[{"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-962":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},1242506,1669,"Chapter 962 962: She Was Chosen","mystic-calling-stone-of-glory-chapter-962",962,"\u003Cp>Caelion didn't answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He just locked onto Raezion with a death grip.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not letting him leave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next second—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>white lightning came down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM—!!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Light swallowed everything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sound vanished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Air vanished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thunder devoured them both.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the glare finally faded…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>they were still standing there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But their bodies—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>were nothing but char.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No breath of life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No energy fluctuations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They'd been \"erased.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan's breathing stalled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This wasn't defeat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This wasn't death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>total deletion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the truly creepy part?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That white lightning…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>didn't disappear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It hung there in midair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like it was waiting for something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Right then, the girl in Ethan's arms suddenly tore free.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She sprinted straight for the lightning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don't!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan reached out on instinct—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>too late.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She plunged into the white lightning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No explosion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No annihilation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The white lightning began to contract.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It didn't destroy her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>it flowed into her body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The clear, transparent thunder started to change.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her presence surged upward, fast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Space itself began to tremble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A system warning blared:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Detected: Vessel activated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Detected: Origin Lightning fusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan realized something in a snap.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She wasn't being attacked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was being chosen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He lunged after her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Grabbed her arm—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and the instant they made contact—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the sky went completely feral.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lightning didn't \"strike\" anymore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It \"converged.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Endless lightning poured in from every corner of the world,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>funneling into her—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and at the same time—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>into Ethan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan's body started to slip out of his control.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His consciousness was dragged deeper and deeper.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>a familiar voice spoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Nethora Lightning Vessel…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was awake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her power surged out from inside Ethan, spilling free and wrapping around the girl.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not an attack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A stabilization.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three forces—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>transparent lightning,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>white Origin Lightning,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Infernal Primordial Power—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>began to merge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan's body started to change.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His energy structure was being rewritten.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His Tier began to climb.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Breaking through.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Breaking through again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Until—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tier 32 (Early Stage)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The lightning gradually calmed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sky returned to silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lily's power slowly withdrew.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Not yet…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her voice faded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She fell asleep again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The girl's body went limp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She collapsed back into Ethan's arms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unconscious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The lightning vanished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The world returned to stillness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan drew in a deep breath. The tremors in his chest had only just calmed down, and the echo of them still wouldn't let go.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked down at the little girl in his arms. Her face was so pale she looked like a seashell that'd been soaked too long in saltwater. Clear lightning flickered across her skin—on and off, on and off—like embers about to die in the wind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn't overthink it. Holding her tight, he turned and dropped back down in front of Thalorien.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is this kid trying to get herself killed?\" Thalorien stared at her, brows drawn into a hard line. He sounded pissed—and underneath it, helpless in a way he couldn't hide. \"Why would she charge straight into the center of a lightning field?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan didn't answer. He just adjusted his hold, making sure she was secure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thalorien went quiet for a few seconds, like he was forcing down a truth he didn't want to say out loud. In the end, he exhaled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Actually… the one who got struck dead by that white lightning just now was her brother.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The words hit like ice dropped into the ocean.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan's brow tightened immediately. He got it now. The girl hadn't rushed in because she was reckless—she'd moved on instinct. That kind of instinct that said, even if I die, I'm still grabbing at the last possible chance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this point, nothing else mattered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan supported the girl's back with one hand and pressed the other to the center of her chest. Power flooded out of him like a tide, pouring into her in a steady, unbroken stream.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn't violent. It was unnervingly stable—like an invisible rope pulling her fraying energy channels back into alignment, one strand at a time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The clear lightning stopped lashing around so wildly. Her breathing returned, faint but real, a weak rise and fall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thalorien didn't try to stop him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He understood better than anyone: the only thing that could protect this little girl right now was the strange power on Ethan. If they tried using a Thalaryn energy barrier, the transparent lightning would just recoil and chew through her even faster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the air ripped with a sharp, tearing whistle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A figure shot in from the distance, moving so fast it looked like some force had literally flung her back from the battlefield. Her toes skimmed the sea, carving a long line of spray, before she slammed down in front of them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Master!\" she practically shouted. \"Something huge just happened—Nexaris's army is already on the horizon!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was Elira.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her aura was violently intense, like a volcano that had just erupted and was still breathing heat. Her battle armor was webbed with cracks, and there were flecks of blood on her shoulder and arm plates.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was breathing hard, but her eyes were razor-clear—the kind of clarity you only see on someone who just crawled back from the edge of death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She didn't need to explain more. Everyone could tell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She'd already hit the enemy head-on, and she'd hit them hard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan's stomach dropped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nexaris's army was moving way faster than he'd expected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn't hesitate. He pulled back part of the power he'd been feeding into the girl, leaving behind a stabilizing \"lock\" of energy to keep her condition from collapsing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next instant, his presence surged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His Powered Combat Armor floated up like an invisible hand had called it awake. Plates snapped into place one after another, fitting to his body with clean, heavy clicks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then Ethan became a bolt of lightning and tore through the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thalorien didn't dare waste a second either. He threw up a hand, voice low but cutting like a blade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"All combat personnel—rally!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Thalaryn guardians moved instantly. Energy barriers re-formed and shifted position. Weapons and formations were rebuilt in just a few breaths, and then they surged toward the surface.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because none of them had imagined Nexaris's main force would reach this place so soon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan blasted out of the underwater ruins' perimeter, and the world opened up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Above the sea, the sky looked like it had been fully claimed by iron and fire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Enemy silhouettes packed the horizon from end to end. Warships hovered beneath the clouds, lined up so perfectly it was suffocating. This wasn't a messy \"raid.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was a fleet that had rehearsed the same approach a thousand times.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every ship gleamed with cold metal sheen, hulls etched with complex energy patterns. A brutal energy field radiated outward from the fleet's center, pressing down so hard the sea itself looked wrong—waves forced low, like they were struggling under some invisible gravity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the weapons were worse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gunports, launch arrays, energy rails… layered on layered, too many to count, like the entire sky had turned into rows of bared fangs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, deep in the core of Nexaris's formation—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>their command channel was already exploding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What the hell is going on? Are you telling me every mechanoid we deployed here has already been wiped out?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Those mechanoids were built with special materials, top-tier loadouts. There's no way they get erased that fast. The enemy used some dirty method, or… there's an interference factor we didn't account for!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Doesn't matter what the cause is. This zone can't be left standing—bring all weapons to maximum output and eliminate them right here!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Orders overlapped and piled up. Rage, confusion, and a thin thread of fear were forced into voices that stayed cold by sheer discipline.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because before they'd moved out, they'd simulated this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every mechanoid's combat rating. Every weapon's output ceiling. Every tactic's win-rate curve—tested, validated, run through the data until the numbers looked inevitable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By all logic, even if they ran into a stronger civilization, they should've been able to crush them cleanly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They should not be getting a full blackout of signals in a place like this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And that, more than anything, meant one dangerous fact:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The enemy wasn't inside their \"controllable range.\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1358,"2026-06-05T15:15:58.682Z",1,"novelbin.me","36458cef4f6261b60549bca8eaf6aa7fec5bff2416b24f67a3caa3db86a54dcb","mystic-calling-stone-of-glory-chapter-963","mystic-calling-stone-of-glory-chapter-961",1138,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fmystic-calling-stone-of-glory-cover.jpg"]