Team's Sia telling them the locations. Khun gives the order Shibisu's group to head for Lero-Ro's escape vehicle now that their side's job is complete. Meanwhile, Khun, Bam, and Rak will wait for Endorsi since their only chance of escaping the Thorn room they're trapped in is with her Bong Bong fairy's teleportation ability.
The battle between Lero-Ro and the purple-clothed FUG Ranker continues as the latter calls out the former's reckless actions for getting in the way of FUG's plan. However, Lero-Ro reveals that with the help of a hacker (Hachuling) aboard the Archimedes, they've managed to get word to the entire Tower of what FUG's trying to pull here. Lero-Ro adds that they left out the information about their attempt to combine an Irregular with the Thorn, which enrages the FUG Ranker knowing that the entire Tower will be against FUG under the belief that they're just doing an evil deed of interrupting the E-rank Workshop Battle.
Meanwhile, Endorsi and Hatz reach the caved in entrance of the mountain room Bam and company are trapped in, but Endorsi's annoyed that Bong Bong isn't working to get to the other side. Deducing that the Bong Bong fairy needs energy to reactivate, she notices the battery backpack left over from Hatz's Workshop guard disguise, and realizes that she has a means to power the Bong Bong back up. Within the mountain, the Thorn room is calm for the moment due to the solution no longer being poured. Viole asks if Reflejo is fine with all of them dying working as a minion for someone else (Poken), but Reflejo answers that he is, and it's because Viole doesn't understand what it means to give hope to others through death. Reflejo states to Viole that he hates god for giving the new Slayer-Candidate power that he wishes he himself had to change the Tower, as well as his own petty life, and uses the last of his shadow shinsu to destroy the platform they're all currently standing on.
Bam, Khun, Rak, and Reflejo all begin to fall towards the pool of Archimedes solution below them. Reflejo thinks about Princess Yulia one last time, and is glad that he will finally forget about her in death, as well as perform his last wish to provide FUG their great Irregular weapon. However, Reflejo's forced to watch Endorsi and Hatz teleport into the room with the Bong Bong fairy, and watches them teleport out with Viole, Khun, and Rak; leaving Reflejo alone in the Thorn room falling towards the Archimedes solution, which presumably kills him. Back at the Archimedes, Madorako is shown to have easily defeated Io and Punk. The man-in-while that has been watching over the Workshop Battle is then seen entering Madorako's room.
In the high Archimedes room, Madorako stands over the defeated Io and Punk, but he's unable to believe what he's seeing on the television screens that FUG's actions at the Workshop Battle is being recorded for the whole Tower to see. Madorako figures that he needs to hurry, but he's then greeted by the man-in-white. Seeing the man-in-white, Madorako finds it unbelievable who he's looking upon. Outside the Thorn's mountain, the remaining members of the Mad Dog team, Baragav and Ron, make their escape from the Workshop Battle. Ron looks back at the battle going on at the mountain, and claims that the two of them will return to one day take the Slayer-Candidate role away from Viole.
Elsewhere, Endorsi drops Viole and company out of the Bong Bong fairy outside the Thorn's mountain while Shibisu's group reunite with them all being carried by Vespa. The two sides are glad to see one another, which they're then greeted by Quant driving the escape vehicle. Meanwhile, the companions on the Archimedes, such as Dan, Prince, Miseng, Goseng, and Blarode are seen being gathered by Hachuling for teleportation to the escape vehicle, which they're seen having killed FUG gambler Miya after she surrendered out of the Growth Tournament. Back at the island, Quant informs everyone that they need to escape as soon as possible. Viole and company make their way to the escape vehicle, but are greeted by one of Madorako's FUG Rankers looking to take the Thorn back.
Lero-Ro is currently preoccupied dealing with the purple-clothed FUG Ranker in the sky, which forces Quant to step in to fight the newly arrived FUG Ranker blocking Viole and company's way. However, before they could engage in a fight, Madorako gives the order for the FUG Rankers to retreat. Madorako warns the FUG Rankers that any foolish moves at the moment could cost them everything due to the sudden appearance of the man-in-white who's powerful enough to destroy them. The two FUG Rankers retreat away from the Workshop Battle as Quant stops by Lero-Ro's location with the escape vehicle to pick him up.
Back to the Archimedes, Madorako and the man-in-white engage in conversation about knowing one another. Figuring that the man-in-white's been watching this entire time, Madorako wonders if the former had planned this whole thing for Viole to end up with the Thorn. The man-in-white, despite giving off a smile, denies it that he's just here as a substitution for the Great Teacher that's supposed to watch over the Workshop Battle. The man-in-white then states that it's about time to announce the winners of said Workshop Battle, which is announced to be Khun and Wangnan's Team Sweet-and-Sour. Aboard the escape vehicle, Ranker Hachuling teleports in the remaining E-rank Regulars left at the waiting room to the escape vehicle as all of Viole's companions are now completely reunited, and ready to leave the Workshop Battle.
Later at a resort, Viole's companions spend the next hours partying now that the Workshop Battle is done with while Viole rests with his original teammates, Khun and Rak. Wangnan is also seen resting recovering from his injury. Later that night, the man-in-white speaks with the person over the radio about how this Tower shapes people, as well as the major blow FUG took losing the Thorn, and losing their good relationship with Workshop. The man on the radio then asks the man-in-white who the real Jahad Prince is that's supposed to take the Tower's final test. However, the man-in-white, revealed to be one of the ten Great Family heads, Po Bidau Gustang, states to the man on the radio that he's being too impatient to get the answer, and that they should wait and see since Viole and company's adventure up the Tower has only just begun.
Long Summary
Within the ruins of the Growth Tournament's Item Store, Viole stands with his teammates having been officially summoned to their side. Calling Viole the completed one, Beta looks upon the FUG Slayer in frustration that his plan to put him into despair has begun to fall apart. Viole calls out to Rak to carry the injured Wangnan away from here, which Rak agrees to do so. Before leaving, Rak asks if Viole is planning to run away this time around, but Viole answers that he's not, and states to Rak that they will meet again at a later time.
Turning his attention back to Beta, Viole stands ready to fight Beta. Sophia is surprised to see that Viole has managed to make it here while Khun looks to his lighthouses, which have been badly damaged. Khun realizes that the damage was done holding off Beta's Phobos attack to keep the Pond of Calling in one piece long enough to get Viole here, and deduces that they won't be able to hold out for much longer. Meanwhile, Lauroe has fallen asleep once more.
Viole asks Beta why he's doing all this, which Beta reminds the FUG Slayer once more that it's because he hates him. Beta asks a question of his own if Viole escaped the Thorn room just to chat with him, but Viole enters a fighting stance, and just provides the simple answer, no. Beta gives off a laugh in excitement accepting that fighting is the only way to resolve this, and charges toward Viole.
The two engage in close-combat as Beta taunts the FUG Slayer that weak attacks are not going to work on him. Knocking Viole back, Beta taunts Viole once more that the FUG Slayer isn't functioning as good as he was expecting. Ehwa provides Ehwa some support with her fire-shinsu, but Beta easily backs out of the way as Khun is seen dropping into the room from his lighthouse.
Looking at Beta, Khun orders for Beta to leave now that the Growth Tournament has come to a close, and states that he's getting irritated and angry that Beta's foolish antics are turning his reunion with Bam into a mess. Beta gives off a laugh, and taunts Viole again that this has turned out good for the FUG Slayer since his friends are still trying to protect him despite his mere existence putting them all in danger. Beta states that unlike Viole, he lost everything because of the FUG Slayer, which grabs Viole's attention.
Beta explains his backstory that during the Living Ignition Weapon experiments, only five in his group, including himself, had survived. These other four people were the closest thing he's ever had to family, but one day, they were all gathered one day by a researcher to complete the experiment.
The five of them were gathered to participate in a survival match where they had to kill one another until only one remained. The one who came out the winner after the other four had been killed would become the complete Living Ignition Weapon. The researcher also announced that the final survivor who becomes the complete weapon will be the one who's granted freedom from Workshop, which Beta explains was the trigger that drove them all crazy to accept killing one another just for the sake of freedom.
Back to the present, Beta continues to say kill over and over as he tells Viole that he killed everyone as the only survivor of that experiment. However, he soon learned afterwards that his body is unable to hold itself up without the medicine provided by Workshop, and had come to the conclusion that everything was a lie just so the experiment could be performed. He yells to Viole that Workshop was never going to allow him to have friends or freedom, and yet he's standing before a FUG Slayer who wants everything despite all the atrocities people did to allow for the FUG Slayer to get this far. Calling out both Dionysos and Phobos ignitions at once, Beta orders for Viole to cut the crap. Viole charges forward, and asks for Khun to take care of Ehwa, which Khun agrees to do.
Beta powers up his Phobos shinsu blasts, and fires them upon Viole; claiming that he will kill all of them. Khun manages to shield Ehwa and himself with his lighthouse field while Viole continues to charge forward. Having seen the success Lauroe had against the Dionysos leg, Viole utilizes a shinsu control style done by Ranker Yu Hansung to create a technique of his own, the Straight-Line Long Pierce. Using four Bangs, Viole uses the four at once to create one large piercing attack that stabs into the Phobos ignition. Beta then attempts to use his Dionysos ignition to stomp on Viole, but realizes that the leg has been blocked by Khun's lighthouse field. Khun orders for Beta to move his Dionysos feet away, which annoys Beta greatly.
Standing up close to Beta, Viole questions him why he's trying to put all the blame onto him, which confuses Beta. Viole explains that even Beta knows that Viole's not the problem here, which pisses Beta off even further claiming that everything regarding the Living Ignition Weapon experiments was done just so FUG could combine the Thorn with their new Slayer Candidate. Beta's next attempts to strike from the left, but Viole manages to block the hit, and are now holding one another face-to-face.
Viole yells at Beta that he's not the cause of this. That everything regarding the Living Ignition Weapon experiments was orchestrated by the team-up between the senior FUG Slayers and Workshop. The FUG Slayer claims that Beta knows this himself, and knows that the enemy is not Viole, but someone else. Going in for another strike, Beta asks if Viole thinks he has nothing to do with this. However, Viole uses Mule Love's Slider dodge to quickly evade the punch, and lands his hand against Beta's chest, which shocks the latter.
The FUG Slayer asks why Beta is being contradictory since he's attacking Viole's friends despite them having nothing to do with the Living Ignition Weapon experiments. He claims that Beta is nothing but a twisted person as the Thorn unwraps even more to help power up Viole's next attack. With his hand still against Beta's chest, Viole performs the Wave Explosion technique that sends a blast of shinsu through Beta's chest, and out his back. After taking the Wave Explosion, Beta falls to his knees, and begins to cough up blood. Looking down at Beta, Viole claims that Beta doesn't hate him out of revenge. He just desperately needed someone to hate.
Khun and Ehwa look upon the aftermath of the destruction left by Viole's Wave Explosion as the former wonders if it's now over. Wiping off the blood from his mouth, Beta questions what Viole is referring to by him just needing something to hate, and orders the FUG Slayer to stop being arrogant, which grabs Viole's attention. Powering up Phobos once more, Beta stands up, and yells at Viole to stop acting like he's nothing in comparison to the FUG Slayer. Sophia yells for Beta to stop as Beta claims that he will now kill the completed one. However, his effort is stopped as he sees Viole being protected by Khun's lighthouse barrier while Ehwa stands ready to support the FUG Slayer with her fire-shinsu.
Beta remains silent as Viole asks him to stop this for now since the former's body has reached its limit. The FUG Slayer adds that continuing their fight here will only give the both of them misfortune, which enrages Beta once more asking what Viole means by misfortune. Beta's Phobos ignition begins to go unstable with his Dionysos ignition as he yells out that he doesn't care as long as the FUG Slayer has the same misfortune as him.
Viole prepares to fire a shinsu Bang once more begging for Beta to stop as the latter charges forward. However, Viole performs the immobilization Bang that stops Beta in his tracks inches from hitting the FUG Slayer. Looking upon Viole, Beta realizes that the FUG Slayer used the power of the Thorn to give his immobilization Bang enough strength to stop him. Beta looks down in frustration, and admits in his head that once Viole has gained complete ignition control of the Thorn, he will be completely out of Beta's league even if Beta was fighting in perfect condition. Beta gives off a weak laugh, and offers Viole his congratulations that he now has everything he ever wanted. He points out that he has the strength, freedom, his friends, and even a girl, and yells out how everything turned out for the best for him. Coughing up blood, Beta once more offers his congratulations sarcastically; punching Viole with a simple punch, and calling him an asshole.
With their faces just inches from one another, Beta holds Viole's clothing collar, and asks how it's wrong to hate him given that Viole has everything, and yet he had everything taken away from him just so that people could provide Viole with everything. Beta points out how everything, from strength, freedom, and friends, was taken away from Viole when it all was supposed to belong to the people who died in the Living Ignition Weapon experiments. However, Viole replies that he's wrong, and that everything does indeed belong to the FUG Slayer, which confuses Beta.
Viole explains that there was a time he was trapped in the darkness outside the Tower ever since he was born, and the only reason he's here now is because he followed the only light (Rachel) that led him into the inner Tower. Pointing Beta towards Khun and Ehwa, Viole continues to explain that these are people who he met within the Tower, and has shared many memories with them. Viole states that they are the most precious things in his life, because this is the first time he's ever had such experiences with such people. Viole claims that they are his, because he's been trying hard this entire time to protect them, which enrages Beta. However Sophia calls out to Beta once more.
Looking in Sophia's direction, Beta hears her begging him to stop all this since it's not Viole that turned him into this monster, which confuses Beta. The answer leaves Beta even more confused, which Sophia explains that the experiments done to Beta began after the experiments related to Viole's Living Ignition Weapon experiments had already ended. She reveals to Beta that they used the remaining data from said experiments to perform a new experiment of turning a common human into a complete Living Ignition Weapon. Basically, the experiments related to Viole, and the ones performed on Beta, were two entirely different scenarios. The revelation leaves Beta unable to say anything as Sophia begs him to stop this since what Beta should be hating is not the Slayer Candidate. Beta thinks over what's currently going on, and thinks back to how Emily had told him that his experiments were all for the sake of Viole's completion.
The thought stuns Beta in disbelief wondering if Emily had lied to him in order to be used for her own benefit. Beta begins to cough up more blood as Viole is left worried about him calling out his name. Sophia walks forward knowing that Beta needs a Workshop injection to bring his health back up. However, with a guard pointing a gun at her back, it's at this point that Sophia is ordered not to move by her Workshop guards, which leaves her confused.
More Workshop guards appear in the room as they move in to secure Beta. Everyone remains confused as to what's going on as the guard holding up a gun to Sophia's back explains that they all received orders from higher authority to dispose of Beta the moment they secure him. A shocked Viole asks what they mean by dispose, which the guards warn them that this is a problem related to Workshop, and orders for the people participating in the Workshop Battle to stay out of this.
Seeing Beta continue to cough up blood with the Workshop guards all around him ready to kill him off, Khun is left even more irritated that he's run into so many interferences during a reunion with an old friend. He wonders to himself why the Workshop guards are even here when the Growth Tournament is already over, and finds it suspicious that they all just stood by, and watched Viole and Beta battle it out.
Despite not liking the person known as Beta, Khun admits to himself that he doesn't like how this is all playing out the way Workshop wants it. The Workshop guards prepare to fire the killing blow on Beta with their rifles as Viole begs them to stop. However, the two guards that have secured Beta are both hit by a Bang of fire-shinsu, and a beam of shinsu. They all look in the direction that the two attacks came from, and see that Quaetro and Akraptor have arrived at what's left of the Item Store. Quaetro powers up another fire Bang asking if he can shoot them some more as Viole realizes that he's seeing another old teammate from Sweet and Sour. The rest of their group also arrives with Rak, Shibisu, and Hatz, all arriving at the Item Store, and knocking away the remaining Workshop guards.
Seeing Shibisu's team here, a confused Khun asks how they're still here despite giving up the Growth Tournament, which Shibisu explains that there seems to have been a system issue that resulted in them not being considered eliminated. And as a result, Io and Punk were left in a state of panic, and raced off to the Archimedes to find out what's going on. The guard that has Sophia secured prepares to fire at Sophia, but the former is then shot by another guard to protect her. The guard that protected Sophia then begins to speak; announcing to everyone that he wanted to stay out of the current fighting, and is probably going to get fired for this.
The guard states that he was going to leave anyway despite the firing being a sure thing at this point as Viole and Khun remain standing by in shock being able to recognize the voice coming from the guard. Taking off the helmet, Lero-Ro reveals himself to the rest of his former 2nd Floor students, which leaves Viole wondering what he's doing here. Seeing everyone's confusion as to why he's here, Lero-Ro explains that he's obviously here to help his Regular students.
Elsewhere, Ron Mei sits alongside Baragav, and gives off a sigh in defeat that they failed to keep Viole from escaping. She also informs Baragav that something seems to be going on aboard the Archimedes, and asks Mad Dog if it was better for her to give up earlier due to how bad things have turned out for them at this point. At this point, she gets a call on her Pocket from Reflejo ordering them to prepare for battle. Ron remains confused by the order, which Reflejo explains that he's caught some bait.
At Reflejo's location in the Thorn's mountain, he and Cassano are seen having brutally defeated the Hwaryun, Horyang, and Nobic rescue team. With the three of them now as his hostages. Reflejo states to his FUG Team that this is going to be Viole's last battle. Cassano looks down at the unconscious Horyang as Reflejo admits that he never expected the former to have actually put a tracking device into Horyang's Pocket so that they could locate Viole's rescue team.
Even the guide, Hwaryun, didn't expect Cassano to pull such a stunt on the friend he was part of the Living Ignition Weapon experiments with. Reflejo offers his gratitude for this accomplishment, and states that he made the correct decision to keep the Devil of the Right Arm in his FUG Team. Cassano asks if Reflejo has the item he promised him, which Reflejo answers that he has it, but will only have it handed over after they finish the Workshop Battle.
Cutting off Reflejo mid-sentence, Cassano replies that it doesn't matter since he plans to depart from FUG all-together soon after the Workshop Battle finishes. In return, Reflejo asks why Cassano has chosen to do something like this, which the Devil of the Right Arm answers that he just wants everything around him, including Reflejo and Viole, to be destroyed. Watching Cassano walk away, Reflejo looks down at the unconscious Hwaryun.
The story now flashes back to four years ago when Khun and Shibisu have led their team established on the 2nd Floor all the way up to the 25th Floor of the Tower. On the 25th Floor, Shibisu is seen running up to Khun, and asks if the latter is truly planning to depart from the team after all they've been through together.
Khun calls out Shibisu for coming after him, and asks how he plans to inform the rest of the team if they all found out about Khun trying to depart. However, Shibisu questions why Khun would leave like this without even providing a good-bye to the rest of he team. Khun answers that it's because he's already made up his mide to leave the team, and he asks for Shibisu to tell Rak about this later since it will surely piss him off once he hears that Khun has departed with Rachel. Shibisu is left complaining that Khun should do it himself given Rak's tough personality.
Giving up trying to convince Khun, Shibisu gives off a sigh, and asks how all of this happened. He asks Khun what would have happened to everyone had Rachel not betrayed them, and if Bam was still alive with the team, which Khun slowly answers that he doesn't know that answer himself. Khun answers that this all just feels like a dream at the moment, and hopes to get the feeling one day of finally waking up from that dream. He hopes to one day breath a sigh of relief that this was thankfully all just a dream, and return to the true reality.
Returning to the present, Rak is seen given Viole a hug; happy that the black turtle is back. Rak then gives off a laugh that the three of them have finally reunited as Viole and Khun smile down upon Rak. Hatz and Shibisu look upon the three they consider to be the super team (Bam, Khun and Rak) as the latter states that they should probably be start to feel nervous about what those three could accomplish from here on out.
Everyone continues to hear Rak excited over the reunion as Akraptor walks up to Ehwa, and asks why she appears to be in a daze. Looking at Viole with a happy look on his face, Ehwa answers that it's because she never knew the FUG Slayer could give off a smile like that.
Looking at Viole himself, Akraptor asks why Ehwa is confused by this given that it's nice for Viole to be happy, which Ehwa answers that him being happy is the problem. Quaetro asks if Viole being happy is making her jealous, but before Ehwa could complain back, Viole walks up to them happy to see Akraptor again. Akraptor offers his congratulations for making it this far as FUG's Slayer Candidate despite being put through some tough times by them in order to finally return to his friends. However, Viole states that it's all thanks to his friends that he was able to return.
Ehwa is seen blushing at the sight of Viole as Akraptor points out that they don't deserve a lot of credit for Viole making it back. Akraptor then asks about Horyang, which Viole answers that he's still on the northern end of the island fighting against the FUG Team. Viole apologizes for not being able to bring him along, but Akraptor reassures the FUG Slayer that it's Horyang they're talking about. The devil Regular will surely find a way to make it back as well.
Viole asks about Wangnan's status, which Akraptor answers that Lero-Ro has went for help in order to gain access to the Workshop's medical facilities. Akraptor admits that he finds it surprising how Wangnan is managing to hold on to his life despite Beta having given him a stab through the heart which is almost always a fatal injury. Akraptor also admits that he feels reassured at the moment. He looks over at Beta being taken care of by Sophia, and states that he's glad that he doesn't have to regret leaving Beta alive after all that he did to Viole and company.
Viole walks over to Sophia watching over the unconscious Beta, and asks if the latter is going to be ok. Sophia answers that Beta is fortunate for having no critical injuries that need immediate attention, but she informs Viole that there will be even bigger problems that Beta will end up facing in the future. She explains to Viole that since Workshop has given the order to dispose of Beta, it's only a matter of time before they finally get rid of him for good. Viole remains silent listening to Sophia as she states that what happened to Beta is all her fault. She regrets not being able to complete his experiment the right way since it led him to leave such an unhappy life within the Archimedes' Acorn Workshop. Having heard Sophia's story, Viole answers that he doesn't agree with her logic, which confuses her. Viole explains that Horyang, Cassano and Beta were unhappy this whole time not because they weren't able to be made into perfect Living Ignition Weapons, and provides for her the true answer as to why they were unhappy.
Rak and Ehwa are seen talking in the background about possibly getting a new spear for the latter given that they're at the Item Store despite it being damaged as Shibisu walks up to Khun. Shibisu asks why Khun is still looking a bit troubled despite having won the Growth Tournament, and even successfully returned Bam to the group. Khun answers that it's because their real problems begin now since they turned the Workshop Battle on their main enemy, FUG. He points out that there's still FUG Rankers waiting for them aboard the Archimedes even if they somehow managed to defeat the Regulars of the E-rank FUG Team to officially win the Workshop Battle.
Due to the mentioned FUG Rankers, Khun gives Shibisu the bad news that there's no means for them to escape after the Workshop Battle, which Shibisu sadly admits to be the case. Shibisu asks why the tournament has gone haywire due to the hosts, Io and Punk, quickly heading back to the Archimedes, which Lero-Ro answers him that it's because the Workshop Battle has been postponed for the time being.
Khun and Shibisu are surprised to see the former 2nd Floor Test Administrator before them, which Lero-Ro answers that he was off cleaning up the remaining Workshop guards that were sent to the Item Store. They ask what Lero-Ro means about the Workshop Battle being postponed, which the Ranker answers that the people within the upper levels of Workshop have encountered a problem. Meanwhile, the panicking Io and Punk are seen trying to make sense of the current situation.
Io remains shocked hearing that Emily's hanger has been broken into, which Punk answers that they were caught off-guard by some jerk that was pretending to be a Workshop guard. Knowing that it will become a huge scandal if the Archimedes intruders, which includes Traveller, reach Emily, the two hosts claim that they need to get control of this problem before the audience begins to notice that something is up. They decide to postpone the Workshop Battle for now, but are left disappointed that they're going to have to wait on the final match. Nearby, the businessman Ranker, Madorako, hears Io and Punk's announcement of the Workshop Battle's final match being postponed, which leaves Madorako annoyed knowing that there are rats aboard the Archimedes trying to stall the tournament.
Returning to the Item Store, Lero-Ro explains to the group that whatever is going on aboard the Archimedes appears to be more important to them than continuing the Workshop Battle. As a result, he deduces that the Workshop Battle will be put on hold for awhile, which of course, will result in their final match against the FUG Team being delayed.
Lero-Ro states that it's about time for his colleague to appear at the waiting room for the remaining Workshop Battle participants to arrive, which confuses everyone about who he's referring to. At the waiting room, a man with a greet helmet similar to the one that Io and Punk wears is seen waiting on standby.
Lero-Ro explains that the man at the waiting room is there in order to tweak the summoning system so that Khun and Shibisu's teams can summon the rest of their teammates into the Workshop Battle. He then informs them all that they will then be brought to the floating ship that allowed for Lero-Ro and his partner to get here in the first place. Lero-Ro adds that they also managed to already grab the teammates that were already eliminated from the Workshop Battle, which causes Khun to begin to realize what Lero-Ro is getting at. Lero-Ro answers that what Khun is thinking is correct. They are going to escape from here before the final match of the Workshop Battle begins.
Meanwhile, at the northern end of the island, Mad Dog stands near an unconscious Nobic as Horyang is seen unconscious at another location. With Hwaryun at his hostage nearby, Reflejo gives the order to his team to inform Jue Viole Grace that they will now begin the final match of the Workshop Battle.
Aboard the Archimedes, the intruders continue to make their escape as an announcement is heard asking for the audience to find the nearest building to hold up in so that they can remain in safety from said intruders. The announcement continues that due to the issue with the intruders, the final match of the Workshop Battle will be delayed.
Said announcement leaves Madorako thinking to himself in frustration that his plan's been set back. Seeing Lero-Ro's ship parked in the tournament, Madorako admits to himself that he messed up not realizing that an escape attempt was possible while the tournament is going on. The businessman Ranker deduces that while it will cause some damage to their side, they should start making a move of their own. At this point, one of Madorako's bodyguards enters the businessman's office to inform him that a messenger from the arena has arrived to meet with him. Madorako looks back at the person wanting to see him, and realizes that it's Cassano.
Returning to the Item Store, Rak and Ehwa are seen in the background purchasing a Mad Shocker item while the rest of the group are left amazed to hear of Lero-Ro's escape plan to get out of the Workshop Battle before the start of the final match. Lero-Ro replies that this is indeed an opportunity for all of them to escape together now that there's no longer any reason to be here with Viole summoned to their side. He states that escape is necessary before the FUG Rankers stationed aboard the Archimedes begin their next move.
Khun points out how even if they manage to escape, the FUG Rankers will surely catch up to them after a brief chase. He asks where they could possibly run away to, which Lero-Ro answers that there's actually a ship run by Wolhaiksong standing by waiting for them outside the Workshop Battle. The Regulars are left worried wondering if they can group up with a faction as dangerous as Wolhaiksong, which Lero-Ro points out that Viole has actually already met one of their higher members, Urek Mazino. Viole admits that to be the case, which shocks both Khun and Shibisu.
Lero-Ro explains to the Regulars that Urek Mazino currently has the highest rank amongst all Rankers. A man who has the strength of an entire Great Family. He's also the founder of Wolhaiksong. Lero-Ro then reminds the group that similar to Bam, he's an Irregular, and that their meeting during the 21st Floor test has led to him gaining in interest in Viole. He points out to Viole that the real reason he's here at the Workshop Battle is because Urek wants to meet with Viole again, which shocks Bam. Before Viole could remind the group that there's still others trapped on the other side of the island with the FUG Team, he gets a call on his Pocket from Yuto. Viole asks Hwaryun over the Pocket if she managed to escape, but is greeted by Reflejo's voice pointing out how surprised he was to find out that the FUG Slayer managed to escape the Thorn's mountain back to his friends.
Viole quickly realizes who he's speaking to as Reflejo points out that it was foolish of the FUG Slayer to rush out leaving his rescue group behind. A bloodied, and beaten, Hwaryun is seen behind Reflejo as he taunts Viole that he gave her a courtesy lesson. Viole yells through the pocket what he did to Hwaryun, which catches Khun and Shibisu's attention hearing Hwaryun's name mentioned again given that she was also with them on the 2nd Floor.
Reflejo answers that he just damaged her a little given that guides are a rare asset to have in the Tower when they're working for ya. He warns Viole that if he doesn't attempt to come rescue them now, he will kill all three of his rescuers by making them suffer pain until they breath their last breath. Hearing the threat enrages Viole as Reflejo states that they will begin the final match. He provides the terms that Viole's side will win if he manages to save his three comrades: Hwaryun, Horyang, and Nobic. However, even if the FUG Team loses, he will keep Hwaryun given that she's a guide, which stuns Viole. Reminding Viole of the Thorn's mountain, Reflejo states that he will be waiting for the FUG Slayer's arrival within the room that the Thorn use to be.
The call from Hwaryun's Pocket cuts off as Khun is left confused about why she was her in the tournament to begin with. Viole explains how she had swapped places with FUG teammate Yuto during the Workshop Battle, which shocks everyone. Shibisu is left amazed hearing for the first time that Hwaryun was a part of FUG this whole time while Khun thinks to himself that that was a revelation he had already known for awhile.
Watching Viole explain Hwaryun's hostage situation to the rest of the group, Khun puts together that since Yuto and Hwaryun were the same person during the Workshop Battle, it was Hwaryun that had been providing him the information about Bam's rescue operation over the Emily terminal. He deduces that what happened to Hwaryun is no longer an issue they have to deal with here, but knows that this is something that Bam won't be able to ignore. Just as he guessed, Viole announces to the group that he will face Reflejo's FUG Team to rescue his three saviors.
Shibisu objects stating that this is obviously set up to be a trap, which Lero-Ro agrees with despite understanding how Bam feels currently. He points out that it's too much of a risk to complete the Workshop Battle against the FUG Team when there's still the chance to escape using his floating ship. However, Viole states that he has to go since this is a problem that only surrounds him. Viole informs the group that Reflejo plans to kill his three rescuers if he doesn't go, which is countered by the group that he may not make it back this time. The FUG Slayer states that he will go no matter what the danger is, which causes Khun to give off a sigh in defeat knowing that Bam's the type of person who never changes his opinion.
Khun thinks to himself that he's quite thankful knowing that Bam hasn't changed one bit, and gives the order that the reunited team of he, Bam, and Rak will be the ones that go to rescue Hwaryun within the Thorn's mountain. The other two, Horyang and Nobic, will be rescued by the rest of the group. Shibisu tries to object to the order, but Khun ignores it, and asks Lero-Ro how much of a window they have to perform the rescue. Lero-Ro answers that it would be a 30 minute window at most, but staying in the Workshop Battle any longer will put them all in danger once the FUG Rankers finally make it here.
Khun thinks about the 30 minute time limit, and deduces that it might be a narrow enough window to pull it off. However, Shibisu objects since it will take most of the time just arriving to the FUG Team's location, and then getting back to Lero-Ro's escape vehicle. Despite Shibisu's comment, Khun gives the order that Quaetro and Shibisu will go for the Nobic rescue while Akraptor and Ehwa will go for their Sweet and Sour teammate, Horyang. He then reminds the group of what he said earlier that he, Bam and Rak will be the ones who take on Reflejo, who's holding Hwaryun hostage. Khun then asks for Lero-Ro to choose to escape the Workshop Battle if they don't make it within 30 minutes so that, at the very least, those that were eliminated already could escape. With his orders given, Khun states that this feels like the right thing to do playing the Workshop Battle out against the FUG Team rather than escape without the hostages.
However, Shibisu complains once more that this will never get done in time within the 30 minute window. Viole tries to offer to go alone, but Khun orders him to shut up about thinking like that after finally being able to reunite after all this time. Khun thinks over the current situation, and deduces that it will definitely be possible. Since the tournament malfunctioned to keep Shibisu's team in the Workshop Battle, it may be possible that Vespa was able to finish the summon. Khun thinks over how the reply he got from Emily told him that she must be arriving soon. A voice is then heard arriving at the Item Store as everyone turns their attention to the entrance. The voice complains that they should have summoned her earlier now that everything is over as Khun confirms that their powerful ally to fight against the FUG Team is now here.
Switching over to Team FUG, Ron Mei is seen standing alongside her teammate, Baragav. She looks out onto the battlefield, and asks Reflejo if Viole's team is truly going to take the bait. Reflejo answers that Viole will definitely arrive considering that he knows of Viole's past as someone who took the role of FUG's Slayer Candidate in order to protect his friends for the past seven years.
At this point, a shining red light is seen in the sky above Ron's location. The Bong Bong fairy appears before her, which surprises Ron. Appearing out of the Bong Bong teleportation is Endorsi and Hatz standing before Ron and Baragav. Enraged that her summon took too long to enter the Workshop Battle, Endorsi complains that her make-up has now gotten all messy. She questions what's going on, and complains how long it will take for her to finally get to be on her date with Bam. Seeing a powerful Jahad Princess standing before her, Ron begins to sweat, and questions why it's not Viole appearing before them.
Meanwhile, the Viole, Khun and Rak team make their way into the Thorn's mountain for the fight against Reflejo. Reaching the entrance to the former Thron room that Reflejo is supposedly waiting for them at, Khun asks if this location is correct, which Viole answers to be the case.
Viole asks a question of his own how Khun knew about the Bong Bong fairy being in Endorsi's possession, which Khun answers that it was obvious given that everyone knew about Endorsi obtaining an extra Archimedes ticket during the One Shot, One Opportunity game. He also shows Viole the Emily terminal, and explains that it was Emily that explained to him what the Bong Bong fairy was able to do. Viole finds it surprising that Khun has an Emily terminal, which Khun explains that it's thanks to Emily that he was able to communicate with Hwaryun when she was performing Viole's rescue alongside Horyang and Nobic. Thinking it over, Khun gives off a worried looking face as he looks back down at his Emily terminal. He admits to himself that he's been depending on Emily more than anything he's never had in his possession; especially since it helped him get Bam back.
Khun remains suspicious that being highly dependant on the Emily terminal could lead to someone abusing it in order to deceive other people. He also deduces that Emily could end up being the most fearsome weapon to come out of the Workshop Battle, but decides to leave it alone for the time being since worrying about the Emily weapon doesn't matter at the moment. Khun hears Bam state that it's about time for them to enter, which Khun agrees with. Meanwhile, Rak begins to sweat trying to figure out how he's supposed to work his new Mad Shocker weapon from the Item Store. Khun explains that at this point, Endorsi and Hatz must have already encountered Ron and the Mad Dog while the Vespa, Akraptor and Ehwa group are continuing to make their way towards Horyang's location. He states that once all three hostages are saved as quickly as possible, they will all turn around to aim for Lero-Ro's escape vehicle. The Viole, Khun and Rak team enters the former Thorn room where they see a beaten Hwaryun fall to the ground before them. Viole calls out to her hoping she's still alive.
Within Lero-Ro's escape vehicle, his colleague, who's also disguised as a Workshop Guard, is seen having already taken out the other guards. Lero-Ro contacts him to inform him to wait it out for another 30 minutes, which pisses off the colleague since they don't have the time to wait it out.
From a closed box on the ship, voices from the eliminated Regulars (Ran, Anaak, and Miseng) are heard from it complaining about when they can be let out as the guard (the Ranker, Quant) questions to himself why he chose to follow Lero-Ro at that time. The guard complains to himself that he wants to ge tout of here right away as the eliminated Regulars yell at him to shut up.
At the waiting room, the green masked Ranker who's also working with Lero-Ro is seen with the other remaining E-rank Regulars (Goseng, Prince, Verdi, Blarode, and Dan) that weren't summoned into the tournament. Lero-Ro contacts the green-masked Ranker about waiting it out for 30 minutes, which the latter agrees to do so as long as it doesn't go any higher than 30 minutes.
A moment later, Sophia asks if Lero-Ro and company are truly attempting to escape from the Workshop Battle, which Lero-Ro answers to be the case once the group of Regulars complete their rescue operation against Reflejo's FUG Team. In return, Sophia begs him to take Beta with him, which catches Lero-Ro by surprise.
Sophia explains that Beta is doomed if he stays here since Workshop has already given the order to discard him. She hopes that Beta escaping from the Workshop Battle will allow for him to finally enjoy the freedom that he's always wanted.
Lero-Ro objects since they don't have the medicine that would allow for him to survive outside Workshop, but Sophia answers that there's enough medicine in the ship they're planning to escape on that would allow for Beta to survive for at least a month. Even if Beta was only going to live for just that month, it's enough for Beta to enjoy freedom for just a little bit. Sophia continues to explain that like the kids who took part in the Living Ignition Weapon experiments, she was an orphan who grew up in the middle area of the Tower. However, she turned out to be a bit smarter than most orphans, and got to obtain a job as a researcher for Workshop.
Researcher Sophia states that from the moment she became a researcher, she had made the decision to look out for the kids who were in the same situation as her. That she participated in the Living Ignition Weapon experiments in the hopes that the abandoned kids would get stronger if it all worked out in the end so that no one could look down on them anymore.
Lero-Ro thinks to himself if this was the primary reason the Workshop researchers gathered so many orphans to perform the experiment, but Sophia continues to speak that her actions have led to some collateral damage. She believed this entire time that what she was doing was right in the hopes that this would all lead to the orphaned middle area kids becoming stronger, but has now come to realize that she was in the wrong.
Sophia thinks back to her conversation with Viole. The FUG Slayer explains that Horyang, also known as Ilmar, had told him a bit of his experience during the Living Ignition Weapon experiments. Viole points out how throughout the experiments, Horyang had continued to repeat the Ilmar name that Sophia had provided for him, which allowed for Horyang to be able to control himself to bear through the more devastating moments of the experiment. He states to Sophia that just the fact they were given a name was more than enough to make him and Cassano happy.
Back to the present, Sophia explains to Lero-Ro that she didn't know after all this time that the experiments were making the children happy, and that it was actually her own interactions with them that brightened their spirits. Sophia begs once more for Lero-Ro to take Beta with him. She also asks that he take care of Ilmar, Cassano, and even Viole, who have all been subject to these kind of experiments, so that they can find just a little happiness. Thinking it over, Lero-Ro finally decides to accept, and gives his word to Sophia that he will be sure to bring them happiness. At this point, Beta wakes up, and has come to the conclusion that the one who set him up was Cassano. Sophia is happy to see Beta conscious again as Beta continues to claim that it was definitely Cassano who set him up using the Emily terminal to send him after Viole.
Beta thinks back to the moment that Cassano arrived at his Acorn Workshop room to free him, and questions what exactly it is that the Devil of the Right Arm is up to. He also thinks back to when Cassano provided him the key into the Thorn's Mountain to be handed over to Viole, and continues to wonder why Cassano is doing all this.
Returning to the Mad Dog's location in the Workshop Battle, Ron Mei finds it confusing why Endorsi is standing before them, and asks the Jahad Princess where Viole is currently. Endorsi orders her to shut up about looking for her boyfriend, which surprises Ron even more asking if Viole truly is her boyfriend. Endorsi answers that to be the case, and orders Ron to stay out since there's a chance that the two of them can flee for love. Believing that Endorsi is telling lies, Hatz whispers to Endorsi to remind her not to get into too much trouble here since they're just here to stall Mad Dog and Ron so that the others can rescue the hostages.
He also reminds her that once the hostages are grabbed, they need to run away, which Endorsi replies back that she already knows this. She also asks for him not to stand too close to her since he apparently smells bad. Switching back to Ron and Baragav, Endorsi states that she heard about how they went back on their deal, which Ron answers that they did become of some specific reasons.
Ron also points out that this was why she got close to Anaak when they were just having fun on the Archimedes before the Workshop Battle began. However, the plan didn't work out in the end since Viole escaped the trap in the Thorn room anyway. Endorsi replies that the way Ron is speaking to her at the moment is pissing her off, but states that since she has a date to prepare for, she will go a little easy on her.
In return, Ron asks if Endorsi will be ok with this if the Jahad Empire finds out about Endorsi, a Jahad Princess, is dating a man. Ron opens her eyes, and continues to taunt her asking if this will end for Endorsi similar to how Anaak lost her mother. The battlefield between the two sides remains silent as Endorsi charges forward. Hatz calls out to Endorsi to stop due to the latter being provoked as Baragav steps in to block Endorsi's kick. Endorsi finds this amusing that Baragav is acting as Ron's bodyguard, but is surprised to see her leg caught in some sort of black substance.
Baragav taunts the Jahad Princess that her life is currently in danger as Ron gives off a laugh that this fight is turning out a bit easier than she originally thought. Pulling back her damaged leg, Endorsi realizes that she's dealing with one of the special Workshop rewards that was provided by the One Shot, One Opportunity game, Blood Tamara.
Returning to the Thorn's room in the mountain, Viole continues to call out to the unconscious Hwaryun hoping that she will answer him. Reflejo appears out of the darkness to inform them that she's still just barely alive, and states that just as he expected, it was Viole that would come to this location. Khun and Rak are surprised by the sight of Reflejo as the masked FUG Regular asks if it's about time for them to begin the final match of the Workshop Battle. Shadows begin to swarm all around Reflejo as he prepares to fight against Viole, Khun and Rak.
Looking at Reflejo, Khun wonders what's going on while Rak points out that their opponent looks like burning charcoal. Despite thinking that Reflejo was being overconfident thinking that he could take on Viole's group all by himself, Khun figures that this is some trump card Reflejo is displaying towards them. Looking torwards the beaten Hwaryun, Khun deduces that this is looking like a bad situation for them having to both worry about the hostage, as well as Reflejo's trump card. Viole speaks to Reflejo that beating up Hwaryun was unnecessary if the FUG Team's goal was just to bait him out, which Reflejo answers that it was just to educate her a little bit. He also informs Viole that her injuries are so bad that it could result permanent damage, which shocks the FUG Slayer.
Viole realizes that Reflejo was never going to let her live after this to begin with as the masked Regular states that it's time for their final Workshop Battle fight to begin. Reflejo pulls out a giant scythe swarming with purple-shadows of shinsu, and prepares for battle.
Returning to the Endorsi and Mad Dog fight, her leg had just taken an unseen hit by Baragav's Blood Tamara item. Endorsi is left shocked by the hit to her leg while Baragav taunts her that her actions are looking like a death wish. Hatz is left amazed by what just happened not being able to see the Blood Tamara item strike Endorsi as Ron prepares her lighthouse field to capture the Jahad Princess. However, Endorsi uses the Bong Bong fairy's teleportation to escape back away from Ron and Baragav.
Standing alongside Hatz again, Endorsi looks down at her bloody leg, and complains that her dress has been ruined. Ron taunts her if this means that she ruined her future date, which enrages Endorsi. The former than explains to Endorsi and Hatz that Baragav was created to be the perfect dog fighter. Ron points out that the blood-mixing has made Baragav powerful, but still doesn't quite have the speed to catch up to a Jahad Princess. However, that all chances when they add the Blood Tamara item to Baragav's skill-set, which stuns Endorsi. Getting to the point of the Blood Tamara, Ron explains to Endorsi and Hatz that the item was dissolved into the owner, Baragav, which allows for the Mad Dog to gain temporary invincibility. Now that Baragav has a great offensive counter-attack with his phantom wolves, as well as the defensive capabilities that's been provided to him by the Blood Tamara, Ron claims that the Mad Dog is now the most strongest and invulnerable Regular amongst everyone here.
Ron asks if Endorsi still believes that she can win, which the Jahad Princess finds amusing since it came off like Ron thinks that Baragav is now a challenge for her. Endorsi thinks to herself why everything is becoming so difficult just to get her date with Bam while Hatz thinks to himself if Ron's claim about Baragav having the strongest counter-attack and invincible defense is legit. He thinks back to when Baragav was able to absorb Endorsi's kick, and realizes that this must be the first time the Jahad Princess has come up against an opponent that's been able to withstand her overwhelming strength. Looking over to the damaged Endorsi standing next to him, Hatz figures that this is the worst enemy for someone like her to fight against. Hatz is left hoping that things are going better on Shibisu's side since this fight is turning out to be more unpredictable than they thought.
Switching over to the other rescue groups, Akraptor and Ehwa are seen running across the battlefield as the latter calls out to Horyang hoping that he will answer his former Sweet and Sour teammates. She complains to Akraptor that he should be helping call out for him for Goseng's sake, which an exhausted Akraptor complains back that he needs a break given that he's not a member of the Great Families like her.
Moments mater, Ehwa and Akraptor meet up with Quaetro, who informs them of the bad news that he hasn't found anything on his end. The bad news ends up disappointing Ehwa. Meanwhile, Vespa catches up to Shibisu to inform him that she scouted out the area, but found no sign of the hostages, which Shibisu deduces that Horyang and Nobic must have been hidden somewhere. Complaining about where the hell they could have stashed the hostages, Shibisu realizes that their current situation isn't good since they only have 20 minutes left before they need to retreat to Lero-Ro's escape vehicle.
Back to the Thorn room, Reflejo swings his giant scythe swarming with shadowy-shinsu towards the Viole, Khun, and Rak group, which they all manage to dodge out of the awy. Viole admits that the destructive power displayed by Reflejo is strong as Khun realizes that the incredible Regular they're dealing with isn't an ordinary E-rank. Khun asks Reflejo what he is, which Reflejo chooses to answer that he's known as the E-rank Regular, Reflejo; a piece of Ranker Poken's shadow that has been in hiding for thousands of years. Khun remains confused about the thought of a shadow being broken into pieces while Viole is left shocked to hear that Reflejo is connected to a high executive within FUG. Reflejo continues to explain that he was a lower man that had inherited a piece of Poken's shadow. He warns Viole's group that by relying on the strength of Poken's shadow, he will have the ability to ignore the Tower rules, and gain a temporary power-up that would allow for him to have the strength higher than a B-rank Regular.
Hearing the possibility of an E-ranker having the strength of a B-rank leaves Khun finding the claim to be complete nonsense. Reflejo then asks for Viole to give up since they can't beat him in his current state, and even offers them the location of the other hostages if he complies. However, Viole refuses the offer since Reflejo is no longer someone to him that he can believe. Viole also states that he's decided not to give up on himself, which Reflejo responds by powering up a Bang oh shadow shinsu.
Reflejo claims that their choice was a shameful one since that was his last offer he was going to provide before being forced to kill everyone. Khun orders for Viole to counter with his shinsu Bangs, which the latter does so. An explosion occurs as his shinsu quickly destroys the shadow Bang that Reflejo created. Creating his shinsu platform to charge at Reflejo, Viole orders for Khun to secure Hwaryun, which Khun agrees to do. Rak is then ordered to go as well, who yells that even though he doesn't know how to use the Mad Shocker spear just yet, he will face Reflejo with it head on.
Rak charges forward with the Mad Shocker ready. To counter, Reflejo spins his shadow scythe around, and uses the Second Shadow: Full Moon Shadow technique to swirl a shadow circle around him that knocks Rak back.
Khun sets his lighthouses in place, and creates a lighthouse field utilizing up to four of them to immobilize Reflejo, but the masked Regular taunts Khun if the latter truly believes that he can be held back by a lighthouse field. Khun doesn't find it surprising that Reflejo can't be contained, but taunts the latter that he succeeded if he managed to distract Reflejo even for just a moment. Khun then points out that Reflejo's real opponent is now in position as Viole appears behind the shadow user. Ready to attack, Viole claims that he's here to take back Hwaryun, which Reflejo replies to do so if the FUG Slayer thinks he can do it.
Meanwhile aboard the Archimedes, the messenger meeting with Madorako turns out to be Cassano, who informs the FUG Ranker of Reflejo's hostage plan in the Workshop Battle. Madorako is amazed to hear that Reflejo took it upon himself to plan out the final match against Viole, and states to Cassano that this was good information that's been handed to him. Cassano then departs from the meeting, which the bodyguard asks Madorako if this was the correct decision since Cassano left with the item that they promised would be given to Workshop. Madorako replies that in the end, the item doesn't matter since the deal changed. He explains that they no longer have to keep the deal with the researchers of Workshop since they got scared the moment the intruder breakout happened. Madorako also states that the information provided by Cassano proved to be more useful to him to hand the item over to the Devil of the Right Arm instead.
Aiming to end the Workshop Battle right away, Madorako gives the order to prepare the Archimedes solution to be poured down upon the island. They will complete their objective before Viole manages to escape.
Elsewhere on the Archimedes, Traveller is seen making his way towards Emily through a tunnel as he spots a couple other intruders having been captured by some of the Workshop Guards. Realizing that the way is blocked, Traveller looks above him, and sees a vent entrance that he can crawl through. Traveller makes his way into the narrow vent, and begins to slowly crawl his way through. During the slow-crawl, Traveller thinks about Emily, and questions why she deceived all the intruders to lure them all to the Archimedes. He believes that he needs to find Emily to answer all his questions as Traveller's also left wondering how Bam's doing since he heard that the Workshop Battle was postponed.
Making it beyond the Workshop guards, Traveller drops out of the vent back into the Archimedes tunnel. Traveller continues to make his way down the tunnel towards the location he believes Emily to be at as he comes across a large door with red circles on it. However, before reaching the red-circled door, Traveller spots the Devil of the Right Arm, Cassano, approaching it ahead of him.
Returning to the battle against Reflejo, the masked Regular holds the beaten Hwaryun in front of him after Viole made the claim that he will take her back. The action leaves Viole unable to move as Reflejo taunts the FUG Slayer by asking why he's not choosing to attack him. Viole is left annoyed that Reflejo is choosing to use the hostage as a meat-shield to protect himself further as Reflejo attempts to swing at the FUG Slayer with his shadow scythe.
Viole manages to dodge, and then aims to use an immobilization Bang, but Reflejo is too quick for him as Viole is unable to perform the Bang in time having to dodge another strike from the shadow scythe. Viole goes in for a kick, which is blocked by Reflejo's scythe. Reflejo taunts Viole that he's already said he can't be defeated as Viole retreats back to dodge another swing from the shadow scythe.
Falling back to a safe distance, Viole is left irritated that he's unable to keep up with Reflejo. Reflejo asks if Viole truly finds this surprising, and points out that no matter what, shinsu control to stop him with the immobilization Bang won't work on him since he's nothing but a shadow creature with no consistent shinsu flow inside him. The masked Regular warns Viole that he was prepared to be the perfect counter against a person with Viole's skillset, and knows everything that Viole is capable of doing against him, which leaves Viole silent.
Reflejo continues to explain that he's become one with Poken's shadow. That his original body now no longer exists, and will never return even after exhausting the power of Poken's shadow. However, he claims to be alright with it as long as FUG's cherished wish is granted, and orders for Viole to put himself to sleep, and become the weapon he was meant to be.
Watching the fight between Reflejo and Viole, Khun thinks over Reflejo's claim about him being a shadow creature that has lived for thousands of years for the sake of FUG's wish, and is amazed to see how deep the masked Regular's obsession for FUG is. Rak adds in that the person they're fighting has turned out to be a total freak. Khun deduces that this fight has become a bit tricky since they're stuck in Reflejo's flow of the battle as long as Hwaryun remains his hostage. He then hears Reflejo ask if now's a good time to put an end to this Workshop Battle.
Beginning his Third Shadow: Death Moon Shadow technique, shadow shinsu begins to gather above Reflejo. Khun realizes that the Third Shadow is an attack consisting of five shadow Bangs about to rain down on them, but is unable to cover them all with just his lighthouses. Viole steps in to deflect the shadow Bangs with shinsu Bangs of his own. However, Reflejo thinks to himself that he he's had this battle won this the very beginning. The five Bangs from the Third Shadow technique gather to form one large Bang in front of Viole as Reflejo claims that the FUG Slayer has been his only target this entire time.
Viole is left shocked to see the five Bangs becoming one as a beam of shadow shinsu known as the Demon Moon Shadow technique is shot from the combined five shadow Bangs towards the FUG Slayer. Khun is left irritated that Reflejo used them as bait to aim directly for Viole as he and Rak call out to their teammate hoping he will make it through this.
Viole is able to withstand the Demon Moon Shadow attack, and aims to use his shinsu Bangs to counterattack at Reflejo directly, but is left stunned, and unable to fire, upon seeing Reflejo hold up Hwaryun in front of him once more. Reflejo taunts Viole that he knows the FUG Slayer will never shoot stuck in this position trying to save a hostage. The masked Regular claims that this weakness of trying to save everybody is the reason that Viole is now stuck in his battle flow, and will result in his death. More beams of shadow shinsu drop down upon Viole as the FUG Slayer screams out in pain having to withstand the shinsu attack.
An enraged Rak gets annoyed at witnessing Reflejo's dirty tactics, and claims that he will now kill the masked Regular for it However, Khun orders him to hold back for now since an attack would put the hostage's life in danger, which irritates Rak even further. Khun thinks to himself that this battle has become extremely troublesome due to how meticulous Reflejo is proving to be.
He thinks over the situation, and realizes that Reflejo's usage of Hwaryun as a meatshield has kept Viole in check to make sure that Viole can't go all out with the Thorn against him. The fact that Reflejo has figured out Bam's personality hasn't helped either, which overall, gives Reflejo a big edge to seize complete victory. Seeing no openings in Reflejo, Khun wonders if there's any way to defeat him. He then catches on to something when he puts together that Reflejo seems to always use Hwaryun as his shield. Khun calls out to Rak that he's come up with an idea to finally defeat the shadowy charcoal jerk.
Switching to the Acorn Workshop's red-circled door housing Emily, Cassano comes across the remains of the Level 60 Guguah Crab patrol that was protecting it. Cassano is amazed to think that it was Hatz during the latter's escape that managed to pull this off, and assumed that the Guguah Crab's self-destruct mechanism would be enough to kill the swordsman Regular. As a result, Cassano deduces that Hatz's skills have indeed improved since the last time they met one another. Before entering Emily's facility, Cassano is greeted by Traveller, who asks who the Devil of the Right Arm is. Cassano deduces that Traveller is one of the intruders that was deceived by Emily, and is surprised to see that one of them had managed to make it this far.
Traveller gets excited hearing Cassano talk about the intruders, and wonders if the Devil of the Right Arm is someone just like him. However, Cassano answers that he isn't. Cassano then pulls out a red tube, and puts it into the keyhole of Emily's door as her voice can be heard from the other side continuing to beg to be let out. The substance goes into the door as Cassano explains to Traveller that he's here to pull Emily out of Workshop. Traveller asks what Cassano means by pulling out as Cassano pulls his drained key away, and the red-circled door to Emily's facility finally opens.
With Emily's door open, Cassano turns back to Traveller, and informs him that since he's managed to make it here, he should face the truth with his own eyes. Traveller remains confused by the answer, which Cassano explains that Traveller should take a look at the Emily that has been deceiving him this entire time.
Traveller enters Emily's facility, and is shocked to see a giant water tube with Emily-01 written on the container. Looking upon Emily's water tube, Traveller questions how this is actually her, which Cassano answers that there were researchers who joined FUG two years ago that established two different studies on Living Ignition Weapons. One was the study to turn live humans into Living Ignition Weapons (Horyang, Cassano and Beta). The other study was what came afterwards; to dissolve a human who's already become a Living Ignition Weapon. Cassano continues to explain that the second study turned out to be a success after Emily had successfully been dissolved by the Workshop researchers into the giant water tube they are looking at right in front of them. Emily was then set to be discarded since she was only a test-subject to see if the Dissolving Living Ignition Weapon experiment would work. However, one woman, researcher Sophia, opposed of discarding Emily, and managed to have the water tube housing the dissolved Emily remain within the Acorn Workshop.
Bringing up Io and Punk, Cassano continues to explain to Traveller that the Workshop hosts became interested in Emily's Dissolving Living Ignition Weapon experiment as the power displayed by Emily was viewed as exceptional, and very useful to them. One day, Io and Punk approached Sophia pretending to be people that wanted to help Emily, and used their connections as the hosts of the Workshop Battle to lock Emily up in a water tank with the main system of the Archimedes airship to have full control over her.
Providing people with the Emily terminals, Io and Punk's goal was to recruit as many people as they could through Emily in order to regulate the people. However, they needed massive funding to pull this off, so Io and Punk turned to the businessman Ranker, Madorako, to gather the needed money. A deal was then made between the Workshop hosts, and Madorako, where they can let both sides intervene with the Workshop Battle as long as it continues to build towards their mutual goal regarding Emily. Closing out his explanation, Cassano states that once the Workshop Battle was finished, the plan was to secretly get the dissolved Emily out of the Archimedes.
Unable to believe what he's hearing, Traveller claims that Emily had told him beforehand that she's alive, but was locked up in a water tank. That she asked for Traveller, and the other intruders, to come rescue her from the Acorn Workshop. Cassano gives Traveller the bad news that everything Emily told him was a lie, and that she has been fooling him this entire time to lure everyone to the Archimedes. The Devil of the Right Arm also points out that it might just be Emily's delusions of still believing to have a physical body despite now being nothing but a consciousness within a water tank housing her dissolved body.
Looking at Emily's water tank, Traveller still can't believe that this was what Workshop was working on this entire time. Looking down in defeat, he questions how the Workshop researchers could do such a cruel thing. Cassano begins to walk away, but states to Traveller that he will gladly take him along since he's got one vacant spot. Traveller asks where Cassano is going, which the Devil of the Right Arm answers that a girl he knows has finally made it here, and that it's become their goal to change the rules of this ridiculous Tower. He states to Traveller that they will do it with the Emily weapon they now have in their possession.
At Horyang's location where he's been trapped as the FUG Team's hostage, he thinks back to when Cassano had dragged him to this spot. Prior to the start of the final match of the Workshop Battle, Horyang orders for Cassano to tell him what's going on, and what kind of deal he's made with FUG. Cassano answers that he's doing it because there's a goal he needs to accomplish, which confused Horyang. The Devil of the Right Arm points out that Horyang himself must have seen it. That Workshop is still performing the Living Ignition Weapon experiments to further their own greed by using others as their instruments. Cassano asks for Ilmar to join him claiming that he's found a path to change the filthy world that goes on within the Tower. However, Horyang refuses him since he's found teammates he cares about (Sweet and Sour), and has fallen in love with a woman (Goseng). Horyang claims to Cassano that he's not going to save his own ass by using his friends as tools to escape, which leaves Cassano silent. Ilmar then claims that he will be sure to escape the Tower alongside the people he cares about, which Cassano claims that this is good-bye as he's last seen powering up his Devil Arm to use against Horyang. At the unconscious Horyang's location in the present, Sia Sia is seen looking over him from a distance.
Returning to Reflejo's location, Rak yells out to Khun if the latter truly has a plan, which Khun replies that the alligator needs to keep his voice down. Rak ignores it, and continues to yell for him to spill what the plan is, which Khun begins by asking if Rak really got his spear from the Item Store. Rak answers that he did indeed purchase a Mad Shocker spear from the shop, which Khun types into his lighthouse to search for information on the weapon.
Khun sees that it's a weapon designed for throwing, and claims that Rak is an idiot for using it in close-combat. Khun next gets to the point for Rak to throw the Mad Shocker along with his lighthouse, and if they manage to pull this off, their original three-man team will get to go on vacation, which Rak agrees to. Within the Thorn's former mountain room, Reflejo stands on a small platform still holding the hostage, Hwaryun. Reflejo thinks to himself that he was worried about having to face the power of the Thorn, but begins to think that he didn't actually have anything to worry about. The masked Regular then looks up to the hole at the top of the mountain, and figures that it's about time for FUG Ranker Madorako to drop the melting solution from the Archimedes into the room. Reflejo is glad to think that his mult-thousand year long wish is finally about to come true, but suddenly hears a voice yelling for the alligator to do it. Placing his lighthouses like a staircase towards Reflejo's platform, Khun orders for Rak to begin as the alligator uses the lighthouses to jump closer to Reflejo's location.
Khun orders to do it as fast as he can, as Rak throws his Mad Shocker spear at directly at Reflejo's chest. The masked Regular prepares to counter taunting that their effort is no use, but is left confused when he sees Khun's lighthouse field appear in front of him to take the Mad Shocker spear. The field then appears behind Reflejo as the masked Regular realizes that Khun planned to teleport Rak's spear to come in from behind after being baited by the frontal attack.
Trying to dodge out of the way, the left portion of Reflejo's body shadow is struck by the Mad Shocker spear. Reflejo is left surprised by the power of the Mad Shocker as he sees Khun appear out of his lighthouse directly on his left with a knife ready to strike. Reflejo realizes that Khun managed to ambush him at close-range, but figures that it doesn't matter since he still has a hostage shield. The masked Regular positions Hwaryun into the path of Khun's knife. Khun ends up stabbing Hwaryun, but taunts Reflejo that he saw this coming, which not only confuses Reflejo, but Rak as well. Meanwhile, Viole continues to lie unconscious nearby after being overwhelmed by Reflejo's shadow Bangs as the Thorn floating above his shoulder begins to unravel.
Rak remains confused as to why Khun actually chose to stab into the hostage, Hwaryun, and yells at the blue turtle asking what he just did. Reflejo is confused himself, and asks if Khun has chosen to give up on the hostage, but Khun gives off a smile. He continues to taunt the masked Regular that despite giving things up being his usual style, today is going to end differently, and has chosen not to abandon anyone. The knife that's been stabbed into Hwaryun begins to glow as she turned into white light, and gets sucked into the weapon.
Reflejo remains confused about what just happened as Khun holds out the small glowing knife before him. Khun explains that the knife is actually one of the two One Shot, One Opportunity item rewards, the White Heavenly Mirror. He states to Reflejo that the knife comes with three abilities, and one ability that he just used with it was to seal a person by stabbing their heart, which will result in the stabbed person getting teleported into the knife. Khun shows the image of Hwaryun now inside the White Heavenly Mirror, which shocks Reflejo and Rak.
Khun continues to taunt Reflejo that he caught on how the masked Regular appears to have a durability issue since he kept having to rely on using Hwaryun as a hostage shield to protect himself. Reflejo is left irritated by the claim as Khun states that there's definitely a chance they can defeat him given that Reflejo is fearing that his body won't be able to last against them. Khun taunts Reflejo that he should have taken better care of his hostage as the masked Regular yells out that he doesn't need to hold Hwaryun captive to fight against Viole and company. Reflejo powers up many shadow Bangs, and claims that he will kill everyone right here and now.
Ordering Khun and Rak to die, Reflejo uses the Third Shadow: Death Moon Shadow technique once more to send shadow Bangs at Khun, but has his attack intercepted by many shots of shinsu Bangs from below him. They all look down to the bottom of the room where Viole show his Bangs from as Khun and Rak begin to get excited that Bam is conscious again. However, seeing something red glowing at Viole's location, Khun feels that something about Bam seems different.
At Horyang's hostage location, Sia continues to watch over him, but begins to get annoyed that all of this has gone to hell. She questions why FUG chose to betray Viole, and complains about why they're forcing Viole to fight in the finals just for the sake of rescuing hostages.
Adding in that she has no idea where Cassano went, Sia is left wondering what she should be doing now since she's been tasked to just guard the hostages. Being stuck at a crossroads, she holds her head in pain not knowing if she should tell Viole about the hostage locations knowing that she needs Viole to make her dream come true, or wait it out on the FUG Team's side for the money that they promised to her. Suddenly, she begins to hear voices coming from Shibisu's rescue group searching for Horyang. Quaetro mentions if he should just burn the whole place down to make their search easier, but is ordered not to. Knowing that the rescue group is getting closer, Sia continues to struggle on deciding what she should do.
Returning to Endorsi's side, she and Hatz continue to stand opposite Ron Mei and Baragav. Hatz thinks over their current situation, and knows that they have to resolve this fight themselves knowing that Bam's group is still fighing Reflejo, and that Shibisu's group is still searching for Horyang and Nobic. He states to Endorsi that they need to change the plan, which confuses the Jahad Princess. Figuring that he's been too soft up until this point, Hatz states to Endorsi that they need to go on the attack.
Hatz rummages through his bag, and thinks to himself that this is a bad idea since dragging out a fight goes completely against both Endorsi's and his way of fighting. However, Hatz reassures himself that they will definitely win, and be the ones that walk out with pride. The sword user pulls out a metal pipe claiming that he will cover Endorsi, which the Jahad Princess finds confusing, and calls Hatz an idiot using a simple iron rod as his new sword. However, Hatz replies to her that she shouldn't underestimate the weapon simply because it looks like a simple piece of metal.
Endorsi admits that she likes the attack plan, but questions Hatz being unconvincingly out-of-character since he's not doing this for the sake of the team for once. Hatz reassures her that his actions are indeed for the team, and that he's itching to blow up the two enemies standing before them. He also reminds Endorsi of what FUG did to Bam by turning him into Jue Viole Grace, which leaves her silent.
Endorsi thinks back to when she, Ehwa, Rak, and Paracule had escaped the FUG dormitory using her Bong Bong fairy's teleportation. Rak finishes up his explanation about everything he knows regarding how Bam became FUG's Slayer Candidate, which shocks Endorsi hearing that Rachel betrayed Bam during the final exam of the 2nd Floor. She also puts together what Rak said about Rachel and FUG having joined forces at the time, and asks Rak if what he's referring to is that FUG had set this all up from the beginning.
Back to the present, Endorsi stretches out her arms, and tells Baragav and Ron to stop hyping her up for her date, which leaves Hatz confused. Realizing that Ron is a blonde-haired Regular, Endorsi points out that the sight of Ron is pissing her off given that she's a traitor similar to another blonde Regular (Rachel) that she got to know in the past. A confused Ron continues to smile, which Endorsi points out that Ron's continued smile is pissing her off. Endorsi charges forward, and orders for Hatz to cover her, which Hatz agrees to do as he charges in alongside her.
Ron finds it amusing how stupid their actions are, and claims that there's no way they can defeat Baragav. The Mad Dog summons a couple phantom wolves, but is cut through by Hatz. Standing before Baragav, the swordsman Regular than uses his Demonic Fish Wheel Dance technique to enhance his metal pole with shinsu, and then stabs into the Mad Dog's chest. Ron laughs that his attempt to damage the Blood Tamara enhanced Mad Dog was useless, but Hatz thinks to himself that Ron hasn't noticed that his attack did indeed work since his shinsu is disrupting Baragav's means to control his phantom wolves. In his head, Hatz thanks Cassano that his fights against him has made him stronger.
Using the Bong Bong fairy, Endorsi teleports behind Baragav. The later of which calls the Jahad Princess foolish since she's attempting to attack him once more despite the Blood Tamara making him invulnerable. However, Endorsi ignores his comment, and asks for the mutt to just follow her. A moment later, Baragav is shocked to realize that Endorsi has teleported with him to a location in the sky high above the 30th Floor island being used for the Workshop Battle.
Looking down at the island, Baragav finds the situation he's now in unbelievable as Endorsi points out that even someone who claims to be invincible has to have a limit. She asks him if he will manage to survive if she kicks him downward from this height, which Baragav realizes that Endorsi plans to kill him through fall damage. Endorsi states that the person who survives the fall will be the winner as she prepares to kick Baragav down to the island.
Meanwhile, at the fight against Reflejo, he, Khun and Rak look down towards the location where Viole shot his Bangs up to stop Reflejo's shadow Bangs from killing Khun. They all spot a glowing red object at Viole's location, which Reflejo suddenly realizes what he's dealing with. Behind Viole, the Thorn has completely unraveled as a red object floating near Viole's head as the FUG Slayer stands ready to fight Reflejo once more.
Reflejo and Khun inspect Viole's unraveled Thorn, and wonder if that's the weapon's true form. Rak flies down to Viole's location atop Khun's lighthouse, and asks if the black turtle is ok, which Viole answers that he is. Rak informs him of what Khun pulled off to save Hwaryun from Reflejo using the White Heavenly Mirror.
Viole checks himself out feeling something within him that's similar to the Bowl that was in him previously, but is also feeling a bit different somehow. Ready for another round against Reflejo, Viole jumps up to the masked Regular's location as Rak follows after him. Reflejo watches Viole land on his platform, and looks over the FUG Slayer to see what's different.
Returning to the Archimedes, the Workshop Guards send out the word over their radios that they've captured the last of the escaped intruders. The two hosts are left excited by the news as Punk state that they can finally resume the Workshop Battle now that the intruder troublemakers are finally dealt with. Io adds in that they should focus on completing the tournament quickly so that they can receive Emily from Madorako as quickly as possible. However, their attention is grabbed when they hear the Workshop Battle spectators cheering about something going above the Grand Stadium.
Looking up at the 30th Floor sky, Io and Punk are left confused by the sight of an object falling downward at a fast rate. FUG Ranker Madorako notices the falling object at well, and realizes that it's Endorsi using the Bong Bong fairy. Madorako is left wondering what the Jahad Princess is trying to do.
Back to the Thorn's room in the mountain, Viole stands opposite Reflejo on a small rock platform. Reflejo continues to inspect the sight of the activated red-colored Thorn floating above Viole's shoulder, and deduces in his mind that while he still can't tell if something about the FUG Slayer has changed, Viole still looks like someone that would only have the strength of an E-rank Regular.
Reflejo flashes back to when he was given a piece of Poken's shadow. FUG Ranker Poken stands before Reflejo, and states that the masked Regular deserves the shadow considering that he lost everything to the ten Great Families. Poken points out that powers are given to those who deserve it, and asks Reflejo if he believes that to be the case as well.
Powering up his scythe with his shadow shinsu, Reflejo charges toward Viole; thinking to himself that he will be sure to check if the new Slayer Candidate deserves the power of the Thorn. Using the Fifth Shadow: September Shadow technique, Reflejo powers up his scythe with shadow shinsu, and strikes down at the spot Viole's standing. Viole dodges out of the way of the shadow scythe, but Reflejo thinks to himself that the dodge made an opening. He taunts Viole that the ever-changing shape of the shadow can't be avoided as the scythe's September Shadow technique mutates into a Cross Full Moon Shadow technique.
The September Shadow shinsu at the edge of Reflejo's scythe turns into a cross shaped shadow that blocks all of Viole's exits from trying to dodge. Sticking his hands out in front of the scythe, Viole deduces that he has no choice but to somehow stop the Cross Full Moon Shadow, but Reflejo taunts the FUG Slayer once more that trying to stop this technique is useless. To Reflejo's surprise however, Viole managed to freeze his scythe weapon in place. Reflejo, and even Khun and Rak, are stunned at the sight of Viole managing to stop the Cross Full Moon Shadow scythe as Viole moves in to attack.
Viole manages to quickly get behind Reflejo, and knocks him back with a blast of shinsu. Reflejo manages to regain his footing before getting knocked off the rock platform, but is left confused about why he was knocked back by a shinsu attack considering that flow control shouldn't be affecting him.
Watching the fight between Viole and Reflejo unfold, Khun comes to the conclusion that the Thorn is playing a part in allowing for Bam to do the impossible by knocking back a shadow user with shinsu. Despite it being impossible, Khun admits that he can't argue with it since he's witnessing it himself what the Thorn is capable of by seizing control of the nearby shinsu. Khun is left amazed that the power of the Thorn is indeed a god-like power. Reflejo puts together the same deduction that Khun did, and realizes that the Thorn has indeed chosen Viole at its user.
Viole feels the Thorn's power flowing within him, and continues to try to make sense of it, as Khun checks up on him to see if Bam's ok. Viole answers that while using the Thorn is making him a bit tired, he can tolerate it for now. Turning to Reflejo, Viole says that he doesn't believe he can remain conscious for much longer using the power of the Thorn in his current condition, and states to the masked Regular that they should end this.
Reflejo flashes back to when he received his orders from Poken. The FUG Ranker states that Reflejo will be making a new team alongside the Yuto person that the elders sent, and Poken will do the work to bring Viole into Reflejo's FUG Team. Reflejo looks down at his fist wielding Poken's shadow piece, and is glad that the time has finally come that FUG will have their long-cherished wish granted. The masked Regular than thinks of Viole, and concludes that the power of the Thorn is too great for someone like him to have. That it only belongs to someone who's truly qualified.
Returning to the present, Reflejo states to Viole that even if the Thorn has chosen him, he refuses to accept it. He points out that he knows for a fact Viole is not their god who will make their wishes come true, which Viole agrees with. Viole counters by stating that FUG's god is just an illusion to make up for their own weakness, which enrages Reflejo.
Viole charges toward Reflejo as the masked Regular prepares to use his Demon Moon Shadow technique. Hoping that Bam can hold out for just a bit longer, Khun yells that he won't allow Reflejo to act as he manages to block Reflejo's shadow Bangs with a quad-lighthouse barrier. Khun then yells for Rak to attack as the crocodile throws his Mad Shocker spear through Khun's lighthouse field. Khun then moves the lighthouses to the location of Reflejo's blind-spot, as the Mad Shocker drops in through the field.
Reflejo manages to get out of the way of the Mad Shocker, but is annoyed that the blind-spot attack made him lose his balance. Viole appears before Reflejo ready to attack the masked Regular, and states that he's sick of being prayed to, and denied to, as FUG's god. He yells at Reflejo that he's not their god anymore, and officially claims that he quits being a part of FUG. With the power of the Thorn, Viole fires a powerful shinsu beam at Reflejo claiming that this is the end; breaking Reflejo's mask in the process. Meanwhile, at that exact same time during their fall from the sky, Endorsi yells that it's time for her date as she smashes Baragav into the ground.
The audience watching the Workshop Battle are all stunned in shock at what they just witnessed. Looking down at a giant crater that's been newly created on the battlefield, they see Endorsi standing at the edge of it, and all begin to question why this is happening given that the tournament's supposed to be postponed for the time being. The hosts, Io and Punk, are also completely confused as to why the tournament is active while they've been away. Within the tournament, Endorsi looks down within the crater, and is disappointed to see Baragav getting up; admitting that the Mad Dog's durability is incredible.
Looking down at the island from the Archimedes, Madorako watches Endorsi's duel against Baragav unfold, and wonders if her being here means that Reflejo's FUG Team is on the verge of failing. The FUG Ranker finds this to be disappointing, and gives his farewell to Reflejo claiming that he will fulfill FUG's cherished wish for him. A FUG Ranker wearing light-purple clothes is then seen floating in the sky at Madorako's location.
Back to the Thorn's mountain, Reflejo lies unconscious after being knocked back by Viole's shinsu attack that was powered by his Thorn. Viole pants in exhaustion as Khun and Rak appear before him to see if Bam's ok. Viole claims that he is, but Khun could tell that Bam is having trouble handling the power of the Thorn. Khun then looks to the active red Thorn floating near Viole, and admits that the power displayed by the weapon is amazing to push someone using a temporary B-rank power-up to such limits. He is left wondering just how powerful the Thorn will become once Bam gains full control of it, and knows for a fact that FUG won't let them go so easily while Bam controls such a powerful weapon that's necessary for FUG's life-long wish. Reflejo slowly gets up, and gives off a small laugh at how pitiful this situation turned out to be seeing the Thorn choose a rookie Slayer Candidate as its master.
Reflejo's comment grabs the attention of Viole and company as Reflejo continues by saying that God sometimes creates such ridiculous fates for some people giving such power to people that are undeserving. Reflejo states that if God was incorrect about his choice, he will correct said mistake by making sure that the Thorn is no longer in Viole's hands. Showing his true face in front of Viole and company, they notice his odd looking blood-red eyes staring directly at them.
Reflejo flashes back to a time when his eyes had been damaged, and blood continues to pour out of them. He screams out about his eyes hurting having been cut by a person that's standing before him. This person says to Reflejo that Miss Yulia will be chosen as a Jahad Princess soon, and scolds Reflejo for trying to sneak a peek at said daughter of the ten Great Families. The person orders for Reflejo to know his place, and leaves him amongst a crowd of dead bodies that also tried to see Yulia.
Thinking about the Yulia incident, Reflejo admits that she was so beautiful that it was blinding just to look at her. However, he wonders if someone like Yulia was deserving to possess such beauty. The Yulia incident had happened so quickly that Reflejo had both his eyes slashed, and his entire tribe was killed. Reflejo concludes that someone (Yulia) who leads a group to perform such cruel actions against him did not deserve such beauty and strength. He also remembers how unbearable her beauty was, and can still remember it clear as day through his forever blinded eyes.
Returning to the present, Reflejo states to Viole, Khun, and Rak, that the solution will soon be poured into this place, which shocks the three of them. Khun questions if what Reflejo's talking about is the Archimedes solution meant to melt Viole into the Thorn, which Reflejo answers to be the case. He warns Viole and company that sometime soon, the solution will be poured into this place, and everything will be melted down. Reflejo claims that the three of them will die with him, which grabs Viole and company's attention. Reflejo orders for Viole and company to finally go to sleep to grant FUG's long-cherished wish as the FUG Ranker in purple clothes that was with Madorako is seen preparing to pour the solution onto the island.
At Endorsi's location, Baragav continues to look up at the Jahad Princess from the crater that was created when he smashed into the ground. Endorsi points out that she doesn't like men who try to be clingy towards her, but before they could continue their fight, Hatz interrupts them. Hatz arrives at the crater with Ron, and holds his metal pole up to her throat. He orders for Baragav to withdraw from the tournament, or else he will kill his teammate. Hatz points out that capturing the Mad Dog team's queen provides another way to end this without fighting, which causes Ron to give off a weak giggle. Looking up at Hatz, Baragav questions if he's chosen to take Ron hostage. Ron questions it as well since using her as a hostage goes against his character of fighting fair-and-square. However, Hatz replies that this is perfectly fair for him considering that it was the Mad Dog team that first chose to fight using others as hostages.
Hatz points out that taking Ron as a hostage only evens out the playing field, which annoys Endorsi that his fastidious characteristic of needing fights to be perfect and accurate is taking over. Hatz claims that despite things now finally being even, he warns Baragav and Ron that they should stop trying to fight them since he and Endorsi no longer have anything to lose. Baragav realizes what Hatz is referring to, and looks down at his bloody right foot that took the impact from crashing into the ground.
Seeing Baragav's right foot injury, Endorsi claims that this is proof that they are the winners against the man who has been deemed the strongest E-rank Regular. Hatz then turns back to Ron, and states that the he and Endorsi will gladly accept their challenge again once they become the strongest D-rank Regulars, which causes Ron to finally agree that she and Baragav have lost this match.
However, Ron warns them that they should probably return to their comrades as soon as possible. She states to Hatz and Endorsi that the Jahad Princess' boyfriend is about to die soon, which confuses the both of them. They all look up at the solution container that's about to be poured down from the Archimedes onto Viole's location.
Within the Thorn's mountain, Khun objects to Reflejo's claim since the solution is going to kill him as well. However, Reflejo answers him that it doesn't matter since he was prepared to die to the solution from the very beginning. Viole and company spot the exit of the Thorn room collapsing as a shocked Khun asks if Reflejo's plan this whole time was to trap them in here, which Reflejo giggles to be correct. Reflejo states that he's told Viole before that everything was a plan to kill Viole, which the Slayer Candidate answers that Reflejo has gone too far since he's chosen to basically commit suicide for the sake of others.
With their situation dire, Khun calls Shibisu on his pocket about how the search for Horyang and Nobic is going, which Shibisu answers that he hasn't yet. Shibisu asks how things are going on Khun's side, which Khun answers that while they managed to save Hwaryun, they've run into a problem. Khun points out that the fight against Reflejo was a trap to make sure that the Archimedes solution would be poured down onto them, which shocks Shibisu.
Zooming around the area, Vespa gets word to Shibisu that the hostages haven't been found yet. Shibisu questions what Khun means by what he just said, but is ordered by Khun to hurry up and find the hostages, or else they will all be dead within the next few moments. Khun asks if Endorsi can be contacted since they can escape using the Bong Bong fairy, but Shibisu provides the bad news that they've lost contact with her, and Shibisu's group can't leave to search for her until they've found the hostages. Hearing Shibisu's talk with Khun grabs the attention of Akraptor and Ehwa, who begin to fear about their situation.
Ehwa questions to Akraptor and Quaetro what they're supposed to do now since they could all die at the rate they're going. She also begins to cry thinking back to the first time she saw Viole smile in the Item Store, and dreads that it's unfair how she will never get to see it on him again. However, it's at this point that Sia arrives before them asking if the group standing before her are indeed Viole's teammates.
Sia walks towards them as Akraptor stands ready to fight knowing that she's a member of Reflejo's FUG Team. However, Sia begs them to stand down as she's here to help them out. She informs Ehwa, Akraptor, and Quaetro that she can lead them to the hostages, which confuses them all. Ehwa questions how they can trust her given that she's an enemy within FUG, which an annoyed Sia replies that the Yeon Family member is a frustrating person to deal with. Sia yells at Viole's teammates that she just gave up the chance of a load of money from FUG in order to help them, and orders for the group to follow her before she changes her mind. She questions if Akraptor, Ehwa, and Quaetro have decided to die here, or escape with Viole, which leaves them all stunned in confusion.
Moments later, Khun gets word from Shibisu's group that they know where the hostages are located, which excites Viole's group. Reflejo remains confused as to how they pulled it off as Khun next asks if Shibisu managed to get in touch with Endorsi. Shibisu answers that he did, and are currently all heading to the location of the Thorn's mountain. However, they've run into a problem. Khun asks what the problem is, which Shibisu answers that Endorsi's stunt smashing Baragav into the ground from the sky was noticed by the hosts, Io and Punk, and have begun to move.
Meanwhile, Endorsi and Hatz make their way on foot to the Thorn's mountain as the former informs Khun of bad news that her Bong Bong fairy isn't activating. Khun remains confused by the statement, which Endorsi explains that she must have used it too much during the fight with the Mad Dog team. The Archimedes solution begins to pour into the Thorn mountain room as Khun asks what their back up plan is. Endorsi answers that she doesn't know yet, but asks for them to hang in there for just a little while longer as she doesn't plan to let Bam go this time around.
At Lero-Ro's escape vehicle, Sophia is seen watching over Beta having brought him to the ship to allow him to escape. Anaak, Ran, Miseng, and Paracule are seen within the vehicle as well begging for the Rankers to finally get this ship moving. Quant complains about how much longer this hostage rescue operation is going to last, and states that there's only five minutes left within the 30 minute limit before it becomes a given that they need to escape right away. Ranker Quant asks Lero-Ro to finally get this ship moving to reunite with Urek Mazino, because he's sick of being in this messy place. However, Lero-Ro orders him to stop whining, and to wait out the entire 30 minute time limit. At this moment, Lero-Ro's attention is brought to the Thorn's mountain, and sees the Archimedes solution being poured down onto the island.
Upon closer look at the giant cylinder object at the edge of the Archimedes, Lero-Ro spots the purple-clothed FUG Ranker being the one that's pouring down the solution onto the island. Lero-Ro finds it unbelievable that FUG would try to pull the stunt while everyone's watching the Workshop Battle, and finds FUG idiotic for thinking they could get away with this. Given that the FUG Rankers aboard the Archimedes have begun to act, Lero-Ro deduces that they must be overstepping the boundaries, because Bam's group came out the winners over Reflejo's FUG Team. Lero-Ro gives the order to Quant that they need to get their escape vehicle moving much to the latter's confusion.
Lero-Ro explains that the 30 minute timer doesn't exist anymore, and they have no choice now but to go rescue Bam and company. He orders Quant once more to hurry up on getting the vehicle moving, which Quant confusingly accepts.
Lero-Ro also contacts Hachuling (who was disguised as the green-masked person watching over Viole's companions who weren't summoned) to inform him of their current situation about moving the escape plan up. Lero-Ro warns everyone that due to the solution being poured down on the island, they may end up losing everyone if they're too late to perform the rescue.
Within the Thorn's mountain, the solution falling into the area is shown to be burning hot as if it was lava, and begins to break the room apart. The ground beneath Viole's group and Reflejo begins to crack open with the solution lava bursting through the cracks as the FUG Slayer is left struggling to move due to being exhausted from using the Thorn's power several times.
Meanwhile, aboard the Archimedes, Io and Punk confront FUG Ranker Madorako over why he did such an idiotic stunt pouring the Archimedes solution down on the Workshop Battle island while everyone is still watching. Madorako pretends to not know what they're talking about, but Io and Punk order him not to play dumb since they know that everything going on currently is because of him. They ask what Madorako is trying to pull, and threaten to nullify the contract they have with the FUG Ranker since this stunt is too excessive to the point that it's putting the both of them in danger as well. Madorako replies that he's perfectly ok with this since he was planning to end the contract anyway. He explains that he already gave the promised item to an E-rank Regular (Cassano), which confuses Io and Punk.
Madorako explains that he handed the compressed flask item that was meant for Io and Punk over to an E-rank Regular that gave him valuable information in return, and that the deal was made while Io and Punk were dilly-dallying during the Workshop's postponement trying to calm the situation down regarding the escaped Archimedes intruders. Io and Punk can't believe what they're hearing as Madorako points out to them that the E-rank Regular he gave the item to must have already escaped the Archimedes with Emily by now. Holding up guitars as their weapons, Io and Punk become enraged that Madorako tricked them, and prepares to fight the businessman FUG Ranker. However, Madorako replies that business is about making deals, and the E-rank Regular just had the better offer, which pisses off Io and Punk even further.
Madorako begins to walk towards Io and Punk, and states that business is nothing more than give and take. He points out that Workshop no longer has anything beneficial for him, which confuses Io and Punk since Madorako backing off on the deal here would still piss off the higher-ups of the entire Workshop. However, Madorako points out that no one will know about this stun given how far Io and Punk went to hide their corruption.
The businessman FUG Ranker reminds Io and Punk that the Archimedes set sail a day early to keep people from boarding the ship's top floor where the three of them are currently located, and the audience watching the Workshop Battle is nothing more than spectators and powerless folk. He also reminds Io and Punk that communications have been severed, which the hosts finally begin to realize the danger the two of them are in.
FUG Ranker Madorako threatens the two hosts that there's no one here to protect them. Madorako then gives off a grin, and states that once he gets his hands on the Thorn with Viole melted into it, no one will notice if he causes the entire Archimedes ship to disappear.
Within the Thorn's mountain room, Khun watches the solution continue to get poured in through the hole high above the area, and is left frustrated knowing that they're in great danger. He thinks over the situation, and knows that Bam's completely exhausted to carry them up, and that his lighthouses are too damaged to float up after their battle with Reflejo. He also spots the purple-clothed FUG Ranker pouring down the Archimedes solution, and questions how the FUG organization could be so insance enough to pull this stunt in front of everyone watching the Workshop Battle. He figures that FUG wants the Thorn weapon with Viole melted into it no matter the cost; even if it means that the whole Tower knows that they pulled here, and turns everyone against the FUG organization. Khun wonders if there's truly anyway out of this, but at this point, he spots Lero-Ro's escape vehicle flying towards the purple-clothed FUG Ranker.
The FUG Ranker pouring the solution has his attention brought to the vehicle flying towards him. Quant yells out asking why the FUG Ranker isn't picking on someone his own size, which amuses the purple-clothed FUG Ranker that the Rankers who've been stalling the FUG organization's plans have come out earlier than they were expecting.
The FUG Ranker claims that he will blast Quant and company away with the ship along with them as he prepares a shinsu Bang. However, before the purple-clothed Ranker could fire the attack, he realizes that Quant was a distraction as Lero-Ro appears in the sky nearby to fire a beam of shinsu from his Workshop gun towards the FUG Ranker. The beam ends up knocking the FUG Ranker back, and smashes him into the Workshop Battle island.
Within the Thorn's mountain, Viole and company realize that for the time being, the solution being poured into the room has stopped. Khun asks what's going on, which Lero-Ro hears, and is glad to know that Bam, Khun, and Rak are still alive. Khun notices that Lero-Ro is flying above them outside the mountain hole, and questions why he's here, which Lero-Ro reminds him thathe's here to help the students.
Preparing his Workshop gun, Lero-ro states that it's time for all of them to get out of here. Lero-Ro informs the Bam team that Quant is nearby with the escape vehicle which excites Bam, Khun, and Rak. Khun notes that he's glad to hear that Quant actually does have some uses.
Lero-Ro then looks to the location where the purple-clothed FUG Ranker crahsed on the island, and spots him getting back up. He sees the FUG Ranker unshaken, and preparing to fight as Lero-Ro orders for Bam's group to hurry since he doesn't believe he will be able to hold out for much longer against a Ranker of FUG.
Khun asks how things are going on Shibisu's side, which the latter answers that they're just now reaching the locations of Nobic and Horyang that had been provided by Sia. Vespa is seen carrying Shibisu and Sia towards Nobic while the Ehwa, Akraptor and Quaetro group are seen coming across Horyang. Glad to hear their side is about done, Khun orders Shibisu to get his group out of here as soon as possible. Shibisu asks what's going on, which Khun answers that Lero-Ro's escape vehicle is already here to get them away form the Workshop Battle.
Khun gives Shibisu the order to use Vespa to carry his group up to Lero-Ro's escape vehicle. Given her speed, Vespa can definitely get Shibisu's side all to safety. Shibisu asks in return what Khun's escape plan for Bam and Rak is, which Khun answers that they will wait for Endorsi and Hatz to arrive since their only chance of escaping is to rely on her Bong Bong fairy. If it turns out that Endorsi's Bong Bong fairy can't be used, Khun leaves off saying that they will be sure to find another way out.
Meanwhile, the purple-clothed FUG Ranker jumps back up into the air to battle Lero-Ro. He fires a crystal-like spiral shinsu technique towards Lero-Ro, who manages to deflect the attack. Lero-Ro deduces that this will be difficult for him since he doesn't have his lighthouses with him currently as the purple-clothed FUG Ranker states that he's amazed by the former's skill being a nameless Ranker that can hold out against him. The FUG Ranker states that he doesn't understand why Lero-Ro's interfering with FUG's plans, but states that he pities his opponent for his reckless, and foolish, sense of justice. Lero-Ro finds it amusing that the purple-clothed FUG Ranker thinks his actions are reckless, and informs the FUG member that he's clearly mistaken, which confuses said FUG Ranker.
Lero-Ro informs his opponent that he has other comrades aboard the Archimedes. One of which is a skilled hacker (Hachuling in his green-masked disguise is seen clicking away on his hacking terminal to get into the Archimedes' main control system). Lero-Ro informs the purple-clothed FUG Ranker that their hacker has taken control of the surveillance cameras on the Archimedes, and has been showing everything that's been going on in the Workshop Battle to the audience. He also adds that the cameras are being broadcasted to other areas in the Tower; meaning that Rankers, and other authorities within the Tower, are seeing what FUG is trying to pull in the Workshop Battle. One such images being shown is Madorako easily defeating the Workshop hosts, Io and Punk. Lero-Ro mentions that his side made sure to keep the information about the Thorn hidden since he's also someone who knows how to keep secrets, which enrages the purple-clothed FUG Ranker. Lero-Ro then taunts the FUG Ranker that he wouldn't have gone this far if FUG didn't cross the line, and asks who it is now that's being more reckless.
Back to the Thorn's mountain, Endorsi and Hatz reach the entrance to the room that Reflejo and Bam's group were fighting in. However, they're confused as to why the entrance has been completely blocked off by giant boulders.
Endorsi is left annoyed that she's not strong enough to break through this, and is left irritated that her Bong Bong fairy isn't working at such a critical moment. She claims that she's going to break the useless Bong Bong, but Hatz begs her not to. Endorsi realizes that this is something she needs to think hard on, and knows that she needs to come up with a solution to reactivate the Bong Bong fairy. She figures that Bong Bong needs to be recharged, and needs some sort of energy to start working again. The thought of energy continues to cross her mind as she catches the sight of a battery bag that Hatz has on his back, which was part of his Workshop guard disguise. An excited Endorsi realizes that she already has an energy source.
Inside the Thorn room, the platform Bam's group and Reflejo are standing on continues to break apart as Reflejo states to Viole that despite the ray of hope that people are coming to save him, it won't matter in the end since this place is about to collapse. In return, Viole asks if Reflejo is truly satisfied with that, which confuses Reflejo. Viole yells if Reflejo is truly satisfied with everyone dying like this just for the sake of FUG's glorious wish. To die as a minion that was simply being used by someone else. Reflejo answers that he's perfectly find with it, which shocks Viole even further. Reflejo explains to Viole that the latter is someone that would never understand the meaning of hope being provided by the cost of someone else's life. That someone like Viole, who holds the Thorn's power as an Irregular, but chooses to do nothing with it, would never understand.
Viole remains silent as to what Reflejo speaks of as the latter states that he hates god for not giving him said power. If he was given it, he would have went about changing the tower, and not thought twice about his current petty life. Reflejo calls upon his Eighth Shadow technique, which finally destroys the crumbling platform they're all standing on. The pool of Archimedes solution remains at the bottom of the room as Viole, Khun, and Rak fall towards it with the crumbling rocks of the platform. Reflejo falls as well, and thinks back to the beautiful sight of Yulia Jahad that led him down this path.
He thinks to himself that even inches from death, the thought of the Jahad Princess still hasn't left him, and will finally be able to forget it in death. Continuing to fall towards the solution, Reflejo figures that this is it, and his last wish for the FUG organization will finally come true here. However, he's shocked to hear a new voice calling out for Bam. Appearing before the falling Viole, Khun, and Rak, Endorsi and Hatz appear floating above them having been able to teleport into the room with the recharged Bong Bong fairy. Stepping on Rak, much to the crocodile's annoyance, Endorsi sticks her hand out to Viole, and tells Bam that it's about time for them to go to the outside.
Viole gives one last look at the falling Reflejo, who finds it unbelievable that God would go to such lengths to keep the new Slayer Candidate safe. Viole grabs hold of Endorsi's hand as the two of them, as well as Hatz, Khun, and Rak, are finally teleported out of the Thorn's mountain using the Bong Bong fairy. Reflejo on the other hand, is left falling towards the pool of Archimedes solution.
Meanwhile, at the location that Madorako defeated Io and Punk, the man in the white suit, who had been watching over the Workshop Battle this entire time, approaches the businessman FUG Ranker. Madorako looks at the monitors in the room showing him defeating Io and Punk, and finds it troubling that he underestimated the people opposing FUG aboard the Archimedes.
Knowing that the enemy hacker screwed him over, Madorako is left annoyed that he doesn't have much time left, and deduces that he needs to wrap things up quickly. Not noticing he's here, the man in the white suit finally speaks saying that the Catfish put on quite a show, which finally catches the FUG Ranker's attention. The man in the white suit drops his cigarette, and states to Madorako that it's been while, which shocks the FUG businessman finding it unbelievable who's standing before him at this very moment.
Elsewhere, outside the Thorn's mountain, Ron is seen being carried away by Baragav as the two of them make their escape from the Workshop Battle. An explosion at the mountain is heard as Ron notes that the fight between Rankers is indeed a fancy sight.
She states to Baragav that it's a good thing they decided to leave early given that the Rankers fighting has taken over the Workshop Battle. However, she is left disappointed that they ended up losing all their other Mad Dog teammates during this tournament. She tries to cheer herself up stating that there's always next time to get a better result, such as finally managing to take away the Slayer Candidate position from Viole. The two of them continue to walk away as Ron gives off a laugh that they won't have to worry about that if Viole and company don't even escape from this place alive.
At another location on the island, Viole, Endorsi, Hatz, Khun, and Rak, all drop out of the Bong Bong fairy's teleportation onto the ground. Endorsi looks back at the group, who are all shown to be completely exhausted. The annoyed Jahad Princess asks them not to fall down over something like this as they complain that Endorsi being the one to drive the Bong Bong fairy around was rough for them. Meanwhile, Vespa appears flying to their location with everyone from Shibisu's group being carried on her arms and back. Shibisu and Ehwa are glad to see that Bam/Viole made it out alive while Viole, in return, is glad to see that all his companions made it out alive with him.
Vespa falls to the ground in exhaustion as Shibisu, Ehwa, Akraptor, Quaetro, and even Sia, all reunite with the group to inform them that they've brought the two hostages, Nobic and Horyang, with them. They also notice the weird needle object floating above Viole's shoulder, which Viole points out that that it's the Thorn weapon that's become a part of him. At this point, Lero-Ro's escape vehicle appears before them as Quant yells to them from the cockpit that this is no time to slack off, and got to escape from this place as soon as possible.
The E-rank Regulars are surprised to hear Quant speaking to them, but the Ranker warns them that spending any more time here will allow for the FUG Rankers to catch them. He also informs the group that their colleague (Hachuling) back at the waiting room is already prepared to summon their remaining companions (Goseng, Dan, Prince, Verdi, and Blarode) to the escape vehicle.
At the waiting room, Hachuling is seen ordering the remaining E-rank Regulars to get moving. The defeated FUG gambler, Miya, is seen lying on the ground unconscious; having been defeated by the group after she forfeited the Growth Tournament.
Viole and company make their way to Lero-Ro's escape vehicle, but the moment they're about to enter, they're greeted by a new FUG Ranker. Pulling out a sword-like weapon, the FUG Ranker orders Viole to hand over the Thorn, or else he will kill everyone here.
Meanwhile, the duel between Lero-Ro, and the purple-clothed FUG Ranker, continues in the sky above the Workshop Battle island. Lero-Ro asks how things are going on Quant's end if everyone manages to get above the escape vehicle as the purple-clothed FUG Ranker starts to become annoyed that Lero-Ro is slowly draining his energy playing keep-away. Quant informs Lero-Ro that the hostages are safe, which gives the latter hope knowing that the rescue mission of Viole's rescuers was a success, and all he has to do now is make sure the FUG Ranker he's currently fighting doesn't reach the escape ship. However, Quant also gives Lero-Ro bad news that a problem turned up on his end. Quant informs Lero-Ro that an enemy FUG Ranker has arrived at their location, which shocks Lero-Ro. Fearing for the worst, Quant asks what they should do given that all the E-rankers are currently too exhausted to even try to fight the Ranker, but Lero-Ro gives the order that they need to stop the FUG Ranker at all costs.
An irritated Quant complains that he's said this before that this was why he didn't want to get involved in any of this, and races out of the escape vehicle to stand between the FUG Ranker and the E-rankers. However, before the fight could begin, a voice is heard in the distance ordering the FUG Ranker to stop his actions.
Everyone has their attention brought to Madorako's voice ordering the FUG Rankers to stop all action, and give up the Thorn by returning to base. Madorako warns the other FUG Rankers that if they're to do anything foolish at the moment, the man-in-white standing before him could destroy their entire trade business. He orders the FUG Rankers once more to return as the newly arrived FUG Ranker standing before Viole and company sheaths his weapon, and begins to walk away.
Watching the FUG Ranker walk away from them, Quant wonders if he's chickening out at the sight of his powers. The other E-rank Regulars figure that this is their chance, and ask for Quant to start up the escape vehicle. Meanwhile, the purple-clothed FUG Ranker that had been battling Lero-Ro in the sky also prepares to leave the area.
The FUG Ranker figures that Lero-Ro's side must have called in some big shot, and claims that he will kill him the next time they meet since he lucked out this time. The FUG Ranker then flies away, but Lero-Ro is left confused by what he means by calling in a big shot. Looking up at the Archimedes, Lero-Ro is left wondering who could be here to force the FUG Rankers to retreat. Quant then stops by with the escape vehicle, and orders Lero-Ro to get on since they're all now ready to leave.
Back at the Archimedes, Madorako continues to stand before the man in white, and questions if the latter had been watching them this entire time. The man in white answers that Madorako's prank went to far at this point, and finds it surprising that the FUG Ranker still recognizes him. Madorako replies that it's impossible to forget the man in white given the latter's status as well as the fact that the cigarettes the man in white's been using is of the highest quality that only companies controlled by Madorako sells.
Madorako asks another question as to how long it was that they were playing in the palm of the man in white's hand, which the latter questions what he could possibly mean by that. The FUG Ranker starts to become suspicious, and begins to ask if the man in white was perhaps the person who originally offered the Thorn to FUG to see this result happen, but the man in white gives off a grin, and quickly cuts Madorako off by stating that he doesn't know anything. The man in white explains that he was only here as the head of the E-rank Workshop tournament in place of the Great Teacher, and is only revealing himself now just to make sure that the FUG Rankers continue to play by the rules of the Workshop Battle.
Snapping his fingers, the man in white states that they should get to announcing the reward for the winners of the Workshop Battle, which grabs Madorako's attention. Madorako turns to the monitor, and sees a message written for everyone to see. The confused audience members who don't know what's been going on until this point also looks to the monitor, and sees the same message. That the winners of the Workshop Battle is the Sweet and Sour Team run by Khun and Wangnan.
Meanwhile, within Lero-Ro's escape vehicle, Ranker Hachuling is seen warping in the E-rank Regulars that were stuck at the Workshop Battle's summon waiting room. At this point, all the E-rank Regulars are gathered in the vehicle as they all greet one another. However, Horyang still remains unconscious, which grabs the attention of Goseng, Miseng, and Prince. Everyone else is excited to be reunited as the escape vehicle flies by the Archimedes with monitors all around showing that Khun and Wangnan's Sweet and Sour Team has won the Workshop Battle.
It's night time, and Viole and company are all resting at a resort somewhere on the 30th Floor. Aboard the Archimedes, the man in white returns to his chair to look out the window at the 30th Floor. The man in white mentions how humans are odd creatures since everything has become peaceful again despite the commotion that FUG brought to the Workshop Battle.
The man speaking to the man in white on the radio mentions that it's a given that people will act rebellious if they realize that someone is watching them from above. However, they will begin to conform to the system once someone provides them with a state of peace. The person on the radio states that this very nature is the reason that the people within the Tower are not human at heart one bit.
The discussion between the man in white and the person on the radio continues as the latter asks if this event at the Workshop Battle has caused Madorako and his other FUG Ranker colleagues to back off. The man in white answers that they will since they're running a business that has no interest left in the Workshop Battle to gain a profit from. However, the man in white states that the loss of the Thorn here will hit FUG hard. That the relationship between FUG and Workshop has become strained to the point that it will be difficult for the two sides to make any deals for quite a while.
Changing the subject, the man on the radio asks the man in white who the identity of the real Jahad Prince is that is supposed to be the person meant to take the Tower's final test. The man in white, revealed to be the head of one of the ten Great Families, Po Bidau Gustang, answers to the person on the radio that he's being too impatient to get the answer. Gustang informs the person on the radio that they should watch just a little bit longer as the journey of these E-rank Regulars surrounding Viole has only just begun.
Returning to the 30th Floor resting resort, the E-rank Regulars are all seen partying, and having a good time due to the completion of the Workshop Battle.
Miseng sneaks a peak into a nearby room, and sees Viole, Khun, and Rak all sleeping together as voices in the back are heard yelling for more liquor to drink.
At another location in the resort, Wangnan is seen resting, and mentions Viole's name in his sleep.
Meanwhile, two cloaked figures are seen on the ground of the 30th Floor looking up at the Archimedes.
Workshop Battle: Closure Tropes
- Arc Villain:
- Reflejo's FUG Team, and Madorako's FUG Rankers serve as this for Viole and company.
- Beta also serves as this for Viole.
- Backstory:
- Beta's Dark and Troubled Past is seen here.
- Reflejo's is very briefly seen here regarding his Dark and Troubled Past.
- Character Death: Reflejo falls into the Archimedes solution.
- Damsel in Distress: Viole's rescue team (Hwaryun, Horyang, and Nobic) become this in order to bait Viole and company into attacking Reflejo's FUG Team for the final match of the Workshop Battle.
- Dark and Troubled Past:
- For Beta. He had to kill the other people in Workshop's Living Ignition Weapon experiments in order to survive, and hope that he would eventually be granted freedom from Workshop.
- For Reflejo. Looking upon the beautiful Jahad Princess Yulia had caused his eyes to get cut, as well as his tribe killed.
- A Day in the Limelight:
- A major one for the reunited Bam, Khun and Rak team as they go up against Reflejo.
- For Hatz and Endorsi as well who went up against Baragav and Ron Mei.
- Deadly Game: The final match of the Workshop Battle is a fight to the death between Khun and Shibisu's teams against Reflejo's FUG Team.
- Great Escape: Lero-Ro and Quant take control of an escape vehicle to get the E-rank Regulars away from the Workshop Battle.
- Heel–Face Turn: Sia Sia ditches the FUG Team in order to help Viole by showing his companions where the hostages, Horyang and Nobic, were stashed.
- Know When to Fold 'Em: Ron and Baragav forfeit out of the Workshop Battle after Ron was taken hostage by Hatz, and Baragav's right foot got injured in a fight against Endorsi.
- The Reveal:
- The Mad Dog team was the winner of the Blood Tamara item from the One Shot, One Opportunity game.
- Khun was the winner of the White Heavenly Mirror item from the One Shot, One Opportunity game.
- Emily had been dissolved into a water tank due to another Workshop experiment that was performed to see if a Living Ignition Weapon could be melted down.
- Cassano had actually been a part of Rachel's group this entire time, and joined the Workshop Battle to bring the Emily weapon into Rachel's group in the hopes of one day changing the Tower.
- The man-in-white that had been watching over the E-rank Workshop Battle is the Ten Great Family head, Po Bidau Gustang.
- Save the Villain: Despite everything that Beta has done throughout the Workshop Battle, researcher Sophia begs Lero-Ro to take Beta with them during their escape so that Beta can enjoy freedom away from Workshop. Lero-Ro agrees to do so.
- Super-Empowering: FUG Ranker Poken had shared a piece of his shadow to give the E-rank Reflejo a power-up to temporarily reach the strength of a B-rank Regular.
- We Can Rule Together: Cassano attempts to convince Horyang to join him on a journey to change the Tower, but is turned down by the latter since Ilmar has already found a place to be with Sweet and Sour.
- We Will Meet Again: Despite their loss in the Workshop Battle, Baragav and Ron Mei have not given up their fight against Viole to take the Slayer Candidate role away from him.
- Wham Shot:
- The sight of Viole's Thorn beginning to activate.
- Baragav using the Blood Tamara to injure Endorsi's leg.
- Khun using the White Heavenly Mirror to save Hwaryun from Reflejo.
- The sight of Reflejo's face without his mask.
- The reveal that the man in white is Po Bidau Gustang. one of the Great Ten Family heads.
