[{"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-6":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},1136159,1466,"Chapter 6: A Bloody Reunion, Reclaiming the Edge","started-with-a-10-000x-multiplier-in-a-game-worl-chapter-6",6,"\u003Cp>Dante didn’t materialize on the ground. He appeared ten feet in the air right above the massive thrashing head of the Ironfang Alpha.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gravity instantly took hold. As he fell, Dante gripped the hilt of his Bronze-grade broadsword with both hands and pulled the blade back over his right shoulder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The air around the weapon violently warped. It sucked in the ambient light as pitch-black energy rapidly condensed along the metal edge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vargas was still pinned under the iron-clawed paw of the beast. He barely managed to look up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He saw the blur of movement and the sudden shadow blotting out the violet sky. But his brain could not process it fast enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What the...\" Vargas started.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t get to finish.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante swung downward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Skill Executed: Abyssal Cleave]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Zenith-tier spatial fracture slammed into the back of the neck of the Ironfang Alpha. There was no resistance at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The metallic fur, thick hide, and digitized bone structure of the boss were utterly ignored by the sheer crushing density of the black shockwave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The blade sheared cleanly through the massive spine of the wolf. It exited through its throat and buried itself three feet deep into the cratered dirt below.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A deafening crack echoed through the forest. It sounded like a thunderbolt striking the ground at close range.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Ironfang Alpha froze completely. Its yellow eyes widened and then immediately went dark.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a split second, there was total silence in the clearing. Then, the massive beast burst into a spectacular fountain of blue and silver polygons!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante landed perfectly on his feet amid the digital ash. His broadsword rested on his shoulder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Ding!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Server-Wide Announcement: The Iron-Tier World Boss ’Ironfang Alpha’ has been slain!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[First Boss Kill secured by Player: Dan]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Rewarding 500 Global Fame, +2 to all base attributes, and an exclusive Boss Loot Chest!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The blaring golden text of the global announcement flashed across the sky. It was completely unmissable for every single player currently logged into Overture.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante dismissed the prompt with a lazy wave of his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked down at the spot where the boss had just been. A massive pile of glowing loot was stacked neatly on the grass.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beside the loot, Vargas was lying flat on his back. He stared at Dante with an expression of pure and absolute shock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Over by the tree line, Thorne lowered his tower shield. His jaw was practically touching the mud.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The remaining Syndicate members were frozen in place. Their cheap iron weapons hung loosely at their sides.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You...\" Thorne stammered. His eyes darted between Dante and the pile of boss loot. \"You just kill-stole our boss.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante slowly rolled his shoulders. He felt the pleasant warmth of the attribute boost settling into his digital muscles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It looked like you guys were struggling. I thought I would lend a hand.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vargas scrambled to his feet. His face twisted into a mask of absolute rage. He pointed a curved dagger at Dante.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do you have any idea who we are, you suicidal piece of trash? We are Vanguard’s Legacy! We spent thirty minutes wearing that thing down! That loot belongs to Silas!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Silas is not here,\" Dante said. His voice dropped to a flat and emotionless tone. \"And honestly, neither are you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Kill him!\" Thorne roared. His face turned an ugly shade of purple. \"Strip his gear and camp his respawn! Nobody disrespects the Syndicate!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ten lower-level grunts snapped out of their shock and charged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They screamed battle cries and raised their wooden clubs and rusty swords. They fully expected to overwhelm the lone player with sheer numbers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante didn’t even use a skill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stepped directly into the path of the first charging grunt. He sidestepped a clumsy horizontal swing with effortless precision.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He brought the pommel of his broadsword up and smashed it into the faceplate of the player.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The grunt staggered backward. His HP bar flashed red.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante followed up with a brutal and spinning roundhouse kick to the chest. It sent the player flying into two of his friends.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Too slow,\" Dante muttered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He weaved through the mob like a ghost.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three months of non-stop combat in Aethelgard had hardwired his reflexes. These players were moving in slow motion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A mage in the backline started chanting. A small fireball formed in his palms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante locked eyes with him. He scooped a discarded iron dagger off the dirt with his boot and kicked it up into his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He threw it in a single fluid motion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The dagger buried itself completely in the throat of the mage! The casting animation canceled instantly, and the mage shattered into pixels.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Get out of the way!\" Thorne bellowed. He shoved his own men aside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The massive tank charged. He led with his tower shield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The [Titan’s Blood Gem] on his chest was glowing. It pumped passive healing into his system.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thorne activated a basic shield-bash skill. He aimed to smash Dante into the dirt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante didn’t move.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He waited until the heavy iron shield was inches from his face. Then he activated [Blink Step].\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He vanished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thorne hit nothing but empty air. He stumbled forward from his own momentum.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante reappeared directly behind him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without a word, he swung his broadsword at the back of the knees of Thorne. The blade sliced clean through the unarmored joints.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thorne let out a loud scream of pain. He dropped to the ground with a heavy crash.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before the tank could even attempt to roll over, Dante brought his boot down hard on the back of his neck. He pinned Thorne to the mud.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The [Titan’s Blood Gem] is a chest-slot item,\" Dante said conversationally. He leaned his weight onto the neck of Thorne.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It fortifies your upper body defense and heals surface damage. It does not do a damn thing to protect your joints.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You would know that if you didn’t just equip whatever shiny rock Silas threw at you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thorne struggled wildly, but the base stats of Dante were simply too high.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a casual flick of his wrist, Dante drove his broadsword straight down through the gap in the shoulder plates of Thorne. It pierced his heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Target Eliminated: Player ’Thorne’]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The massive body of Thorne dissolved into light. It left behind a pile of silver coins and a pair of basic leather boots.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The remaining grunts stopped dead in their tracks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They looked at the spot where their unstoppable tank had just been executed in three seconds flat. The fight instantly drained out of them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They turned and sprinted into the woods. They fled in absolute terror.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante let them go. He didn’t care about the grunts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He turned his attention to Vargas.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The rat-faced rogue was backing away slowly. His hands trembled. He looked at Dante like he was staring at a monster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Who... who the hell are you?\" Vargas breathed. His eyes darted frantically for an escape route. \"You are a Level 10. How are you moving like that?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I asked you guys to watch my back,\" Dante said softly. He took a slow step forward. \"And you shoved a dagger in it instead.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vargas froze. The color drained completely from his face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His eyes locked onto the way Dante held his broadsword. It was a relaxed and asymmetrical grip with the blade tilted slightly inward. It was a highly specific and customized stance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No,\" Vargas whispered. He shook his head. \"No, that is impossible. Silas saw you log out. The capsule overloaded. You are dead!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I got better,\" Dante said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vargas spun around. He activated his own dash skill and desperately tried to bolt for the tree line.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante didn’t chase him. He just triggered [Blink Step].\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He materialized directly in the path of Vargas.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vargas slammed into him at full speed. He bounced off the chest piece of Dante and fell onto his back in the mud.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before Vargas could scramble away, Dante was on top of him. He slammed a heavy boot onto the right wrist of Vargas. He pinned his dagger arm to the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Listen to me, Vanguard!\" Vargas screamed. Panic completely took over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Silas made us do it! He said if we didn’t back his play, he would have his real-world security team zero out our bank accounts! We did not have a choice!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Everyone has a choice, Vargas,\" Dante replied. He was completely unmoved. \"You chose the winning side. I respect the hustle.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But unfortunately for you, the Zenith Protocol gives every player exactly one free game-wide revive before deaths become permanent.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The eyes of Vargas went wide with pure and unfiltered terror.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No! Do not! If you kill me now, my free revive is gone! I will be stuck in the safe zone! Silas will drop me!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That sounds like a personal problem,\" Dante said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t use a skill. He just raised his broadsword and drove it cleanly through the chest of Vargas.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vargas gasped. His health bar instantly zeroed out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His avatar seized for a second before bursting into a cloud of pixels. He forcefully respawned back at Outpost 404.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His one and only safety net was gone. If Vargas died again, his VR capsule back on Veridia would scramble his brain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante stood up. He shook the blood off his blade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He walked over to the spot where Vargas had died. A small pile of loot had dropped from his inventory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Zenith Protocol penalized player deaths by dropping a random selection of their unequipped items.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sitting in the dirt was a pristine and blood-red longsword with a wicked serrated edge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante smiled genuinely for the first time all day. He reached down and picked it up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The familiar and perfectly balanced weight settled into his palm. It was the [Crimson Edge], his secondary weapon from Aethelgard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Silas must have given it to Vargas as a reward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Next to the sword lay a glowing purple ring. It was the Mana-Leech ring Vargas had been bragging about.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante scooped that up too and slid it onto his finger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He walked over to the death spot of Thorne. He sifted through the dirt until his fingers brushed against a smooth and warm stone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He pulled out the [Titan’s Blood Gem].\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thanks for holding onto my stuff, boys,\" Dante muttered. He tossed the gem into his inventory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He finally turned his attention to the massive pile of loot the Ironfang Alpha had dropped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The global announcement had painted a massive target on his back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Silas would know the name ’Dan’ now. He would know someone was out there pulling world-firsts right under his nose.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante grabbed the Iron-tier loot chest. He ignored the low-level silver coins scattered in the grass.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He needed to get back to the Outpost, gear up, and process the drops before Vanguard’s Legacy realized they were currently at war.\u003C\u002Fp>",1809,"2026-06-03T12:02:18.787Z","2026-06-03T12:02:25.060Z",1,"novelbin.me","9791d8a68a5a58ead0acac93aabd77a68f09f8efa9a634a1d618783142ea4107","started-with-a-10-000x-multiplier-in-a-game-worl-chapter-7","started-with-a-10-000x-multiplier-in-a-game-worl-chapter-5",109,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fstarted-with-a-10-000x-multiplier-in-a-game-worl-cover.jpg"]