Mystic Calling：Stone of Glory-Chapter 822: The Angel God-Emperor

Aurelkar’s pupils contracted—violently.

"...Angel God-Emperor?"

The shock was written all over his face.

This kind of power—

In any world, it was rare to the point of legend. Practically myth.

The only answer he got was a sword.

Andona hovered in the heart of the holy light.

Twenty pairs of golden wings unfurled behind her, each feather etched with ancient, radiant runes.

She gathered all her power into the Angelic Sword—

And brought it down.

BOOM.

CRACK.

BOOM—!

Shockwaves exploded across the sky in rapid succession.

Aurelkar’s avatar was forced back, step by step.

That overwhelming, untouchable presence he carried—

Finally began to crack.

Only then did Ethan truly understand.

When that golden vein of liquid energy had been brought back to Emerald Castle,

The one who’d gained the most from it—

Wasn’t him.

It was Andona.

The moment her body first touched that liquid energy, her evolution had already begun.

Ethan had sealed her in a private space, feeding her a steady stream of blood-red gemstones.

She’d gone into deep sleep.

And when she opened her eyes again—

She stood at the peak of Tier 28.

But it wasn’t just her level.

Her very race had undergone its final transformation.

Angel God-Emperor.

Now, she stood high above the battlefield.

Holy light blanketed the entire sky, dyeing the heavens gold.

...

Ethan instinctively took a few steps back.

Even from the edge of the battlefield, he could feel it—clearly.

The sheer weight of Andona’s power.

It wasn’t just pressure.

It was a presence that made the soul itself want to retreat.

He knew—

If that divine force ever lost control,

Even he might not survive it.

Above—

Aurelkar’s avatar slowly drew a breath.

Lightning surged.

Endless energy condensed in the sky, forming a massive blade of thunder.

Then, it clashed head-on with Andona’s Angelic Sword.

BOOM—!!

The impact was like a tidal wave of invisible force,

Sweeping across the entire battlefield in an instant.

Every soldier—Emerald Castle and Narlost alike—

Felt their breath catch.

It was like the world itself had been torn open for a moment.

Far off in the distance, Krothys’s expression finally changed.

Only now did he truly realize—

Emerald Castle was no longer a target that could be crushed by sheer numbers.

Even if Aurelkar’s avatar didn’t lose this fight—

How many more beings of this level were hiding inside that fortress?

He wasn’t willing to gamble.

And he definitely couldn’t risk the Emperor’s avatar taking any irreversible damage here.

"—Full retreat!"

The moment the order dropped,

The Narlost lines began pulling back.

No hesitation. No delay.

And when the last unit finally withdrew from the battlefield—

The chaos of war slowly began to fade.

Ethan didn’t give chase.

He simply hovered in the air, watching the enemy forces retreat into the distance.

Then, calmly, he issued his orders:

"Repair the energy barriers."

"Seal the perimeter."

"All personnel—enter the mountains for cultivation."

He knew full well—

This victory was nothing more than a temporary breath.

Raimondrex could descend again at any moment.

And factions like the Narlost Empire? They weren’t going to stop here.

Emerald Castle had to grow stronger—before the next storm hit.

...

Far away, deep within the Narlost Empire.

Aurelkar sat motionless on his throne, wrapped in golden lightning.

The throne room was silent. Deathly so.

Then—

A voice, low and dangerous, broke the stillness.

"So..."

"That entire army..."

"And you couldn’t even take one Emerald Castle?"

The killing intent in the air was thick enough to choke on.

Krothys, kneeling below, stiffened instantly.

This was supposed to be a simple campaign.

A few minor worlds. Strip the resources. Move on.

But instead—

He’d run into a variable no one had accounted for.

"Your Majesty," he said, voice strained.

"That fortress... may be harboring an extremely rare form of Primordial Force. If we want to—"

"You’re teaching me how to do my job?"

Aurelkar’s gaze dropped on him, cold and sharp.

Krothys shut his mouth instantly.

Forehead pressed to the floor. Not another word.

Silence stretched.

Then, slowly, Aurelkar rose from his throne.

He lifted a hand and pointed at a man who had remained silent the entire time—a middle-aged figure standing in the shadows of the hall.

"Sarenyx."

"Go."

"Take that power back."

There was no reply.

In the next instant, the figure vanished.

...

Meanwhile—beneath the golden mineral vein deep within Emerald Castle.

Ethan was submerged in the glowing liquid, exhaling slowly.

Power seeped into him like warm tides, soaking into every cell.

Not far away, Auri and Idra floated midair, chasing each other in playful arcs.

But a closer look revealed the truth:

The energy inside them had condensed to a dangerously dense level.

It wasn’t just their Tier.

Their racial cores were evolving—again.

Ethan had thought they’d already hit their ceiling.

But now—

That assumption had been completely shattered.

In just a few days,

Their power had grown exponentially.

When the system finally confirmed it,

Even Ethan went silent for a moment.

Tier 29. Early stage.

And they weren’t the only ones.

Others cultivating in the golden pool had also seen massive gains.

The scientists from Kormaldor were practically losing their minds.

Once they confirmed that the golden liquid could safely fuse with the blood-red gemstones,

They immediately developed a new type of high-density energy crystal.

When embedded into Powered Combat Armor or the Sky Fortress,

The output far surpassed anything they’d ever built before.

One researcher even proposed a more radical idea—

Ditch the golden component entirely.

Forge a core using only pure blood-red crystal.

The moment that idea was voiced,

Ethan shut it down on the spot.

That wasn’t an upgrade.

That was an uncontrolled experiment.

No one could say whether that kind of armor would become a weapon—

Or a monster.

When Ethan could no longer draw any more power from the golden liquid,

he left the vein and returned to the main city.

The Emerald Castle before him now—

was nothing like the one in his memory.

On the streets,

soldiers in Powered Combat Armor moved in tight formations, their presence a constant show of force.

Along the walls,

mechanical lifeforms and heavy artillery were deployed in overlapping layers,

a seamless blend of tech and firepower.

Above, several smaller Sky Fortresses patrolled the skies,

circling like silent steel raptors.

And on the outermost edge—

The energy barrier.

No longer a single layer.

But a dozen stacked into a complex, multi-tiered defense grid. 𝑓𝓇𝘦ℯ𝘸𝘦𝑏𝓃𝑜𝘷ℯ𝑙.𝑐𝑜𝓂

Each layer alone

could’ve once withstood a city-leveling strike.

Now, they pulsed together in sync,

and even the energy leaking off their surface

was enough to make the average person instinctively lower their head.

...