[{"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-88":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},1136241,1466,"Chapter 88: The Wraith-Knight Horde","started-with-a-10-000x-multiplier-in-a-game-worl-chapter-88",88,"\u003Cp>The heavy bone doors slammed shut behind Lila and Mei, sealing them inside the ruined courtyard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Across the massive stone expanse, Dante and his three Shadow Clones had successfully baited the towering Wraith-Commander.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The massive Level 25 Gold boss was furiously swinging his spiked greatsword, completely distracted by the four identical targets teleporting around him in a blur of gold and shadow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Commander’s buff aura faded from the center of the courtyard as he chased Dante toward the far wall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Okay, the boss is isolated,\" Lila breathed, gripping her wooden staff tightly. \"It’s just us and the army.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The army consisted of exactly one hundred Spectral Wraith-Knights.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without the Commander’s aura, the glowing green ghost-iron armor worn by the Knights dimmed slightly, their attack speed and damage mitigation returning to standard Gold-tier baselines. But standard Gold-tier was still incredibly dangerous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Knights didn’t break their disciplined formation. They raised their massive, ethereal greatswords in unison. A deafening, synchronized battle cry resounded from their hollow helmets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They began to march.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sound of a hundred armored boots hitting the ruined stone floor was terrifying. It sounded like an approaching avalanche.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They’re not rushing,\" Mei observed, tapping the massive cast-iron skillet against her shoulder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They’re moving in a phalanx. If we just stand here, they’re going to push us back against the door and crush us.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We can’t let them close the gap,\" Lila agreed, her blue eyes narrowing in intense focus. \"I can’t cast [Gravity Well] on the entire formation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The radius is only thirty feet. If I drop it in the front, the backline will just walk over their pinned friends.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So we need them closer together,\" Mei deduced, a wide, enthusiastic smile spreading across her face. \"You group them up. I’ll knock them down.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lila didn’t hesitate. She trusted the brawler’s bizarre mechanics.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She stepped forward, leaving the safety of the bone doors. She didn’t chant. She raised her wooden staff high above her head and focused her localized mana pool.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Skill Executed: Singularity]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t a standard, flat gravitational press like [Gravity Well].\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The air directly in the center of the marching Wraith-Knight formation violently warped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A tiny, pitch-black sphere materialized about ten feet off the ground. The sphere wasn’t an explosive. It was a localized, highly concentrated black hole.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The gravitational pull was absolute and entirely horizontal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The discipline of the Wraith-Knights instantly shattered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The front two rows of the phalanx were violently ripped completely off their feet. They didn’t just stagger; they flew backward, sucked directly into the gravitational pull of the tiny black sphere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The back rows were yanked forward, their ethereal boots sliding uselessly across the stone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The heavy, clanking sound of ghost-iron armor slamming together echoed across the courtyard as dozens of Knights were forcibly compressed into a massive, tangled cluster directly beneath the [Singularity].\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were completely trapped, pulled so tightly together they couldn’t even raise their greatswords to attack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’ve got thirty of them grouped!\" Lila yelled, her face pale with the sheer effort of maintaining the massive mana drain. \"I can’t hold it for long!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thirty is a good start!\" Mei cheered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Hua Nation brawler didn’t charge forward with her standard skillet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She activated her highest-tier offensive skill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Skill Executed: Colossal Manifestation]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante wasn’t the only one who had utilized the [10,000x Skill Proficiency Multiplier] to evolve the basic [Enlarge] skillbook.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mei had spent the last two months of the previous cycle doing nothing but hitting things with her pan, and she had manually ground her own size-altering skills to max level.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The massive cast-iron frying pan didn’t just grow. It violently expanded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The four-foot-wide skillet instantly ballooned into a colossal, thirty-foot-wide disc of indestructible black iron. The handle extended, becoming as thick as a tree trunk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mei didn’t struggle with the weight. Her Brawler class specialized in managing blunt-force momentum.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She gripped the massive handle with both hands, let out a joyous, chaotic laugh, and sprinted directly toward the cluster of thirty trapped Wraith-Knights.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Batter up!\" Mei roared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She jumped high into the air, bringing the colossal skillet down in a devastating, overhead smash.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The impact wasn’t a standard localized strike. It was a massive, compounding AoE explosion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>CLANG!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The thirty Gold-tier Wraith-Knights, already weakened by the crushing gravitational pressure of the [Singularity], took the full, unmitigated brunt of the massive iron pan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because they were compressed so tightly together, the blunt-force trauma didn’t just hit the top layer; the kinetic shockwave rippled violently through the entire cluster, multiplying the damage output as they crushed against each other.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The damage numbers popped up in a massive, overlapping cloud of red text.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[-15,000!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[-18,000!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[-16,500!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The thirty Knights were literally flattened against the stone courtyard. Their ghost-iron armor completely shattered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They didn’t even have time to dissolve into pixels before Mei lifted the massive pan and brought it down again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>CLANG!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Whack-a-mole!\" Pip shrieked happily from the sidelines, watching the slaughter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The second strike completely zeroed out the health bars of the entire trapped cluster. Thirty Gold-tier mobs violently exploded into a massive, synchronized shower of blue and silver polygons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Target Eliminated: Spectral Wraith-Knight x30]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lila instantly dropped the [Singularity] spell, gasping for air. Her mana bar was sitting at ten percent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aura, hovering faithfully above them, let out a soft chime.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Skill Activated: Resurgence Wave]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The silver pulse washed over Lila, completely refilling her massive mana pool instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I love that fox,\" Lila breathed, gripping her staff, feeling the raw energy surge back into her avatar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The remaining seventy Wraith-Knights didn’t pause to mourn their flattened comrades. The Gold-tier system recognized the devastating synergy between the gravity mage and the brawler.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They completely abandoned their tight phalanx formation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They’re spreading out!\" Mei yelled, dragging the colossal skillet back to her shoulder. \"They’re trying to flank us so you can’t group them up!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Knights fanned out across the wide courtyard, charging in a loose, scattered wave. They intended to surround the two girls and overwhelm them with localized, un-blockable damage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let them try,\" Lila said, her voice dropping into a cold, focused register.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She didn’t wait for them to close the distance. She didn’t use the massive [Singularity] spell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She began rapidly tapping the stone floor with the butt of her staff, chaining a different localized gravity skill without a single fraction of a second wasted on chanting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Skill Executed: Gravitational Anchor]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Skill Executed: Gravitational Anchor]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Skill Executed: Gravitational Anchor]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She didn’t target the Knights. She targeted the ruined architecture of the courtyard itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Massive, crumbling stone pillars that had been standing for thousands of years suddenly groaned under intense, localized atmospheric pressure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lila inverted the gravity around the top half of a massive pillar located right in the path of a dozen charging Knights.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The pillar violently snapped in half. The top section, weighing several tons, was launched horizontally across the courtyard like a massive, stone missile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The charging Knights didn’t have time to react. The stone pillar slammed into their scattered ranks, crushing six of them instantly, pinning them to the floor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lila didn’t stop. She was treating the entire environment as her weapon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She pulled chunks of masonry from the ruined walls and hurled them across the courtyard with terrifying precision.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was functionally a telekinetic artillery battery, completely disrupting the Knights’ charge, staggering them, and forcing them back into tighter, manageable clusters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"She’s a menace,\" Pip whispered, hovering near Mei’s ear, completely awe-struck. \"I take back everything bad I said about the blue hair.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My turn!\" Mei laughed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The brawler didn’t use the colossal pan this time. The ten-second duration had expired, shrinking the skillet back to its normal, four-foot size.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She didn’t need the massive AoE. She needed speed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She charged directly into the disorganized wave of surviving Knights.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A Wraith-Knight swung its massive, ethereal greatsword in a brutal horizontal arc, aiming to cleave her in half.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mei didn’t dodge. She stepped into the strike, raising the cast-iron pan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>CLANG!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The [Perfect Block] passive absorbed 100% of the kinetic impact. The Knight staggered, its weapon bouncing off the indestructible surface.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mei spun, using the momentum of the block to deliver a devastating backhand swing with the pan directly into the Knight’s helmet. The blunt force shattered the ghost-iron, executing the boss instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She moved like a localized wrecking ball. Block, parry, smash.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She didn’t take a single point of damage. Whenever a group of Knights managed to surround her, Lila would drop a quick [Gravity Well] to pin them, and Mei would casually smash their heads in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was absolute, undeniable synergy. The squishy support class was locking down the entire battlefield, and the brawler was safely executing the immobilized targets with an indestructible gag item.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Look at all this loot!\" Pip shrieked, flying frantically across the courtyard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tiny red dragon was practically vibrating with greed. The Gold-tier mobs were dropping massive amounts of silver coins, high-tier ethereal crafting materials, and glowing weapons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pip was vacuuming everything up before it could hit the ground, completely ignoring the chaotic battle raging around him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within ten minutes, the massive courtyard was entirely clear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The one hundred Gold-tier Wraith-Knights were gone. The stone floor was pulverized, and the ruined pillars were completely shattered by Lila’s gravity artillery, but the two girls were standing unharmed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Target Eliminated: Spectral Wraith-Knight x100]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mei wiped a smudge of digital soot off her cheek, resting the frying pan on her shoulder. She looked at Lila.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Okay, I admit it,\" Mei grinned. \"You’re not just a squishy healer. That gravity magic is ridiculous. You hit harder than the pan.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lila flushed slightly, leaning on her wooden staff. \"It only works because you’re holding the frontline. If they got close to me, I’d be dead in two swings. I don’t have Dante’s absurd armor stats.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A massive, localized explosion echoed from the far side of the courtyard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two girls turned their heads.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante had successfully dragged the Wraith-Commander to the far wall. The massive boss was currently roaring in absolute fury, wildly swinging his spiked greatsword at the three Shadow Clones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante, the real one, was standing casually on a ruined balcony overlooking the fight, watching his clones slowly chip away at the Commander’s health bar. He hadn’t even drawn his own sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He’s not even fighting,\" Lila muttered, entirely unsurprised. \"He’s just letting his cape do the work.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Boss!\" Mei yelled across the courtyard, waving her pan. \"We finished our side! Do you need us to come smash the big guy?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Wraith-Commander heard the shout.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The towering boss stopped swinging at the clones. It slowly turned its massive, horned helmet toward the entrance of the courtyard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It looked at the completely empty expanse where its hundred-man army had just been standing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The glowing green fire in the Commander’s eye sockets violently flared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Boss Mechanic Triggered: Phantom Cavalry.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Uh oh,\" Pip squeaked, immediately hiding inside Mei’s tunic. \"That doesn’t look like a standard aggro shift.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Wraith-Commander didn’t charge Dante. It didn’t swing at the clones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It raised its massive, spiked greatsword high into the air and let out a deafening, terrifying horn blast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ruined courtyard began to violently tremble.\u003C\u002Fp>",1862,"2026-06-03T12:02:19.066Z","2026-06-03T12:02:25.060Z",1,"novelbin.me","db50132981063e5846e2746d4da1099f28ed5679af5bfa74e43b2a2da0d7d65e","started-with-a-10-000x-multiplier-in-a-game-worl-chapter-89","started-with-a-10-000x-multiplier-in-a-game-worl-chapter-87",109,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fstarted-with-a-10-000x-multiplier-in-a-game-worl-cover.jpg"]