[{"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-46":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},1136199,1466,"Chapter 46: The Whisperer of Souls, The Bloom of Decay","started-with-a-10-000x-multiplier-in-a-game-worl-chapter-46",46,"\u003Cp>The atmosphere inside Outpost 404 was entirely different when Dante walked back through the shattered wooden gates.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The panic was gone and replaced by a massive chaotic celebration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Players were cheering, drinking from digital flasks, and celebrating the fact that their VR capsules hadn’t fried their brains.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The NPCs had returned to their standard scripting and completely ignored the fact that a massive dragon had just tried to wipe the server.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante kept his player ID hidden. But the massive and glowing Gold-tier [Sun-Forged Cuirass] and the pitch-black [Mantle of the Void-Dragon] made him impossible to ignore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The crowds actively parted for him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Players didn’t swarm him or beg for loot. They just watched him walk past with a mixture of absolute awe and sheer terror.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had saved the Outpost, but he had also casually executed a god. He was an anomaly, and anomalies were dangerous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is great,\" Casanova beamed. He strutted proudly behind Dante and completely soaked in the attention. \"We are legends, Big Brother. We own this town.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You punched a guy and hid behind a rock,\" Dante pointed out. He navigated toward the merchant district to find a quiet place to log out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I provided crucial moral support!\" Casanova argued.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before Dante could respond, a small figure stepped out from the cheering crowd and blocked his path.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante stopped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a girl. She looked incredibly young, maybe nineteen or twenty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was wearing a simple and unadorned beginner linen dress. She didn’t have any weapons equipped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She looked fragile, innocent, and completely out of place among the heavily armored players celebrating the victory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her player ID hovered above her head in soft white letters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[ID: Aria]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Level: 3]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Excuse me,\" Aria said softly. Her voice barely carried over the noise of the crowd.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She looked up at Dante. Her large brown eyes were wide with apparent admiration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Can I help you?\" Dante asked. His Intuition stat remained completely silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The system didn’t register her as a threat. She was just a Level 3 beginner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I just wanted to say thank you,\" Aria said and gave a small polite bow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You saved all of us. If you had not fought that dragon, I would have lost my free revive. I do not have much to offer, but... I found this in the forest yesterday. I wanted you to have it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aria reached into her small linen pocket and pulled out a flower.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a beautiful and delicate blossom. The petals were a deep luminescent crimson that glowed with a soft and pulsing light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It is really pretty,\" Aria smiled shyly and held it out to him. \"It is a glowing flower. I thought a hero should have it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante looked at the flower. Then he looked at Aria.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t want to be a jerk to a terrified beginner. But he also didn’t need random cosmetic junk taking up space in his inventory, infinite or not.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Keep it,\" Dante said and gently pushed her hand away. \"Sell it to a merchant for a few coppers. You need the gear more than I do.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aria looked crestfallen. \"Please? I insist. It is my way of saying thank you. It is bad luck to refuse a gift.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Casanova leaned over the shoulder of Dante. \"Take the flower, Boss. Do not be rude to the fans.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante sighed. He reached out and took the crimson flower from her hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment his iron-plated gauntlet touched the delicate petals, his system interface violently glitched!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A massive and flashing red warning prompt completely covered his vision.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Item Appraised: Bloom of Decay]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Tier: Lore Item (Cursed)]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Toxicity Level: Absolute]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Description: A highly concentrated and physical manifestation of primordial rot. If consumed or applied to an open wound, the Bloom inflicts an un-cleansable and permanent ’Decay’ debuff. The target will lose 10% of their Maximum HP every second until True Death occurs. Ignores all standard immunities.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante froze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stared at the delicate and glowing crimson flower resting in his palm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ten percent of maximum HP every second. Un-cleansable. Ignores standard immunities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was an instant-death sentence disguised as a pretty cosmetic item.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he didn’t have his [Aetherial Nectar] buff granting him absolute immunity to instant-death mechanics, just holding this thing might have triggered a passive poison effect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked up at Aria.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The innocent and fragile beginner was still smiling shyly with her hands clasped behind her back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thank you again, Mr. Hero,\" Aria said sweetly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She turned around and skipped happily away. She disappeared into the chaotic and cheering crowd.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante didn’t move.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He opened his system interface, ignored his inventory entirely, and pulled up the Global Leaderboards.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t check the Player Level tab. He swiped over to the Hidden Class Rankings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The list was mostly empty. Hidden Classes were incredibly rare. They usually required massive and convoluted quest chains to unlock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But there was one name sitting in the number one slot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Global Hidden Class Rankings]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Rank 1: Soul Weaver - Owner: Aria]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante slowly closed the interface.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She wasn’t a Level 3 beginner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was the number one ranked Hidden Class on the entire Overture server.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And she had just casually handed him the most lethal and game-breaking poison item he had ever seen disguised as a ’thank you’ gift.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"She seems nice,\" Casanova noted and adjusted his collar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"She just handed me a localized nuclear weapon disguised as a flower,\" Dante said flatly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Casanova blinked. \"Wait, what?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante carefully placed the [Bloom of Decay] into a highly isolated slot within his infinite void inventory to make absolutely sure it didn’t touch his consumables.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This server is full of psychopaths,\" Dante muttered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked at the crowd celebrating in the Outpost.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Silas was plotting against him. The Legion of Blades wanted his head on a pike.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And now the number one Hidden Class player in the world had just tried to casually assassinate him with a flower.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He needed to log out. His real-world body was rapidly approaching its absolute limits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I am disconnecting for the night,\" Dante told the bard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wait, Boss! Where are you going?\" Casanova panicked. \"What am I supposed to do?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Go steal some kisses,\" Dante said and pulled up his logout menu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t wait for the bard to complain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He hit the disconnect button and plunged back into the cold and silent darkness of the real world.\u003C\u002Fp>",1068,"2026-06-03T12:02:18.787Z","2026-06-03T12:02:25.060Z",1,"novelbin.me","b7ef9d39945d2c38450cb35a662e9e818beb6c86d11da7810c6119e535b6ad87","started-with-a-10-000x-multiplier-in-a-game-worl-chapter-47","started-with-a-10-000x-multiplier-in-a-game-worl-chapter-45",109,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fstarted-with-a-10-000x-multiplier-in-a-game-worl-cover.jpg"]