[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-adventures-of-hulim":3,"chapter-the-adventures-of-hulim-the-adventures-of-hulim-chapter-436":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},1882087,2498,"Chapter 436: Thunderlight Fades With the Wind","the-adventures-of-hulim-chapter-436",436,"\u003Cp>“Hey, you guys—why did the Captain keep that girl around?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hunos tossed the question out to the group.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hm, it’s ’cause she looks like the Captain, right? C’mon, their hair’s exactly the same color!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Narzis replied earnestly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That’s such a dumb reason. What about you, Kina?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kina slowly opened her eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Captain has his reasons. Don’t question him.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that, she closed her eyes again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But not before her gaze lingered on the purple-haired girl for a split second, as if she were weighing something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sigh, knew Kina’d say that. What about you, Molbai?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The group bickered back and forth for ages, but they never reached a conclusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the end, Tanoklian went to ask Arudok himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“......” Arudok lifted his head and glanced at him, then said slowly, “Why? Simple—she’s got talent.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Talent?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yeah, damn impressive talent. Way more valuable as an ally than as a sacrifice.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I see.” Tanoklian sighed helplessly. “You’re as arbitrary as ever, sir.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Heh~!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arudok chuckled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Guess that’s the perk of being the Captain. So——”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He turned his head to look at the purple-haired girl standing nearby.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What are you hanging around here for?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Freydia met Arudok’s gaze, her expression blank as she said,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I want to join you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The words hung in the air—and everyone around them froze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arudok rubbed the space between his brows.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Look, you do understand what kind of group we are, right?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Freydia tilted her head to the side, confused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“......To put it plainly—you don’t belong here.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why not? You just said I’m valuable. If you’re gonna use me, why won’t you let me join?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arudok narrowed his eyes, piercing her with his stare.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Freydia didn’t flinch, not even for a second.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You sure you wanna join?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Freydia nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Even if it means turning your back on everything you fought for to escape that cell?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What does ‘turning my back’ mean?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’ll regret it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What does ‘regret’ mean?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Heh. The moment you try to back out is the moment you die.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“And then what?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“......”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arudok fell silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a long pause, he looked straight into Freydia’s eyes—and slowly nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then so be it. From this day forward——”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re one of us.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The narrative has been taken without permission. Report any sightings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arudok’s voice echoed in her ears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Freydia couldn’t remember exactly when that had been.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All she knew was that it had been a very long time ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Back when she hadn’t even been good enough to be a grunt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When had this dark, brutal place become her sanctuary?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was it the day she completed her first mission?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first time Arudok had called her by her name?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or the day she became the Thunder General?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No. None of those.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment that man had pulled her out of that pitch-black cell—this place had already become her only home.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a cold, cruel home.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it was the only place she had.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the most important thing in the world to her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Thunder Demon Sword......”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her pale right hand tightened around the sword’s hilt, her voice a faint whisper, barely audible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Burn up every last bit of me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM——!!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In that instant, a colossal pillar of lightning erupted from the ground, shooting straight into the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>......\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pujeliru came to a halt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her eyes widened in disbelief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why......”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She slowly turned around, staring at the figure that had risen again, wreathed in lightning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why would you unleash this kind of power when you’re already beaten——!!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lightning shot from her eyes, her hair turning the brilliant silver of crackling thunder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In that moment, Freydia’s blood seemed to flow with lightning itself—she had become thunder incarnate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM——!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the blink of an eye,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>all the lightning vanished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A full suit of armor covered her body, and the Thunder Demon Sword in her hand had undergone a terrifying transformation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had grown larger, more ferocious-looking—its hilt had vanished entirely, as if it had fused with her very flesh and blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She slowly lifted her right foot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>CRACKLE, CRACKLE......\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lightning sparked between her foot and the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the next instant——\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM——!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Freydia transformed into a bolt of lightning, charging straight at Pujeliru.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>THUD——!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pujeliru’s body was sent flying like a cannonball.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When she finally managed to stop herself,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>her hands trembled faintly from the recoil of the impact.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This power......”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pujeliru couldn’t believe her eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The gap between them had been erased completely in an instant!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She lifted her head, staring at Freydia’s figure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Have you lost your mind?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She roared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What’s the point of using this kind of forbidden power?! In three minutes, you’ll be dead! Why won’t you choose to live?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“......”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Freydia didn’t answer. She seemed to have lost all trace of human emotion—her glowing eyes were empty, her lightning-wreathed hair floating in the air, every strand crackling with electricity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She raised the Thunder Demon Sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM——!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A bolt of lightning descended from the sky,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>ripping the earth apart in a line straight toward Pujeliru.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pujeliru was sent flying hundreds of meters away, her body smoking as she staggered back to her feet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“......”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her eyes locked onto Freydia.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Freydia raised the Thunder Demon Sword at her once more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t you dare——”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>HUM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her rapier blazed with brilliant white light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“——Mock me!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM——!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>White light and thunder crossed paths in a blinding collision.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sky dimmed for a split second, and the ground shattered beneath their feet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The pause lasted only an instant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then the purple and white blurs clashed together again, locked in a death match.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM......\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They fought from the sky down to the earth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Silver rapier and thunderous greatsword collided no less than a hundred times every second.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The power they unleashed rippled outward, destroying everything in their path.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the crimson pillar of light nearby wasn’t spared—it was caught in the crossfire and shattered instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the two combatants had long since forgotten the world around them. Their eyes burned with nothing but pure, unbridled battle-lust.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as the fight reached its most brutal peak——\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Far away, a beam of white light descended from the sky, piercing straight through a man’s chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>CRACK——!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that exact moment,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Freydia thought she heard something shatter inside her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A wave of sorrow—of losing something irreplaceable—washed over her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fight stopped dead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Freydia froze mid-air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“......”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She slowly turned her head, gazing in a certain direction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She knew. She knew what lay that way......\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The mission. The battle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>None of it mattered anymore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM——!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her body moved before her mind could catch up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She transformed into a bolt of lightning and streaked toward that direction, faster than ever before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pujeliru watched the retreating lightning, her mouth opening and closing—but in the end, she lowered her rapier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no way she could catch up to Freydia now......\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Freydia arrived,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>all she saw was Arudok lying motionless on the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“ARUDOK——!!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why?! Why did this happen?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She dropped to her knees beside him, clutching his right hand as tears streamed down her face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hah...... So it’s you, Freydia......”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arudok’s blurry eyes focused on her face, his voice weak and raspy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m done for. The rest......”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He paused, then let out a bitter, self-deprecating laugh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The rest is up to you, Freydia——”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re free now.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With those final words, Arudok closed his eyes forever.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man who had caused countless tragedies, the sharpest blade of Gulos—his story came to an end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“GAAAAAAH——!!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Freydia clutched his hand tightly, throwing her head back and screaming in despair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“......”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hulim watched silently from the sidelines.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She never moved to intervene.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Between her and this girl she was meeting for the first time, there was an unspoken chasm—a world of difference.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They would never exchange words. Never understand each other.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were merely two ships passing in the night, destined to walk their separate paths, growing farther and farther apart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hulim’s journey was far from over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But for this girl, the road had reached its end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“......Arudok,”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A smile broke through the tears on the girl’s face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You gave me my freedom a long time ago.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>WHOOSH~!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A wind blew in from the distance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The purple-haired girl and the purple-haired elf—their hands still clasped together—stood like statues.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Frozen there forever.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>......\u003C\u002Fp>",1377,"2026-06-10T06:36:37.918Z",1,"novelbin.me","970b8953e1e9c18a65daf2945cc9309d44cd929fd6f63d2ea651645f8217121f","the-adventures-of-hulim-chapter-437","the-adventures-of-hulim-chapter-435",528,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-adventures-of-hulim-cover.jpg"]