Mystic Calling：Stone of Glory-Chapter 910: Something Is Very Wrong

Ethan's eyes lit up with unmistakable excitement.

This time, the armor's core had successfully integrated a trace of void-element energy. The result? Attacks didn't just explode—they tore through space itself, ripping targets apart on a dimensional level.

He was just about to let the others take their turn testing when—

The air twisted.

At first, it was just a faint hum, like distant thunder echoing through the sky. Then the light above began to refract unnaturally. One… two… dozens of spatial vortices bloomed across the heavens.

The defensive barrier blared a sharp, urgent alarm.

A moment later, unfamiliar warships began to emerge from the swirling rifts—an iron fleet sailing straight out of the void.

The pressure hit instantly, blanketing the sky.

And then, a lone figure floated into view above Emerald Castle.

Varaxis.

His face was tight, muscles twitching uncontrollably, like he was barely holding back something feral and unhinged.

Violent energy poured from his body, distorting the air around him in visible shockwaves.

In his hand, a twisted, otherworldly scepter began to take shape.

Power surged into it, spiraling upward, compressing into a massive energy sphere that loomed over half the city like a second sun—dark, heavy, and pulsing with destruction.

"Emerald Castle scum!" Varaxis's voice cracked like thunder. "You killed my brother. Today, I'll make you pay in blood!"

The moment the words left his mouth, he swung the scepter.

The energy sphere tore through the sky, screaming downward with a roar that split the air.

The world shook.

The atmosphere compressed to the brink. Cracks shimmered at the edges of space. The entire sky trembled under the weight of the incoming strike.

Ethan's brow furrowed hard.

He hadn't expected the attack to be this direct, this brutal—no warning, no probing, just immediate annihilation.

The energy sphere was falling fast, its shadow swallowing half of Emerald Castle.

There was no time to hesitate.

Ethan pushed the Powered Combat Armor to its absolute limit. The energy lines across the suit flared to life, and a burst of propulsion launched him into the sky.

BOOM—!

He met the falling energy head-on.

The collision lit up the sky, a blinding flash that seared the eyes.

The shockwave that followed was like a tidal wave of force, sweeping out in all directions.

Below, the defensive barrier shuddered violently. The entire city shook as if struck by a divine hammer.

Almost simultaneously, every core combatant in the city launched into the air.

Figures formed up in the sky. The Sky Fortress's main cannon began charging. Mechanoid squadrons deployed in tight formations, locking down firing lanes and defensive grids. Every soldier pushed their power to the max, breath held tight with tension.

All eyes locked on the explosion's center.

As the swirling energy began to clear, Ethan's figure reappeared—still airborne, still standing.

A collective breath of relief swept through the ranks.

"They really had the balls to bring the fight straight to Emerald Castle," Ethan's voice came through the comms, low and sharp with restrained fury.

"All units—engage at full force. No one leaves alive."

The moment the order dropped, the sky lit up with a storm of energy trails.

The Sky Fortress opened fire. Mechanoid units surged forward. The two fleets clashed in midair, and the battle went white-hot from the first exchange.

Explosions, beams, and energy shields flared across the sky like a storm gone mad.

Ethan took a deep breath, locking his focus on Varaxis. He was going to punch straight through the enemy's core.

But just as he launched forward—

A presence hit him like a wall.

Something primal. Something wrong.

From behind Varaxis, a monstrous aura surged into existence.

The air groaned under the pressure, space itself warping like it was being crushed by something too massive to exist.

Then the shadow appeared.

Kraken.

Its body stretched across the sky, a living nightmare of scale and power. Its tentacles drifted lazily through the void, but each subtle movement sent ripples through space, destabilizing the battlefield.

Chaotic, twisted energy radiated from its skin, warping even the light around it.

Ethan's pupils contracted sharply.

He could feel it—this wasn't just destructive energy. It was something far worse.

A force that stripped matter down to its core, unraveling it at the structural level. Even a glancing hit would erase flesh and bone into nothingness.

A chill climbed his spine.

Acting on pure instinct, Ethan aborted his charge mid-flight, yanking himself backward at full speed. At the same time, he hurled several high-density energy spheres in rapid succession, trying to suppress Kraken's advance.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

The blasts detonated across Kraken's surface—but they barely registered. Just faint ripples across its skin. Not even the outermost layer of its defenses had been scratched.

It was like the creature was mocking him.

One of Kraken's tentacles drifted lazily through the air.

The sky collapsed.

A massive spatial vortex tore open midair, its gravitational pull warping everything nearby. Energy trajectories twisted off-course. Even distant warships were forced to veer away, scrambling to avoid being dragged in.

Ethan's breathing grew heavier.

For the first time, he understood—truly understood—that even with all of Emerald Castle's current strength, they couldn't take this thing head-on.

Not even close.

Then Varaxis laughed.

Loud, cruel, and unhinged.

"To me, you're nothing but a swarm of bottom-feeding insects," he sneered. "And you dared to claim this land? These resources?"

His gaze swept across the battlefield, eyes gleaming with hunger.

"When this is over, everything here will be mine."

As his will surged outward, Kraken responded.

Its power expanded again, warping more of the surrounding space. Energy flows were forcibly redirected, siphoned into the creature's body. It wasn't just attacking—it was devouring the very structure of the battlefield, draining the region's resources like a parasite ripping into a host.

Emerald Castle's elite forces were still locked in combat with the enemy fleet, pinned down and unable to break away to deal with Kraken.

The tide of battle was shifting—fast.

And not in their favor.

If they couldn't stop this monster soon, Emerald Castle wouldn't just suffer losses.

It would be wiped off the map.