[{"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-826":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},1242282,1669,"Chapter 826 826: This Is Where the Hunt Begins","mystic-calling-stone-of-glory-chapter-826",826,"\u003Cp>At that moment—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan's eyes lit up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not with joy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But with certainty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His data panel refreshed in real time, scanning, comparing, locking in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every critical metric had dropped—simultaneously—below the danger threshold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They're… done.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He spoke quietly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then his voice snapped sharp and loud—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"All units—attack.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let them learn what it costs to step into Emerald Castle uninvited.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The command dropped like a released bowstring pulled to its limit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Emerald Castle forces, long held in check, exploded into motion all at once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cores of their Powered Combat Armor flared to life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thrusters roared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Energy pulses rained down like a storm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This wasn't a charge—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was an execution.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Sky Fortress units hovering around Emerald Castle shifted position.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cannons deployed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Targets locked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Ultimate Annihilation Cannons—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All aimed directly at Raimondrex and Tiberon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only now did the two realize—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The real hunters had never even stepped onto the field.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it was already too late.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first beam of destruction lanced down from the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Raimondrex's body jolted violently, his chest punched clean through.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he didn't fall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A wound like that wasn't enough to kill a calamity-class entity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment the thought of recovery flickered in his mind—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The second, third, and fourth waves of firepower slammed into him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the Sky Fortress.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the Powered Combat Armor units.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the entire might of Emerald Castle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When every weapon converges on a single target—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No lifeform can survive it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not even Raimondrex.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A piercing roar echoed through the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His body began to crack, tear, and unravel—losing all structural integrity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You filthy insects… crawling in the mud!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He screamed, his voice stripped of its former dominance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Once I recover—one-on-one—just you and me—!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The only answer was more fire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one stopped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This wasn't a duel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was war.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And finally—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan raised his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An Energy Disc formed in his palm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No flourish.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No speech.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just a clean, precise throw.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A silver arc sliced through the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And in the next instant—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Raimondrex's head separated from his body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The world fell silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tiberon didn't fare much better than Raimondrex.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he tried to gather his strength again, he was hit with a wave of panic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His internal energy circuits—were completely severed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This wasn't just an injury.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was structural collapse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under the relentless assault from Emerald Castle's forces, he couldn't even mount a proper counterattack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His armor was torn apart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His protective charms were ripped away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Weapons that once had the power to sway entire wars fell one by one, powerless without energy to sustain them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His body was shredded into pieces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No explosion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No last stand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just the brutal, unceremonious end of an imperial commander, crushed by reality after his strength ran dry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the final fragments of his body were swept into the chaotic air currents, the battlefield finally fell into a brief, eerie calm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But that calm felt… wrong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The air was thick—almost sticky—with lingering energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thunder, flame, death, and shattered willpower hung in the sky like the ghost of a storm that refused to fade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan's gaze shifted slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don't waste it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment the order left his mouth, the Emerald Castle troops moved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some sat cross-legged on the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Others opened the energy ports on their armor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A few exposed their bodies directly to the swirling energy currents.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The remnants of Raimondrex's power still carried the crushing weight of a calamity-class being.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even absorbing a sliver of it could cause an ordinary person to implode on the spot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But here, in Emerald Castle, it was a rare opportunity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tiers began to climb.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Power reshaped itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And this—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was only the beginning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the days that followed, Ethan never lifted the state of high alert.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The outer defense barriers were reinforced layer by layer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Patrols increased in frequency.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Training and energy absorption continued without pause.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Until one day—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Feylora burst into the main hall, practically flying, a few Fairies trailing behind her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her breathing was uneven, but her eyes were blazing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Master,\" she said, voice low but brimming with excitement,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We found something… seriously off.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan's head snapped up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He knew that look.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Feylora spent most of her time either cultivating or leading the Fairies in scouting missions. Many of the high-value dungeons and interdimensional rifts they'd discovered had come from her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And every time she wore that expression—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It meant something dangerous and powerful was waiting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan didn't hesitate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A small elite team was quickly assembled and followed Feylora out of the main city.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entrance she'd found wasn't far from Emerald Castle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it felt like it had been deliberately erased from the world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The spatial rift was incredibly well-hidden.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without the Fairies' innate sense for anomalies, it would've gone completely unnoticed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What was even more unsettling—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was the aura leaking from the crack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cold. Rotten. Saturated with the stench of death that triggered instinctive revulsion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even Ethan shivered the moment he got close.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You've been inside?\" he asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What lives in there?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Feylora nodded firmly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's a world called Bonehell,\" she said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's… full of skeletons.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The words had barely left her mouth when the rift tore open.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The group stepped through.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And in the next instant—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The world changed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sky was a cracked, dark gray, like shattered glass.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ground was dry and fractured, ready to collapse at any moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A thick aura of death churned in the air, like an invisible fog.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For ordinary lifeforms, even inhaling a trace of it—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Would rip the soul from the body and rot the flesh in seconds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But that power—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Had no effect on Ethan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His body already coursed with a potent death aura.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And with the Bloodfiend's strength running through him, this kind of corrosive energy wasn't a threat—it was fuel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A tall figure slowly emerged from the gray mist ahead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A massive skeleton.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its hollow eye sockets burned with an eerie green-blue flame.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not for show—this was soulfire, pure and lethal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment it appeared, its gaze locked straight onto Ethan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Well, well…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its voice was low and grating, like it had clawed its way up from the depths of hell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Didn't think anything living would dare step into Bonehell.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The soulfire in its hand flared, condensing into a massive greatsword wreathed in flame.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And without hesitation—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It swung.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>",1070,"2026-06-05T15:15:49.877Z",1,"novelbin.me","854cd3ebdc430c4f659651e3de91e5d7fe1adea32d1972487606ca7037d06c43","mystic-calling-stone-of-glory-chapter-827","mystic-calling-stone-of-glory-chapter-825",1138,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fmystic-calling-stone-of-glory-cover.jpg"]