[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-adventures-of-hulim":3,"chapter-the-adventures-of-hulim-the-adventures-of-hulim-chapter-478":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},1882229,2498,"Chapter 478 Fleeing the Village","the-adventures-of-hulim-chapter-478",478,"\u003Cp>“Roar——!!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A colossal black smoke humanoid, large enough to cover most of the village, coalesced high above it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All three girls inside the tower witnessed this through the window.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No… no way!!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Prarlulu stared dumbfounded at the gigantic entity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How… how could it be this big?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This means we’ve come to the right place……”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hulim Heyerar replied with unnerving calm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the transformations of these black smoke humanoids, she had already discerned a pattern: the closer they drew to the passage leading deeper, the more violently the defenses reacted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hulim swept a glance over the tower’s first floor and said quickly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Nothing here. We keep going up.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The group ran upward along the stone spiral staircase built against the wall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A deafening crash suddenly sounded from outside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire stone tower shook violently, and the three clung to the walls to steady themselves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hulim glanced outside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tsunami-like wall of black smoke humanoids had slammed into the fragile-looking stone tower.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the real world, such a tower would have collapsed completely long ago. Yet this one merely swayed, showing no signs of falling apart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The same had been true of the houses in the village.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though they appeared ordinary, they were essentially indestructible projections of memory—neither Hulim’s attacks nor those of the black smoke humanoids could damage the structures.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“They’re inside!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Failing to topple the tower, hordes of black smoke humanoids poured in through the first-floor door and the windows everywhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A flash of white light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The black smoke humanoids blocking the stairs ahead were eliminated one by one by Hulim.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tower’s top floor gradually came into view.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tap——!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her right foot stepped onto the rooftop platform.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sky reappeared before their eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No longer the dim gray from before, it had turned to an inky, pitch-black darkness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hulim’s gaze quickly swept across the entire rooftop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then she froze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Nothing……?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The genuine version of this novel can be found on another site. Support the author by reading it there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How could there be nothing?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Had she been wrong? Was this not the place……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Roar!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The giant black smoke colossus had drawn near.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its massive, hollow, pitch-black eye sockets stared down at the girls on the tower rooftop from high above.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A single fist, its fingers alone as large as the tower, was raised high and slammed down viciously toward the stone tower.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>from all directions of the rooftop, swarms of black smoke humanoids climbed up the walls. The staircase behind them was completely blocked as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a moment, the entire world seemed to become an ocean of black tidal waves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tower’s rooftop was the only drifting boat in this world—and that boat was about to be swallowed by the monstrous waves within seconds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even Hulim was at a loss for what to do at this moment. Prarlulu frantically began opening an emergency escape passage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But would she make it……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this critical juncture,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Snap——!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Miko suddenly grabbed Prarlulu and Hulim’s hands. Wrapping her tail around Hena on her back, she carried the other two with her, pushed off powerfully with her legs, and leaped toward the stationary windmill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s right here——!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as they were about to fall from the tower,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hulim saw it……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A rift hanging suspended beneath the windmill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shua!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In an instant,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the figures of the several young girls vanished from the air near the tower rooftop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment they disappeared, the entire world seemed to freeze. Everything came to a halt—the giant black smoke colossus’s fist was less than three meters away from the stone tower.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, everything began to dissolve.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Near the Red Mist Volcano.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fagu, who had been gone for a long time, returned to Inasil’s side with a group of Gulos remnants.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Lord Inasil, all our scattered forces have been assembled.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he said respectfully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inasil glanced at the group and spoke calmly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You all know what to do, correct?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes, my lord.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the surrounding followers replied in unison.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Since you understand, prepare at once.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes!!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Receiving the order, the group quickly scattered in all directions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Fagu.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Lord Inasil, what further orders do you have?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Contact that being once more. Inform him of the time to coordinate with our actions……”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Understood. I shall depart at once.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After hearing Inasil’s instructions, Fagu also left immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With these movements, a terrifying plan officially set into motion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, the Dwarven Legion remained completely unaware……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the wasteland,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>a detachment of the Dwarven Legion was on the move.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Judging from their previous movements, those two have most likely fled in this direction. Given Gulos’s nature, this old one does not believe they are running blindly—they must have some motive…… Hero, do you know what lies in this direction that is of note?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aralond pulled out a map and studied it carefully, then pointed to a marked location:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If anything, it would be the Red Mist Volcano.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Red Mist Volcano—the largest volcanic range in the world?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Laki fell into thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If I remember correctly…… that fellow Fulmir entered this region and never sent word again, did he not?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes. This place is extremely dangerous. Those below S-Rank stand little chance of escaping alive if an accident occurs. For that reason, Lord Fulmir has forbidden us from entering.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“……You believe those two might enter the Red Mist Volcano to carry out some scheme?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That is difficult to say for certain.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“When Gulos’s forces grow desperate, there is nothing they will not do. But if they truly have designs on this place, Fulmir’s situation may not be good……”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that, Laki looked up toward the sky in the northwest, a flicker of concern in her eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“In any case, we shall head to the Red Mist Volcano to assess the situation.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Very well.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Dwarven Legion on the wasteland quickened their pace, heading straight for the Red Mist Volcano.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside a narrow, gray passageway,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the several young girls were trapped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Where…… where are we now?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Miko asked, bewildered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shortly after fleeing the bizarre village, they had suddenly arrived here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All around were gray, rocky walls. The sky above was equally gray and hazy. Both ends of the narrow passage were blocked by identical walls, but corners were visible ahead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hulim walked to the wall, reached out to touch the gray stone surface, then walked forward to an intersection with identical paths branching left and right.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This appears to be a labyrinth.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“A labyrinth? Does that mean we have to find the correct exit to get out?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Perhaps……”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hulim replied casually, then looked upward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whoosh~.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A whirlwind formed beneath her feet, lifting her upward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But as she ascended, the walls, which had not seemed particularly tall, suddenly shot upward!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter how hard Hulim tried, she could not fly over them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“……”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hulim was forced to return to the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon landing, her gaze lingered on Hena for a moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“She has grown a little older.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Miko turned back at the words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ah, she really has——”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hena, who had appeared around six or seven years old before, now looked to be about ten years of age.\u003C\u002Fp>",1188,"2026-06-10T06:36:37.918Z",1,"novelbin.me","6f73c5b7b163ab856c64d648166f5eef7f168b6952b5ad820a236cd5aaca8ce8","the-adventures-of-hulim-chapter-479","the-adventures-of-hulim-chapter-477",528,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-adventures-of-hulim-cover.jpg"]