[{"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-98":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},1136251,1466,"Chapter 98: You Are Not Alone","started-with-a-10-000x-multiplier-in-a-game-worl-chapter-98",98,"\u003Cp>The Sky Demon Forest was dead silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Over four thousand players surrounded the massive fifty-foot crater Dante had just carved into the earth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sheer scale of the mobilization was absurd.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three rival armies normally at each other’s throats for territory and resources had formed a unified and heavily armored perimeter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To the north, the Gilded Syndicate held the line behind heavy iron barricades.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To the east, the Black Dragon Syndicate occupied the dense canopy. Their archers and rogues perched on the thick branches of the ancient twisted trees.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To the west, the Apex Coalition formed a massive wall of heavy infantry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the very front stood Gawain, the Paladin Guild Master, gripping a massive glowing holy hammer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante stood in the dead center of the crater.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t have his weapon drawn. He didn’t look like a player trapped in an unwinnable scenario. He looked completely bored.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beside him, the tiny barefoot girl in the gothic dress stared blankly at the surrounding armies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Erebus,\" Dante had said and pointed a dark purple gauntlet at Gawain. \"Squish them.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Erebus blinked her solid blood-red eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She raised her pale tiny hand fully intending to use her reality-warping Celestial telekinesis to turn the entire Apex vanguard into a localized smear on the dirt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before she could close her fist, the air pressure above the western flank violently shifted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Kill him!\" Gawain roared and was completely oblivious to the half-soul entity standing next to his target. \"Apex Vanguard, charge!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three hundred heavily armored paladins and warriors roared in unison.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They broke from the tree line and charged down the slope of the crater. Their iron boots shook the earth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They raised their shields fully intending to trample Dante into the dirt and chain-stun him until his health bar zeroed out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante didn’t move. He didn’t even activate [Blink Step].\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He felt a familiar surge of mana.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Skill Executed: Gravity Well]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It didn’t come from Dante.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A massive invisible cylinder of concentrated atmospheric pressure slammed down from the sky. It landed squarely on the charging Apex vanguard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The front line of the army of Gawain didn’t stagger. They didn’t slow down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were violently and instantaneously crushed into the dirt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sound of three hundred sets of heavy iron armor buckling under absolute gravitational force echoed across the clearing like a train crash.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The players hit the ground so hard their avatars glitched. Their health bars dropped by massive chunks as the chantless magic pinned them entirely to the floor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What?!\" Gawain shouted and stumbled backward to avoid the invisible boundary of the well. \"Who cast that?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A figure stepped out from the shadows of the southern tree line.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lila walked forward. Her blue hair was pulled back, and she gripped her basic wooden staff.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was wearing her beginner cloth robes to completely hide the Dark Demon chest piece and Silver-tier greaves underneath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She didn’t look terrified anymore. Her eyes were locked onto the pinned Apex players with absolute cold focus.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I told you to stay in the tavern,\" Dante called out over the groaning armor of the trapped players.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lila kept her staff raised to maintain the gravity well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yeah. I lied. Sera told me to make sure you did not accidentally destroy the local economy by getting yourself killed.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Up in the eastern canopy, the Black Dragon Syndicate reacted instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They saw the squishy support player step into the open.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The stealth squads didn’t care about the gravity magic. They saw a free kill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Archers! Drop the mage!\" a Black Dragon lieutenant screamed from the branches.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Over five hundred bows were drawn simultaneously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A massive synchronized volley of iron-tipped arrows blotted out the violet sky. It rained down directly toward the unarmored position of Lila.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante reached for [Voidsever] ready to teleport and intercept the barrage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t have to.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Batter up!\" a cheerful and hyper-energetic voice yelled from the tree line behind Lila.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Skill Executed: Colossal Manifestation]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A massive black iron shadow completely eclipsed the incoming volley.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The four-foot-wide cast-iron frying pan didn’t just enlarge. It exploded into a thirty-foot-wide monolith of indestructible metal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mei stepped out of the brush and gripped the tree-trunk-sized handle with both hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She swung the colossal pan upward in a brutal and sweeping arc. She perfectly intercepted the localized rain of arrows.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>CLANG!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The impact rang out like a massive church bell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The five hundred iron-tipped arrows shattered instantly against the [Perfect Block] passive of the [God-Slaying Skillet].\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The kinetic force of the swing didn’t just stop the arrows. It created a gust of wind that blew the shattered wooden shafts right back into the trees.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It forced the Black Dragon archers to duck for cover.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mei rested the colossal pan effortlessly on her shoulder. She was grinning from ear to ear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You did not really think we were going to let you fight three armies without a vanguard, did you, Boss?\" Mei laughed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pip, the tiny red dragon, swooped out from behind the head of Mei.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The familiar flew around the massive pan. His yellow eyes scanned the thousands of players surrounding the crater.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Look at all these walking loot bags!\" Pip shrieked happily. \"Mei, we are going to need a bigger backpack!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante shook his head and a genuine smile broke his stoic expression. He lowered his hand to signal Erebus to hold off on her execution.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I explicitly told you to stay in the city,\" Dante said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before anyone could answer, the sky above the northern barricades tore open.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t a spell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Something massive dropped straight out of the cloud cover and plummeted toward the shield wall of the Gilded Syndicate like a ballistic missile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The figure crashed into the earth directly between the front line of Malric and the crater of Dante.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The impact shattered the ground and kicked up a massive cloud of dust and pulverized rock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Player ’Casanova’ has activated Innate Talent: Titan’s Physique.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The dust cleared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Standing in the center of the impact zone was a hulking and seven-foot-tall wall of heavily vascular digital muscle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ruffled silk shirt of Casanova was completely shredded and barely hung onto his massive broadened shoulders.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wasn’t holding his lute. He was cracking his oversized knuckles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Casanova turned his head and looked over his massive shoulder at Dante.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bard flashed a brilliant arrogant grin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You did not think we would let you hog all the fun, did you, Boss?\" Casanova said. His voice rumbled three octaves deeper than normal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Malric stared at the towering bard in absolute disbelief. The Enforcer took a step back and raised his broadsword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What is this?\" Malric demanded and projected his voice across the clearing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You brought a party? Three people? You think three random players are going to stop four thousand of us?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante didn’t answer Malric.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked at his squad.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lila, the Astral Arcanist, had the entire western flank pinned to the dirt without chanting a single syllable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mei, the Brawler, was holding an indestructible thirty-foot-wide frying pan capable of batting away synchronized artillery fire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Casanova, the bruiser, was currently flexing muscles that completely bypassed standard class parameters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And standing right next to Dante, tightly clutching the side of his heavy iron greave, was Erebus.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Level 25 Celestial boss was casually chewing on the last bite of her meat bun. She was completely unfazed by the hostile armies surrounding them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aura popped out of her pet-space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Grade 8 Doom Harbinger floated happily above the head of Dante. She pulsed a soft silver light that blanketed the entire party in absolute status immunity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They weren’t an army.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were a squad of complete and system-breaking anomalies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They are not random players, Malric,\" Dante finally said. His voice wasn’t loud, but it carried perfectly across the silent crater.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante reached out with his right hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The black brand on his wrist flared violently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thick and light-absorbing smoke erupted from his palm. It instantly condensed into the massive and jagged shape of [Voidsever].\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The primordial greatsword hummed aggressively and devoured the ambient light in the clearing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante gripped the dark bone hilt with both hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They are my party,\" Dante said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gawain struggled to break free from the edge of the gravity well of Lila. He pointed his holy hammer directly at Dante.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Kill them all!\" Gawain roared. \"Do not let them group up! Casters, unleash everything!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The three armies finally snapped out of their shock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Gilded Syndicate charged from the north and their heavy infantry rushed Casanova.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Black Dragon Syndicate dropped from the trees and their rogues activated stealth to rush toward Mei and Lila.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Apex Coalition mages in the backline began rapidly chanting. They formed massive and overlapping magic circles in the air prepared to glass the entire crater.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante didn’t retreat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked at his team.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Lila, keep the frontline stacked,\" Dante ordered quickly. \"Mei, cover the airspace. Casanova, break their shields.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante activated [Chrono-Shift]. His cooldowns halved. His resource costs zeroed out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What about me?\" Erebus asked and looked up at him with solid red eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Just point at anything holding a glowing stick and make it stop,\" Dante said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Erebus nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante stepped forward and raised Voidsever.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t just smirk. He let out a dark laugh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The true battle of the Sky Demon Forest had officially begun.\u003C\u002Fp>",1556,"2026-06-03T12:02:19.066Z","2026-06-03T12:02:25.060Z",1,"novelbin.me","be392f829b706d8d57160d73d22f3b20a5d8257e9d34687f4c9b0b652546a3b3","started-with-a-10-000x-multiplier-in-a-game-worl-chapter-99","started-with-a-10-000x-multiplier-in-a-game-worl-chapter-97",109,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fstarted-with-a-10-000x-multiplier-in-a-game-worl-cover.jpg"]