[{"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-86":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},1136239,1466,"Chapter 86: Descending into the Crypt, Shadow-Stalkers","started-with-a-10-000x-multiplier-in-a-game-worl-chapter-86",86,"\u003Cp>The deep swamp was completely silent. There were no insect noises, no croaking frogs, and no rustling leaves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante, Mei, and Lila arrived at the edge of a massive stagnant lake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The water was a sickly glowing fluorescent green. It was thick with toxic sludge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The smell of necrotic rot was so dense it actually triggered a faint visual distortion in the air above the surface.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Zone Alert: Lake of Vane]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Hazard Detected: Absolute Toxicity. Touching the water inflicts Instant Death.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do not touch the water,\" Dante instructed and pointed at the glowing green sludge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I was not planning on taking a swim, Boss,\" Mei said and wrinkled her nose.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante looked out across the lake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the absolute center, protruding slightly above the toxic surface, were three intricately carved stone pedestals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They formed a perfect triangle that surrounded a dark swirling vortex in the water.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That is the entrance mechanism,\" Dante said. He pulled the black SSS-Rank quest scroll out of his inventory to confirm the coordinates.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The City Lord said it requires three distinct mana signatures to unlock.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How do we get out there?\" Lila asked and clutched her wooden staff. \"If we cannot touch the water, we cannot swim to the pedestals.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante didn’t answer. He just looked at her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lila blinked, then looked down at her own hands. \"Right. The gravity magic. I can do that.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She stepped forward and reached out toward the lake. She didn’t chant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Skill Executed: Astral Bridge]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The gravity over the toxic lake instantly shifted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The glowing green sludge didn’t freeze or part.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, a series of invisible and highly pressurized gravitational platforms slammed down onto the surface of the water.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They created a solid invisible path leading directly to the three pedestals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Walk quickly,\" Lila said. Her face was tight with concentration. \"I cannot hold the density for long.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante went first, and his heavy iron boots landed firmly on the invisible bridge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mei followed closely behind, and the massive [God-Slaying Skillet] rested on her shoulder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They reached the center of the lake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The three stone pedestals were covered in glowing silver runes that pulsed erratically. They fought against the necrotic energy leaking from the vortex below.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Place your hands on the stone and push your mana into the runes,\" Dante ordered. He took his position at the lead pedestal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lila and Mei took their spots.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"On three,\" Dante said. \"One. Two. Three.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They touched the pedestals simultaneously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The system interface immediately flared in the center of their vision.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[System Check: Mana Signatures Detected.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Signature 1: Anomaly (Cosmic Weight Confirmed).]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Signature 2: Astral Arcanist (Hidden Class Confirmed).]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Signature 3: Brawler (High-Density Output Confirmed).]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Conditions Met. Disengaging Crypt Seals.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The three stone pedestals violently sank into the lake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The dark swirling vortex in the center of the triangle abruptly expanded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The toxic green water was violently sucked downward. It drained away to reveal a massive plunging staircase forged from black basalt that led deep into the earth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A thick gray miasma immediately billowed out of the dark stairwell and completely obscured the bottom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Warning: Necrotic Miasma Detected.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Continuous exposure will rapidly degrade maximum health pools.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Talismans,\" Dante commanded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t need one since the [Aetherial Nectar] made him completely immune to the rot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Lila and Mei pulled the glowing blue crystals from their pockets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They crushed them simultaneously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A soft pulsing blue barrier enveloped both of them and actively pushed back the gray mist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Keep an eye on the durability of the barrier,\" Dante warned Lila. \"If it shatters, tell me immediately. I will teleport you out.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Got it,\" Lila nodded and gripped her staff.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I will take point,\" Mei volunteered cheerfully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She stepped past Dante and walked down the basalt stairs, completely unbothered by the fact that she was entering a death trap.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante followed her, and Lila took the rear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They descended into the Sunken Necropolis of Vane.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The stairs led them deep underground and terminated in a massive vaulted catacomb.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The walls were lined with thousands of ancient and crumbling sarcophagi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The air was freezing cold, and the only illumination came from the faint blue glow of the barrier talismans of Lila and Mei.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The room was completely silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Intuition stat of Dante flared immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t the heavy presence of a single boss. It was the sharp aggressive prickle of multiple hidden threats entirely surrounding them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mei. Stop,\" Dante said and kept his voice a harsh whisper.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mei froze instantly. She dropped the frying pan off her shoulder and held it in front of her like a massive iron shield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What is it?\" Lila asked nervously and peered into the dark catacomb.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We are surrounded,\" Dante said and drew the [Dawn-Breaker Blade].\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The system interface didn’t pop up with a monster identification. There were no glowing red eyes in the dark.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Dante heard it. The faint and almost imperceptible scrape of claws on stone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Aura,\" Dante said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A brilliant flash of silver light erupted in the dark room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Grade 8 Doom Harbinger materialized from her pet-space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her three starlight tails cast a bright glow that illuminated the immediate area.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sudden light revealed the ambush.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Standing exactly five feet in front of Mei and completely camouflaged against the dark stone floor was a massive skeletal hound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It didn’t have fur. It was entirely composed of blackened bone and rotting muscle. It was wrapped in a localized shroud of shifting shadow magic that rendered it functionally invisible in low light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Monster Spawn: Crypt-Stalker]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Tier: Silver]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Level: 20]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[HP: 15,000 \u002F 15,000]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The light from Aura instantly broke the stealth passive of the hound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Crypt-Stalker shrieked and lunged forward with its jagged and bone-crushing jaws aimed directly at the throat of Mei.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mei didn’t flinch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She slammed the massive cast-iron skillet directly into the face of the hound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>CLANG!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The [Perfect Block] passive absorbed the entire kinetic impact of the lunge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The massive Level 20 Silver boss bounced off the pan like it had hit a solid steel wall and staggered backward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I see them!\" Lila yelled from the back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The light of Aura had revealed dozens of them. The massive catacomb was crawling with Crypt-Stalkers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were dropping down from the high sarcophagi. Their shadow-stealth was completely useless against the intense celestial light radiating from the tiny silver fox.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They are agile,\" Dante noted. He watched the hounds recover and begin rapidly circling their formation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They are going to try and swarm us from multiple angles. We need to lock them down.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t use [Cyclone of Ruin]. The massive hurricane would likely shatter the crumbling stone pillars supporting the catacomb ceiling and bring the entire Necropolis down on their heads.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He needed localized and controlled area denial.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Lila,\" Dante called out. \"Crush them.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lila didn’t hesitate. She didn’t chant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She raised her wooden staff and slammed the butt against the stone floor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Skill Executed: Gravity Well]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The physics of the massive catacomb violently shifted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She didn’t target a single hound. She cast the spell in a wide thirty-foot radius directly in front of their formation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The invisible cylinder of concentrated gravitational force slammed down from the ceiling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Six Crypt-Stalkers that were preparing to lunge simultaneously hit the gravity well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The result was instantaneous. The agile and high-speed hounds were instantly flattened against the stone floor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sheer and overwhelming atmospheric pressure pinned them down and completely neutralized their evasion stats.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their black bones cracked loudly under the weight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[-4,500!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[-4,500!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[-4,500!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They are pinned!\" Lila yelled. Her face was tight with concentration as she maintained the chantless spell and rapidly burned through her mana pool.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My turn,\" Dante said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t use a Zenith-tier teleport. He just activated the base skill of [Phantom Dash].\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because of [Chrono-Shift], it had zero mana cost and no cooldown.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He vanished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He materialized directly inside the [Gravity Well] right next to the six pinned hounds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sonic boom of his materialization detonated to deal a guaranteed one-second stun and completely locked them down even further.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante didn’t swing his sword horizontally. He gripped the [Dawn-Breaker Blade] with both hands and drove it straight down through the skull of the closest pinned hound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Gold-tier weapon was amplified by its +50% bonus damage against ’Corrupted’ enemies. It hit the Silver-tier boss with absolutely devastating force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[-18,000! Critical Hit! OVERKILL!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Crypt-Stalker exploded into blue pixels instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante chained the skill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He teleported to the next pinned hound. Another sonic stun. Another brutal downward execution.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM. BOOM. BOOM.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In less than thirty seconds, Dante systematically eradicated the six hounds trapped inside the gravity well of Lila.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was moving so fast, constantly materializing and detonating sonic booms, that he looked like a lightning strike.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Target Eliminated: Crypt-Stalker x6]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Drop the well!\" Dante yelled. He teleported back to his starting position next to Mei.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lila immediately released the spell and gasped for air. Her mana bar had dropped by thirty percent in just five seconds of sustained casting. \"That drains so much energy!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I have got you covered,\" Dante said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aura hovered above them and let out a soft and musical chime.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Skill Activated: Resurgence Wave]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The silver pulse washed over the party. It didn’t just heal their HP.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because Lila was standing inside the domain of Aura, the restorative Aether instantly completely refilled her massively depleted mana pool.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lila blinked and looked at her full interface. \"Wait. Did she just give me mana?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Basically,\" Dante smirked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The remaining Crypt-Stalkers realized that frontal assaults and stealth tactics were completely useless. They changed their strategy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead of lunging, the massive skeletal hounds began rapidly leaping from pillar to pillar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They used the verticality of the room to avoid the gravity wells and prepared to drop directly onto the party from above.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They are on the walls!\" Mei yelled and pointed the pan up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Pip!\" Dante commanded. \"Get ready!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tiny red dragon was currently hiding inside the tunic of Mei. He popped his head out. \"Ready for what?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante didn’t answer. He sheathed the [Dawn-Breaker Blade].\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He reached over his shoulder and unclipped the massive dark recurve bow from his back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He held the [Bow of the Eclipse].\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Mythic-tier weapon hummed with a deep and resonant purple light. The bowstring was forged from crackling starlight and practically vibrated with contained cosmic energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante didn’t reach for an arrow. The passive of the bow generated its own ammunition.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He pulled the starlight string back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A glowing and ethereal purple arrow instantly materialized and notched perfectly against the dark metal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante aimed generally toward the ceiling. He did not even bother to track the incredibly fast and leaping hounds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The second passive of the bow, [Unerring Flight], guaranteed an auto-aim mechanic that ignored evasion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He let the string go.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The single purple arrow shot upward and left a trail of crackling starlight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mid-flight, the third passive triggered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Skill Executed: Eclipse Volley]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The single arrow violently shuddered, then instantly duplicated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One arrow became ten. Ten became fifty. Fifty became one hundred.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A carpet-bombing of one hundred identical glowing purple arrows filled the entire upper half of the catacomb.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They didn’t fly in a straight line. They aggressively curved in mid-air and actively sought out the primary weak points of the leaping Crypt-Stalkers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The volley hit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sound of a hundred arrows impacting solid bone simultaneously sounded like a avalanche.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Crypt-Stalkers didn’t even have time to shriek.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Mythic-tier base damage of 10,000 multiplied by the raw stats of Dante absolutely vaporized the Silver-tier bosses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thirty skeletal hounds exploded into a massive and synchronized shower of blue pixels and dropping loot before they ever touched the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Now, Pip!\" Dante yelled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tiny red dragon didn’t hesitate. Recognizing the massive loot drop, Pip shot out of the tunic of Mei like a bullet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He flew rapidly across the room. He expertly vacuumed up the raining silver coins and dropped gear in mid-air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stuffed them into his inventory before they could even hit the dusty stone floor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The massive catacomb fell completely silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first room of the SSS-Rank Sunken Necropolis was entirely cleared in less than a minute.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lila stared at the massive bow in the hand of Dante.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You did not even aim,\" Lila whispered in absolute horror.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I do not have to,\" Dante said and re-clipped the bow to his back. \"Let us keep moving. 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