[{"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-953":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},1242497,1669,"Chapter 953 953: You Belong to Me Now","mystic-calling-stone-of-glory-chapter-953",953,"\u003Cp>\"Then we fight together,\" Ethan said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Primordial Force erupted out of him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, Thalorien's ocean energy spread in a rolling surge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two powers—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and instead of clashing, they resonated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They gave their orders in the same breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The goblin legion charged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The War Machines rumbled forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thalaryn's troops swung in from the flank to encircle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Sky Fortress opened fire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The battlefield went off the rails in an instant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For the first time, the mechanoid formation showed real disorder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And right then, Ethan caught something off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the center of the battlefield…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>a mechanoid hovered there in silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It didn't move.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the other mechanoids moved around it, orbiting like satellites around a star.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In its chest—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>a blood-red core was embedded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Across the core's surface, golden runes rotated slowly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[WARNING]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[High Command Unit Detected]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Threat Level: EXTREME]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan's pupils contracted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A commander.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not a standard unit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan locked his gaze on the mechanoid with the blood-red core.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instinct screamed at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This thing—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>was the nerve center of the entire army.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he destroyed it…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the whole battle would flip.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No hesitation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Primordial Force gathered fast in his palm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The air warped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Light compressed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A massive sphere of energy formed in seconds, destruction churning inside it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan snapped his hand forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The energy sphere tore through the sky, shooting straight for the blood-red core in the mechanoid's chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM!!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The explosion swallowed the target.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the very next second, Ethan's eyes tightened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the smoke cleared—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the mechanoid was still there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In front of its body, a heavy energy barrier floated in place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Complex runes flowed across its surface.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That attack—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>had been completely blocked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan immediately initiated a system scan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Scanning…]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Target Classification: Nexaris Command Unit]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Power Signature Analysis: Hybrid Structure]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Detected Attributes: 8]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Warning: Target possesses multi-layered dimensional protection]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan's breathing sank a notch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eight attributes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was way beyond a normal mechanoid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then the system chimed again:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Additional Core Detected]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Location: Internal Structure]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan's gaze sharpened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An internal core.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meaning—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>even if he shattered the outer core, it wouldn't truly die.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan got it now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Conventional attacks were pointless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had to destroy it from the inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The thought had barely finished forming when the two runes inside him—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Darkness Rune.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Light Rune.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—flared at the same time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And a brand-new ability surfaced in his awareness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan didn't use it right away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because the system had warned him before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This ability—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>was insanely risky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he failed…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>his consciousness might be permanently trapped inside the target.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he didn't have a choice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan drew in a slow breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he released his physical structure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His body began to collapse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not shatter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Transform.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Turning into countless black particles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every single particle carried his awareness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone on the battlefield froze, because Ethan—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>was gone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In his place floated a storm of black grit, hanging in the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Across from him, the mechanoid clearly sensed something was wrong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its core flickered, trying to scan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it was already too late.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The black particles ignored the energy barrier and passed straight through.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not physically.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As \"information.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They slipped into its structure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the next instant, Ethan saw it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not with eyes—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>with consciousness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He saw the mechanoid's interior.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Energy circuits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Control nodes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Core architecture.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>another consciousness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mechanical.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It noticed Ethan immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[INTRUSION DETECTED]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Initiating Purge Protocol]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire internal space shuddered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Energy surged, trying to erase Ethan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Ethan didn't retreat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His black particles spread faster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Linked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Synchronized.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Corroded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Darkness Rune began devouring control permissions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Light Rune began rewriting structural logic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was war.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not a physical war—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>a war of consciousness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The mechanoid's system counterattacked like it was possessed, trying to expel him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Ethan had already seized the critical nodes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He cut off its energy supply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shut down its defense protocols.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And finally—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he found it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The core control hub.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan's consciousness poured over it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In an instant…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>all resistance stopped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Outside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That mechanoid suddenly went rigid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its core stopped flickering.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then it lit again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this time—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the glow\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>didn't belong to Nexaris.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It belonged to Ethan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan condensed back into a solid body, standing where he'd been.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could feel it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That mechanoid—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>was answering his will.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like it was his own body now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Absolute obedience.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan slowly raised his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The mechanoid raised its hand too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perfectly synced.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan smiled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the first time—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he'd truly taken control of a war unit from another civilization.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He said softly, \"Now.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You belong to me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thump.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thump.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thump.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Brutal energy erupted from the mechanoid Ethan now controlled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its core burned brighter than before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More stable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More dangerous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan wasn't just driving its body anymore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was using its authority.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Power gathered fast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the mechanoid's palm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Compressing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Spinning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A huge energy sphere took shape in seconds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The air warped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Space itself trembled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then Ethan swung his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The energy sphere ripped through the sky and slammed into the mechanoid ranks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM!!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The blast swallowed everything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Five mechanoids were thrown back like toys.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their armor split apart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their cores flickered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The battlefield went quiet for a heartbeat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because everyone realized—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>that attack hadn't come from Emerald Castle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not from the Thalaryn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>from Nexaris's own command unit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thalorien hovered in the distance, his pupils tightening.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could feel it clearly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That mechanoid's core structure had changed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That wasn't Nexaris's energy frequency anymore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan's voice came through the mechanoid's vocal system, cold and amplified:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your command authority.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Belongs to me now.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire mechanoid legion stalled for a split second.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because the Nexaris army wasn't just an army.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a network.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every unit—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>linked to the command core.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And now…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>that command core had been taken over by Ethan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan didn't stop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He kept expanding his control.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He triggered the black-particle state again, releasing it from the commander unit's body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They weren't matter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were carriers of information.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every particle held Ethan's control signal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They spread.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Made contact.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Invaded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The nearby mechanoids sensed the anomaly immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their cores flickered, trying to resist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[WARNING]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Command Override Attempt Detected]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Initiating Countermeasure]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But what they were facing wasn't some ordinary intrusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a control signal backed by commander-level authority.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their defense systems—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>couldn't refuse orders from \"highest clearance.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ten.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dozens.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their cores dimmed, one after another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then they lit up again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only this time—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the glow turned a deep, pitch-black.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They turned slowly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No longer facing Emerald Castle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But facing—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the Nexaris legion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then they attacked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM!!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first mechanoid was ripped apart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The second was punched through by concentrated energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The third had its core destroyed outright.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The battlefield descended into total chaos.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And worse—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the remaining mechanoids didn't fight back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because their systems were colliding with themselves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their friend-or-foe identification was crashing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their IFF screamed that these units were \"allies.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They couldn't attack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But reality—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>those \"allies\" were tearing them to pieces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That logical contradiction made them seize up for precious seconds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thalorien spotted the opening instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His voice rolled across the Thalaryn ranks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Attack!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Thalaryn army surged forward at once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ocean energy swept the battlefield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Sky Fortress opened fire in tandem.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>War Machines crashed into the enemy line.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the entire Nexaris legion began to collapse.\u003C\u002Fp>",1216,"2026-06-05T15:15:58.682Z",1,"novelbin.me","beeca24cd40dbea94213448aed00db82e40ce0a2102c27e50d2ac5dbfec9b116","mystic-calling-stone-of-glory-chapter-954","mystic-calling-stone-of-glory-chapter-952",1138,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fmystic-calling-stone-of-glory-cover.jpg"]