[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-started-with-a-10-000x-multiplier-in-a-game-worl":3,"chapter-started-with-a-10-000x-multiplier-in-a-game-worl-started-with-a-10-000x-multiplier-in-a-game-worl-chapter-10":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Started with a 10,000x Multiplier in a Game World",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},1136163,1466,"Chapter 10: The Whispering Chasm, Aegis Deflection","started-with-a-10-000x-multiplier-in-a-game-worl-chapter-10",10,"\u003Cp>The immediate fallout of the bounty was catastrophic for Vanguard’s Legacy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Dante navigated the dense and twisting paths of the beginner forest, his system interface pinged with a steady stream of regional chat notifications.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire Outpost 404 zone had completely lost its mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Regional Chat - ApexHunter: Bro, did you guys see that? Dan just offered a Silver sword for the head of Thorne!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Regional Chat - IronMage: Syndicate is tearing itself apart. I just saw a group of Vanguard members chasing Vargas through the merchant district.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Regional Chat - SilentStep: Vargas logged out. He pulled the plug. He is hiding in his capsule!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Regional Chat - GuildlessGabe: Cowards. We will camp their spawn points. No one gets that sword but me.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante swiped the chat window away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thorne and Vargas were effectively neutralized.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By logging out to avoid permanent death, their physical bodies on Veridia were now trapped in their VR capsules.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They couldn’t play the game. This meant they couldn’t level up, gather resources, or help Silas build his empire. They were prisoners of their own fear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante checked his map. He was approaching the coordinates the Outpost Elder had uploaded to his interface.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The environment around him was rapidly shifting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The towering pine trees gave way to dead and twisted husks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The vibrant violet sky was choked out by a thick and swirling gray fog that clung to the ground like a physical weight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ambient sound of the forest vanished completely. There was no chirping of digital insects and no rustling of leaves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Zone Discovered: The Whispering Chasm]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Warning: High-Density Corruption Detected. Continuous exposure will result in a passive HP drain without proper elemental wards.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante stepped over a rotting log and entered the boundary of the Chasm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ground slanted sharply downward into a massive and jagged ravine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The walls of the chasm were lined with glowing and sickly green veins of corrupted ore. The air was freezing cold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as he crossed the threshold, the fog shifted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three humanoid figures materialized out of the gray mist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They looked like standard players. But their bodies were entirely composed of shifting and oily black shadows.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They wielded long and jagged shadow-blades that scraped against the rocky ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Monster Spawn: Shadow-Stalker]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Level: 18]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[HP: 3,500]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were fast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment they locked onto Dante, they didn’t charge in a straight line. They teleported short distances through the fog. They blinked in and out of reality to close the gap.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante didn’t draw his sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He opened his inventory. Back at the clearing after he had looted Thorne and Vargas, he had scooped up a bunch of random junk dropped by the dead Syndicate grunts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among the cheap linen scraps and copper coins was a basic Novice-tier skillbook.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He pulled it out and tapped the cover.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Skill Learned: Guard (Novice)]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Description: Raise your weapon to block an incoming attack. Reduces physical damage taken by 10%.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the most fundamental defensive skill in the game. Every tank learned it at Level 1.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The lead Shadow-Stalker materialized directly in front of Dante.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It brought its shadow-blade down in a vicious and two-handed overhead chop aimed perfectly at the skull of Dante.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante drew the [Crimson Edge] and held it horizontally above his head. He activated the skill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Skill Executed: Guard.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The 10,000x Multiplier kicked in instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Talent Activated: 10,000x Multiplier.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Registering 10,000 flawless executions.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The rush of enlightenment wasn’t about destruction this time. It was about absolute defense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante felt the microscopic shifts in weight required to completely redirect kinetic energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He understood the exact angle needed to catch a blade so that the force transferred safely into the ground rather than shattering his wrists.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He experienced ten thousand perfect blocks, parries, and deflections in the span of a millisecond.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Guard has reached Adept tier.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Guard has reached Master tier.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Guard has reached Grandmaster tier.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A brilliant hexagonal shield of golden light flared into existence just millimeters above the edge of Dante’s sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Guard has reached Zenith tier.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Skill Evolution Triggered.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Guard has evolved into: Aegis Deflection.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The blade of the Shadow-Stalker slammed into the golden hexagonal shield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was a deafening sound. It was like a massive church bell ringing underwater.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante didn’t take a single point of damage. His stamina bar barely twitched.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, the golden shield violently pulsed outward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The kinetic energy of the attack was instantly absorbed and multiplied. It fired right back at the Shadow-Stalker in a concentrated shockwave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Shadow-Stalker was blasted backward. Its oily body completely tore apart from the reflected force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It shattered into pixels before it even hit the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Aegis Deflection (Zenith)]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Description: A frame-perfect parry. Completely negates 100% of incoming physical and magical damage. Reflects 500% of the negated damage back to the attacker. Window of execution: 0.2 seconds. Cooldown: 1 second.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante smiled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A 0.2 second window was incredibly tight for a normal player. It required superhuman reflexes and a flawless read of the enemy animation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But with Dante’s experience in Aethelgard and his newly evolved muscle memory, 0.2 seconds felt like an eternity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The other two Shadow-Stalkers blinked into existence on his left and right flanks. They swung their blades in unison.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante spun. He tapped the activation trigger for [Aegis Deflection] twice in rapid succession.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clang. Clang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two golden flashes illuminated the fog. Two massive reflection shockwaves triggered instantly!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both Shadow-Stalkers were obliterated. Their own attack power was weaponized against them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is going to make things very easy,\" Dante muttered. He dismissed the loot prompts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He spent the next hour descending deeper into the Whispering Chasm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fog grew thicker, and the Shadow-Stalkers spawned in larger and more aggressive packs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante didn’t even bother using his offensive skills to save his stamina.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He simply walked through the ravine. He flawlessly parried every single attack thrown at him and let the monsters kill themselves against his golden shield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He hit Level 14 by the time the narrow ravine finally opened up into a massive and cavernous underground arena.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The air in the cavern was completely still.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The walls were lined with statues of old and forgotten gods. Their faces were heavily eroded by time and corruption.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the dead center of the arena lay a creature that made Dante stop dead in his tracks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a Chimera.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had the hulking and armored body of a lion. It had the massive and scaled wings of a dragon. Its tail ended in the snapping jaws of a viper.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But its physical form was flickering. It was heavily glitching like a corrupted file.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its fur was patchy. Thick black chains made of raw void energy were wrapped tightly around its limbs to pin it to the floor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[World Anomaly Detected.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Monster: Phantom Chimera Emperor]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Tier: Titan]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Level: 0 (Cursed State)]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[HP: 10,000 \u002F 10,000]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante stared at the system prompt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Titan-tier. It was the highest possible classification for a monster outside of the cosmic endgame.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even at Level 0, a Titan possessed innate passives and base attack multipliers that could wipe out small cities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it only had ten thousand health. The void chains were heavily suppressing its life force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The massive and glowing purple eyes of the Chimera snapped open. It saw Dante standing at the edge of the cavern.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The beast didn’t roar. It didn’t try to intimidate him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It simply moved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Despite the chains and despite being Level 0, the Chimera crossed the fifty-yard arena in a fraction of a second.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was so fast it didn’t even trigger the standard visual tracking of Dante.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A massive dragon-scaled paw the size of a dining table slammed down toward the head of Dante. It moved with enough kinetic force to shatter the bedrock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante didn’t try to run. He didn’t blink away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He raised the [Crimson Edge] and smiled.\u003C\u002Fp>",1308,"2026-06-03T12:02:18.787Z","2026-06-03T12:02:25.060Z",1,"novelbin.me","89fa74a05209461e80214af0e853aad4ce1d9bd8129526da44da299476a070f2","started-with-a-10-000x-multiplier-in-a-game-worl-chapter-11","started-with-a-10-000x-multiplier-in-a-game-worl-chapter-9",109,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fstarted-with-a-10-000x-multiplier-in-a-game-worl-cover.jpg"]