[{"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-97":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},1136250,1466,"Chapter 97: The Bait is Set","started-with-a-10-000x-multiplier-in-a-game-worl-chapter-97",97,"\u003Cp>The Sky Demon Forest was a massive sprawling expanse of ancient twisted timber located deep in the southern reaches of the Veridian Alliance territory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Normally, the forest was a mid-game grinding zone filled with Level 30 Demonic-type beasts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Today, the ambient wildlife had completely vanished. They were either slaughtered or driven away by the sheer overwhelming volume of localized player activity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The three largest and most hostile guilds on the Overture server had formed an unprecedented temporary alliance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had marched thousands of heavily armored players into the dense dark woods. They actively converted the entire zone into a militarized staging ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante flew high above the cloud cover on the back of his armored Griffon and looked down at the tactical deployment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t need the global map of the system to see their positions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sheer noise, the flickering of thousands of torches, and the massive glowing magical suppression arrays they were setting up painted a perfectly clear picture of their strategy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vanguard’s Legacy, commanded by Malric, held the northern perimeter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had erected heavy iron barricades and layered tower shields. They fully intended to bottleneck Dante if he tried to approach from Ironhold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Black Dragon Syndicate held the eastern flank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were furious, highly motivated, and completely desperate for revenge after the localized lockdown by Dante of their home nation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had deployed their elite stealth squads and rapid-strike rogues into the heavy canopy of the forest to turn the trees into a lethal vertical minefield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Apex Coalition held the western approach.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gawain, the massive Paladin Guild Master, was personally leading the line.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were deploying massive localized anti-magic fields and heavy artillery, furious over the stolen Oakhaven quest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had completely surrounded the deep center of the forest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante didn’t immediately dive into the trees.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He pulled back on the heavy leather reins and held the Griffon in a slow high-altitude holding pattern.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His system interface pinged violently with an incoming private message.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was Casanova.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Casanova: BOSS! Do NOT go to the Sky Demon Forest! I am currently hiding in a bush near the southern ridge. It is a complete death trap!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Casanova: They have three massive armies deployed. I am talking thousands of players. They have locked down every single localized entry point!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante smiled slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The flamboyant bard was an idiot, but his dedication to providing localized intel was appreciated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Dan: I know they are there. I can see them from the sky.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Casanova: Then fly away! Go back to Ironhold! They brought Guild-Tier suppression arrays!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Casanova: They have hundreds of casters ready to synchronized-fire the second you step into their kill-box! You cannot survive this!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Dan: I am not going to survive it. I am going to finish it. Get out of the bushes and get back to the city before the crossfire hits you.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante closed the interface and completely dismissed the frantic warnings of the bard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked down at the massive dark green expanse of the forest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The allied armies were treating this like a standard localized guild war.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They assumed Dante would be forced to march through their blockades, trigger their traps, and expose himself to their synchronized ranged fire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They completely forgot that he possessed limitless flight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante didn’t try to sneak past their perimeter. He didn’t try to assassinate their scouts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wanted them all exactly where they were.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante unhooked his legs from the heavy leather saddle of the Griffon. He patted the massive armored beast on its feathered neck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Go home,\" Dante ordered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stood up on the saddle. The high-altitude wind violently whipped the starry fabric of the [Mantle of the Void-Dragon] around his gold armor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t use the flight passive of the cloak to slowly glide down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante simply stepped off the Griffon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gravity instantly grabbed his heavy localized mass.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He plummeted through the freezing thin air and accelerated at terrifying speed toward the dark forest canopy thousands of feet below.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t try to slow his descent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He kept his arms pinned to his sides to streamline his dive. He completely ignored the wind roaring in his ears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Down in the forest, the allied armies were tense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Malric stood behind his massive shield wall on the northern perimeter and checked his tactical map.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Enforcer hadn’t slept in two days. He was completely obsessed with securing the kill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Keep the anti-air ballistas primed,\" Malric ordered his lieutenants. \"He has a Griffon mount. If he tries to fly over the perimeter, shoot him out of the sky.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A sharp high-pitched whistling sound suddenly echoed from the sky above them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It didn’t sound like a bird or a spell. It sounded like an incoming artillery shell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Malric snapped his head up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He couldn’t track the localized trajectory fast enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante hit the ground exactly in the absolute dead center of the Sky Demon Forest, right in the middle of the massive empty clearing surrounded by the three armies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t use [Blink Step] to arrest his momentum. He didn’t cast a shield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He triggered [Meteor Stride] at the exact fraction of a millisecond before he hit the dirt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Zenith-tier teleport didn’t displace him horizontally.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It absorbed his massive terminal-velocity kinetic momentum and instantly weaponized it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The impact was entirely apocalyptic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sonic boom of his materialization, combined with the sheer physical force of a terminal velocity drop in heavy Gold-tier armor, completely shattered the center of the forest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A massive crater fifty feet wide exploded outward. It violently threw dirt, shattered trees, and dust hundreds of feet into the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The shockwave knocked the front lines of all three massive armies completely off their feet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tower shields buckled, casters stumbled, and the Black Dragon scouts hiding in the nearby canopy were violently shaken out of the trees.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The dust slowly began to clear from the massive crater.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The three allied armies quickly scrambled back to their feet, drew their weapons, and stared into the settling dirt cloud.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante stood in the exact center of the crater.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wasn’t crouching. He wasn’t panting for breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stood perfectly upright.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The dark purple plating of his [Void-Devourer Gauntlets] pulsed with cosmic weight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t draw a sword. He didn’t activate a spell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He just looked around the massive clearing and casually took in the thousands of heavily armed players completely surrounding him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You guys really went all out,\" the voice of Dante carried effortlessly across the silent clearing completely devoid of fear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Malric pushed his way to the front of the Vanguard’s Legacy shield wall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Enforcer glared down at the crater. His hand gripped his broadsword tightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You are a fool, Dan,\" Malric roared and projected his voice over the tense silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You bypassed our perimeter just to drop yourself directly into the absolute center of our kill-box! There are three thousand players here!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You cannot teleport out of this! The suppression arrays are already online!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A massive shimmering dome of silver light slammed down over the entire clearing to confirm the threat of Malric.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a massive combined Guild-Tier Nullification Array designed to halve base stats and completely disable high-tier passives.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante didn’t even look at the glowing dome.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He just smirked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Malric,\" Dante called out, his voice echoing clearly. \"Do you remember what happened the last time you tried to trap me in a canyon with a suppression array?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Malric flinched.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Enforcer clearly remembered Dante casually summoning a Zenith-tier hurricane and ripping his entire squad into the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this wasn’t a squad of eighty men. This was an army of thousands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the western flank, Gawain stepped out of his heavy infantry line.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was the massive Paladin Guild Master of the Apex Coalition. He raised a massive glowing holy hammer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your tricks will not work here, Outworlder!\" Gawain bellowed. His voice filled with righteous fury.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You stole our progression! You humiliated Oakhaven! We are not going to arrest you!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We are going to lock you in a respawn camp and farm your avatar until your capsule deletes you!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You are going to try,\" Dante corrected him smoothly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t draw the [Crimson Edge]. He didn’t summon [Voidsever].\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He simply raised his left hand and snapped his dark purple star-iron-plated fingers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A tiny localized spatial rift tore open directly next to his shoulder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire clearing went completely and terrifyingly cold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The temperature didn’t drop because of an ice spell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It dropped because the sheer overwhelming cosmic weight radiating from the spatial rift was actively suppressing the ambient atmosphere of the game engine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Erebus stepped out of the rift.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Half-Soul Celestial didn’t look like a towering monster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was just a pale barefoot little girl in a dark gothic dress who carried a massive Mythic-tier leather backpack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She stood next to Dante and looked around the massive clearing at the thousands of heavily armed players.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her solid blood-red eyes blinked slowly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The three armies stared at the little girl in complete baffled confusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is that a pet?\" a Vanguard’s Legacy archer laughed nervously. \"He brought a cosmetic pet to a massive guild war?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do not shoot the kid!\" a Sakura Nation rogue yelled from the trees, entirely misjudging the localized threat level.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante didn’t laugh. He looked down at Erebus.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are you hungry?\" Dante asked her quietly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Erebus looked up at him. She didn’t offer a system prompt or a grand dramatic speech.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes,\" Erebus stated flatly. Her red eyes locked onto the massive heavily armored line of the Apex Coalition. \"They are noisy. I want to squish them.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante smiled. It was a cold absolute expression of execution.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t need to swing a sword. He didn’t need to cast a Zenith-tier skill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was holding the leash to a walking reality-warping apocalypse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Erebus,\" Dante commanded. His voice cut clearly through the tense silence of the three massive armies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He pointed a single dark purple gauntlet directly at Gawain and the heavily armored Paladin frontline of the Apex Coalition.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Squish them.\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1669,"2026-06-03T12:02:19.066Z","2026-06-03T12:02:25.060Z",1,"novelbin.me","516e9f2904a9f2d9a2935e7d14e6128c137ac60ab0afb7c133399acf69da5bfa","started-with-a-10-000x-multiplier-in-a-game-worl-chapter-98","started-with-a-10-000x-multiplier-in-a-game-worl-chapter-96",109,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fstarted-with-a-10-000x-multiplier-in-a-game-worl-cover.jpg"]