[{"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-32":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},1136185,1466,"Chapter 32: A Poisoned Path","started-with-a-10-000x-multiplier-in-a-game-worl-chapter-32",32,"\u003Cp>The road heading north out of Outpost 404 was supposed to be a low-level transit route. Usually, it was a peaceful dirt path winding through green pine trees.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not today.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Dante and Casanova marched away from the safe zone, the environment rapidly deteriorated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The clear violet sky above them turned a bruised sickly purple.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A new system interface locked itself into the top corner of the vision of Dante.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Zone Modifier Active: Void-Blight]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Toxicity Level: Moderate]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Effect: All indigenous wildlife within a 10-mile radius of Wyrmrest Caverns has undergone forced mutation. Aggression is locked to maximum. Base stats increased by 300%.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This place smells like a dumpster behind a sushi restaurant,\" Casanova complained and pinched his nose.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bard was trailing a few steps behind Dante and was completely out of place in his torn silk shirt and feathered hat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Keep your eyes open,\" Dante said. His hand rested on the hilt of the [Crimson Edge]. \"The system just tripled the stats of everything in these woods.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That is exactly why I brought you, Big Brother,\" Casanova beamed. He pulled his lute around to his front.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He strummed a quick chaotic chord. \"Do not worry. I have got your back. Check your buffs.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A tiny green icon popped up on the interface of Dante.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Buff Received: Song of the Scoundrel]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Effect: +3% Movement Speed. +2% Attack Speed. Duration: 60 seconds.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante stared at the prompt. \"Three percent.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hey, it adds up!\" Casanova argued defensively. \"And it costs almost no mana to maintain. I am basically an engine of efficiency.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Just do not pull aggro,\" Dante sighed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They kept walking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The dirt path was heavily trampled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The massive swarm of players who had sprinted out of the Outpost looking for double EXP had already paved the way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But as Dante and Casanova pushed deeper into the blighted zone, the reality of the Catastrophic-level event became blatantly obvious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The double EXP was bait.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The path was littered with dropped beginner loot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wooden clubs, rusty swords, and cheap linen tunics were scattered everywhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were no player corpses. Dead avatars shattered into pixels and respawned back at the Outpost.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the sheer amount of dropped gear meant absolute slaughter had just taken place here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh man,\" Casanova muttered. His bravado faded as he stepped over a pile of iron arrows. \"They got massacred.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A loud guttural squeal echoed from the rotting trees to their left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The heavy underbrush violently shook. Three monsters burst onto the dirt path and completely blocked the way forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante recognized the baseline shape. They used to be Crag-Boars.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the Void-Blight had completely warped them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were twice their original size. Their gray stone armor had cracked open to reveal glowing pulsating purple tumors underneath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their eyes burned with a toxic black light. Dark corrosive sludge dripped from their oversized tusks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Mutated Monster: Blight-Boar]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Level: 12]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[HP: 3,500 \u002F 3,500]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Level 12?!\" Casanova shrieked. He backed up so fast he almost tripped over his own boots. \"The normal ones are Level 2! That is not a mutation, that is a completely different monster!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The lead Blight-Boar locked its black eyes on Dante.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It didn’t do the standard warning scrape with its hooves. It just charged instantly and moved at a terrifying speed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sludge dripping from its tusks hissed as it hit the dirt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante didn’t use a Zenith-tier skill. He didn’t want to burn the stamina on a random trash mob.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He drew the [Crimson Edge] and stepped directly into the charge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Right as the oversized tusks were about to gore his chest, Dante sidestepped smoothly. He brought the red blade down in a heavy two-handed chop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Silver-grade sword cleaved cleanly through the mutated stone plating of the boar and buried itself deep into the glowing purple tumor on its back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[-1,850! Critical Hit!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Blight-Boar shrieked. Its health bar instantly dropped by half.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It crashed into the dirt and skidded past Dante from its own momentum.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it didn’t die.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Normally, a critical hit from a Level 19 Warrior with a Silver-grade weapon would instantly delete a Level 12 mob.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the Void-Blight modifier was actively repairing the damage. The purple tumor pulsed, and the health bar of the boar ticked back up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Void-Blight Regeneration: +200 HP]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They have passive healing,\" Dante noted. He spun around as the other two Blight-Boars charged him simultaneously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Use the big fire thing!\" Casanova yelled from a safe distance. He hugged a dead pine tree. \"Do the bird!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I am not wasting a fifteen-second cooldown on pigs,\" Dante said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He gripped the [Crimson Edge] tightly and activated the Novice-tier elemental skill he had learned from the Outpost Elder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t trigger the 10,000x Multiplier. He just used the base skill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Skill Executed: Ember Strike]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The blade of his sword coated itself in a layer of standard flickering orange fire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the two mutated boars reached him, Dante swung horizontally. The fiery blade slashed across the snouts of both monsters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[-900]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[-900]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Status Effect Applied: Burn]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fire was exactly what the system required. The Void-Blight was highly susceptible to elemental cleansing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment the flames touched the purple tumors, the boars let out a horrific screech.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The passive regeneration instantly shut down. The purple glowing flesh began to rapidly turn to black ash.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante followed up with a brutal downward thrust to execute the first boar. He spun on his heel and decapitated the second one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The third boar was still heavily wounded from his initial strike and tried to stand up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante casually walked over and drove his burning blade through its skull.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The three massive beasts shattered into purple polygons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Target Eliminated: Blight-Boar x3]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Event Modifier Active: 200% EXP Gained.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante watched his experience bar jump a significant chunk. The modifier was incredibly generous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked down at the loot. The boars had dropped a handful of silver coins and a strange glowing purple vial.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Item Appraised: Void-Tainted Blood]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Tier: Bronze]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Description: A highly volatile crafting material. Extremely valuable to alchemists willing to risk the corruption.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Dibs!\" Casanova yelled and darted out from behind his tree.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bard scrambled across the dirt. He scooped up the silver coins and the purple vial. He tossed them into a small leather satchel on his hip.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I thought you were rich,\" Dante said and sheathed his sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I am,\" Casanova said and patted his satchel. \"Because I do not leave money on the ground. Wealth is a mindset, Big Brother.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante shook his head and kept walking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For the next two miles, the road to the caverns was an active war zone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante carved a path through dozens of mutated wolves, corrupted bears, and massive sludge-spewing spiders.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He relied entirely on his base stats and [Ember Strike] to cut down the inflated health pools of the blighted monsters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Casanova trailed behind. He vacuumed up the double-drop-rate loot and spammed his three-percent speed buff.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The independent players they passed were not having the same luck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante saw parties of five getting completely wiped out by a single mutated bear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He watched heavily armored tanks melt inside their armor after getting hit by corrosive spider venom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Void-Blight was actively pushing the boundaries of the safe zone outward. It claimed the lives of anyone foolish enough to chase the event rewards without the proper gear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is getting intense,\" Casanova muttered and stepped over another pile of dropped player weapons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bard was actually sweating now. His flamboyant energy was completely subdued by the oppressive purple atmosphere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We must be getting close to the source.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We are,\" Dante said and looked ahead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The rotting pine trees finally gave way to a massive sheer wall of gray stone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the base of the wall was a gaping jagged opening that led deep underground. It looked like a giant open mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Purple mist actively billowed out of the darkness and spilled onto the surrounding rocks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wyrmrest Caverns.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The path leading up to the cavern entrance narrowed significantly. It forced anyone traveling north into a tight fifty-yard-wide chokepoint flanked by steep rocky embankments.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante stopped walking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His Intuition stat flared sharply. It wasn’t the dull warning of a monster spawn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the sharp hyper-focused feeling of being watched by multiple organized targets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hold up,\" Dante said and threw his arm out to stop Casanova.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What? Is it a boss?\" Casanova asked. He shrank behind the broad shoulders of Dante.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante didn’t answer. He scanned the steep rocky ridges flanking the chokepoint ahead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Through the purple mist, he saw the faint metallic glint of drawn steel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>***\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A hundred yards ahead, hidden flawlessly among the rocks overlooking the chokepoint, Danus lay flat on his stomach.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was a lieutenant in the Legion of Blades. He wore sleek unreflective gray armor designed specifically for ambushes. His face was covered by a dark iron mask.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Below him, positioned perfectly along the narrow pass, were eighty fully geared Legionnaires.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They weren’t a disorganized mob like Vanguard’s Legacy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were silent. They communicated purely through hand signals and private interface pings. They were formed into a perfect kill-box.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The interface of Danus chimed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Scout 4: Target acquired. Moving into Wyrmrest Gulch. Accompanied by one unknown player (Class: Bard).]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Danus pulled a small brass spyglass from his belt and peered through the thick purple fog.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He spotted Dante standing at the edge of the chokepoint. The massive [Sun-Forged Cuirass] was unmistakable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Target confirmed,\" Danus whispered into his guild comms. \"Hold your positions. Let him step into the array.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Danus rolled onto his back and pulled a heavy metallic cylinder from his inventory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t a standard paper scroll. It was an intricate highly engineered piece of magical hardware.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Item Identified: Nullification Array (Guild-Tier)]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Effect: Creates a 100-yard localized suppression field. All hostile entities within the field suffer a 50% reduction in base Attack Power, Defense, and Speed. Disables all equipment passives above Silver-tier.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the ultimate trump card of the Legion. Valerius had ordered Danus to use it specifically for this hit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vanguard’s Legacy had failed because they tried to fight a monster on its own terms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Danus wasn’t going to make that mistake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The array wouldn’t just lower the damage of Dante. It would completely shut down the [Sun-Forged Cuirass] and turn his Gold-tier defense into dead weight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Danus twisted the top of the metal cylinder. A low humming sound began to emanate from the device.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Listen up,\" Danus ordered through the comms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The target relies on a spatial teleport and a high-burst fire attack. The moment I trigger the array, his stats are halved. He becomes mortal.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Heavy infantry, you lock down the ground. Archers, you stagger your shots to interrupt his casting animations. Do not give him an inch to breathe.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Legionnaire 12: What about the bard, sir?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Danus glanced through the spyglass at Casanova. The bard was currently hiding behind Dante and clutching his lute like a shield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ignore the bard,\" Danus said dismissively. \"He is a non-combatant. Focus everything on Dan. Valerius wants his head on a pike by sundown.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Danus placed his thumb over the final activation rune on the cylinder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He watched the chokepoint and waited for Dante to take those final few steps into the kill-box.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Come on,\" Danus muttered. \"Take the bait.\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1883,"2026-06-03T12:02:18.787Z","2026-06-03T12:02:25.060Z",1,"novelbin.me","868a3ce21abc5213b142ca4ed95e87c6f138f7fc664fbe214258a920834a13fc","started-with-a-10-000x-multiplier-in-a-game-worl-chapter-33","started-with-a-10-000x-multiplier-in-a-game-worl-chapter-31",109,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fstarted-with-a-10-000x-multiplier-in-a-game-worl-cover.jpg"]