[{"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-830":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},1242286,1669,"Chapter 830: The Power Beneath The Surface","mystic-calling-stone-of-glory-chapter-830",830,"\u003Cp>Ethan’s gaze slowly shifted back to the Primordial Lake beside him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The water remained still.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in his eyes, it was no longer just a lake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The control node of the entire world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He raised his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No hesitation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He plunged his palm straight into the water.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>HUMMM—!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first resonance hit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>HUMMM—!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A second pulse followed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>HUMMMM—!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The power buried deep within the lake stirred violently, as if it had just found a new conduit. Energy surged, rippling outward in a frenzy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The forest around the lake erupted with change.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The nests embedded in the trees suddenly lit up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this time—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What leapt out wasn’t skeletons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was goblins.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Short, muscular, tightly coiled with energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment they hit the ground, they moved—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fast, coordinated, eyes sharp and focused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan’s breath caught for half a second.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then his eyes lit up with unfiltered excitement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Knew it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He hadn’t been wrong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The nests didn’t summon a fixed race.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tied directly to the summoner’s power structure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bonehell was a world born from death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So naturally, its default summons were skeletons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Ethan was different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His power came from beyond this world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His system already included goblin summoning rights.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So when his energy resonated with the Primordial Lake—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What awakened wasn’t the lake’s default.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was his.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His army.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The battle between Daybound and Nightveil was nearing its end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bodies littered the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Energy reserves were nearly drained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Morvakar and Aurelion stood across the ruined battlefield, chests heaving, barely able to stay upright.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They didn’t even have the strength left to insult each other.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as they prepared to burn the last of their power for one final clash—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They noticed something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Movement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the trees.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All around the lake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Goblins. Dozens. Then hundreds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pouring out of the forest, forming into a massive, organized force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each one carried a strange, menacing weapon—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crude in shape, but radiating lethal intent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The power rolling off them—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was enough to make the air itself ripple.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Confusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It spread like wildfire through both armies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No way!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Primordial Lake can’t summon those things!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is a skeleton world!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s him—!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That outsider! He’s corrupted the energy balance!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shouts and accusations exploded from both sides.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And every single gaze locked onto Ethan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The battlefield—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Detonated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan looked down at the scene unfolding before him, the corner of his mouth lifting into a faint smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t respond to the flood of questions from the four factions. Their voices were growing louder, more frantic, even shrill—but he didn’t care.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His curiosity had already drowned out the noise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He began summoning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not with reckless urgency, but with calm, practiced rhythm—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Drawing in energy, channeling it with precision.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the goblins kept coming.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the shattered forest, their numbers surged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Twice as many as the armies that had just torn each other apart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And still growing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Endless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unstoppable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This energy... it really is endless.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A grin tugged at the corner of Ethan’s lips, excitement flickering in his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He hadn’t expected the lake’s power to be this dense. He’d been summoning for this long, and yet the reservoir hadn’t even begun to run dry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A rare sense of ease settled over him. With this kind of power backing him, Emerald Castle’s future no longer felt like a distant dream—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he didn’t rush forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, he kept watching.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Looks like these goblins aren’t just mindless brutes,\" Ethan murmured. \"Their summoning seems to be woven into something... deeper. A more complex system tied to this world’s energy.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His attention shifted to the two leaders still standing nearby—Morvakar and Aurelion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They weren’t far. The tension between them was so thick it felt like the air might tear apart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I came here to dismantle the skeletons,\" Ethan said quietly, eyes narrowing. \"To destroy their control system. Maybe even take this world for myself.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A cold glint flashed in his gaze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But it looks like... you two already did most of the work for me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Morvakar and Aurelion locked eyes—then fury surged through both of them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their armies had bled for this lake. Paid in lives and power. And now, everything they fought for was being stolen—effortlessly—by an outsider.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To them, it was nothing short of humiliation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You—!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Morvakar’s voice was a snarl, his teeth clenched tight. Rage poured off him in waves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You think you can just waltz in and take this power?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He yanked a glowing orb from his belt and shoved it into his mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A second later, a violent surge of energy exploded from his body, warping the air around him with sheer pressure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don’t care who you are,\" he growled, voice raw and low.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This power still belongs to this world!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And today—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’ll pay for your greed!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, Aurelion pulled out an identical orb and swallowed it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His aura flared instantly, skyrocketing in intensity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two elders moved in unison, power roaring around them, thick enough to crush stone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But before they could even reach Ethan—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were stopped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A wall of goblins surged forward, fast and unshakable, forming a living barrier between Ethan and the two charging leaders.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These goblins weren’t like the first wave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their presence was heavier. Their power—comparable to Morvakar and Aurelion themselves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three of them merged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their bodies fused into a single, towering goblin brute, its aura punching through the air like a hammer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two elders froze mid-charge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"These goblins...\" Morvakar muttered, stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"These aren’t ours. We didn’t summon them.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan stood off to the side, relaxed, almost amused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wasn’t in a hurry to retaliate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’d already guessed that this world’s energy system wasn’t as simple as it looked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Primordial Lake wasn’t just a power source—it was deeply integrated into the world’s very fabric.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its energy couldn’t be drained by brute force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wouldn’t break that easily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He adjusted his stance, took a slow breath, then reached out again—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And plunged his hand back into the lake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>HUMMM—!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A deeper, heavier resonance echoed out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Power surged into him like a flood. The energy around the lake spiked, thickening until the very air began to crack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Still not enough,\" Ethan whispered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He kept drawing more, calm and steady, until faint fractures began to spiderweb through the space around him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But then—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Something shifted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A ripple of unease passed through the goblins.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They stopped moving.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, without a word, they began to gather—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Converging in one spot, as if waiting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a signal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>",1088,"2026-06-05T15:15:49.877Z",1,"novelbin.me","e5eab812bd2c27c6118db52aed87fbaf810c5a655d23d9adcb191d5b7dcdc04e","mystic-calling-stone-of-glory-chapter-831","mystic-calling-stone-of-glory-chapter-829",1138,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fmystic-calling-stone-of-glory-cover.jpg"]