[{"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-808":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},1242264,1669,"Chapter 808: No More Bargains","mystic-calling-stone-of-glory-chapter-808",808,"\u003Cp>Ethan looked down at him, expression calm—almost indifferent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He raised his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An Energy Greatsword formed in his palm, the blade angled low, but already locked onto its target.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Calrakk,\" Ethan said, his voice devoid of anger—just a cold, measured conclusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You made such a big show. I expected more.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But this... is all you’ve got?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Malrakk’s throat bobbed violently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wanted to argue, to rage—but even that fire was gone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His gaze drifted past Ethan, toward the battlefield in the distance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His heart sank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Calrakk’s army was collapsing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The lines had broken. Soldiers were scattering in panic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The elite force he’d brought personally—more than half were already dead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The rest were just buying time for a defeat that couldn’t be stopped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This wasn’t a war with a chance to turn the tide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Total failure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan raised the greatsword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No hesitation. No emotion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like this ending had been written long ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"W-Wait—!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Malrakk’s voice cracked, a desperate scream torn from the last scraps of his strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don’t kill me!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I know a place!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A place even you people haven’t heard of!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan didn’t strike.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he didn’t lower the blade either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The edge still hovered at a fatal angle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Malrakk seized the moment, words tumbling out in a frantic rush:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There’s a mine there—no, not just a mine! It produces a kind of crystal—pure energy, directly absorbable by living beings!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If you consume enough of it—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Even the weakest wild creature can be forced into becoming a regional lord!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The air went still for a beat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan’s eyes locked onto Malrakk’s face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No trust.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only calculation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sounds convenient,\" Ethan said flatly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And exactly like the kind of thing someone makes up when they’re about to die.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The greatsword in his hand flared again, power surging.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Malrakk panicked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m not lying!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His hand trembled as he yanked a scroll from his storage space and threw it to the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Coordinates, access routes, guardian structures—it’s all there!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan crouched, picked up the map.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Glanced at it once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Good.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A flicker of hope lit in Malrakk’s eyes—just for a second.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A flash of cold light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Energy Greatsword severed his final breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His body hit the ground with barely a sound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan sheathed the weapon and turned toward the battlefield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Send the order,\" he said, voice clear and composed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wipe out the remaining enemy.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don’t waste time.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Our next destination—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked to the horizon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Calrakk.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Emerald Castle’s army surged forward with renewed fury.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The last of the enemy was swept away in moments.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the battlefield finally fell silent, and the sky settled once more—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan was already leading his forces out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One war had ended.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the next—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A far greater one—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Had only just begun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the way to Calrakk, Ethan kept revisiting the system’s data panel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The more he looked, the deeper his frown became.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From a purely numerical standpoint, the individual stats of Calrakk’s inhabitants weren’t impressive—strength, endurance, energy capacity... all far below what they’d shown in actual combat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And yet, these physically fragile beings could wield powers like destruction, death, and darkness—forces that should’ve torn them apart from the inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It didn’t add up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unless—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Their bodies were modified,\" Ethan muttered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not just enhanced.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rebuilt. Reforged from the root—flesh, meridians, everything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His gaze drifted to the map he’d taken from Malrakk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now it made sense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The only explanation that fit was that mineral—the one Malrakk had begged for his life over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only something like that could explain the grotesque evolution of Calrakk’s power system.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the Sky Fortress under their command, the very concept of a \"campaign\" had changed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No more long marches.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No more inch-by-inch border pushes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once the fortress’s energy core hit a certain threshold, distance stopped mattering.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A brief pulse of spatial distortion—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the sky changed color.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Calrakk appeared in full view.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Below, the kingdom looked ancient and densely packed. Buildings were crammed together like no one had ever considered the possibility of an attack from above.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the Sky Fortress’s shadow slowly descended, the people in the streets froze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then chaos erupted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had never seen anything like this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some dropped to their knees.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some screamed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A few, driven mad by fear, grabbed stones from the ground and hurled them skyward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The rocks fell uselessly back down, never even reaching the fortress’s shielding layer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan stood at the control platform, face unreadable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He felt no hatred watching this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only the weight of disparity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He pressed the weapon trigger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A single beam of light shot down from the belly of the Sky Fortress.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No explosion. No shockwave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just a city block, erased in an instant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The world held its breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then it shattered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Malrakk had taken nearly all of Calrakk’s elite forces with him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What remained were civilians—beings who had never known real war.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the face of the Sky Fortress, they didn’t even understand what \"resistance\" meant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fortress carved a path straight through the kingdom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Until it reached—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The royal capital.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The true Castle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It stood in stark contrast to the rest of the city—gilded, pristine, almost gaudy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But what drew the eye most were the blood-red gemstones embedded in its walls, floors, and ceiling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They didn’t glow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But they pulsed—like they were breathing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Energy seeped from them in a steady, unnatural flow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan frowned and reached out, brushing his fingers against one of the gems.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the next instant—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A surge of raw, almost feral power slammed into his body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t elemental.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t just energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It tore through his meridians, flooded his limbs, and punched straight into his mind, leaving his thoughts blank for a heartbeat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before he could stabilize it—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Auri!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He spun around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The small figure was already pressed against another blood-red gem.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her palm was flat against its surface.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She wasn’t channeling it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was absorbing it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Devouring it, like it was instinct.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A moment later, a completely different kind of power exploded inside her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The air trembled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tables, broken pillars, shattered ornaments—everything around her began to rise, floating weightlessly in midair, as if held by an invisible hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>",1025,"2026-06-05T15:15:49.877Z",1,"novelbin.me","cb4c001e5b1d3d590cc58340f410abcf6094d25933fe43e144ae83c5cffbebe5","mystic-calling-stone-of-glory-chapter-809","mystic-calling-stone-of-glory-chapter-807",1138,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fmystic-calling-stone-of-glory-cover.jpg"]