[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-adventures-of-hulim":3,"chapter-the-adventures-of-hulim-the-adventures-of-hulim-chapter-330":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","The Adventures of Hulim",{"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},1882480,2498,"Chapter 330: Professor Raelingrim’s Convictions","the-adventures-of-hulim-chapter-330",330,"\u003Cp>“Cough... cough cough......”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She gritted her teeth against the searing pain, trembling hands struggling to push herself up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clap! Clap! Clap......\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Applause echoed from behind her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Bravo! Simply bravo~! Truly one of the finest students our Manacos has ever produced.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A flash of rage crossed Alicia’s eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She forced herself to stand, teeth clenched, and fled forward once more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That won’t do~!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom——!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another water column came hurtling toward her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alicia was sent flying again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Splash!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The burning fire wall was suddenly extinguished by a surging wave of water.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Professor Raelingrim strolled toward her unhurriedly from behind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He raised his right hand—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>not even bothering to use a wand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whoosh——!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A thin stream of water sliced past Alicia, gashing her arm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Miss Alicia, as an elite student of Manacos, recognizing reality is a basic skill~.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like a cat toying with a mouse, Raelingrim advanced slowly, unleashing non-lethal magical attacks again and again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh......\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yet you’ve made such a foolish mistake~.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Miss Alicia——”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You really ought to learn your lesson~.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The water magic attacks left Alicia’s body covered in wounds,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>her robes quickly soaked in blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hidden by the black fabric, the color was invisible—but the liquid dripping from the hem stained the ground red.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alicia endured the assaults in silence, jaw tight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You... you......”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hm?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Raelingrim paused his attacks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Do you have something to say, Miss Alicia~?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Shut... SHUT UP!!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alicia lifted her head, glaring furiously at Raelingrim.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You betrayed the academy! Betrayed everyone who trusted you! Betrayed your own race!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“People like you... monsters like you......”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You have no right to call yourself part of this academy——!!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“......”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All expression vanished from Raelingrim’s face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stared coldly at Alicia.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“......Is that so?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Love this story? Find the genuine version on the author's preferred platform and support their work!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom——!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A figure went flying,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>crashing heavily to the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What’s happening now?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Another attack?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“......”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Gulos agents stared in alarm, raising their weapons on instinct.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom——!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A water column shot out, slamming into the fallen figure and sending her flying once more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“......How could you possibly understand me?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Professor Raelingrim stepped into view.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Betrayal?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom——!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alicia was hurled away again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I have never betrayed my convictions!!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom......\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What in the world is going on......”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Gulos agents, who had been ready to intervene, exchanged confused glances.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Who cares? Looks like we don’t need to get involved anyway.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Right. Let’s just watch the show.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Makes sense......”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the other side,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alicia lay battered and bruised on the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Raelingrim halted his attacks and knelt beside her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You know nothing, yet you scream and shout like a fool.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“......You speak of......”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alicia propped herself up on one hand, lifting her upper body slowly,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>her gaze sharp as she stared at Raelingrim.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“......convictions?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Heh——”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A bitter laugh escaped her lips.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t make me laugh!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What kind of conviction could make you abandon everything?! Everything!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“......”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Raelingrim locked eyes with Alicia, seeing no trace of surrender in her gaze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He sighed softly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Alas, people like you could never understand......”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He lifted his head, staring at the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“......Once, long ago, I was like you—full of passion and resolve......”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But all that changed when I truly grasped the meaning of loss. I realized how fragile and powerless humanity’s fleeting existence is.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why must humans live such short lives?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I pondered this for years. As I thought, time slipped away, shrinking my already limited life even further.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It hit me. If life is short, why not make it longer?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So——”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I resolved to uncover the secret of immortality!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I knew it would consume even more of my precious time, yet I devoted most of my life to the study of life itself—all to find a path to eternal existence!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Unfortunately...... such research is fraught with endless difficulty.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Do you know that in the distant past, during what was called the Chaos Era, the world was home to beings known as Primordial Celestials?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“They were born of heaven and earth, eternal by nature. They possessed immortality without lifting a finger—how enviable......”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yet in this age, those ancient beings are nowhere to be seen. They reside only in Tiramshuin, the realm beyond the sky.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“To study the secret of eternity, one must have access to eternal beings. With the Primordial Celestials out of reach, only one nearly immortal race remains in this world......”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You——”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alicia stared at him in shock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It can’t be...... the Demons?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You... you’re willing to abandon your humanity entirely?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why not?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Raelingrim spoke as if it were the most obvious thing in the world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“A conviction means sacrificing everything else without hesitation!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If my goal is immortality, does it matter whether I remain human in the end?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“......”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alicia fell silent, utterly stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She stood up, facing Raelingrim—all anger and confusion vanished from her face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their core beliefs were irreconcilably different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no point in talking,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>no reason to waste any more emotion on him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I suppose——”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>she said in a calm, cold voice,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I really will never understand people like you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Fire Lance——!!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the words left her lips, Alicia unleashed her attack on Raelingrim without hesitation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The strike was blocked by a sudden Water Barrier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Foolish resistance.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Raelingrim said indifferently,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>unleashing his own counterattack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom! Boom! Boom......\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A series of explosions rang out once more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alicia was knocked to the ground yet again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She would have died long ago if not for his decision to spare her life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom——!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At last, Alicia was sent crashing near an empty clearing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sound of something slicing through the air echoed nearby.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unable to rise in time, she rolled desperately to the side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The water column attack flew past her—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead of continuing on, it suddenly collided with an invisible barrier in the center of the clearing and was stopped cold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A small part of whatever had been hidden there was revealed for a split second,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>before a flash of light repaired the gap instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That’s——”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though it lasted only a moment,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alicia had seen it clearly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Finally...... I’ve found it......”\u003C\u002Fp>",1015,"2026-06-10T06:36:37.917Z",1,"novelbin.me","0b5fea84b638c00c98b2785b0e2afd7f8f584a467a0e29cbb7184daa6daf3666","the-adventures-of-hulim-chapter-372","the-adventures-of-hulim-chapter-371",528,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-adventures-of-hulim-cover.jpg"]