- Regain His Voice -

Shockingly, Big Breeder Chung was able to block and even absorb the Shinsu from the [Shinsu Black- Hole Sphere].

Charlotte knew that it wasn't because Bam was weak. Big Breeder Chung was the ruler in this territory and his power was on the same level with the administrator. With the power that he had as a ruler, his words were the law and he was the God over there. At this thought, she felt envious that she didn't have her own domain. No wonder everyone wants authority, she thought.

When Bam fell, she panicked and was about to catch him with her green vines when Endorsi used Bong Bong first and caught Bam before teleporting away.

"Whoa- that's some amazing magic" said Big Breeder Chung. "Is that telepor-"

He moved his head and dodged the bullet that was aiming for his head.

"-tation?!"

He looked at the culprit.

"That's dangerous...Batis...!"

"Don- don't m...ess wi...th me a...round, Big Bree...der. You re- remember....don't y- you? T...these bull...ets you ga...ve me...be- before....lo- locking me...away....y-you ga...ve me....bullets t- that cou....ld....stop....and eliminate....data humans. T....these bu...llets...are the.....bu...bullets able to....eli...minate....data h...humans. T...these wou...ld also k..ill you....if you....g- get shot."

Big Breeder Chung sighed, surprisingly he was still smiling and grinning wickedly, "Ahh- that's right. I gave you those. I gave you a faint ray of hope, so that you would despair even more from the place that you could never escape!"

'He really played these people in his palm' Charlotte thought as she looked at Batis and argued, "Don't listen to that old man! It's a lie!"

"W...what?"

"Do you really think he'll give you bullets that could kill him? He's just like the administrator in this place, someone we couldn't touch! Those bullets have no effect on him! Trust me-!"

Charlotte jumped away and dodged a blue spear that was thrown towards her. When she looked at the Big Breeder Chung, glaring, Big Breeder Chung looked very dissatisfied with her.

"You warriors have bad habit ruining fun" he coldly said.

"Not at all, not at all, it's just your party is so not fun" Charlotte replied with a smile, hiding her glare and anger. "So no matter how fun you think your boring party is, the others will still ruin it since it's practically wasting our time."

"You-"

From the ground, green vines grew and caught Big Breeder's ankle.

"Weak" he said, waving his spear and used Shinsu to destroy all of them.

Her green vines were tough but the Big Breeder was able to destroy it rather easily. Khun was even more sure that this Big Breeder wasn't their opponent. No, they didn't have enough power to face him yet. Charlotte who was grinning couldn't help but to be worried right now. In the face of a powerful enemy whose power could match or even exceeded a high ranker, it seemed like time- manipulation didn't work either. He could also absorb Shinsu which also meant that the controlling this Divine Water won't be able to help.

Their only way to defeat him was to break through the door behind him. But Big Breeder Chung knew his weakness. His real body in another hidden place of the Hidden Floor was weak and the one who these nosy warriors was facing was just an avatar of him, the avatar of the Big Breeder. If his real body was assassinated or killed, then he will completely die.

"So....t- the bull...ets y- you g- ga.....ve me.....they are all.....?"

"That's right. Do you really think that those bullets could kill me? How naive!" Big Breeder said. Seeing how he was able to smile now, Charlotte was even more certain that people like Batis who were struggling and desperate to achieve their goals and to kill him were nothing but a bunch of toys in his eyes.

Her desire to beat up this Big Breeder somehow had increased at this thought.

"Do you see the difference between you and me now, Batis?" Big Breeder asked. "You may think that you are aware but you are actually deluding yourself. I'm the one who's truly aware. You!! Absolutely know nothing about this world!! You are just a larva who's half- asleep! The butterfly would be someone like me!! Because at least I know the truth!"

He looked at Dee and called her as the chief of the village. As he looked at Dee, Dee couldn't help but to feel pressure from those cold eyes.

"Come here" the Big Breeder called.

Something then lifted the chief up. Charlotte frowned as she saw where this was coming.

"Big....Breeder!! W..what...are...you...t- trying...to....do?"

Dee who was taken away by a bubble then was standing on the air, next to Big Breeder but a bit lower. Big Breeder pointed his spear to the pink- haired woman.

"This one. She was your wife right? Probably that story, right?"

"M...me?" Dee looked nervous as she was sweating right now. "That....man's wife? W...what are you talking about? Big Breeder!!"

"Shut up. Listen, chief. If I told you to die, would you?" Big Breeder Chung asked with a grin.

"Big Breeder....what on earth!!"

"N...No!! Rose!!"

"I'll ask you again! Do you want me to kill you?"

As if there was something controlling Dee's mind, Dee whose gaze became empty and cold, replied without hesitation with one word, "Yes."

"Then I'll kill you" Big Breeder lightly said.

"N...no!! Rose!!"

Hockney with his eyes saw something coming. Even without the eyes to read future, smart people like Hansung Yu and Khun could see what Big Breeder was planning. But before they could stop Batis, he raised his sniper and forgot what Charlotte had said to him. Without hesitation, he pulled the trigger and shot the bullet.

"Fool."

Big Breeder, as expected, used Dee as his shield.

He knew the story between Dee and Batis and how deep Batis cared for his woman. Seeing his woman was taken as a hostage, how could he swallow that anger? But unfortunately, it was because of his care and love that he shot the bullet and fell into the enemy's trap.

[Time manipulation skill- Acceleration]

While Big Breeder was taking Dee as an hostage, Charlotte had thought of what she should do next. First, when Big Breeder was distracted, taking pleasure in oppressing the weak, she was using the buildings and jumped from the roof to be able to fly.

The fan on her hand had changed into a dagger.

[Time manipulation skill- Time Pause]

Right when Batis shot that bullet, she activated the [time- pause] and stopped the bullet from killing Dee. When Big Breeder was confused, she who had jumped and was on the air now took that chance and threw her dagger to Big Breeder.

It was just too unfortunate that even though her movements were swift and without hesitation, Big Breeder Chung's avatar was simply too strong to be her opponent. He noticed the danger even though she tried to conceal her blood lust and turned around to use Dee as the hostage.

"No!!!"

"Charlotte!" Bam who was held back by Endorsi shouted. "Stop it-!!"

The dagger was formed by her fan that was willing to listen to her orders. Easily, she withdrew her fan.

Right when the dagger was about to hit Dee right on her head, she made a gesture and the dagger immediately turned its direction on its own and returned to Charlotte. Charlotte caught it with her hand. It was a good thing that she didn't use any other dagger to attack Big Breeder otherwise, she will be responsible for killing Dee.

But human data like Dee at the end will still resurrect themselves right? As long as Batis didn't shoot that bullet and eliminate them.

As for her landing point, sensing Charlotte was going to fall, Khun had prepared his lighthouses. Instead of falling to the ground, she instead landed on his blue lighthouse, right hand was holding the dagger.

Batis and the others sighed in relieve.

Charlotte grinned at Big Breeder who glared at her. She stood up on Khun's lighthouse and asked with a proud tone, "What? The almighty Big Breeder who is the ruler of Town of Wandering Minstrel can't fight without using hostage? What a waste of you standing like that."

He frowned even deeper. Perhaps it was because of the difference from their strengths that Charlotte could feel the pressure.

"How dare you-"

Before he could finish his sentence, something seemed to happen to Big Breeder. As his figure suddenly became blurry and immediately vanished along with the door, there was no one else who hold Dee. The woman who decorated herself with too much roses fell from the sky and to the ground.

"ROSE-!!"

As Big Breeder vanished, Dee seemed like she had woke up from the curse for awhile. When she realized that she was falling down, she was too shocked to say a word.

"Khun!"

"I know!"

Charlotte leapt off the blue lighthouse and caught Dee in her arms. The lighthouses helped her to land on the ground. She handed Dee to Batis as she knew how important Dee was to Batis and how much he missed her. Batis put Dee on the ground.

Charlotte squatted down and asked Dee with a friendly smile, "Are you alright?"

Dee, even though she couldn't answer, she still could nod her head. She nodded her head as an answer.

Charlotte smiled in relieve before she stood up.

Charlotte looked at the direction where Big Breeder was standing. Of course, she knew why he disappeared.

In a hidden place in the Hidden Floor, he was just like some kind of gamer. In the middle of his "game", Rachel who ended up there interrupted his "gaming session" lifted the thing that connected him to this Town of Wandering Minstrel from his head. And since the connection was forcibly cut off, his avatar and the door of course disappeared. She had thought about this as well.

But it was just that, how better would it be if she could just throw the dagger right to Big Breeder's head and end his pathetic life? It was just an avatar anyway, he could always create another new one.

The others approached her.

"Are you alright?" Khun asked before Bam could.

Charlotte just smiled without an answer. The answer was obvious. Of course, Big Breeder couldn't easily harm her. But right now, she was worried of someone else. She turned her head around and looked again at Dee and Batis who was holding Dee.

"Who are you?" Dee asked Batis. "W...were you really my husband? Sorry but I....I don't know you."

"You don't know because Big Breeder probably erased your old memories" said Charlotte.

"I....Is that so....?" Dee asked.

Charlotte nodded her head and hummed. She knew that it was hard for Dee to accept the truth that his God was actually a demon in disguise. If what they said was true, then Big Breeder Chung had tormented the people in her village, separated her from her husband and child, erased her memories and made her and all the people there worship him like a bunch of foolish lambs.

Her husband was trapped in a dark place where he suffered "death" all over again that he was used to it already.

Charlotte who thought about this couldn't help but to feel sympathy. She looked at Batis and asked, "Oh right, do you want to speak properly again?"

"H...huh?"

"Lotus has a healing characteristic. I don't know whether my power will work on you since you are a data, but it's worth a try. If this could work, we might be able to heal your mouth so that you could sing again" Charlotte explained with a small smile.

"..................."

Batis had been cursed for not being able to sing for who- knows- how- long. And right now, maybe it was because God pitied them, someone was able to cure his mouth that was ripped off by Big Breeder. Data Hansung Yu was unsure what to say.

Khun didn't say a word either. As expected from Charlotte, despite of wandering in darkness, she was still able to keep her conscience and remained as a human in this tower instead of a cold killing machine who stepped and killed others for their goals.

"Healing? Is that another skill of your lotus?" Endorsi asked Charlotte who looked at her and nodded her head. Charlotte then looked at Batis and asked him, still smiling, "Do you want it or not?"

Batis felt dubious. She knew that. But since this was his chance to sing and speak like before, how could he turn it down?

She smiled wider when she knew that Batis agreed. Even though this was her first time doing it, but it was still worth a shot. She sat on the ground and crossed her legs.

As she opened her palms, a pink lotus made its appearance again, glowing brighter and gave the calming feeling to those who saw that lotus. Followed by the appearance of the lotus, there were two rays of pink light moving towards Batis. And as soon as they touched Batis, they disappeared.

Batis closed his eyes, feeling really calm and relaxed. He could feel that his mouth, his mouth was slowly recovering.

And after some time, it really worked. He was able to speak again even though he himself and the others, including Charlotte, didn't believe it.

"Then Batis!" Data Hansung Yu approached his friend in disbelief. "So that means you could talk right now?"

"I- it seems so" Batis answered, one hand holding his throat.

"So we have a healer now?" Boro asked, sounding rather happy.

"What?" Charlotte who had stood up turned around and looked at Boro. She asked him while pretending to be serious and annoyed, "You aren't satisfied with it?"

"No, that's not it!"

Charlotte turned around and looked at Bam and Khun, "Brother, Khun, if you don't mind, I want to look for Brother Altaira first?"

'Altaira?' Both of them thought in the same time. Right, he disappeared and went into somewhere else while hiding with the champion villain.

"Oh....right....Altaira" Bam said, looking away.

Charlotte curiously tilted her head and asked, "Brother, why does it seem like you forget about him?"

"O- of course I don't forget about him" Bam said, looking even more nervous.

"You better go and find him back before he gets lost with the champion villain" said Khun to her. Charlotte smiled and nodded her head.

[Time- Manipulation Skill: Acceleration]

The brown haired woman left, running as fast as she can to find her brother with her skill.

Khun thought that somehow, ever since they entered the Hidden Floor, Charlotte has been getting lots and lots of work. This was probably because her power was now stronger than them and she could handle more stuffs than them. But even though it was nice to see her getting stronger like what she desired, he was worried that she might exhaust herself at the end.

"Bam."

Data Hansung Yu walked towards them. This time, he appeared to be very serious as if he was going to talk about a very important matter.

"There is something that I need to tell you all. About the secret behind this Hidden Floor."