[{"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-783":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},1242189,1669,"Chapter 783 783: If They Can Come Through… Then So Can We","mystic-calling-stone-of-glory-chapter-783",783,"\u003Cp>Kaelira was stunned speechless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You… you're controlling the enemy's Sky Fortresses?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That's right,\" Ethan replied without looking up, voice steady as ever. \"If they want to use their technology to wipe us out, then I'll turn their technology into our weapon.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As his fingers danced across the console, more and more command sequences fell into place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The third ship.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fourth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The eighth…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One by one, the light-class Sky Fortresses froze midair, systems shutting down, then rebooting under new control.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By the time the twelfth was hijacked, the entire enemy fleet in the sky was his.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan pressed the central command key.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM—BOOM—BOOM—BOOM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All twelve Sky Fortresses unleashed their full firepower in unison.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The battlefield lit up with a storm of energy beams, each one a pillar of annihilation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Kormaldor army didn't even have time to scream. They were torn apart in an instant, shredded into ash and scattered across the sand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In less than ten minutes, Kormaldor's main fleet was obliterated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The few surviving soldiers on the outskirts watched in horror as their own ships turned against them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their will to fight shattered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some fled. Others were caught in the chaos and vaporized by stray blasts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under the relentless pursuit of Sol'Rakka and Emerald Castle's united forces, the last of the enemy was hunted down and wiped out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Silence fell over the battlefield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan was just about to order the troops to regroup and withdraw when a strange ripple passed through the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vmmm…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The air shimmered like disturbed water.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A massive, nearly invisible vortex opened at the edge of the battlefield. It spun slowly, translucent and vast, like a wound in the world itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kaelira tensed immediately. \"What… is that?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan's expression darkened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That's not a natural rift.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stepped closer, eyes narrowing as the system scan pulled up new data.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's a Kormaldor transit gate. All those Sky Fortresses we just fought—they came through here.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kaelira's fists clenched, her voice trembling with fury. \"They used this… to invade Sol'Rakka? To slaughter civilians without warning—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan stared into the swirling vortex, and for the first time, the calm in his eyes gave way to something colder. Sharper.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your Majesty,\" he said, voice low and tight with fury, \"the lives lost today—Sol'Rakka's and Emerald Castle's—I won't let them be for nothing.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kaelira turned to him, her gaze sharpening like drawn steel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan raised his hand and pointed at the vortex.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If they can come through…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His voice was a verdict.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then so can we.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kaelira's jaw tightened. Her chest rose and fell with the weight of memory—burning walls, fallen soldiers, children screaming beneath a sky on fire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She lifted her head, and when she spoke, her voice was ice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then we fight.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No matter what kind of nation Kormaldor is—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She raised her sword high. A surge of violet-pink energy burst skyward, splitting the clouds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They will pay for the blood they spilled in Sol'Rakka.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan nodded once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn't hesitate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The vortex loomed before them like a gate to another world, and his army surged forward behind him, pouring into the light like a tidal wave of vengeance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—The world flipped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—The ground vanished beneath their feet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—A low hum filled the air, deep and resonant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then the light faded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What lay before them was no ordinary land.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was another world entirely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sky was choked with floating fortresses—light-class, mid-class, and massive dreadnoughts—packed so densely they formed a continent of steel suspended in the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each one pulsed with rune-lit menace, weapons fully charged and ready to fire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Below, the city stretched out in cold, brutal symmetry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Silver-gray towers stabbed into the clouds. Energy conduits snaked through the streets like glowing veins, feeding power to every corner of the metropolis.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On either side of the roads stood ranks of soldiers clad in exo-skeletal armor, their plating etched with shifting light patterns. The force radiating off them was so intense it made the air feel like it might crack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan drew a long breath, eyes scanning the alien skyline.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Kormaldor… so it really is a nation built on technology.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now he understood why the enemy had been so formidable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those exoskeletal suits didn't just enhance a soldier's strength—they multiplied it. Twofold, threefold, more. And with the Sky Fortresses feeding them energy in real time, they weren't soldiers anymore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were walking weapons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This just got a lot more complicated…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He knew the truth, clear as steel:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If they tried to fight this head-on, no matter how elite his forces were, they wouldn't win easily. Maybe not at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then it happened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A sharp, shrieking alarm split the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fweee! Fweee! Fweee!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Massive beams of scanning light swept across the sky like searchlights from some mechanical god.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kormaldor's surveillance towers had spotted them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hostile incursion detected!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Breach alert triggered!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"All exo units—launch!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was like the entire city had been waiting for this moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In an instant, the skyline erupted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thousands of exosuit soldiers shot into the air in perfect formation, rising with terrifying speed and precision. They moved like a swarm of metal hornets, each one a blur of armor and thrusters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sky darkened under their numbers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan's brow tightened. \"That's… way too many.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kaelira gripped her spear, her palm slick with sweat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Behind her, the warriors of Sol'Rakka were visibly shaken.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They'd never seen anything like this—enemies who could fly, fire in bursts, and hit with the strength of ten men.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But there was no turning back now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan's voice rang out like a blade drawn in the dark.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"All units—engage!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Emerald Castle's army surged forward first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Veterans of countless battles, they didn't flinch at the sight of high-tech monsters. They roared into the fray, blades flashing, war cries burning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the moment steel met steel, the difference was obvious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kormaldor's exo-soldiers were faster. Stronger. Sharper.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One of them could hold off three, even four Sol'Rakkan warriors at once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The front lines buckled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Screams and explosions tore through the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kaelira's face went pale. \"No… my people can't hold them!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM!!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A blinding column of energy slammed down from the sky, gold and white spiraling together like a divine blade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan's Sky Fortress had arrived.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hovering above the battlefield like a god of war, it unleashed its fury.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom! Boom! Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each blast tore through the enemy ranks, vaporizing exo-soldiers like paper in a furnace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sol'Rakka's warriors finally caught a breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They rallied beneath the Sky Fortress, pulling back into its shadow, using its massive frame as a shield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan's voice thundered across the comms:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"All units—form up around the Sky Fortress! Tighten ranks! We hold here!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The armies of Sol'Rakka and Emerald Castle converged, shoulder to shoulder beneath the fortress's energy shield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Together, they began to form a new front—tight, disciplined, unbreakable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan knew the rules here had changed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a world like Kormaldor, scattered skirmishes meant certain death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only unity—tight formations, overlapping firepower, and coordinated defense—could turn the tide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>",1163,"2026-06-05T15:15:48.983Z",1,"novelbin.me","dac3efcb8778363e97b1c13de543b42a4e25eb4b48c8d0d1fa36a6ee0d692179","mystic-calling-stone-of-glory-chapter-784","mystic-calling-stone-of-glory-chapter-782",1138,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fmystic-calling-stone-of-glory-cover.jpg"]