[{"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-78":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},1136231,1466,"Chapter 78: A Stolen Destiny","started-with-a-10-000x-multiplier-in-a-game-worl-chapter-78",78,"\u003Cp>\"Take him down!\" Arthur roared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The heavy tank didn’t just charge. He reached into his belt and pulled out two thick, glowing parchment scrolls. He crushed them both in his armored fist simultaneously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The system interface immediately flashed with hostile warnings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Hostile Consumable Activated: Scroll of the Iron Mountain]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Buff Applied to Apex Coalition: +50% Damage Reduction.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Hostile Consumable Activated: Scroll of the Mire]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Debuff Applied to Local Area: High-Gravity Zone. All hostile entities suffer a 60% reduction in Movement Speed.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante immediately felt the environmental shift. The air in the Frostfire Steppes grew incredibly dense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His iron boots felt like they were suddenly forged from solid lead. The massive 60% slow-down debuff anchored him to the volcanic rock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You guys really love burning cash,\" Dante said, his voice perfectly calm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s called playing to win!\" Morgan yelled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The rogue vanished into thin air, activating a high-tier stealth skill. She was circling around, waiting for the tank to draw Dante’s attention so she could secure a lethal backstab.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the backline, Lancelot raised his wooden staff. He began rapidly chanting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A glowing, translucent green spirit materialized in the air above Lancelot’s head. The spirit extended two tethers of healing light, connecting directly to Arthur and the stealthed Morgan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lancelot wasn’t just a mage. He was a highly specialized Summoner-Healer hybrid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’ve got the sustain!\" Lancelot shouted over the bubbling magma river. \"Keep him pinned in the gravity zone!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arthur charged forward, his massive kite shield raised, fully intending to bash Dante into the dirt and let the rogue finish the job.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante didn’t try to sprint out of the slow-down zone. He didn’t waste his time fighting the heavy gravitational pull.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He just smiled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You want to play the numbers game,\" Dante said. \"Fine.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He activated the secondary passive on his Divine-tier cloak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Skill Executed: Echoes of the Void]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The pitch-black, starry fabric of the [Mantle of the Void-Dragon] violently rippled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three exact, physical duplicates of Dante stepped right out of his own shadow. They didn’t look like optical illusions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were tangible constructs, complete with identical glowing gold broadswords.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arthur skidded to a halt, his kite shield lowering slightly in complete confusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What?\" Arthur stammered. \"Clones? He’s a Warrior! Warriors don’t have illusion magic!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They aren’t illusions!\" Lancelot panicked from the backline. \"The system is reading four distinct, high-stat entities! He just multiplied his base threat!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante mentally commanded the clones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The three Shadow Clones didn’t hesitate. They sprinted forward, completely ignoring the slow-down debuff because they weren’t technically classified as hostile entities by the scroll’s localized parameters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two of the clones rushed Arthur, slamming their broadswords against his massive kite shield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sheer kinetic force of the strikes, backed by Dante’s 3,270 Strength stat, forced the heavy tank to his knees.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The third clone spun around and blindly swung into the empty air to Dante’s left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A loud clang echoed across the rocks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Morgan’s stealth broke instantly. The clone had perfectly intercepted her backstab attempt, parrying her daggers and forcing her out of the shadows.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He sees me!\" Morgan shrieked, desperately backpedaling away from the relentless clone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the frontline completely occupied and the rogue running for her life, Dante turned his attention to the backline.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lancelot was standing thirty yards away, frantically trying to channel healing magic into Arthur. The Summoner was completely exposed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante didn’t walk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He activated the Master-tier skill he had just looted from Gluttony.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Skill Executed: Phantom Dash]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Normally, the skill possessed a fifteen-second cooldown. But Dante had the [Chrono-Shift] talent. His SSS-grade cosmic anomaly completely overrode the system’s baseline restrictions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cooldown was slashed, the mana cost was entirely deleted, and the systemic delay was erased.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cooldown was functionally zero.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante vanished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t leave a trail of plasma like [Meteor Stride]. He simply ceased to exist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A fraction of a millisecond later, he materialized directly behind Lancelot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment Dante’s iron boots hit the rock, the secondary effect of [Phantom Dash] triggered. A deafening sonic boom erupted from his avatar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The concussive shockwave hit Lancelot point-blank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Guaranteed Stun Applied.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lancelot froze completely. His chanting stopped mid-syllable. The glowing green healing spirit hovering above his head violently shattered into digital dust.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The healing tethers connected to Arthur and Morgan instantly snapped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Summoner couldn’t move. He couldn’t pop a defensive potion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Support classes belong in the safe zone,\" Dante whispered directly into Lancelot’s ear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante raised the [Dawn-Breaker Blade] and drove the glowing gold broadsword straight through the back of Lancelot’s unarmored cloth robes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[-14,500! Critical Hit! OVERKILL!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Summoner’s health bar zeroed out instantly. Lancelot didn’t even have time to register the pain before his avatar violently exploded into a cloud of blue pixels.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Target Eliminated: Lancelot (Level 27)]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante didn’t pause.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Morgan, having just managed to dodge a swing from the Shadow Clone, looked over and saw her healer turn into digital ash.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Lance!\" Morgan screamed. She abandoned her fight with the clone and sprinted toward Dante, her daggers glowing with a toxic green poison skill. \"I’ll kill you!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante turned to face her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He triggered [Phantom Dash] again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He vanished, instantly crossing the twenty yards between them. He materialized directly in front of the charging rogue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sonic materialization shockwave hit Morgan directly in the face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her sprint was canceled instantly. The yellow stun icon flashed above her head. Her daggers dropped to her sides, her avatar completely locked in place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante casually stepped to the side, avoiding her frozen momentum. He swung the gold broadsword in a clean, horizontal arc, decapitating her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[-18,000! Critical Hit! OVERKILL!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Morgan shattered into pixels, completely deleted from the battlefield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Target Eliminated: Morgan (Level 26)]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante turned around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The three Shadow Clones dissipated, melting back into the dark fabric of his cloak. The ten-second duration was up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arthur was the only one left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The massive tank pulled himself up from the dirt. His health bar was sitting at seventy percent, heavily chipped away by the clones, and his healing tethers were gone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked at the two empty spots where his elite guildmates had just been standing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You killed them,\" Arthur breathed, his voice trembling behind his heavy iron visor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That was the general idea,\" Dante said, slowly walking toward the tank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arthur didn’t try to run. He knew he couldn’t outrun a player who could teleport without cooldowns. He raised his massive kite shield, his entire avatar beginning to glow with a blinding, aggressive red light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You think you can just wipe an Apex squad?\" Arthur roared, his voice laced with pure, desperate fury. \"I’m the main tank! I am the wall!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arthur triggered his desperation ultimate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Skill Executed: Meteor Crash (High-Tier)]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arthur didn’t swing a weapon. He launched his entire heavily armored body into the air. He soared thirty feet high, his shield burning like a miniature, falling sun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He adjusted his trajectory, aiming directly for Dante, fully intending to crush the Outworlder into the volcanic rock with the sheer, unmitigated kinetic force of his entire health pool.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a devastating, all-or-nothing suicide attack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante didn’t teleport away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stopped walking. He planted his iron boots firmly on the black ice. He gripped the [Dawn-Breaker Blade] with both hands and raised it horizontally in front of his chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’re not a wall,\" Dante said. \"You’re a speedbump.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arthur crashed down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Skill Executed: Aegis Deflection]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The golden hexagonal shield flared into existence exactly 0.2 seconds before Arthur’s burning kite shield made impact.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>CLANG!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The concussive shockwave of the perfect parry blew the magma river completely off its course, sending a massive wave of liquid fire splashing against the distant glaciers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arthur’s ultimate attack hit the invincible shield and instantly stopped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tank’s kinetic energy was completely absorbed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The golden shield violently pulsed outward, reflecting 500% of the ultimate attack’s damage directly back into Arthur at point-blank range.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The heavy iron kite shield didn’t just break. It atomized.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The reflection damage slammed into Arthur’s chest piece. The heavy tank armor crumpled inward like a crushed tin can.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arthur was violently launched backward, skipping across the black ice like a skipped stone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He crashed into a glacier, his health bar instantly plummeting to zero.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[-45,000! OVERKILL!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arthur slid down the ice and shattered into millions of blue polygons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Target Eliminated: Arthur (Level 28)]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Frostfire Steppes fell completely silent, save for the bubbling of the rerouted magma river.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante lowered his sword and let out a short, controlled breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Flawless execution,\" Dante muttered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He walked over to the base of the glacier where Arthur had died. Because he possessed the [Zenith Incarnate] title, the tank’s entire unequipped inventory had dropped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante casually kicked aside a pile of basic iron repair kits and low-tier health potions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He spotted something glowing faintly in the dirt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t a standard weapon or a piece of armor. It was a heavy, ornate parchment scroll, sealed with a thick ring of glowing green wax.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The wax was stamped with a massive oak tree emblem.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante knelt down and picked it up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Item Appraised: Exclusive Regional Quest Scroll (Oakhaven)]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Tier: National Objective]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Description: A highly restricted questline exclusively assigned to the Oakhaven Battlezone by the Zenith Protocol. Completion of this quest grants the host region a massive economic expansion and a permanent 10% global EXP buff.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante stared at the scroll.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This wasn’t just a random piece of loot. This was the entire reason the Apex Coalition squad was out here in the Frostfire Steppes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were a designated national strike team, sent to complete a massive, server-wide objective to secure a permanent buff for their entire region.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Arthur had been carrying the physical activation scroll in his inventory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante broke the green wax seal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment the seal snapped, the system interface didn’t just ping. It screamed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A massive, server-wide announcement slammed into the sky, overwriting the clouds with a blaring, hostile crimson text.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[GLOBAL SERVER ANNOUNCEMENT]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[CRITICAL REGIONAL FAILURE.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Player ’Dan’ has stolen and claimed the Exclusive National Quest belonging to the Oakhaven Battlezone.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[The Oakhaven territorial claim is officially revoked.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Across the server, millions of players stopped what they were doing and stared up at the sky in absolute shock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The system wasn’t finished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Penalty Applied: Oakhaven Battlezone.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Effect: A permanent 10% EXP Reduction penalty is hereby applied across the entire Oakhaven region and all affiliated players. Duration: 48 Hours.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante stood in the middle of the Frostfire Steppes, holding the open scroll.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He read the massive red text floating in the sky. He had just slapped a massive, unavoidable progression penalty onto his own real-world city.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every single player affiliated with Oakhaven was currently getting a 10% tax on their experience gains.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had completely sabotaged them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante couldn’t help it. He burst out laughing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oops,\" Dante smiled, tossing the regional quest scroll into his infinite inventory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t feel guilty. The Apex Coalition had tried to rob him. They had tried to lock him in a gravity well and execute him for a boss claim.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If they wanted to play national politics, Dante was more than happy to show them what an anomaly could do to an entire country’s economy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He turned away from the glacier and continued his march deeper into the Steppes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He still had an SSS-Rank Beast King to hunt.\u003C\u002Fp>",1882,"2026-06-03T12:02:19.066Z","2026-06-03T12:02:25.060Z",1,"novelbin.me","78e826af1c3eee61297b5e0ee77df5f3573029420e924c7e0540ba5200c9f439","started-with-a-10-000x-multiplier-in-a-game-worl-chapter-79","started-with-a-10-000x-multiplier-in-a-game-worl-chapter-77",109,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fstarted-with-a-10-000x-multiplier-in-a-game-worl-cover.jpg"]