[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-adventures-of-hulim":3,"chapter-the-adventures-of-hulim-the-adventures-of-hulim-chapter-477":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},1882228,2498,"Chapter 477 Finding Hena","the-adventures-of-hulim-chapter-477",477,"\u003Cp>“There’s nothing here at all?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Staring at the empty room, identical to the others they had searched, Prarlulu frowned in confusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No. She’s definitely here.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Miko sniffed the air carefully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But this place—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Quiet! Stay still for a moment!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Miko suddenly gestured for silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Prarlulu clamped her mouth shut at once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She then watched as Miko’s ears twitched, as if catching some faint sound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Prarlulu tilted her head, straining to listen as well—but all she could hear were the terrifying roars echoing from outside, and nothing more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When she looked back,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Miko had somehow gotten down on the floor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her ears pressed flat against the ground, she crawled forward slowly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before long, she reached a tattered wooden bed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She stood up, gripped the edge of the bed, and flipped it over in one motion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beneath the bed, the floor was still empty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I found her!” Miko cheered loudly nonetheless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A question mark popped up over Prarlulu’s head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Found her?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But there was nothing there at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as that thought crossed her mind,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Miko’s hands groped across the floorboards, until she seemed to find a hidden mechanism.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Creak~!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a shrill, rotting sound,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>a hidden underground door swung open.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A concealed cellar lay revealed before Prarlulu’s eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cellar was not large, and held no belongings of any kind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only a little girl, curled into a tight ball, was weeping softly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Weird?” Miko stared at Hena in the cellar in puzzlement. “Why is she so small?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This Hena looked nothing like her real-world self. She appeared far younger—only around six or seven years old.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Prarlulu, is this really Hena?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes, this is her. This is where her mental trauma began. Her form is frozen in that moment. As we go deeper, she will gradually age to match her present self.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Um…… complicated, but whatever—so this is Hena, right!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Right……”\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>“Then we’re good to go!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Miko jumped down into the cellar and crouched in front of Hena.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hena, we’ve come to save you. Come with us.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The young Hena did not respond at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She only continued to sob quietly, just as before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It won’t work. Her heart is sealed far too tightly—we can’t wake her like this. We have to take her with us by force!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“W……” Miko hesitated at the sight of the small, pitiful Hena, then slapped her cheeks hard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This is no time to waste!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She lifted the young Hena onto her back, then leaped upward and out of the cellar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Let’s get out of here, quick!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two fled the house at once with the young Hena on their backs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the moment they stepped outside, they froze in shock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“W…… what in the world?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All around them, the area was densely packed with Black Smoke Humanoids. Moreover, there were over a dozen of the giant humanoids that had guarded the house earlier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Hulim Heyerar was standing right in front of the building, fighting against them all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How did this happen? Why did so many appear all at once?!” Miko exclaimed in disbelief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The time between entering and exiting the house had been no more than two minutes!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was impossible to believe that the outside had descended into this state in just two minutes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing her voice, Hulim glanced back,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>then quickly retreated to stand beside the two girls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hulim, what happened out here?” Miko asked urgently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m not sure. It was calm earlier, but at some point, these creatures went mad and their numbers exploded.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I think I know why……” Prarlulu said in a low voice. “It must be because Hena has been found—this place’s defensive level has risen drastically.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hena……” Hulim glanced at the girl on Miko’s back. “This is…… Hena? Are you certain?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m certain. We can explain later, but we need to find the entrance to the deeper layers quickly—or we’re in serious danger.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As her words fell,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Roar!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More and more Black Smoke Humanoids surged toward them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This is endless!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom——!!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A massive attack crashed down,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>blasting apart dozens of the humanoids.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The three seized the chance to break out of the encirclement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But they did not get far before being surrounded once again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Black Smoke Humanoids now filled every corner of the village.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They crawled toward the girls on all fours, rushing in from every direction at frightening speed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sight of the dark creatures swarming across the ground was deeply eerie and horrifying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom! Boom! Boom……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hulim continuously repelled them with magic, yet their space to maneuver shrank by the second.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The number of Black Smoke Humanoids never stopped growing, until they began piling on top of one another in many areas.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Prarlulu, where is the entrance to the deeper layers?” Hulim shouted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I-I don’t know…… only Hena herself knows where it is.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hulim glanced at Hena on Miko’s back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“There’s no way she can tell us in this state! Is there no other way?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“There is one trait, though I’m not sure if it helps. The location must be a place that holds extremely deep memories for Hena.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Thats……” Hulim frowned, troubled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no way they could know something like that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hulim, the place that holds the deepest memories for someone is usually the place they visited most often, right?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Miko said suddenly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Highly likely…… Miko, have you found something?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Miko nodded, pointing toward a direction beyond the village.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Actually, since earlier, I’ve been picking up Hena’s scent from that direction. It was too faint, so I didn’t pay much attention to it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Great work, Miko!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hulim extended her right hand forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom——!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dazzling white light blazed through the Black Smoke Humanoids, carving out a path.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We’re heading there immediately!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The three ran toward the forest outside the village with the young Hena.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment Hena’s body crossed the boundary between the village and the forest,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the entire atmosphere of the village shifted abruptly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Roar——!!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The number of Black Smoke Humanoids exploded once more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From a well in the center of the village, a column of black smoke shot straight into the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The girls, sensing something was wrong, turned back—and immediately gasped in terror.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wh-What is that——!?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Prarlulu stammered, terrified into near-speechlessness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before their eyes, countless Black Smoke Humanoids had piled together into a tsunami-like wall, surging toward them at an unstoppable pace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t look back! Run——!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even Hulim had no intention of continuing to fight these creatures at this point……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before long, the group reached the spot Miko had indicated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A stone tower mill stood at the very edge of this world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Across a slowly flowing river, opposite the mill, lay only boundless, pitch-black darkness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The scent ends here.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hulim glanced at the mill and made her decision at once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Inside!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She shattered the door and burst inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The instant they entered,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the black smoke pouring from the village well high above underwent another terrifying transformation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hulim, who had just stepped into the tower, suddenly felt a sharp, palpitating sense of dread.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She turned instinctively toward the window.\u003C\u002Fp>",1185,"2026-06-10T06:36:37.918Z",1,"novelbin.me","92c86d3dc2a0483d350c5fb83f5b53e05c4901add27aeebca74bdd53aa97f76e","the-adventures-of-hulim-chapter-478","the-adventures-of-hulim-chapter-476",528,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-adventures-of-hulim-cover.jpg"]