Summoner Online: I Became the Tutorial Boss with a 999+ Villainess Chapter 16: A glitch in the system

[Notice, you have accessed the live chat.]

Kai, seated comfortably on his obsidian throne, kept his eyes focused on the dim blue light radiating from the system interface. Runes and text scrolled in the air right in front of him, casting a ghostly glow on his face.

It hadn’t been a full day since Kai killed the White Light Guild mbers that threatened to raid his dungeon.

Once he was done going through the other stuff he got from their corpses, such as their armor and weapons, he decided to have another go at the live chat.

Surely they must have reported him already to the developers as an anomaly in the ga.

Actually, Kai was looking to see if any of the developers would speak on the matter. Their opinion was actually the only thing he cared about at this mont.

Since he was alone in the throne room, having dismissed his minions, he could read as much as he needed without being interrupted by anyone.

The first ssage caught his eyes imdiately.

{Mayomanl: Dude, everyone is talking about the new boss. is no one going to talk about the fact the developers just claid a bug is running rampant in the ga and killing players like crazy?}

’oH...’

Kai was interested. It seed like a good place to start gathering intel.

{Rauna: Everyone has heard of it. I heard the place is locked right now; they plan to check the area out to see how they could get rid of the bug.}

{Gina: I expected a bug, tbh. But seeing that level 25 guild admit to losing in a starter dungeon has to be the rage bait. Are you saying a boss in a state dungeon would defeat , a level 19 mage, in a fight?}

{Deona replied to Gina: Dude, shut the fuck up. Nothing about this ga is normal to begin with, so i wont put this past us. I an, the na of the ga is summoern guild online, and barely anyone has chosen the class summoner.}

{User234343: I an, bro is lowkey right; the ga is sus as hell.}

Kai gave a small, dry smile.

’I am glad I am not the only one that thought that. It just had to be after i got stuck in the body of a dungeon boss that people realized it.’

However, the amusent faded quickly as another thought made its way to Kai’s mind.

’They’ve already identified as a bug; what next? Are they going to get rid of ? Delete from the ga permanently? Would that also an I’ll still die in the real world?’

A serious look played on his face, replacing the smile. A heavy sigh escaped his lips, echoing in the empty hall.

If that were to happen, he would have no choice but to simply accept his fate and let nature take its course.

It wasn’t like he could battle with the developer of the ga. They were gods in this digital realm; he was just a line of code to them.

His fist clenched on top of his throne’s armrest, the stone cracking slightly under the pressure of his grip.

’Hopefully they don’t kill . i dont want to die. I an, i havent even gotten the chance to explore the ga yet.’

That was when the idea hit him.

If he could exit the dungeon while they were scanning for the bug, and he wasn’t present there, what were the chances that they would detect he existed at all?

He could easily trick the ga chanics while taking another form entirely.

The only thing he could generally be worried about was if the ga planned on doing a general scan of the entire map. If that was the case, then he truly had no choice.

’Still worth the try though. Besides, rotting inside this dungeon doesnt sound like a sure way to live either.’

With a gradual motion, he stood to his feet.

A whoosh of dark mist enveloped his body. In the blink of an eye, the monstrous form dissolved, and he transford into his human form—the one with the silky black hair and the lean muscle.

Once he was in the disguised form, he turned to look at the live chat one last ti.

’Now then, they should have made an announcent for when they plan to do the whole search. Let’s see....’

Standing there, he kept scrolling through the entire chat history, trying to see if there was any chance the devs had dropped so kind of update or tiline regarding the bug fix.

Kai was right.

They did.

It had been posted a few minutes ago.

(Announcent from the devs: We have listened to the complaint of our users, and we plan to settle it as soon as possible in order for you players to further enjoy the ga. Please, you have nothing to worry about; keep playing and logging into the ga as you were. There is no call for alarm.}

Kai’s gaze narrowed at two main things.

The first was the fact the devs were making it sound as though the matter was bigger than it seed.

If it was simply getting rid of a bug, then all they had to do was send a notice of a patch. Instead, it seed as though they were trying to do so major damage control to keep people calm.

Secondly, there was no ti indication of when they would do the search for the bug.

Kai didn’t consider himself to be such a little bug that they would be able to fix him live without locking the entire region down for maintenance.

Sothing wasn’t right.

Before Kai could complete his thought, he suddenly sensed sothing.

His eyes widened in shock as a wave of strange, synthetic mana swept over the entire dungeon. It moved like an invisible scanner, passing through the walls, the floor, and even scanning past his own body.

In that mont, he realized. They had already begun.

[Notice, you are being observed.]

The system notification flashed right in front of him, red and urgent.

Kai sighed, still maintaining a calm look on his face despite the panic rising in his chest.

Without needing to utter a single word, he turned his gaze toward the upper side of the dungeon ceiling, staring into the void as though he were looking directly at a working security cara.

’Looks like they found ,’ he whispered in his mind, his eyes still glued to that exact spot, never moving an inch from where he was.

....

anwhile, in the human world.

The corporate office was in chaos.

The company in charge of the ga, "Summoner Guild Online," had their hands filled with sothing different. It was sothing far more sinister than an unexplained bug in the ga code.

And it was only because of this that they knew they needed to make the difficult choice.

The executives looked at the screens, their faces pale.

The ga needed to be shut down temporarily.