[{"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-91":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},1136244,1466,"Chapter 91: The Dance of Shadows","started-with-a-10-000x-multiplier-in-a-game-worl-chapter-91",91,"\u003Cp>Dante stood alone in the center of the throne room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The thick sickly green mist of the [Soul-Rot Miasma] swirled around his gold armor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It completely failed to penetrate the absolute immunity granted by the [Aetherial Nectar].\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Above him, the Lich-King hovered fifty feet in the air. His hollow eye sockets burned with green fire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Dark Demon boss was completely untouchable by standard melee attacks. His [Ethereal Levitation] passive made him immune to gravity manipulation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was a flying cursing artillery platform.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Lich-King raised his bone staff.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The glowing crystal at the tip flared. A massive volley of six highly concentrated necrotic bolts shot downward. It tracked the position of Dante with terrifying speed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante didn’t try to block them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Skill Executed: Phantom Waltz]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The purple pulsating invulnerability frames enveloped the avatar of Dante.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He vanished from his position on the floor just a fraction of a millisecond before the necrotic bolts slammed into the stone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They melted the floor into puddles of gray slag.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante materialized fifty feet away and completely ignored the offensive portion of the Zenith-tier assassination skill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t have a target within range, so he just used the teleportation to reposition safely while remaining completely untargetable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He teleported again and moved in a wide arc around the perimeter of the room. He dodged a second volley of necrotic magic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crack. Crack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He continued the dance and effortlessly avoided the continuous magical barrage of the boss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But dodging wasn’t dealing damage. He couldn’t reach the Lich-King, and his [Phantom Waltz] duration was rapidly expiring.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He needed to ground the caster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante materialized for the final strike of the animation. He planted his iron boots firmly on the ground near the massive iron throne.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t draw a ranged weapon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The [Bow of the Eclipse] was an option. But the area-of-effect damage of [Eclipse Volley] might accidentally trigger a massive cave-in and bury him under thousands of tons of stone and bone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He needed disruption.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante raised his empty left hand. He pointed his palm directly upward at the hovering boss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Skill Executed: Cyclone of Ruin]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The F5 hurricane exploded into existence directly beneath the Lich-King.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Zenith-tier wind roared. It completely drowned out the ambient hum of the necrotic magic. The massive dark purple vortex shot upward and engulfed the boss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Lich-King didn’t get sucked into the center.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His [Ethereal Levitation] passive prevented him from being physically manipulated by localized gravity or wind currents.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the hurricane wasn’t just physical force. It was a massive chaotic disruption of the localized atmosphere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The swirling winds violently scattered the necrotic mist surrounding the boss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The intense localized pressure completely broke the concentration of the Lich-King.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His casting animation for a massive room-wide explosion spell was instantly interrupted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Lich-King let out a digitized screech of frustration. He waved his bone staff to dispel the hurricane, but the Zenith-tier skill stubbornly held its duration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You cannot cast if you cannot focus,\" Dante smirked. He watched the boss struggle against the wind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante didn’t wait for the hurricane to expire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He needed to bait the boss into a fatal mistake. He needed the Lich-King to close the gap on his own terms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante formulated a incredibly risky gamble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The primary mechanic of the Lich-King was the [Soul-Rot Miasma].\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The boss believed that any entity standing in the mist was taking a massive 5% health drain every single second.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The system didn’t recognize the absolute immunity of Dante. It just saw a target standing in the kill-zone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante dropped to one knee.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He intentionally slumped his shoulders. He let the [Dawn-Breaker Blade] rest heavily against the floor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He let out a loud and highly convincing groan of pain. He clutched his chest piece as if the necrotic curse was actively eating away at his digital heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh no, the curse,\" Dante muttered. He made sure his audio broadcast was picked up by the system of the boss. \"I am rapidly dying.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He watched the boss through his peripheral vision.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Lich-King stopped struggling against the hurricane. The glowing green fire in his eye sockets flared triumphantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Gold-tier system processed the visual and auditory cues.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The target was grounded, incapacitated, and taking massive localized DoT damage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The optimal tactical move wasn’t to continue casting ranged spells. It was to execute the target and secure the kill before the localized timer expired.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Lich-King didn’t hover anymore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The massive Dark Demon boss aggressively descended.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He dropped straight out of the sky and completely ignored the fading winds of the hurricane. He aimed to land directly in front of Dante.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the boss fell, he raised his bone staff with both hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The glowing green crystal at the tip flared with absolute and highly concentrated necrotic energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was preparing a point-blank execution spell designed to instantly zero out a low-health target.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante stayed on his knee. He waited until the absolute last fraction of a second.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Lich-King landed. His tattered robes settled onto the floor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He brought the bone staff down in a brutal sweeping arc. He aimed to strike Dante directly in the chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante didn’t dodge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His eyes snapped up entirely devoid of any pain or exhaustion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t use the Gold-tier broadsword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His right hand shot up. The black brand on his wrist flared violently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Voidsever] materialized instantly and devoured the sickly green light of the room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Skill Executed: Aegis Deflection]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The golden hexagonal shield flared into existence exactly 0.2 seconds before the necrotic staff made impact.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>CLANG!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The concussive shockwave of the perfect parry blew the remaining necrotic miasma completely out of the center of the throne room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The execution spell didn’t just fail. It rebounded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Zenith-tier parry absorbed the massive and highly concentrated magical strike. It violently reflected 500% of the damage directly back into the Lich-King at point-blank range.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The boss didn’t stagger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sheer localized force of the reflection actually shattered the glowing green crystal at the tip of his bone staff.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Status Effect Applied: Silence. Duration: 10 Seconds.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Lich-King was a pure caster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without his staff and with a ten-second Silence debuff completely locking him out of his spellbook, he was functionally useless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was just a skeleton standing in front of an incredibly angry Warrior.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante didn’t hesitate. He stood up and gripped Voidsever with both hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My turn,\" Dante said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t use a Zenith-tier skill. He didn’t need the localized damage multiplier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He just used the raw unmitigated base stats of his Level 55 avatar combined with the primordial armor-piercing passive of the cursed greatsword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He swung Voidsever in a brutal perfect horizontal arc.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The black blade didn’t meet any resistance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It sheared cleanly through the ancient tattered robes and effortlessly sliced through the dark corrupted bone of the spine of the Lich-King.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Passive Activated: Absolute Severance. 100% Armor Ignored.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[-45,000! Critical Hit!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Lich-King froze. His jaw dropped open in a silent scream.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante didn’t stop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He reversed his grip and brought the massive blade back in a rising diagonal slash that completely severed the right arm of the boss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[-42,000! Critical Hit!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A third strike drove the tip of the blade directly through the center of the ribcage of the boss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[-50,000! Critical Hit! OVERKILL!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The health bar of the Lich-King completely vanished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Dark Demon boss didn’t explode violently. He simply crumbled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ancient bones turned to dust, the tattered robes collapsed into an empty pile on the floor, and the sickly green light illuminating the room instantly flickered and died.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Target Eliminated: Lich-King of Vane (Level 22 Dark Demon)]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Experience Gained. Level Up!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante watched his level tick up to 58.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The solo bonus for clearing an SSS-Rank containment boss was absolutely massive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He let out a long satisfied breath and rested the tip of Voidsever against the obsidian floor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The localized necrotic curse dissipated entirely and left the air cold and surprisingly clean.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Aura, you can come out now,\" Dante said softly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tiny silver fox popped out of her pet-space. She floated happily down to nuzzle against his gold-plated shoulder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She chimed softly and was clearly relieved that the toxic environment was gone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante walked over to the center of the room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The 100% drop rate guaranteed an absurd explosion of loot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He vacuumed up the gold coins, the shattered fragments of the bone staff, and a massive pile of Dark Demon crafting materials.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He spotted a single highly ornate piece of gear resting at the bottom of the pile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a heavy dark-iron crown identical to the one the Lich-King had been wearing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Item Appraised: Crown of the Usurper]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Tier: Dark Demon]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Type: Heavy Armor (Head)]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Stats: +2,000 Magical Attack, +1,500 Magical Defense.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Passive: Grants the user immunity to all forms of magical Silence and Interrupt mechanics.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That is going straight to Lila,\" Dante noted and stored the crown in his void ring.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the boss dead, the localized containment parameters of the Sunken Necropolis were officially lifted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The heavy oppressive atmosphere vanished. It was replaced by the standard quiet ambiance of a cleared dungeon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante turned toward the massive jagged iron throne at the back of the room. He fully expected to find a chest or an exit portal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t find either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, the shadows lingering in the corners of the massive throne room began to compress.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They didn’t swirl or dissipate. They actively writhed and twisted together in a highly unnatural localized manifestation of pure darkness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Intuition stat of Dante didn’t just ping. It screamed with a localized intensity that rivaled the Annihilation-Tier dragon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He tightened his grip on Voidsever and dropped into a low combat stance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The compressed shadows slithered across the floor. They pooled together near a shattered ancient stone sarcophagus sitting behind the iron throne.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The lid of the sarcophagus had been blown off centuries ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the absolute darkness of the ruined tomb, a figure stepped forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t a massive hulking boss. It wasn’t a skeletal knight or a localized dragon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a little girl.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She looked terrifyingly pale, and her skin was almost translucent. She wore a highly intricate dark gothic dress lined with faded silver lace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her hair was stark white. It fell in messy unkempt tangles past her shoulders.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But her eyes were the most disturbing feature.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They weren’t glowing with magic. They were solid unbroken localized pools of absolute blood-red.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were no pupils. There were no irises. Just pure unadulterated crimson.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She stood barefoot on the floor and looked directly at Dante.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She didn’t roar. She didn’t trigger a massive AoE attack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She simply tilted her head, her solid red eyes unblinking. She spoke in a voice that was entirely devoid of any localized emotion or pitch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It sounded perfectly flat like a system notification reading text aloud.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why did you break my favorite toy?\" she asked.\u003C\u002Fp>",1817,"2026-06-03T12:02:19.066Z","2026-06-03T12:02:25.060Z",1,"novelbin.me","c3bf9b6cf441720a5becc8818aaecb577d278675ed88b937436b061300bda2a9","started-with-a-10-000x-multiplier-in-a-game-worl-chapter-92","started-with-a-10-000x-multiplier-in-a-game-worl-chapter-90",109,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fstarted-with-a-10-000x-multiplier-in-a-game-worl-cover.jpg"]