[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-adventures-of-hulim":3,"chapter-the-adventures-of-hulim-the-adventures-of-hulim-chapter-491":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},1882242,2498,"Chapter 491 Hena and Rita","the-adventures-of-hulim-chapter-491",491,"\u003Cp>Shadows in pitch-black robes roamed every corner of the village.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Glistening blade-light flickered in the flames, and every swing was accompanied by a scream of agony.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soulless magical light glinted in the darkness,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>destroying homes and taking lives without restraint.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wh-Who are you…? Why attack our village?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hahaha! Blame your White Wolf Clan for having terrible luck—and for holding something that does not belong to you! Hand over the ancient relic that Kedar gave you, and we might spare a few of you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I-I don’t understand what you’re saying. Lord Laki never gave us anything.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shing!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ugh—Aah!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Heh~ Did I once say it was Laki Kedar?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Elder—!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’ll kill you for this!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Heh, resist all you want. Leave none alive! Kill them all, then search for the item at our leisure!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes!!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Aah—!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ru-Run! Hurry!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The villagers fled in all directions, but the slaughter did not stop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside homes, out in the open, in the village, in the woods—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>killing was everywhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On this night, the village of the White Wolf Clan was dyed completely red with blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Daddy… Mommy…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two small White Wolf girls crouched tearfully beside a pair of fallen White Wolf parents.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man’s abdomen gushed blood without end; the woman beside him had already stopped breathing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man glanced reluctantly at his wife, then lifted his head and stroked the two girls’ heads with his blood-stained right hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Rita, Hena… listen to me carefully…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He spoke in a faint, weak voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“There’s no escaping outside. Go back home… hide in the cellar under the bed… stay inside quietly, and don’t come out no matter what, okay?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But Daddy—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hena…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man cut her off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Remember, you are the big sister. You must protect Rita with all your heart…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…Mm. Hena will remember!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Good girls… Daddy and Mommy are a little tired. We’ll come find you after we rest. Hurry home now…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The White Wolf man’s voice grew fainter and fainter, until it faded completely—just like the woman beside him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This tale has been pilfered from NovelBin. If found on Amazon, kindly file a report.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Daddy—!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rita burst into bitter tears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“……”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hena wiped her tears away roughly, then grabbed Rita’s arm tightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Big sister?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rita looked up at her with tear-blurred eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“……Run!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hena gritted her teeth and sprinted away with Rita.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Flames and smoke choked every path in the village.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Using their small, slender frames, the two slipped past the enemy’s watch again and again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Little by little, their familiar house came into view.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Rita, we’re home! We’re almost safe—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whoosh——!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A glint of light shot through the darkness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Squelch!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A soft, but horribly clear sound reached them from behind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hena turned her head slowly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A single arrow had pierced straight through Rita’s chest……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blood slowly stained Rita’s chest crimson.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“……”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rita glanced down at her chest, then lifted her head blankly, staring at Hena with helpless, lost eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Big… sister?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ah…… AAAAAAHHHHH——!!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the dark cellar,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hena crouched numbly in the corner,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>holding the small, already ice-cold body tightly in her arms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom——!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A deafening crash came from above.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh my? There are two little mice hiding down here!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hey, lucky me. I wasn’t done killing yet. Let me see… wait, one’s already dead? What a drag!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Quit dawdling. If you won’t do it, I will.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Nah, forget it. One’s better than nothing.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thud! Thud!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two figures jumped down into the cellar one after another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Little girl Don’t worry. My blade’s sharp. You’ll be gone before you feel a thing.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two leered and stepped closer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“……”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hena, who had sat motionless all night, slowly lifted her empty, hollow eyes……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You mean to tell me… this little girl killed two of our veteran fighters with her bare hands?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Uh, yes, my lord……”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Lord Inasil, allow me to kill her!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One subordinate stepped forward eagerly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“……”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inasil glanced at him coldly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Kill her?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Something this precious… and you want to slash her down like trash?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This… this subordinate apologizes! Spare me, my lord!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man fell to his knees in terror.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hmph. Do not let it happen again.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes, thank you, my lord! Thank you!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“As for this little girl……”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inasil shot a glance at Hena huddled in the cellar corner, then turned and left without another word.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Take her back. Raise her well.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rattle-rattle-rattle……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The dense clinking of chains echoed in her ears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“……Why?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hena finally stopped trembling. A hoarse, ragged voice escaped her throat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These were memories I should have forgotten long ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why… why are they coming back now?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No——\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why did I ever forget them……?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rita……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My little sister.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rita.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rita!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rita!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rita, Rita, Rita, Rita……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The scene of her sister pierced through the chest by an arrow replayed in her mind on an endless loop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An anger and hatred she had never felt before boiled and grew in the depths of her heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“AAAAAAAHHHHH——!!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crack!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The black mist that encased her like armor splintered at her right eye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>it spread, cracking apart across her entire face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her pupils, which had held no light or emotion for so long, trembled violently at the sight of the white figure biting her tail—more intensely than ever before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“……Rita?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rumble……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In an instant,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the entire space shook violently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What’s happening?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hulim Heyerar, locked in a desperate battle with the monster, snapped her head upward, unable to comprehend the quake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“ROAR!!?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The monster, which had been toying with them effortlessly moments ago, was suddenly seized by unbridled, unprecedented rage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every face twisted into its flesh turned at once toward the lava lake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then it charged forward without hesitation, abandoning all other targets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom——!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crimson light flashed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It struck the monster’s body once again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“ROAR!!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The monster let out a sharp, miserable wail. The body that should have been shed and separated in an instant moved far, far slower than before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By the time it finally finished discarding the damaged flesh, nearly half its mass was gone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What is happening?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hulim stared in confusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why had everything changed so suddenly? What on earth……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>had happened?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“……Wait a minute. This change—could it be——”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hum!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hulim wove her magic at once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom——!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The chains filling the surrounding air were blown away by the spell in an instant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s working!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hulim stared at the monster in astonishment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its invincibility…… was gone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“……”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though she did not understand the cause,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hulim knew this was the perfect chance!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Buzz, buzz!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Countless tiny crimson sparks erupted around her body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hulim extended both hands, locking onto the monster’s form with unshakable focus.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’ll finish you in one strike!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom——!!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A colossal crimson beam blazed forth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It erased every chain in its path, pierced straight through the monster’s body, and vanished into the deep darkness beyond.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ugh… oh…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The monster let out one final, upward wail, then dissolved completely into the air. This time, it did not resist at all.\u003C\u002Fp>",1152,"2026-06-10T06:36:37.918Z",1,"novelbin.me","c84a0a0843f14484cfb68561c8d0f74140a295109a92e79e86863a29f97390eb","the-adventures-of-hulim-chapter-492","the-adventures-of-hulim-chapter-490",528,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-adventures-of-hulim-cover.jpg"]