Chương 188: Reach for the Stars, Part Fourteen

As Charlotte waited patiently for Neve to explain her findings, the entirety of the healer's journey played back in her mind. 

Not just the battles, the times when death nearly got to embrace her, but the moments of rest as well. The evenings she spent planning her next move. All of those days flashed before her eyes as she said: 

"If I'm reading this graph right, every spike in activity happened when I made it to a new floor," Neve stated. "Specifically, uh, the last part really makes it clear. It's been two weeks since I made it to the 9th Floor, and all of a sudden things got worse than ever. But, yeah, I'm trying to recall my progress and it feels like that's the connection." 

"In that case," Charlotte quickly replied, "why haven't we figured this out until now? There have been 9 attempts at the Final Challenge. Surely, the pattern of all hell breaking loose because of what's going on in there would have become obvious, right?"