[{"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-101":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},1136145,1466,"Chapter 101: The Siege of Ironhold","started-with-a-10-000x-multiplier-in-a-game-worl-chapter-101",101,"\u003Cp>Dante and his squad materialized in a flash of blue light directly inside the grand hall of the Lord’s Keep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The City Lord of Ironhold was already on his feet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The massive NPC wasn’t sitting idly on his gear-driven throne.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was pacing furiously in front of a giant glowing holographic map of the perimeter of the city.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Heavily armored NPC lieutenants were rushing around the hall. They shouted orders and coordinated localized defense protocols.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante didn’t wait for a polite greeting. He marched straight up to the map.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They are coming,\" Dante stated flatly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A Level 25 Dark Demon boss named Void-Bishop Morgrim. He opened a massive portal in the Sky Demon Forest and generated an army of thousands of corrupted beasts. They are marching directly on the southern gates.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The glowing artificial eyes of the City Lord locked onto Dante.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I know,\" the City Lord said. His voice was completely devoid of its usual majestic scripted echo. It sounded grim and heavily stressed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The detection arrays on the outer walls picked up the massive surge in necrotic energy five minutes ago.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The garrison is mobilizing, but the city defenses were designed to repel standard monster migrations, not a concentrated targeted siege by a Dark Demon.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Where are the players?\" Lila asked and looked around the frantic hall. \"Ironhold has tens of thousands of registered users.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Most of the high-level guilds are currently engaged in a massive territorial dispute in the southern forests,\" the City Lord replied and gestured vaguely toward the map.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They are killing each other in the mud while the boss walks past them,\" Casanova translated and shook his head. \"Classic guild politics.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before Dante could offer to fly out and drop a hurricane on the marching horde, the system violently hijacked the environment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A massive blaring siren echoed across the entire city. It wasn’t the standard alert.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a deep resonating war horn that physically rattled the stained glass windows of the Keep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sky above Ironhold had previously been a clear blue. It rapidly darkened and turned a sickly bruised purple as the corruption aura of the Void-Bishop preceded his army.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A massive server-wide announcement projected itself in bold blazing crimson text across the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[CRITICAL EVENT TRIGGERED: THE SIEGE OF IRONHOLD]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[A Dark Demon entity has launched a coordinated assault on the Veridian Alliance Capital.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Objective: Defend the southern gates. If the Void-Bishop breaches the inner sanctum, Ironhold will be permanently degraded to a Tier-1 Outpost, and all local player assets will be seized.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The penalty was catastrophic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Losing Ironhold meant losing the entire economic hub of the Veridian region.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the Zenith Protocol never offered a stick without a massive game-breaking carrot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The text shifted from crimson to a brilliant glowing gold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Siege Event Modifiers Active]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[1. Resolve of the Defenders: All players participating in the defense of Ironhold receive a 50% bonus to all EXP gained. All loot drop rates from siege monsters are increased by 100%.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[2. Blood of the Vanguard: Players receive a cumulative stacking +1% bonus to all base stats for every 10 siege monsters personally killed. Stacks infinitely for the duration of the event.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[3. Crown of the Executioner: The player who secures the final killing blow on Void-Bishop Morgrim will receive an instant guaranteed +1 Level, regardless of current progression, and an exclusive server-unique title.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The silence in the grand hall was palpable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante stared at the golden text.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An infinite stacking stat buff based on raw kill counts. Double loot. And an instant guaranteed level-up for securing the boss kill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At Level 58, the experience required for Dante to reach Level 59 was astronomical. Skipping that grind entirely was an absurd reward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The system is practically begging us to kill them,\" Mei grinned. She pulled the [God-Slaying Skillet] off her back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It is working,\" Casanova said and pointed toward the high windows of the Keep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Out in the city, the panic was instantly vaporized by sheer unfiltered greed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The thousands of players who had stayed behind in the city, including crafters, low-level merchants, and casual groups, were currently sprinting toward the southern walls and grabbed whatever weapons they could find.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More importantly, the massive alliance army currently tearing itself apart in the Sky Demon Forest had seen the announcement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The promise of infinite stacking stats and a guaranteed level-up instantly ended their localized civil war.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vanguard’s Legacy, the Black Dragon Syndicate, and the Apex Coalition immediately stopped fighting each other.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They turned their entire surviving forces north and desperately rushed back toward Ironhold to claim the glory before the casual players stole it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The guilds are coming,\" Lila noted. She watched the red dots on the map of the City Lord rapidly approach the southern perimeter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let them,\" Dante said and turned away from the map. \"They can fight the horde on the ground. We are taking the high road.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante didn’t use the stairs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He activated [Meteor Stride] and rapidly teleported his squad directly to the top of the massive eighty-foot-tall southern wall of Ironhold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They materialized on the wide stone battlements and overlooked the sprawling green plains that led to the forest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The view was terrifying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A massive rolling black tide of corrupted beasts was pouring out of the tree line.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thousands of mutated hounds, hulking bone-golems, and sludge-spewing horrors marched relentlessly toward the city walls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the absolute rear of the army, flanked by massive heavily armored elite guards, walked Void-Bishop Morgrim.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The towering Dark Demon boss was casually strolling toward the city, and his glowing red eye staff pulsed with dark magic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Down on the plains, the scattered disorganized remnants of the three rival guilds were already clashing with the frontline of the beast horde.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a chaotic bloody mess. Players were screaming, magic was flying wildly, and the stacking stat buffs were driving people to fight with reckless abandon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Boss,\" Mei said and looked over the edge of the wall. \"Do you want me to jump down there and start swinging? I can hold the main gate.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No,\" Dante said, his voice completely calm. \"Stay up here. Protect Lila.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What are you going to do?\" Casanova asked. He stayed safely behind a stone crenellation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante didn’t answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t draw [Voidsever]. He didn’t unclip the [Bow of the Eclipse].\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He opened his infinite inventory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had a massive 9,130 health pool. He had [Chrono-Shift] eliminating all his mana costs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had a vantage point that offered a perfect unobstructed view of the entire battlefield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t need to fight them in melee. He didn’t need to risk getting dragged into the chaotic cluster of rival guild players trying to steal kills.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante pulled out a small incredibly cheap gray skillbook he had bought for two copper coins from a vendor on his first day in Outpost 404.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Item Appraised: Skillbook - Arcane Bolt]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Tier: Novice]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Description: A basic magical attack. Fires a slow-moving low-damage bolt of raw mana. Cooldown: 2 seconds.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the most fundamental and useless spell in the entire game. Mages actively unequipped it the second they learned a real ability.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante tapped the cover.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Skill Learned: Arcane Bolt (Novice)]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stepped up to the edge of the wall and looked down at the massive swarming horde of thousands of monsters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He raised his right hand and pointed his open palm directly at the center of the beast army.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Skill Executed: Arcane Bolt.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The anomaly triggered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Talent Activated: 10,000x Multiplier.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Registering 10,000 flawless executions.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The combat enlightenment wasn’t about kinetic force or spatial displacement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the absolute mastery of raw unadulterated magical energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante understood how to compress localized mana into incredibly dense and hyper-volatile packets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He learned how to manipulate light and heat to completely override atmospheric resistance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He felt the exact frequency required to turn a simple magical spark into a sustained localized beam of total annihilation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Arcane Bolt has reached Adept tier.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Arcane Bolt has reached Master tier.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Arcane Bolt has reached Grandmaster tier.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The air around the gauntlet of Dante didn’t just glow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It actively warped and generated a high-pitched whine that sounded like a jet engine spinning up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Arcane Bolt has reached Zenith tier.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Skill Evolution Triggered.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Arcane Bolt has evolved into: Cataclysmic Ray.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The system interface flashed a blinding searing white.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Cataclysmic Ray (Zenith)]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Description: The ultimate expression of concentrated magical artillery. Fires a continuous and devastating beam of highly compressed arcane energy. Deals 2,000% Magical Damage per second to all entities within the path of the beam. Range: 1,000 yards. Cooldown: 10 seconds.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante smiled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because of [Chrono-Shift], the 10-second cooldown was halved to five.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And because [Chrono-Shift] removed all mana costs, he didn’t have to worry about the massive energy drain required to sustain a continuous Zenith-tier beam.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was essentially an automated orbital strike platform.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante didn’t shout a battle cry. He simply fired.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A massive blindingly bright pillar of pure white arcane energy erupted from his palm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The beam was ten feet wide and shot instantly across the battlefield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sheer localized heat and kinetic force of the ray completely vaporized the air in its path to create a deafening continuous thunderclap.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The beam hit the center of the corrupted beast horde.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It didn’t explode. It just cleanly and flawlessly erased everything it touched.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[-32,000! OVERKILL!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[-35,000! OVERKILL!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[-32,000! OVERKILL!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The damage numbers didn’t pop up individually. They formed a solid static wall of red text over the battlefield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante slowly swept his arm horizontally across the plains.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He dragged the massive continuous beam of white light through the thickest concentrations of the enemy army.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The beasts didn’t even have time to shriek.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sustained 2,000% magical damage instantly vaporized hundreds of heavily armored bone-golems and corrupted hounds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They turned to ash before the beam even finished passing over them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Down on the ground, the rival guild players completely stopped fighting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They stood in the mud with their weapons lowered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They stared in absolute terrified awe at the massive white beam of destruction casually sweeping back and forth across the battlefield to systematically delete the invasion force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Siege Event Update: 100 Kills Secured.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Blood of the Vanguard Buff: +10% to all base stats.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The buff triggered. The magical attack power of Dante spiked. The beam grew slightly wider and burned slightly brighter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He finished the five-second cast. The beam snapped off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante didn’t wait. The five-second cooldown had already ticked down while he was firing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He raised his left hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Skill Executed: Cataclysmic Ray]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A second massive beam erupted and instantly continued the slaughter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Siege Event Update: 500 Kills Secured.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Blood of the Vanguard Buff: +50% to all base stats.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The players on the wall, including Lila, Mei, and Casanova, just watched in total silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante wasn’t fighting a war.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was playing a point-and-click adventure game.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He casually melted thousands of mobs from the absolute safety of the high ground while his base stats scaled infinitely into the stratosphere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I do not think we are going to need to hold the gate,\" Mei whispered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She watched Dante completely eradicate the entire eastern flank of the beast army with a flick of his wrist.\u003C\u002Fp>",1860,"2026-06-03T12:02:19.066Z","2026-06-03T12:02:24.780Z",1,"novelbin.me","7318269330cae0f981a6d8970898181038dcf1f1b7323baa7a7e6acf9c2126d7","started-with-a-10-000x-multiplier-in-a-game-worl-chapter-102",null,109,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fstarted-with-a-10-000x-multiplier-in-a-game-worl-cover.jpg"]