[{"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-23":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},1136176,1466,"Chapter 23: A Final Death, Shattered Bindings","started-with-a-10-000x-multiplier-in-a-game-worl-chapter-23",23,"\u003Cp>The violet sky above Embercraig Canyon vanished entirely. It was replaced by a descending curtain of pure destruction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three hundred players fired simultaneously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A tidal wave of iron-tipped arrows, compressed water bullets, crackling lightning lances, and explosive fireballs rained down toward the center of the magma pool.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a synchronized and overwhelming barrage. It was designed to instantly delete a target through sheer chip damage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante didn’t try to parry it. He didn’t even move.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He just watched Malric.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Enforcer wasn’t attacking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stood perfectly still. His eyes were locked onto Dante. His hand gripped the black parchment of the Divine-tier suppression scroll.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was waiting for the exact moment Dante tried to use [Blink Step] or summon his spatial clones to escape the barrage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante gave him what he wanted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He flexed his legs and dipped slightly. He triggered his Zenith-tier mobility skill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Skill Executed: Blink Step]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The body of Dante blurred. The space around him warped as the instantaneous teleportation initiated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He aimed directly for Malric. He intended to close the thirty-yard gap and put his broadsword through the chest of the Enforcer before the barrage hit the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Malric smiled. He crushed the black scroll in his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Divine Item Activated: Chains of the Warden]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The effect was instantaneous and completely unavoidable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The system didn’t calculate travel time or evasion stats.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A burst of blinding silver light erupted from the crushed scroll. It shot directly into the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A fraction of a millisecond later, the earth beneath the feet of Dante violently erupted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thick and glowing ethereal chains shot out of the rock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They wrapped around the ankles of Dante. They shot up his legs, coiled tightly around his torso, and pinned his arms to his sides.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Debuff Applied: Absolute Suppression]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Duration: 10 Seconds]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Effect: Target is completely immobilized. All skills, items, and passive evasion mechanics are disabled. Cannot be cleansed by standard restorative magic.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The teleportation of Dante canceled mid-frame.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He materialized right back where he started. He was anchored to the floor by the glowing chains.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He couldn’t move a single digital muscle. He couldn’t even blink.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I told you,\" the voice of Malric carried over the roaring sound of the incoming spell barrage. \"Flawless.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante couldn’t turn his head to look at the sky, but he didn’t need to. The barrage hit the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sound was deafening. The entire canyon floor exploded!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arrows shattered against the [Sun-Forged Cuirass] and deflected off the heavy gold plating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fireballs detonated against his chest and washed over his face in blinding waves of heat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lightning lances struck his shoulders. They sent agonizing jolts of artificial pain through his neural link.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The pain receptors of the Zenith Protocol were dialed to a hundred percent. It felt like standing in the center of a localized hurricane of shrapnel and fire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[-15!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[-22!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[-8!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[-35!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The damage numbers popped up in a frantic and overlapping cloud above his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Individually, the attacks were pathetic. But there were hundreds of them hitting him simultaneously every single second.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The health bar of Dante which had been sitting comfortably at a massive 9,100 began to plummet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It dropped to 7,000, then 5,000, then 3,000 in the span of three seconds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Keep firing!\" Malric bellowed to the ridges above. \"Do not let up! Healers, get ready to stabilize him when he hits ten percent! I want him alive for the interrogation!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante gritted his teeth. The pain momentarily overrode his cold logic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The chains were holding perfectly. He couldn’t pop a potion. He couldn’t use [Aegis Deflection]. He was functionally a training dummy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vargas stood safely behind Malric. He let out a hysterical and relieved laugh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You are dead, Vanguard!\" Vargas screamed and stepped forward. His rusty dagger trembled in his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You hear me? You are nothing! You thought you could take on the whole guild? You are just a glitch!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vargas was practically hyperventilating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The adrenaline of watching the unkillable monster finally get pinned down completely scrambled his common sense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He took another step forward and entered the outer edge of the magma pool. He wanted to be the one to deliver the final and humiliating blow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Five seconds remaining on the suppression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The health bar of Dante flashed a dangerous and critical red. He was sitting at 800 HP. The barrage was relentless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t panic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He couldn’t move his physical body, but his neural link to his system interface was still active.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The chains suppressed skills and items.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They didn’t suppress pets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante mentally triggered the command.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A tiny and brilliant flash of silver light erupted directly over his right shoulder. It was so bright it momentarily outshone the explosions from the Vanguard’s Legacy barrage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aura materialized in the air. The tiny ethereal fox didn’t look happy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her three starlight tails whipped violently. Her oversized and glowing eyes narrowed at the glowing chains binding Dante.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What is that?\" Vargas stammered and stopped in his tracks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The eyes of Malric widened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had read the scout reports. He knew Dante had a pet that could heal, but he assumed the suppression chains would lock out pet commands as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Kill the pet!\" Malric yelled to his archers. \"Switch targets!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was too late.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aura let out a sharp and resonant chime that echoed across the entire canyon. It completely drowned out the sound of the explosions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She didn’t cast [Resurgence Wave]. She cast her innate and passive cleanse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Skill Activated: Harbinger’s Grace]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A massive twenty-foot radius of pure starlight energy pulsed outward from the tiny fox.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The aura washed over Dante. It completely engulfed the ethereal chains binding him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Divine-tier suppression scroll was powerful. It bypassed all standard immunities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Aura wasn’t standard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was a Grade 7 Doom Harbinger. She was born from the corpse of a Calamity-tier dragon and a piece of a primordial world-breaker.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her cosmic weight vastly outscaled a simple scroll.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The chains didn’t just break. They shattered like cheap glass!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Absolute Suppression Cleansed.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante staggered forward. His arms were suddenly free.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He gasped as the phantom pain of the binds vanished instantly. His health was sitting at a miserable 150 points. A stiff breeze would kill him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aura immediately followed up with her secondary skill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Resurgence Wave applied. 4,550 HP Restored.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His health bar instantly rocketed back into the green and settled at roughly half capacity. It was more than enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"She broke a Divine item,\" Malric whispered. He took a slow step backward and his professional composure completely unraveled. \"That is impossible.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Nothing is impossible,\" Dante said. His voice dropped to a terrifying and deadly calm. \"It is just math.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante didn’t look up at the archers raining fire down on him. He didn’t care about the three hundred players on the ridges.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He locked his eyes entirely on Vargas.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The rat-faced rogue was standing ten feet away and frozen in absolute terror. His rusty dagger pointed uselessly at the chest of Dante.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The realization that his free revive was gone and that the unkillable monster was no longer tied down hit him like a physical blow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No,\" Vargas squeaked and dropped the dagger. He turned around to run.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante equipped the [Flame-Dash] skillbook he had looted earlier. He tapped the icon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Skill Executed: Flame-Dash]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Talent Activated: 10,000x Multiplier.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Registering 10,000 flawless executions.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The enlightenment rush hit him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t just learn how to burst forward and leave a trail of fire. He understood the exact physics of thermal propulsion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He felt the specific way to ignite oxygen behind him to create absolute and frictionless momentum.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Flame-Dash has reached Zenith tier.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Skill Evolution Triggered.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Flame-Dash has evolved into: Meteor Stride.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Meteor Stride (Zenith)]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Description: Instantly teleport to a target location within 100 feet. Leaves a massive and lingering trail of devastating superheated plasma in your wake. Deals 2,000% Fire Damage to any entity that crosses the trail. Cooldown: 5 seconds.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante triggered the skill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He vanished in a blinding flash of white-hot light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t just teleport. He ripped through the air and left a thick ten-foot-wide wall of violently burning plasma cutting straight across the canyon floor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He materialized directly in front of Vargas and entirely blocked the escape path of the rogue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The heat radiating off the plasma trail behind him was so intense it instantly melted the rocks it touched.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vargas slammed on the brakes and scrambled backward. His boots slipped on the ash.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He fell hard onto his backside. He stared up at Dante with wide and terrified eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Please!\" Vargas shrieked and scrambled backward like a crab.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Please, Vanguard, do not do it! I will give you everything! I will tell you the passwords of Silas! I will transfer my real-world funds to you! Just do not permadeath me! Please!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I do not want your money, Vargas,\" Dante said and slowly drew the [Crimson Edge].\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The red blade gleamed in the light of the plasma wall. \"And I already have your sword.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Malric! Help me!\" Vargas screamed and looked over the shoulder of Dante toward the Enforcer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Malric was standing on the other side of the plasma trail.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked at Vargas, then looked at the towering wall of Zenith-tier fire separating them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t draw his sword. He didn’t issue a command.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He slowly reached into his pouch and pulled out a small and glowing blue crystal. A spatial escape scroll.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sorry, Vargas,\" Malric said. His voice was completely devoid of emotion. \"Contract closed.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Malric crushed the crystal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A portal tore open behind him. The Enforcer stepped backward and vanished instantly. He completely abandoned his army and his guildmate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vargas let out a wet and desperate sob. He looked back up at Dante. \"He left me. He just left me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That is Vanguard’s Legacy for you,\" Dante said, completely unsympathetic. \"You should have picked a better guild.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante didn’t use a Zenith skill. He didn’t need to waste the stamina.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He simply raised the [Crimson Edge] high above his head and brought it down in a clean and brutal textbook execution arc.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The blade sheared effortlessly through the unarmored neck of Vargas.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[-1,200! Critical Hit! Overkill!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vargas didn’t scream. His health bar instantly vanished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The game paused for a fraction of a second as the system processed the permanent death parameters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The avatar of Vargas didn’t dissolve into the standard blue pixels of a respawn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, it turned entirely gray and cracked like fragile stone. It violently shattered into millions of tiny and dead fragments that rained down onto the magma pool and dissolved into nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Back on Veridia, inside a high-end apartment in the capital city, a VR capsule aggressively overloaded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A massive surge of electrical current bypassed the safety inhibitors. It fried the neural link and instantly ended the brain function of the man inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vargas was gone. Permanently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante stood over the spot where the rogue had died. He slowly shook the digital blood off his blade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He turned around to face the canyon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The three hundred players on the ridges had stopped firing. The coordinated barrage had completely died down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were all staring down at the canyon floor. They stared at the massive burning plasma trail and the gray ash that used to be their officer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The unkillable monster had just permanently murdered one of their own, and their Enforcer commander had fled in terror.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You guys want to keep shooting?\" Dante asked. His voice echoed loudly off the volcanic walls. \"Because I am not chained down anymore.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He raised the [Crimson Edge] and pointed the tip toward the ridges. He activated his final skill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Skill Executed: Fractured Reality]\u003C\u002Fp>",1938,"2026-06-03T12:02:18.787Z","2026-06-03T12:02:25.060Z",1,"novelbin.me","09bfa173602ce23d7ff3475c7361f59bb1802528b22af0d3c0c474046818ab8e","started-with-a-10-000x-multiplier-in-a-game-worl-chapter-24","started-with-a-10-000x-multiplier-in-a-game-worl-chapter-22",109,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fstarted-with-a-10-000x-multiplier-in-a-game-worl-cover.jpg"]