[{"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-913":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},1242369,1669,"Chapter 913 913: Beneath the Quiet Sea","mystic-calling-stone-of-glory-chapter-913",913,"\u003Cp>As the full scene came into view, Ethan's brow furrowed instinctively.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cracked earth. Rotting wounds. Eyes dulled by exhaustion and hopelessness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This wasn't the imperial heartland he'd expected—it looked more like a forgotten labor camp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a brief pause, he led the group down to the coastline.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The warship's massive shadow swept over the land, and the workers below froze almost in unison. One by one, they looked up, faces filled with shock and unease.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They'd lived under The Nether Sea's rule for too long. None of them had ever seen a foreign warship, let alone one that dared to descend so boldly onto their shores.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Who… who are you people?\" a gaunt middle-aged man asked, voice trembling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are you tired of living? This isn't a place outsiders can just walk into!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More voices followed, hushed but urgent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You need to leave—now. Everyone here's been sent off to fight Emerald Castle. They'll be back any minute.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If they find you here, you'll be slaughtered.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That ship… they'll take it. No question.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no hostility in their words—only fear. Raw, instinctive fear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They weren't trying to drive Ethan away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were trying to protect him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan listened quietly, not rushing to respond.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, without a word, he reached into his spatial storage and pulled out a transparent sphere. With a flick of his wrist, he tossed it into the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Light shimmered across its surface, and soon, vivid images began to unfold in midair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Warships colliding. Energy tearing through the sky. The Kraken's collapse. Varaxis's death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the battle that had just taken place above Emerald Castle—projected in full, like a living hologram.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every explosion, every shockwave carried weight. Realness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The slaves stood frozen, breath caught in their throats.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They couldn't believe it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The invincible army of The Nether Sea—the force that had ruled their lives with an iron grip—was gone. Crushed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the man who had done it… was standing right in front of them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a long moment, no one moved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then someone slowly dropped to their knees, voice shaking with emotion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It was you… You killed that tyrant?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Does that mean… we're finally free?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More and more followed, falling to their knees, eyes wide with something they hadn't felt in years—hope.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But just as the emotion threatened to boil over, Ethan stepped forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn't raise his voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But as his power slowly radiated outward, the air thickened like a storm front rolling in. The pressure was suffocating, freezing everyone in place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Freedom,\" Ethan said, his gaze sweeping across the crowd, \"doesn't mean chaos.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His voice was calm. Measured. Unmistakably firm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"From this moment on, The Nether Sea is under my control.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You can choose to follow me—and become part of the new order.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Or you can refuse. But that means leaving… or paying the price.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn't a threat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a fact.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The excitement on their faces began to fade, replaced by hesitation. Conflict. Fear of trading one master for another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They wanted to be free—but they'd lived too long under power to not fear it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A deep, rumbling sound rolled in from the sea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Low. Endless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like something massive was stirring beneath the waves. Something ancient. Something waking up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan's expression sharpened instantly. He stepped forward, eyes locked on the churning sea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could feel it—an immense surge of energy rising fast from the ocean depths, thick with pressure and unmistakable hostility.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next second, the water exploded upward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM—!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A figure slowly ascended from the deep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was humanoid in shape, but its body was covered in intricate, glowing blue-violet markings. Light pulsed through the patterns like veins of the sea itself, alive and shifting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A wild, unfamiliar power radiated from him, warping the air around him with every breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan's brow furrowed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn't just the merman's appearance that caught his attention—it was the strange undercurrent he could now sense bleeding out from the entire Nether Sea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The energy wasn't violent, but it was everywhere—like a hidden undertow, woven into the air and moisture, subtle and hard to pin down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stepped to the edge of the shore and dipped his hand into the icy water.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A faint tremor ran up his arm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not just a flow of energy—but something deeper. A resonance. Like an echo from another layer of reality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It felt as if beneath this sea, there was another world—one that overlapped with their own, yet remained sealed off. A deep realm, hidden and strange.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the aura leaking from it was… wrong. Unfamiliar. Twisted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before Ethan could probe further—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The merman rose fully into the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His scales flared open under the eerie blue light, each one sharp as a blade. They detached from his body and spun together midair, forming a massive greatsword of glimmering scales. Power surged from him in waves, and the air buzzed with a low, constant hum.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You bastards have some nerve,\" the merman growled, voice low and laced with venom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Coming here like you own the place? You're not leaving alive.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before the last word even finished, the scale greatsword came crashing down from the sky—like a falling curtain of death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan's pupils contracted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That strike was far stronger than he'd anticipated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He moved to intercept—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But a blinding white light burst out from the side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Andona had already launched forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The holy radiance of her Angelic Sword cut through the darkness like a blade of pure dawn, slamming head-on into the incoming wave of Nethora Power. The moment the two forces collided, the merman's energy shattered—melting away like frost under fire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The merman's expression twisted in shock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fear flashed in his eyes—raw and instinctive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn't hesitate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He yanked his power back, spun midair, and bolted toward the distant sea, vanishing into the swirling mist without a word.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan blinked, caught off guard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From what he'd sensed, the merman's energy level was clearly higher than Andona's. On paper, he should've had the advantage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the moment they clashed, it hadn't even been close.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan quickly pulled up his system interface and ran a scan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The data came back fast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The merman's Nethora Power was chaotic—unstable, and heavily contaminated with death-type energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Andona?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She wielded the power of the Angel King.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Holy authority versus corrupted death energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A direct counter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter how much raw power he had, the suppression was absolute.\u003C\u002Fp>",1062,"2026-06-05T15:15:54.167Z",1,"novelbin.me","03c574bb4b636ede4da288707c257571111b62b5d1c9b61dd75d016fd9e7862b","mystic-calling-stone-of-glory-chapter-914","mystic-calling-stone-of-glory-chapter-912",1138,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fmystic-calling-stone-of-glory-cover.jpg"]