[{"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-76":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},1136229,1466,"Chapter 76: The Ironhold Decree","started-with-a-10-000x-multiplier-in-a-game-worl-chapter-76",76,"\u003Cp>Dante’s single, globally broadcasted question mark hung in the sky for a full ten seconds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire Veridian Alliance, already buzzing from the Sakura Nation lockdown, completely lost whatever fragile collective sanity it had left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The forums crashed again. The regional chat moved so fast it looked like a solid block of white light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante had just publicly humiliated the two most powerful Guild Masters on the server.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m going to need a bigger sword,\" Dante muttered, swiping the chat window away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He pulled up his digital map of Ironhold and locked onto the largest, most heavily fortified structure in the center of the city: The Lord’s Keep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He navigated the wide cobblestone avenues, completely ignoring the merchant stalls and player-owned taverns.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He needed high-yield objectives, and the only NPC with the authority to hand those out was the City Lord.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He reached the Keep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a massive fortress built entirely from polished black iron and steel. Dozens of heavily armored guards stood perfectly still at the entrance, their halberds resting against their shoulders.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante didn’t slow down. He walked right up the central stairs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Normally, an un-guilded player without an appointment would be violently pushed back by the NPC guards. But the guards didn’t move. Their dynamic system recognized the pitch-black [Mantle of the Void-Dragon].\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More importantly, the system recognized his [Zenith Incarnate] title.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante pushed the heavy double doors open and entered the grand hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The interior was predictably lavish. Massive red banners hung from the high ceilings, and a long red carpet led directly to an elevated throne made of actual, functioning gears and steam pipes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sitting on the throne was the City Lord of Ironhold. He was a massive, scarred man with a thick gray beard, wearing heavy plate armor that looked entirely too impractical for sitting indoors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Outworlder,\" the City Lord boomed, his voice carrying the standard, artificially deep echo of a high-tier quest NPC.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You have arrived. The rumors of your dominance precede you. You have cleared the Spire and unsealed the path for your brethren. Ironhold welcomes you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Save the speech,\" Dante said, walking straight up to the base of the throne. \"I need work. High-tier. No rat-killing quests.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The City Lord’s scripted, majestic expression faltered slightly. The system wasn’t used to players interrupting the grand, ceremonial dialogue trees.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Direct and unyielding,\" the City Lord recovered smoothly, nodding his heavy, armored head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A true vanguard. Very well. If you seek glory, I have a task that the localized guard forces cannot handle.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The City Lord reached beside his throne and picked up a heavy, glowing red parchment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"To the north of Ironhold lie the Frostfire Steppes,\" the NPC explained, his tone shifting into the standard quest-briefing cadence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A treacherous wasteland where blizzards and volcanic vents clash continuously. Recently, a apex predator has claimed the region.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is a Beast King. \"I need it eradicated.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante listened intently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Hidden Quest Triggered: The Beast King of Frostfire]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Classification: SSS-Rank (Regional Threat)]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Objective: Travel to the Frostfire Steppes and slay the Apex Entity.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Recommended Level: 60+]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An SSS-Rank regional quest. A Level 60 boss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This wasn’t a standard grinding quest; it was a major event designed for an entire guild to clear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’ll take it,\" Dante said, reaching his gauntlet out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The City Lord didn’t hand the parchment over immediately. The NPC’s glowing eyes narrowed slightly, analyzing Dante’s loadout.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You possess raw power, Outworlder,\" the City Lord noted. \"But the Steppes are unforgiving. The elemental clash of fire and ice will drain your vitality faster than a blade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To ensure you survive long enough to reach the Beast King, I grant you this ward.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The City Lord reached into his armor and pulled out a small, intricately carved wooden talisman. He tossed it down the steps.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante caught it smoothly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Item Acquired: Lord’s Elemental Talisman]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Tier: Quest Item]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Description: A temporary ward. Reduces all incoming environmental damage (Fire\u002FIce) by 50% while in the Frostfire Steppes. Item disappears upon quest completion.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a standard system crutch designed to keep players alive during environmental hazards. Dante already possessed absolute immunity to negative status effects thanks to the [Aetherial Nectar] but he wasn’t going to turn down an extra 50% reduction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thanks,\" Dante said, pocketing the talisman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do not fail me, Champion,\" the City Lord said, returning to his rigid, scripted posture on the gear-throne.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante turned around and walked out of the grand hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t bother using the city gates. The Frostfire Steppes were hundreds of miles to the north. A standard player would have to buy a horse or a griffon and spend hours traveling across the map.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante didn’t have hours. Valerius and the Legion of Blades were actively hunting him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He walked out of the Keep, stepped off the stone stairs, and stopped in the middle of the empty plaza.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He opened his inventory and checked the primary passive on his new, pitch-black cloak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Passive 1 (Limitless Flight): The user can freely manipulate localized gravity to achieve sustained, high-speed flight. No mana cost. Flight speed scales with user’s base Agility.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let’s see how fast this thing really is,\" Dante muttered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t need a running start. He didn’t even need to jump.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante simply willed the localized gravity around his avatar to invert.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The heavy, starry fabric of the [Mantle of the Void-Dragon] flared violently outward. The pitch-black material didn’t act like cloth; it functioned like a pair of massive thrusters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante shot straight up into the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no build-up. There was no slow ascent. He launched into the sky like a ballistic missile. The sudden, violent acceleration caused a sonic boom, shattering the cobblestones directly beneath where he had just been standing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He rapidly broke through the lower atmosphere of Ironhold, soaring high above the towering steampunk architecture and the massive steel walls of the city.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The wind roared in his ears. The feeling of absolute, unhindered flight was incredible. He wasn’t relying on a mount or a temporary spell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was physically dictating his own position in three-dimensional space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He leveled out roughly a thousand feet above the ground, looking down at the sprawling, infinite map of the Overture server.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He spotted his objective on the digital mini-map: a massive, red-shaded zone far to the north, where white snow clashed violently against glowing orange lava flows. The Frostfire Steppes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante leaned forward, pointing his body north.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because the flight speed scaled entirely off his base Agility stat, and he currently possessed over 1,100 Agility points, his speed was genuinely terrifying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He broke the sound barrier again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He tore through the sky, a literal blur of gold armor and black fabric, leaving a visible distortion in the clouds behind him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Down below, on the ground miles outside the gates of Ironhold, a group of twenty heavily armored players were marching up the main road toward the city.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They all wore the crimson and black tabards of the Sakura Nation’s Black Dragon Syndicate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were the secondary hit squad. Like Yamato’s group, they had cleared the Spire and taken the exit portal just minutes before Dante had crushed the [Zone Lockdown Token].\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were stranded in Veridian territory, operating under strict orders from Ryujin to find ’Dan’ and secure the bounty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The squad leader, a massive tank with a heavy iron shield, stopped marching. He squinted up at the clear blue sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Did you guys hear that?\" the squad leader asked, pointing upward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A loud, continuous roar echoed across the open plains, sounding like a massive, continuous thunderclap.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The twenty Sakura players looked up just in time to see a golden blur shoot across the sky, thousands of feet above them, moving so fast it was completely un-targetable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What the hell was that?\" a mage asked, shielding her eyes from the sun. \"A high-tier bird mount?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Bird mounts don’t move like that,\" the squad leader frowned, his Intuition stat pinging slightly. He pulled a heavy, metallic tracking compass from his belt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The needle, which had been pointing steadily toward Ironhold, suddenly spun wildly before locking onto the golden blur currently disappearing into the northern horizon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The squad leader stared at the compass. The color completely drained from his face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sir?\" the mage asked nervously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s him,\" the squad leader whispered. \"The compass is locked onto his unique ID signature. That’s Dan.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The twenty players fell entirely silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were a hit squad. They were designed to set up ambushes, control chokepoints, and burst targets down with coordinated ground tactics.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He’s flying,\" one of the rogues finally said, his voice laced with absolute, terrifying realization. \"He’s flying faster than a griffon mount. How are we supposed to gank a guy who can just leave the atmosphere?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The squad leader slowly lowered the compass. He looked back toward the towering walls of Ironhold, then looked at the empty sky where their target had just vanished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We don’t,\" the squad leader said flatly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He opened his system interface, pulled up the guild chat which was currently a completely panicked, locked-down mess back in Outpost 808 and typed a quick, final message to his Guild Master.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[DragonScout_Lead: Ryujin. The target possesses un-tethered, high-speed flight mechanics. We cannot engage. We cannot track. The hit is canceled.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The squad leader didn’t wait for a response. He closed the interface, turned to his nineteen heavily geared, highly trained assassins, and shrugged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alright boys,\" the squad leader said. \"The bounty is a bust. Let’s go find a tavern in Ironhold and spend the guild’s money before Ryujin realizes he’s bankrupt.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The twenty Sakura Nation players completely abandoned their mission, turned around, and walked toward the city, leaving their Guild Master completely undefended and entirely ignored.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>High above the clouds, Dante was completely unaware of the ambush party he had just effortlessly bypassed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was entirely focused on the rapidly approaching horizon. The green plains and dense forests below him were quickly giving way to a massive, chaotic clash of biomes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Frostfire Steppes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante began his descent, aiming his body toward the snow-covered mountains that constantly vented superheated magma into the freezing air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had an SSS-rank regional quest to clear, and he wanted to test his new, limitless combat loop on an apex predator.\u003C\u002Fp>",1707,"2026-06-03T12:02:19.066Z","2026-06-03T12:02:25.060Z",1,"novelbin.me","fc51570c9e714a0509760f209535d040464325ac09f1aa736e9f1c7d8645fc06","started-with-a-10-000x-multiplier-in-a-game-worl-chapter-77","started-with-a-10-000x-multiplier-in-a-game-worl-chapter-75",109,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fstarted-with-a-10-000x-multiplier-in-a-game-worl-cover.jpg"]