[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-mystic-calling-stone-of-glory":3,"chapter-mystic-calling-stone-of-glory-mystic-calling-stone-of-glory-chapter-775":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Mystic Calling：Stone of Glory",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1242181,1669,"Chapter 775 775: Thank the gods… he’s on our side","mystic-calling-stone-of-glory-chapter-775",775,"\u003Cp>Kaelira's face went bone white.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ethan—what are you doing?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He'd just thrown himself into the heart of that power?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the most battle-hardened monarchs wouldn't dare such a thing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Ethan was already gone, swallowed by the swirl of darkness and red light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kaelira didn't have time to think. She clenched her jaw—and jumped in after him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moments later, she landed hard on a narrow stone bridge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Bridge\" was generous. It was more like the jagged edge of a world barely holding itself together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only wide enough for one person.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On either side, an endless abyss yawned open, black and bottomless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Below, crimson energy churned and boiled like the heart of a dead star still twitching in its grave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Glug… glug…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each pulse echoed like it was trying to suck her soul straight out of her chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kaelira steadied herself, forced her breath to slow—and looked up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan was already at the far end of the bridge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Right at the eye of the slaughter vortex.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The closer he got, the more the energy clawed at the air, like it wanted to peel him apart from the inside out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Stop! Don't go any farther!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She shouted, but her voice was nearly devoured by the howling storm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Just ahead is Vaedoroth's lair! If you get any closer, you'll—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She didn't finish.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan stepped into the vortex's core—and vanished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kaelira's heart seized.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She knew what lay beyond that point.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn't just dangerous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a place no living thing should ever enter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As she moved forward, the slaughter energy surged toward her like a tidal wave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thud.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thud.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thud.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each step was a battle. She had to summon every ounce of strength just to keep her mind from unraveling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The air sliced at her skin like shards of glass. Even breathing felt like inhaling fire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But she didn't stop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She charged in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When she crossed the vortex's edge—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She froze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All the slaughter energy was gone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That monstrous, suffocating force had vanished, as if swallowed by something unseen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan stood at the center.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arms slightly raised.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if he were speaking to the air—or something beyond it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It looked like a prayer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or a summoning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kaelira bolted toward him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had to get him out. Drag him out if she had to. Even if it cost her the last of her strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment she took a step, something hit her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>VMMM.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An invisible force slammed into her chest, knocking her back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She stumbled, nearly toppling over the edge of the bridge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A barrier—clear as glass, nearly invisible—now stood between her and Ethan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>VMMM…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A deep resonance rippled through the air, like a bell tolling in a world without sound. It vibrated through the stone, through her bones, through the very air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan stood at the vortex's heart, suspended slightly above the ground, held aloft by a translucent shimmer of light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His breathing was calm. Too calm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like he'd entered some ancient, sacred rite.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An awakening.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kaelira held her breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This Ethan—he wasn't the same man she knew.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Around him, a spiraling storm of energy had formed. But instead of erupting outward, the power was being drawn in—pulled into him like a black hole swallowing light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Floating before him was a sphere of deep white energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It looked cold as ice, but radiated a heat that seared the soul.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A pure, undiluted core of slaughter energy—so dense it bent the light around it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And as Ethan continued to absorb it, the sphere visibly shrank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A minute ago, it had been the size of a small mountain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was half that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kaelira finally exhaled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So that's what this was…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wasn't being consumed. He was consuming it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She sank onto a jagged outcrop of stone nearby, never taking her eyes off him. Not for a second.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This place was too strange, too dangerous. She couldn't afford to blink.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But then—just as the tide of energy surged toward Ethan again—something else happened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two lights began to rise from within him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like stars blooming from the depths of his chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They took shape slowly, gently—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Until they became two girls, floating in the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Auri and Idra.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their forms pulsed in rhythm with the world's heartbeat, their outlines tinged faintly with the pale white of slaughter energy—only to be cleansed again by their own inner glow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kaelira's eyes widened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The aura coming off them—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pure Fairy God.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pure Dragon God.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was like watching two long-lost mythologies return to life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She forgot to breathe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even in the oldest scrolls of Sol'Rakka, these forces were only hinted at—half-remembered fragments of a time before time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And now, here they were.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two children, absorbing Vaedoroth's Primordial Force of Slaughter like it was their birthright.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kaelira almost doubted her own senses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But what truly shook her—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was how fast their Tiers were rising.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like arrows shot into a storm's eye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mid-25 Tier…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Peak-25 Tier…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still climbing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She whispered, stunned, \"Impossible… how can they withstand that kind of power?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, Ethan himself was changing too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His Tier hadn't broken through—still holding at the peak of 25.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But his aura had transformed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was denser now. Sharper. Like a blade that had been reforged in divine fire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His strength had doubled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His mind felt anchored, unshakable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the energy field around his body had taken on a strange, ancient resonance—something that didn't belong to this age.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kaelira slowly rose to her feet, chest rising and falling with each breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She'd known Ethan for a while now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But she'd never known this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Never guessed that inside him lived two… monsters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her throat tightened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And for the first time, she felt something she couldn't name.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Terror. Awe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And a strange, survivor's relief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thank the gods… he's on our side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>VMMM—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The air suddenly trembled, like a giant invisible hand had pressed down on the world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cracks of light split the sky above, and a cold, twisted presence began to descend.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>FWIP—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The pressure hit like a scream made of whispers—like a thousand throats growling in unison.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kaelira's pupils shrank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No… something's wrong… That presence—damn it! It's him?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She shot to her feet, fingers trembling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She knew this power too well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vaedoroth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The source of all this horror. The one and only.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn't have a mind in the way mortals did.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he had instinct. A monstrous, apocalyptic instinct:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Destroy everything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And if it couldn't be destroyed—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Corrupt it. Make it his.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That madness had once brought him to Sol'Rakka, where he nearly turned the entire continent into a nest of monsters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he hadn't weakened after leaving the Dungeon—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Kaelira hadn't driven him back with the full force of her crown—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sol'Rakka would've been lost.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And now—he was back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He's here,\" Ethan said, lifting his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no fear in his voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If anything, he sounded… eager.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like a predator catching the scent of prey.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The slaughter energy he'd absorbed still roared through his veins, and he could feel it now—clearly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A thread.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A faint, flickering connection between himself and the world's purest source of slaughter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he was strong enough—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could tap into it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could make it his.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Vaedoroth?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was bringing a banquet of it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Ethan could absorb that…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Maybe I can get even stronger,\" he murmured.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>",1218,"2026-06-05T15:15:48.983Z",1,"novelbin.me","3badb35edcd78d224b4ab56c08e9e7f36d6a3026b1bfb199ce7b94fbddaa8054","mystic-calling-stone-of-glory-chapter-776","mystic-calling-stone-of-glory-chapter-774",1138,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fmystic-calling-stone-of-glory-cover.jpg"]