[{"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-33":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},1136186,1466,"Chapter 33: Titan’s Physique","started-with-a-10-000x-multiplier-in-a-game-worl-chapter-33",33,"\u003Cp>Dante stood at the edge of the rocky chokepoint. He stared into the swirling purple mist of Wyrmrest Gulch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His Intuition stat wasn’t just flaring. It was burning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The feeling of being watched was oppressive. It was a heavy and prickling sensation crawling up the back of his neck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He knew exactly what an ambush looked like.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The steep and jagged ridges flanking the narrow dirt path were the perfect high ground for archers. The narrow walls completely restricted lateral movement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Big Brother?\" Casanova whispered nervously. He stepped out from behind the broad shoulders of Dante. \"Why did we stop? The double EXP is right through that cave.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We stopped because there is an entire army waiting for us in those rocks,\" Dante said. His voice was flat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Casanova squinted into the fog. \"I do not see anything. Maybe it is just more pigs?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It is not pigs,\" Dante replied. His eyes scanned the left ridge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He caught the faint and unmistakable gleam of polished armor reflecting the ambient violet light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Well, if it is Vanguard’s Legacy again, you can just do the big firebird thing,\" Casanova suggested helpfully. He plucked a single and discordant note on his lute. \"I will play a hype track.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It is not Vanguard’s Legacy,\" Dante said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He remembered the warning of Lyra back in the Outpost. Silas was loud, disorganized, and relied on overwhelming numbers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The group currently hiding in the gulch was completely silent. They had excellent discipline.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were holding their fire and waiting for him to step into the kill-zone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That meant it was the Legion of Blades.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before Dante could formulate a plan to flush them out, the quiet of the blighted forest was broken by a high-pitched and panicked scream.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let go of me! Get your hands off me!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante turned his head. The sound was coming from the woods directly to their right near the base of the rocky embankment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two female players burst through the rotting underbrush and stumbled onto the dirt path.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were both low-level casters and wore basic cloth robes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Right on their heels were three heavily armored warriors wearing the distinctive silver and blue tabards of the Legion of Blades.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Legionnaires weren’t mutated monsters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were scouts. They were likely sent to secure the perimeter of the ambush zone. They had just caught two independent players trying to sneak past.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One of the Legionnaires lunged forward. He grabbed the slower of the two girls by the hood of her robe and violently threw her into the dirt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is a restricted zone,\" the Legionnaire growled and drew his broadsword. \"Turn around and walk back to the Outpost, or we send you back in pieces.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We just wanted to look at the cave!\" the girl on the ground cried and scrambled backward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante watched the scene with mild disinterest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t care about random players getting bullied out of a farming spot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Casanova reacted differently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The flamboyant bard let out a sharp gasp. His eyes went wide, and his jaw dropped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Chloe?!\" Casanova yelled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The girl on the ground looked up. Her tear-streaked face instantly morphed from absolute terror to utter confusion. \"Casanova?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You know her?\" Dante asked and glanced at the bard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Of course I know her!\" Casanova shrieked indignantly. \"She was my sixty-fourth kiss! She is my girlfriend!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante stared at him. \"You have a quest to sexually assault a hundred people, and you consider them your girlfriends?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It is a very fast-moving relationship\" Casanova argued defensively.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He pointed a dramatically accusing finger at the three Legionnaires. \"Unhand my beloved! You brutes!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The three Legionnaires looked at the ridiculous man in the ruffled shirt. Then they looked at the imposing gold armor of Dante.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They clearly recognized the massive target they were supposed to be ambushing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sir,\" one of the scouts whispered into his comms. \"The target has not entered the gulch. He is engaged with our perimeter patrol.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Up in the rocks, Danus cursed violently. The idiot scouts had just blown the element of surprise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Kill the bard,\" Danus ordered through the comms. \"Force Dan to engage you. Draw him into the array!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Down on the path, the lead Legionnaire grinned. He pointed his broadsword directly at Casanova. \"You want to play the hero, bard? Let us see what you have got.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The three heavily armored warriors charged. They ignored Dante completely and rushed straight for the squishy and lightly armored support class.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante didn’t draw his sword. He just took a step back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Casanova was annoying. Dante was perfectly fine watching him get flattened by a couple of mid-level grunts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It would save him the trouble of ditching the bard later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Stay behind me, Chloe!\" Casanova shouted valiantly and threw his lute onto the dirt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante expected the bard to start casting some sort of desperate illusion magic or maybe a weak debuff spell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, Casanova just stood his ground, clenched his fists, and planted his feet wide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The system interface suddenly flared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Player ’Casanova’ has activated Innate Talent: Titan’s Physique.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante raised an eyebrow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The flamboyant and skinny bard didn’t cast a spell. He physically expanded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The transformation was instantaneous and completely horrifying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The height of Casanova rocketed from five-foot-nine to nearly seven feet tall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ruffled silk shirt violently tore at the seams. Massive and impossibly dense slabs of digital muscle erupted across his chest, arms, and back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His neck thickened until it was the same width as his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a fraction of a second, the squishy support class had morphed into a hulking and vascular bruiser that looked like he could bench-press a transport truck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The three charging Legionnaires froze in their tracks. Their eyes widened in absolute shock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What the...\" the lead warrior stammered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Casanova didn’t let him finish.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The massive bard lunged forward with explosive and terrifying speed. He completely ignored the drawn broadswords.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He reached out with a hand the size of a dinner plate and casually caught the sword of the lead Legionnaire by the bare blade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sharp iron edge ground against the bare palm of Casanova.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[-1 HP]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The damage number popped up in the air. One single point of damage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Casanova sneered. His voice was suddenly three octaves deeper and rumbled like an earthquake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You interrupted my date,\" the massive bard growled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He yanked the sword forward and pulled the heavily armored Legionnaire completely off his feet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Casanova brought his other massive fist up and delivered a devastating and bare-knuckle uppercut directly under the iron chin of the warrior.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The impact sounded like a cannon firing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Legionnaire was launched ten feet into the air. His armor dented violently inward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He shattered into blue pixels before he even hit the highest point of his arc.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Target Eliminated: Legionnaire (Level 15)]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The remaining two scouts stumbled backward. They were completely terrified.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He is a tank!\" one of them screamed and raised his shield. \"The bard is a tank!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Casanova laughed. It was a deep and booming sound that shook the rotting trees.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t use a weapon. He didn’t use a skill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He just stepped forward and casually backhanded the tower shield of the second Legionnaire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sheer and raw physical strength of the blow completely shattered the wooden shield! It sent the warrior flying into the rocky embankment and zeroed out his health bar instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The third scout didn’t stick around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He dropped his sword, turned around, and sprinted back toward the chokepoint as fast as his digital legs could carry him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Casanova didn’t chase him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He let out a massive breath, and the thick and vascular muscles rapidly deflated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In three seconds, he was back to being a skinny and flamboyant bard wearing a shredded silk shirt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He turned around and offered a charming and polite bow to the two female players sitting in the dirt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are you ladies unharmed?\" Casanova asked smoothly as if he hadn’t just punched a man into the stratosphere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That... that was amazing,\" Chloe breathed. Her eyes were wide with awe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante walked over. He looked at the spot where the first Legionnaire had shattered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Titan’s Physique,\" Dante said and crossed his arms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It is an S-Rank innate talent,\" Casanova explained and grinned proudly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It temporarily scales my physical defense and raw strength based on my total mana pool. And since I am a bard, I have a massive mana pool. I basically get to turn into a raid boss for sixty seconds at a time.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante actually nodded in approval.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the Zenith Protocol, players were usually locked into the rigid roles of their chosen class.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A bard was supposed to stand in the back. They strummed chords and handed out three-percent speed buffs. They were notoriously fragile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Casanova had drawn a talent that completely broke his class limitations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was an incredibly effective and highly durable front-line brawler masquerading as a squishy support. It was a brilliant and deceptive build.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alright,\" Dante said. \"You are useful. You can carry the loot.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I am an artist, Big Brother, not a pack mule,\" Casanova protested and picked up his lute from the dirt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante turned his attention back to the chokepoint ahead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The third scout had fled right into the purple mist. He was undoubtedly running back to warn the rest of the ambush party.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The element of surprise was completely gone for both sides.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The ambush is blown,\" Dante said. He drew the [Crimson Edge]. The red blade gleamed in the dim light. \"They are going to fall back and try to bottleneck us inside the pass.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So we go around?\" Casanova asked and adjusted his ruined shirt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No,\" Dante said. He took a slow step toward the swirling purple mist. \"We go straight through.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Casanova sighed. He strummed a nervous chord on his lute. \"I hate it when the big guys say that.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante didn’t wait.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He walked directly into the narrow and rocky chokepoint of Wyrmrest Gulch. He headed straight into the teeth of the trap of the Legion.\u003C\u002Fp>",1671,"2026-06-03T12:02:18.787Z","2026-06-03T12:02:25.060Z",1,"novelbin.me","67d5c3bde865790f218b636dc8c955ebc179d6928ca450ccf570534b50e049cd","started-with-a-10-000x-multiplier-in-a-game-worl-chapter-34","started-with-a-10-000x-multiplier-in-a-game-worl-chapter-32",109,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fstarted-with-a-10-000x-multiplier-in-a-game-worl-cover.jpg"]