[{"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-952":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},1242496,1669,"Chapter 952 952: Unless We Defend It","mystic-calling-stone-of-glory-chapter-952",952,"\u003Cp>Ethan's talk with Thalorien didn't last long.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They traded the information they needed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Confirmed where each other stood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then they split up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No ceremony.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No oaths.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But they both understood—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>a new alliance had already formed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan returned to camp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His expression settled back into calm, like nothing had happened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But only he knew the truth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Time was running out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He lifted a hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hundreds of Flying Goblins launched into the air at once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their wings beat the air, making a dense, buzzing vibration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They scattered fast, fanning out in every direction across the Nether Sea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Scouting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Waiting for something to break.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For the next half month, the world was unnervingly quiet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No new spatial rifts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No unknown lifeforms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not a single sign of an attack from Nexaris.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Ethan didn't relax.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If anything, he expanded even harder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Creature Dwellings ran day and night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>New goblins were born without pause.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>War Machines rolled off the line in batches.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sky Fortresses hovered high overhead—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>silent steel behemoths.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Emerald Castle's military presence in the Nether Sea swelled to a terrifying scale.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan stood on an elevated platform.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Primordial Force streamed out of him, flowing into the Creature Dwellings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>New goblins walked out one after another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Obedient.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Quiet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lethal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hnnng.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The air trembled, just once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So slight most people wouldn't have noticed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan noticed instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He snapped his head up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sky—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>was warping.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like glass being pulled and stretched by an invisible hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Space started to deform.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Light bent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The wind died.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The whole world felt like it was holding its breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next second—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[WARNING]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Spatial Distortion Detected]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Unknown Fleet Arrival Imminent]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan's pupils constricted hard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The rifts opened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ten.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hundreds of spatial tears ripped across the sky at the same time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>they appeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mechanoids.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tens of thousands of mechanoids.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They hovered in the air in perfect formation—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>an army dropped straight out of another world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their cores lit up together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lethal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan's breathing grew heavy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because he knew—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>every single one of them\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>was on the same level as Noctyros.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And now…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>there were over ten thousand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This wasn't a scouting party.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>an invasion fleet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No hesitation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan moved immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Powered Combat Armor.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The armor wrapped over his body in an instant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, the Sky Fortresses powered up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They rose slowly into the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Weapon cores began charging.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The air filled with destructive, prickling energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the goblin legion took off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>War Machines spun up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire sky turned into a battlefield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then the enemy formation split.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One mechanoid floated forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His core burned brighter than the rest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A commander.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stared at Ethan, and his voice appeared directly in the air, flat and absolute.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You are not a native civilization of the Nether Sea.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Leave.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Otherwise.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Extermination.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No emotion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like he was reciting a completed verdict.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan let out a cold laugh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He rose into the air, meeting the commander's gaze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Primordial Force rolled out from his body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Space itself began to tremble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Here,\" he said, voice even.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"is my territory.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The air tightened instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>War—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>was inevitable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan didn't choose to strike first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because he knew it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A head-on clash would cost too much.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He lifted a hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The goblin legion surged forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Powered Combat Armor covered their bodies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They became a green, steel flood—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>charging straight into the mechanoid army in the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next second, the battle detonated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Light ripped across the heavens.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Explosions chained one after another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mechanoid fire shredded goblins with ease.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But there were too many goblins.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One died—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>ten more filled the gap.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>War Machines slammed into the melee, grappling enemies tight—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>then triggering self-destruct.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM!!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The blast swallowed everything nearby.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the rear, Sky Fortresses opened fire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Energy beams speared through the battlefield, carving glowing lines through metal and flesh alike.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The whole sky\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>became an ocean of destruction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan stood high above it all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Coldly observing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Calculating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Adjusting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was war.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not a duel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A war between civilizations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And this was only the beginning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Emerald Castle's main force had already finished forming up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sky Fortresses hung in the upper sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The goblin legion packed into a rolling green tide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>War Machines lined up in steel formations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every weapon had a target lock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All that was left was Ethan's final order.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The air was drawn so tight it felt like it could snap.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the ocean moved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not the waves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Something deeper than that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire Nether Sea shuddered once, like it had been struck from below.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then light ignited in the deep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hundreds of blue glows flared to life from the seafloor—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>like stars waking inside the water.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the sea parted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not blasted open.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not forced aside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It simply… made room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like the ocean itself was welcoming its true masters home.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next second, countless figures rose from the depths.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Thalaryn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They hovered between water and air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Energy sheathed their bodies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their armor flowed like it was alive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their presence made the space around them feel steadier—anchored.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They didn't look like an army.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They looked like the civilization itself made manifest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the very front—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thalorien.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wore a complete set of Powered Combat Armor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it wasn't the same as Ethan's.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Powered Combat Armor had fused with Thalaryn tech, forming something new.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His core shone a deep blue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He raised a hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ocean answered his will.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Streams of water gathered, condensing in the sky into a massive spear of energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he brought it down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>THOOM!!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The energy spear slammed into the mechanoid formation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Space bucked violently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dozens of mechanoids disintegrated on the spot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their cores ruptured.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fragments fell like meteors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thalorien's voice rang across the battlefield:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You lifeless machines.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You dare covet the Worldheart Crystal.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Today.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You will pay the price.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His voice wasn't calm anymore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was fury.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Real fury.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan watched it all unfold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He knew.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Thalaryn civilization had officially entered the war.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thalorien drifted over to his side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two of them hovered at the same height—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>facing the same enemy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thalorien didn't speak right away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First he looked over the battlefield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Over the mechanoid legion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he turned to Ethan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Deep sea is mine,\" he said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Surface is yours.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He paused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then delivered the only line that really mattered:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But this world…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"belongs to neither of us.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Unless we defend it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The air went quiet for a beat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan looked at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was an alliance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A real one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not a trade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not a test.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A wartime pact.\u003C\u002Fp>",1101,"2026-06-05T15:15:58.682Z",1,"novelbin.me","a6a6aa1ab165ce91d5f462d727859a802375e98f03109f5e41c9b10ea8bc3b5a","mystic-calling-stone-of-glory-chapter-953","mystic-calling-stone-of-glory-chapter-951",1138,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fmystic-calling-stone-of-glory-cover.jpg"]