The 30th story arc of the Tower of God series consisting of chapters 56 - 57 from the second season. The arc centers around Viole, and many other E-rank Regulars, arriving on the 30th Floor to participate in the Workshop Battle, which will take place in two days aboard the giant floating Archimedes ship.
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30F - Workshop Battle
At an unknown open area, a man in a white suit sits in a chair playing with a radio. A voice from the radio asks if the man in the white suit is ready to answer the question. However, the white-suited man states that there's no need to be impatient as the Workshop Battle has only just begun.
After Team Sweet-and-Sour completed the 29th Floor test, they, Khun, and Dan, travel up to the 30th Floor. Wangnan remains hyped for the Workshop tournament, and potentially seeing Princess Endorsi take part in it, which leaves Khun wondering how strong his old teammates have become since they'll be facing each other as opposing teams. Upon arriving on the 30th Floor's Middle Area, they're left amazed by the sight of many flying ships. One of which is a large floating ship known as the Archimedes that will be the location of the E-rank Workshop Battle tournament. Having previously read about it, Khun notes that it's one of five legendary ships developed by Workshop, but finds the odd structure protrusion at the end of the Archimedes to be new.
On the 30th Floor's Sepia Island, Khun, Dan, and Team Sweet-and-Sour arrive at their 30th Floor dormitories, and they head inside to claim rooms. Khun is left alone outside, and meets Hwaryun again, who warns Khun not to tell anyone that Bam's alive, or else it will spell trouble for them since FUG currently has control over Viole. Khun agrees to it, and is left wondering how everyone else is reacting to the announcement of Khun's supposed death at the Hand of Arlene. Shifting over to Shibisu's team, they're currently flying on a ship in the 30th Floor sky. Shibisu looks around in awe at the ships, and the Archimedes, all around him as Hatz reminds him that they've come to avenge Khun's death by killing FUG's Slayer-Candidate, Jue Viole Grace. Endorsi is left wondering if said Slayer-Candidate is amongst them somewhere on the 30th Floor.
Meanwhile, Viole's FUG team has found a dormitory for themselves on the 30th Floor. Viole waits outside staring at the ships in the sky, but is then greeted by Reflejo with Ran and Nobic in foot-cuffs. Stating that he'll take full responsibility, Viole orders Reflejo to remove Ran and Nobic's foot-cuffs since they're a team now, which Reflejo stubbornly does so given that Viole's the FUG team leader. Nobic then powers up to test what Reflejo will do if they attempt to do something foolish under FUG's watch, but draws back when Reflejo threatens him with a mysterious power.
Reflejo then heads back to the dorm, but leaves of with a warning to be careful of the Workshop patrols. Left with the Slayer-Candidate, Nobic and Ran remain confused as to why Viole's being nice to them. Viole answers that it's because they're Khun's friends, and that despite not being able to tell them the whole story just yet, the Slayer-Candidate asks that they continue to trust him. After Viole leaves, Nobic questions Ran if they should attempt to escape now that their cuffs are off. However, Ran doesn't answer, and just goes along with the FUG team for the time being. Later at night, Viole continues to look out at the 30th Floor city wondering if his friends are out there. The Slayer-Candidate suddenly spots an orange-haired Regular (Traveller) running through the streets being chased by a shadowy caped figure.
Heading out into the Sepia Island city, Viole chooses to protect Traveller by destroying the chaser, which is revealed to be one of the Workshop patrol robots. Despite the rescue, Traveller calls out Viole as only bad things will happen by messing with Workshop's robots. The destruction of the Workshop patrol results in the robots calculating that they were destroyed by a powerful foe. Thus, a powerful Level 30 Blue Dog patrol robot gets sent in to find the two of them, which forces Viole and Traveller to run away to a safe location. Using his handheld terminal to receive help from Emily, Traveller comes up with a plan to use jamming devices in the hopes of eventually defeating the Blue Dog robot. Viole goes along with it, which the two of them drop down into a sewer tunnel to begin secretly working on the jamming device.
Meanwhile, the E-rank Regulars continue to wait out the remaining two days before the Workshop Battle starts. Something that Khun finds odd as to what the point of the two day wait is. From their dormitory, Khun and his hyped teammates wanting to see Princess Endorsi watch an interview recording of Shibisu's team, which they claim to the reporter that their primary goal is to defeat Viole. However, the interview is suddenly interrupted when Io, one of Workshop's hosts, begins an announcement to all the E-rank Regulars that have arrived on the 30th Floor.
Io explains to the Regulars that since they have two days before the Workshop Battle, they've prepared a game consisting of 248 invitation tickets that the E-rank Regulars will be fighting over to get accepted into the Archimedes ship. If they don't manage to grab a ticket, then they can't board the Archimedes to participate in the Workshop Battle. Providing the E-rank Regulars with revolver handguns, Io announces that the One Shot, One Opportunity, game will now begin. Meanwhile, Viole and Traveller are still in the sewer tunnel putting together their jamming device; not knowing that a new game has started.
Long Summary
In a large open area, a man in a white suit is seen sitting in a chair looking out at the sky of the 30th Floor. The man adjusts a tiny radio in order to get a better reception of the person that's trying to speak to him through it. Finally getting good reception, the person on the other side greets the man in the white suit, and doesn't find it surprising that he's still choosing to use such old technology. The man in the white suit takes the time to light a cigarette as he hears the person on the radio claim that he doesn't like these broken down machines that are similar to people.
The person over the radio asks the man in white if he can finally answer the question that was asked to him. However, the man in white takes a breath of his cigarette, and states that they're being impatient regarding this. He informs the person over the radio that the Workshop Battle has only just started.
Following their victory in the 29th Floor test, Sweet and Sour return home to rest with Khun and Dan before going up to the 30th Floor. Wangnan remains asleep despite the wake-up alarm going off, but upon hearing voices that he will not be taken to the Workshop Battle if he continues to sleep, Wangnan finally wakes up. Grabbing some luggage, Wangnan hurries out of their home to join the rest of the group that are waiting at their transport vehicle, and complains about possibly being left behind. He ends up tumbling down the stairs on the way out of the house, which doesn't shock anyone.
Moments later, Khun, Dan and Sweet and Sour are all within their vehicle on the way up to the 30th Floor. Wangnan remains excited that he's finally going to the Workshop Battle as he and Dan point out that they may get a chance to see Princess Endorsi Jahad. However, Khun informs them that she will be a rival in the Workshop Battle, which shocks both Wangnan and Dan. Thinking of Shibisu's team, Khun points out that they truly will be troublesome enemies as Dan and Sweet and Sour argue about how they should approach Endorsi. Khun is left thinking to himself just how much stronger Shibisu and company have become while he was away, and admits that he's looking forward to seeing them.
The transport reaches the roadblock between the 29th and 30th Floor as Khun and company are granted access to go up. Arriving in the middle area of the 30th Floor, Khun, Dan, and Sweet and Sour look around them at all the floating vehicles flying around them. Flying above a major 30th Floor city, they spot a giant ship floating above it, the Archimedes, which will be the location for the 30th Floor's E-rank Workshop Battle.
Khun recognizes the Archimedes, and explains to the group that it's one of the top-5 floating ships that were made at Workshop, and is considered famous for his beauty and impressive size. He also points out that he's only seen the Archimedes in pictures, and is amazed to finally be seeing it in real life. Wangnan and company stare in awe at the Archimedes wondering if they will be riding that as Khun wonders himself if the structure protrusion at the end of the ship has always been there.
Their transport vehicle lands at a dormitory building in the city below the Archimedes as Khun informs the group that they can use this moment to rest since the ship won't be departing for two days. Some of Sweet and Sour rushes forward hoping to rent rooms with an ocean view, which doesn't surprise Khun, and admits to himself that it was a good idea to reserve rooms with ocean views beforehand for everyone on the team. Khun remains alone looking up at the Archimedes as Hwaryun appears to greet him again. She asks for Khun to promise him one thing, which is to make sure that he doesn't let his current team, or their previous friends from the Floor of Test, know that Bam is alive.
She explains that any leak getting out would result in them losing Bam since the connection between Viole and Bam is top secret that only a few people in FUG know about. Khun remains silent as Hwaryun reminds him that nothing good will come to Bam if the Tower finds out that he's still alive. Khun thinks to himself that he already knows this, and wonders how Team Shibisu must be feeling knowing that they got word of his apparent death at the Hand of Arlene.
Within another transport vehicle flying in the sky of the 30th Floor. Shibisu is seen completely amazed by the sights of the Archimedes ship. He asks for Hatz and Anaak to look at it as well, and tells them that it's unbelievable that he got the chance to look at it with his own eyes. However, he is left confused as to why there's a new structure protrusion on one of the ends of the Archimedes. Anaak looks at him in disappointment seeing Shibisu acting like an idiot again despite being serious the past few days as Hatz hits the window with his sword to grab Shibisu's attention.
Shibisu complains about Hatz trying to kill him, but the sword user reminds him that there's no time to have fun here. That their goal of coming here is to defeat the FUG Slayer, Jue Viole Grace. Shibisu remains silent, but chooses not to reply since Hatz has a point. Sitting nearby, Endorsi thinks about the existence of the FUG Slayer, and wonders if he's currently somewhere on the 30th Floor.
At another location, Viole is seen looking up at the vehicles flying around in the sky outside FUG's 30th Floor home. Nobic, Ran and Reflejo are seen walking up to him. The former of whick asks for Viole to order Reflejo to remove their footcuffs since he and Ran aren't criminals. Nobic asks the Regular in the iron mask how they can treat their teammates this way, which Reflejo answers that they're lucky to be alive if it wasn't for Viole.
Nobic next asks how they expect him and Ran to fight in top form with these feet cuffs on them, which Viole finally steps in to ask Reflejo to remove them; surprising even Nobic and Ran. Reflejo remains confused by Viole's order, which Viole answers that Nobic and Ran don't have a current place to run away to. The FUG Slayer state that he will take the risk, and orders Reflejo once more to let them go.
Reflejo remains silent as Nobic and Ran taunt him if he's going to disobey an order from their FUG Slayer. Finally deciding to remove the footcuffs, Reflejo warns the two that he will still be keeping watch over them so they don't do anything stupid, which Nobic questions what he means by that. Nobic moves toward Reflejo to see what will come from a stupid act, but feels the threat of a glowing eye to the right side of him. Nobic jumps back to his original spot, which Reflejo points out that that will be the result of Nobic and Ran performing foolish actions. Reflejo turns around to head back inside their home, but asks that Viole inform him if the FUG Slayer plans to head out. He also warns them that getting in trouble with the 30th Floor patrols could end up being a big problem for them.
Nobic looks back at Reflejo admitting to himself that he comes off as an odd one as Viole asks if there's anything else that's currently making them feel uncomfortable. Nobic replies that they don't, but states that he finds it confusing as to why the FUG Slayer is being nice to them. Viole answers Nobic that it's because him and Ran are friends of Khun, which Nobic finds even more confusing. Viole states that he's in no position to reveal to them how he and Khun are connected, but asks for Nobic and Ran to continue to trust him.
Nobic and Ran leave Viole as the former asks the latter if they should use this chance to run away since neither of them have a reason to help FUG's Slayer Candidate. However, Ran is seen thinking over what should be his next action.
Some time later, night time arrives as Viole continues to remain outside FUG's home looking out at the darkened 30th Floor city beneath the Archimedes. The FUG Slayer wonders if his friends are somewhere within the city as well as he catches sight of an orange-haired Regular with a giant sword running through the street. Viole continues to watch, and sees the orange-haired person (Traveller) stop for a second to look behind him, only to turn around to start running again when a shadowy figure chasing after him appears.
Still running, Traveller reaches an opening to a small alleyway, and turns into it while his caped chasers continue after him. The Regular turns around to face his chaser, who is revealed to be some mechanical robot with sharp claws. Before confronting the robot, the Traveller has his attention brought to Viole suddenly appearing behind him. The FUG Slayer charges forward as the orange-haired Regular calls out to him to wait before he does anything stupid, but at that point, Viole has already destroyed the robot that had been threatening him.
Viole asks if Traveller is ok, but the latter is left shaking in fear asking what the FUG Slayer had just done. Viole remains confused about being scolded for helping someone, which the Traveller answers that he could end up in big trouble killing off a Workshop patrol. However, Viole replies that he doesn't know what would happen, which shocks Traveller. Before he could answer Viole as to why this is a big deal, the two of them are forced to hide due to another Workshop patrol walking near them.
Moments later, Viole and Traveller are seen on a rooftop hiding from the Workshop patrol that just arrived. Upon closer inspection, the orange-haired Regular points out that this could end up being rough for them given that the robot is now a level-30 Blue Dog variant. Viole remains confused about the level term, which Traveller explains that it's a common programming for Workshop patrols to send in higher levels if a lower patrol gets beaten.
The orange-haired Regular thanks Viole for helping him get away from the previous chaser, but warns the FUG Slayer that they're now up against a tougher opponent, and that the patrols may have been established to now be chasing after Viole as well. Viole asks how they should get out of this, to which Traveller answers that he's about to figure that out.
He pulls out his Emily terminal, and asks the chatting robot which route they should take, to which Emily answers that they should go through D-52. Traveller asks for Viole to follow him now that he's got a plan, which the FUG Slayer agrees to do.
Moments later, the orange-haired Regular, and Viole, are seen dropping through a manhole to enter a sewer location. Traveller continues to look at his Emily terminal, and asks once more for Viole to follow him. The two of them eventually reach a room where Traveller pulls out his Inventory Pocket to set up jamming devices all around them. Viole asks what the purpose of the devices are for, to which Traveller answers that he plans to jam the shinsu flow in the area so that transmissions amongst the patrol robots can't be sent to one another.
The orange-haired Regular explains that if Viole goes out to kill the patrols currently following them while his jamming devices are up, then it would destroy the connection that would send for stronger Workshop Patrols if one gets destroyed. Viole asks if now's the time for him to head out, but Traveller warns him that they're going up against a level-30 Blue Dog patrol.
Traveller explains that it's tough for even a whole team of E-rankers to match up well against the Blue Dog, and states that their only real would be if the Jahad Princess, Endorsi, or the FUG Slayer, Viole, was with them (he still doesn't know that the one standing with him is the Slayer Candidate). Throwing a green object to Viole, Traveller states that if the two of them are going to stay alive, then he will need help setting up a trap.
From his dormitory, Khun watches a live broadcast of Princess Endorsi, who's currently in the city with her team getting a bite to eat. The reporter asks Princess Endorsi why she's participating in the Workshop Battle, to which she answers that there's no reason other than it just looking like something fun. The reporter next asks who she considers to be her biggest rival for the Workshop Battle, to which she answers that it would probably be the FUG Slayer, Viole.
She points to the nearby fans to just sit back and watch her beat FUG's Slayer Candidate as everyone watching from the crown lets out a loud cheer. Continuing to watch the video, Khun is left disappointed that Endorsi would actually take part in such an embarrassing interview. He also becomes a bit annoyed seeing Wangnan and Dan cheering at the video screen being able to see the beautiful Jahad Princess, and wonders to himself if it's too late to quit at this point. Khun asks why they're watching Endorsi's interview from his room, which Wangnan answers that it's just a lot more fun being together. However, Khun orders them to get out. Wangnan counters that Khun has even been eating the nachos they brought, which Khun reminds them that it was his money that bought the nachos in the first place.
Khun asks why he's not acting like a leader being with the rest of Sweet and Sour, to which Wangnan complains that they all bailed on him while he was asleep. Khun points out that his teammates even asked him to go along with them, which Wangnan complains even further that they would want to go with Khun over him. On the video screen, they spot Shibisu mentioning that he came to the 30th Floor to see the ocean.
Wangnan and Dan look over the movie options to watch something else, and while Dan claims that he will pay for the movie, Khun knows for sure that they'll be using his. The two of them look through the movies to watch as Khun thinks to himself that it probably would have been better to not show up on the 30th Floor two days early since it's just making him perform unnecessary actions.
Khun continues to watch Shibisu's interview, who tells the reporter that he doesn't care about Jue Viole Grace being here. However, Khun could easily tell that Shibisu was still a bad liar. Suddenly, the television screen becomes completely static, which confuses Khun, Wangnan, and Dan. The three of them begin to hear a voice speaking to them greeting the E-rank Regulars who will be participating in the Workshop Battle. The announcer introduces himself as Io, and that he's been put in charge of the upcoming event. Io asks if the Regulars have been enjoying their time on Sephia Island (the city location beneath the Archimedes), and points out that they shouldn't miss experiencing the beautiful beaches of the 30th Floor's middle Tower area.
Shibisu, and his team, are also seen sitting in their dormitory hearing the announcement. The former of which is annoyed that they cut off the video during his moment of glory in the interview. Io continues by stating that despite the great sights to see, he knows all the E-rank Regulars are becoming impatient and bored having to wait around for the start of the Workshop Battle. In return, Io announces that they've prepared a game for them to take part in during this waiting period, which surprises the Regulars. Beginning to explain the game, Io announces that the price will be 248 tickets that will allow the Regulars to ride the Archimedes that will be housing the Workshop Battle two days from now. The Regulars start to become annoyed realizing that it wasn't going to be so simple to just walk onto the Archimedes as Io states that only 248 tickets will be handed out, and that those who don't come away with a ticket will not be allowed to enter the Workshop Battle. Blue glowing orbs start to appear above all the E-rank Regulars as Io orders for them to use these items they're being provided to get their Archimedes ticket. The orbs turn into revolver-like handguns, and Io announces that this game will be called One Shot, One Opportunity. Meanwhile, Viole continues his task with Traveller setting up a bomb trap to escape the Workshop patrols.
Workshop Battle Tropes
- Arc Villain: Doesn't really have one. The closest is Viole protecting the orange-haired Regular (Traveller) from the robotic Workshop patrols.
- Breather Episode: A brief arc that's basically getting the E-rank Regulars to the 30th Floor.
- Cliffhanger: Viole is currently doing his own thing protecting Traveller from Workshop patrols as all the E-rank Regulars get ready to take part in the One Shot, One Opportunity game to win Archimedes tickets to get into Workshop.
- A Day in the Limelight: For Traveller, who finally appears in the story after his Early-Bird Cameo in the Workshop saga's prologue.
- Early-Bird Cameo: The man in white at the beginning is Poe Bidau Gustang. One of the heads of the ten Great Families.
- Exposition: Traveller explains to Viole how the robotic Workshop patrols work.
