[{"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-864":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},1242420,1669,"Chapter 864 864: Either You Conquer, or You Die","mystic-calling-stone-of-glory-chapter-864",864,"\u003Cp>Ethan let out a slow breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, with a single command, he reprogrammed all close-range weapon systems.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—New target: Narlost forces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The shift was instant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The deck's firepower flipped without warning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Turrets that had been hammering Emerald Castle's defenses suddenly rotated in unison, unleashing a storm of energy down on their former allies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was chaos.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Terror. Confusion. Collapse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Narlost formation, already leaderless, crumbled under the sudden betrayal of their own firepower.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan activated the Ark's broadcast array.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His voice echoed across the battlefield, carried by the ship's comms system, reaching every corner of the war zone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Aurelkar is dead.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just six words—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But they hit like thunder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The battlefield froze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the air seemed to pause.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You were never fighting for war,\" Ethan continued. \"You just wanted to survive. To find new land. New energy. A future for your people.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If you're willing to submit—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You can live.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Silence spread across the deck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hesitation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Struggle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then finally—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Someone dropped their weapon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dropped to one knee.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"…I surrender.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was like a dam breaking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More and more soldiers followed, kneeling one after another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Weapons clattered to the ground in waves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Narlost army—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shattered completely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan stood at the center of the control chamber, watching it all unfold in silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The battle was over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The energy storms faded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The world began to quiet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A war that could've rewritten the balance of multiple worlds… had ended.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Doomsday Ark drifted low across the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its massive hull cast a long, heavy shadow over Emerald Castle's capital—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like a mountain of steel gliding silently above the city.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan didn't hesitate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He brought the Ark—this symbol of destruction and domination—straight back to his own territory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And somehow, miraculously—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Despite the scale of the war, Emerald Castle itself had taken no lasting damage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The walls still stood strong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The defense arrays were untouched.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the energy core remained stable, humming quietly beneath the surface.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once the victory was confirmed, something unexpected happened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The scientists—those who rarely left their underground labs—finally emerged from the research district.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No armor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No shields.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just lab coats and wide eyes, staring up at the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not because they didn't understand the danger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But because they understood it better than anyone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If this war had been lost, no shield would've saved them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Emerald Castle would've been erased.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Doomsday Ark hovered above them, blotting out the sun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Victory felt so real, it was almost hard to believe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a moment of stunned silence, the research district erupted in murmurs and gasps.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Ark's tech was beyond anything they'd ever seen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Energy circuits. Spatial stabilizers. Compressed weapon cores…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every component was a masterpiece—enough to keep them awake for weeks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If they could fully decode and reconstruct it—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Emerald Castle's reach would no longer be bound to a single world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They'd be ready to step into something far greater.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Something vast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Something infinite.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a world nearly swallowed by desolation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Endless yellow sand stretched to the horizon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sky above was pale and cracked, as if even the wind had lost its weight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hundreds knelt in the heart of the desert, clad in strange, ornate armor. Hands clasped, heads bowed, they chanted in low, ancient tongues.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their voices were faint, but carried a desperate kind of reverence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Above them, suspended in midair, hovered a woman bathed in radiant light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wings of pure white energy unfurled behind her—woven from divine brilliance, not feathers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Light Force poured from her body in steady waves, painting the sky in soft gold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She opened her eyes slowly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Calm. Steady. But unmistakably weary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The power here… is gone.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her voice wasn't loud, but it carried across the dunes like a bell in still air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Staying will only bring extinction.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A ripple of unrest moved through the crowd.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Loss. Doubt. Resistance. All flickered across their faces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was their home.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their land for generations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even now, with the world on the brink of death, it was hard to let go.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But they knew the truth—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Stay, and they'd die.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The woman slowly drew in her light, descending to the sand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was preparing to lead her people away from this dying world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sky darkened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A massive shadow emerged from the clouds above.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A warship—monstrous and silent—descended like a predator closing in on its prey.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the prow stood a tall, imposing figure, hands clasped behind his back, gaze cold as steel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Queen Seraphine.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His voice rolled out like thunder from the deep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Where do you think you're going?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Panic exploded through the crowd.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some dropped to the sand, trembling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Others clawed at the ground, trying to bury themselves as if the dirt could shield them from that gaze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seraphine's fingers trembled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Light gathered once more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A golden longbow formed in her hands, forged from pure Light Force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But before she could draw—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man vanished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And reappeared right in front of her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So close, she could feel his breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don't waste your strength,\" he said with a smirk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Worlds that defy the Vorgar Empire never end well.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your resources are spent.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Instead of dying slow, hand over the Heart of Light. Join us.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'll take your people to a new home.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He paused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The smile turned cold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Or—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seraphine's eyes flared with fury and resolve.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Light Force surged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She drew the bowstring to its limit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A golden arrow screamed through the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man clearly hadn't expected her to actually fire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The golden arrow tore through the air, blazing with searing Light Force, aimed straight for his face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He jerked back half a step, power flaring from within.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A wave of dark energy surged out from his body like a crashing tide—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The arrow shattered mid-flight, bursting into a cloud of glittering light particles that drifted slowly through the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man narrowed his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Seraphine,\" he said coldly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You really intend to stand against us?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seraphine's jaw clenched. Her fingers stayed tight on the bowstring.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You're nothing but leeches,\" she spat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"One world drained dry, then on to the next.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I won't be part of that cycle.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man paused—just for a beat—then let out a low, grating laugh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It echoed across the desert, sharp and mocking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You're still clinging to that fantasy?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There's no mercy in this universe.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If you don't take, you get taken.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's that simple—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Either you conquer, or you die.\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1066,"2026-06-05T15:15:51.880Z",1,"novelbin.me","efe88813d3d2d759f1b6c8b4620d6de24ae30b73b0c226e21a0fd2448a89571a","mystic-calling-stone-of-glory-chapter-865","mystic-calling-stone-of-glory-chapter-863",1138,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fmystic-calling-stone-of-glory-cover.jpg"]