The Rise of the Winter Wolf - Book 6 - Chapter 38 - The Cursed Commentator

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Wolf

Time begins to pass as I win one fifth after another. I fight and survive against all kinds of little competitions ranging from races to mazes and even some random ones like a memorization quiz. One where we had to memorize things and would be attacked by monsters if we messed up.

And after several weeks fly by, I find myself standing back in the stadium of the Fifth Centurion Quinzel. Just waiting for the final fifth to begin.

But when the commentator suddenly begins to glitch out for some reason, I realize something’s wrong. Then the commentator himself suddenly teleports down into the stadium with a blank look on his face, following which a new copy of him appears high in the sky and continues commentating like usual.

I blink in surprise and confusion as I listen to the new commentator declare, “And the end of the Fifth Centurion Quinzel is about to begin! Keep your pants on everyone, for it is going to be a doozey!”

That confuses me as well. Because the commentator is talking differently even if he looks the exact same as the other one.

Both of them have a form that looks like a split between a crab and a beetle of sorts. Except with a scorpion’s tail extending from his abdomen – the body part his four legs connect to – with a rather eerie black and purple energy coating the stinger at the end of it.

They also have a thick looking black and purple exoskeleton and are about two meters in height.

“We have a special boss for the remaining one thousand four hundred and fifty one contestants to fight this time around!” the commentator continues while flying around in a circle as the other contestants – all of whom at this point are lunar winter beasts – silently watch him. “Say hello to ASDFASDVASDFASD!!!!”

I stare blankly at the commentator for several seconds.

The fuck did he even just say? All it sounded like was some sort of glitch in a video game…

Wait, is it because this is a special boss? Or maybe this floor is designated as a special floor…

I haven’t seen one in a while, but a special boss appears on the fifth floor of the centurion floor themes. And a special floor is a unique type of floor unrelated to the special bosses that breaks the general theme of the floor.

It could be both though, since I was expecting a special boss on this floor. What with it being the two-hundred-and-ninety-fifth floor and all.

Also, more importantly, this is based on the real Centurion Quinzel.

And I highly doubt the host of a Centurion Quinzel ever actually fights the contestants.

So is he just glitching out every time he tries to mention the boss’s name or something? Meanwhile the crowd is acting like nothing’s wrong.

I guess this is the first time my immersion has ever been broken in the dungeon.

It’s certainly an odd feeling.

The Reaper should probably fix it before any other competitors enter. Not that I can ever see any other competitors entering the Beta Administrator Dungeon.

I glance through the System Forums for a moment as I keep an eye on the commentator and the enemy commentator. Then I finally remember the notification that I got at the very start of the floor theme.

The one mentioning that the Fifth Centurion Quinzel will have a special boss that is voted upon by the viewers.

Does that mean the viewers voted on the commentator to be the boss? And the dungeon is glitching out because of that?

Interesting.

On that note, while the commentator is blabbing on about stuff I can’t even understand through that glitchy voice of his, I check the beta dictionary on his enemy copy.

And immediately tense up upon seeing it.

Arch Caste Crtlchlar

Rchtlar Keltrch Vlarus

The highest of the Crtlchlar castes ruling over the entire species without any exception, the Arch Caste is the most powerful species of the universe belonging to the progenitor known as Beelzebub.

All Arch Caste Crtlchlar are blessed by their progenitor, Beelzebub, and would be considered insect and curse harbingers within the System. However, as the System does not exist for these creatures, it is impossible for the System to fully identify these creatures.

Rchtlar is one of the ten members of the Arch Caste ruling over the entire crtichlar species. Any other details on the being are unknown to the System as this is no more than a copy of the man created for the Beta Administrator Dungeon.

Level – 7000

The. Fuck?

That’s barely any information at all! The only thing I’ve got to go on from it is that it’s pretty much a harbinger just like I used to be!

Well, that and it’s of a species that rules over a universe. Even if this one is rather low level to be ruling over any sort of universe.

Then again, it could just be that this copy’s level is lower than the real thing.

Or this copy was made back when the System was made. Which is more likely, now that I’m thinking about it.

Putting that aside though, its level is actually only about a hundred above mine now. Mostly because the last Centurion Quinzel – the fourth one – had a lot of killing monsters involved. Not to mention a hazardous floor that had a bunch of EXP orbs that I forgot even existed stashed away in it.

I think I should be fine fighting this thing. Probably.

Considering that I have over a thousand powerful-ish lunar winter beasts here to help me with the battle.

“And without furrrtheeeeerrr adooooo!!!” the commentator suddenly drawls out in his clicky language that is being automatically translated for me. “Let this special boss fight begiiiiinnnn!!!”

The special boss in question suddenly stops glitching and turns his gaze on all the lunar winter beasts and myself around him.

Then the boss lets out a loud screech and a wave of black and purple mist spreads outwards from him and immediately begins to make my lunar winter beasts closest to him collapse to the ground.

Okay, maybe it won’t be so easy after all.