[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-adventures-of-hulim":3,"chapter-the-adventures-of-hulim-the-adventures-of-hulim-chapter-496":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},1882247,2498,"Chapter 496 The Doomsday Volcano and the Call","the-adventures-of-hulim-chapter-496",496,"\u003Cp>Some time later,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the group reunited on the mountaintop where Aralond had waited.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“……”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The atmosphere at the scene was incredibly awkward, though.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hey, Irus——”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Laki tugged at Irus’s sleeve.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Come with me for a second.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She pulled her aside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aralond and Fulmir stared at each other in silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hulim Heyerar, feeling totally left out, had a question mark pop up above her head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What’s going on…… Why are they all acting like they’re hiding something from me?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Little Laki, what’s wrong?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t play dumb with me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Laki ground her teeth, her face dark with frustration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You knew all along, didn’t you! Why didn’t you tell me? Did you think it’d be funny to see me looking like a fool right now?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I have no idea what you’re talking about~.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Cut the act! I’m talking about that girl! What the hell was that power she used earlier?!?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ehh, you mean that? Well……” Irus put on a thoughtful look, “If I’m being honest, I’m just as curious about Hulim as you are.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You damn elf……”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the other side,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>after a long stretch of awkward silence, Aralond finally spoke up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Master——”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ahem! You don’t need to remember a single thing about today’s fight.” Fulmir said, his face flushing with embarrassment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“……”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whoosh——!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A fierce gust of wind tore through the sky,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and a massive crimson dragon appeared above the group.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hulim! Lady Irus!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the dragon’s back, the elf girl waved her right hand excitedly at the ground below.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thud!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ground rumbled as the dragon landed heavily,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and two girls hopped down one after another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Huh? You two brats are here too…… Wait a minute.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Laki leaned in and peered past them, her eyes narrowing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hey, why is it just the two of you? Where’s Hena?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hena left.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Prarlulu replied casually, without a second thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire scene fell deathly silent in an instant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“……Huh?!?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What do you mean she left!?! Spit it out clearly right now——!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Eek, eek! It’s not my fault, I swear!”,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Prarlulu stammered in a panic, shooting a pleading glance at Hulim for help.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Uh……” Hulim spoke up to explain gently, “Please don’t worry. Hena will come back.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“? What kind of vague, meaningless explanation is that……”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Enjoying the story? Show your support by reading it on the official site.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Laki rubbed her temples, sighing in frustration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Fine, I’ll go find her myself. Which way did she head——”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before she could finish her sentence,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM!!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The earth beneath their feet shook violently, sending a jolt through every inch of their bodies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What? What’s happening now!?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Laki exclaimed in shock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hey! Look at that——”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ignir spoke up suddenly, his voice heavy with unease.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That…… doesn’t look good at all, does it?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At his words, the group turned their gazes in a hurry to the Red Mist Volcano not far away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And they saw it all unfold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crack! Crack……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gigantic fissures spread radially across the ground from the volcano’s core, snaking out in all directions without stop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boiling lava spurted endlessly from the chasms below, painting the land red.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The volcano at the center, as if under an unbearable amount of pressure, let out a constant, terrifying roar that shook the heavens.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fulmir’s eyes widened more and more with each passing second, his face paling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This is a disaster…… Without Sugart siphoning the lava’s energy, the Red Mist Volcano——it’s going to erupt completely——!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM——!!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment his words faded into the air,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the entire mountain range before them exploded in a cataclysmic blast!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blinding light and searing heat blazed across the entire sky. An unprecedented roar drowned out all other sounds in the world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A colossal, spectacular shockwave rippled outward in a brilliant arc before their eyes, spreading to the far corners of heaven and earth……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Across the vast Northern Wastes,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>countless people made their homes here—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>in villages, towns, and even entire kingdoms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All living things froze in place at that moment, listening to this most terrifying roar of nature,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and then,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>primitive fear of the untamed wilds spread in the hearts of every single one of them……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beyond the Red Mist Volcano,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the moment that terrifying sound rang out,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Charkin and Aznov stopped in their tracks at the same time and looked back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They witnessed the entire mountain range detonate right before their eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A terrifying wall of fire, and an unprecedented shockwave, advanced slowly toward them with the overwhelming power to destroy everything in its path.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To the naked eye, it moved at a snail’s pace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in reality, it only seemed that way because of the vast distance and the shockwave’s colossal initial scale. If they had been closer, they would not have even had a chance to see its full form before it struck them down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“……”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Charkin and Aznov stared at each other in silence, their faces grim.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Do you think we can outrun it?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“……We can only pray for the gods’ mercy, I suppose.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the shockwave, wreathed in blinding light and searing heat, swept across the land,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pop~.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A strange ripple seemed to shatter an invisible barrier, surging forth with the raging flames.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A faint, indistinct feeling that had lingered for so long blazed into sharp, unmistakeable clarity at that moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“……”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hulim slowly lifted her head, her gaze fixed unwaveringly on the volcano’s direction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I feel it……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whoosh! Whoosh!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fiery onslaught raged on, unrelenting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The earth beneath their feet melted and crumbled endlessly, turning to ash and lava in an instant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a world completely engulfed by this apocalyptic power, the magical barrier they had raised around themselves teetered on the brink of collapse, barely holding on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet her gaze, at that moment, seemed to pierce straight through the flames and the crumbling earth, catching sight of the existence hidden in the volcano’s deepest core.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The deafening roar that had filled her ears faded into nothingness,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>leaving only that overwhelming call echoing in her very soul, pulling her forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s just ahead……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Almost unconsciously, Hulim lifted her right foot and took a step forward toward the volcano……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Long after,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the initial shockwave finally subsided, and the world grew quiet once more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The magical barrier dissipated slowly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s finally over, but this situation is beyond dire……” Laki said, her voice heavy with dread as she looked out at the wreckage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everywhere they turned, the world around them had been transformed into a lava hellscape.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ahead, the Red Mist Volcano that had once stood there was gone, replaced by a colossal volcanic caldera, from which surging lava gushed endlessly into the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Across the broken earth, rivers of molten lava roared toward the far distance, devouring everything in their path.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>High in the sky, gigantic volcanic boulders were hurled upward like missiles, then plummeted like meteorites in all directions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A suffocating blanket of volcanic ash spread across the sky at an alarming rate, encroaching on the heavens far beyond the volcano, blotting out the sun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was easy to foresee—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>if this catastrophe could not be stopped,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the Lidoyar Kingdom, and even the entire Northern Wastes, would be completely blanketed in volcanic ash, descending into a long, desolate winter with no end in sight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It would be a catastrophic disaster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kingdoms would fall, and countless lives would perish.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“O Earth, converge——!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sacred shield in Aralond’s hands suddenly blazed with a brilliant divine light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The broken, melting earth abruptly halted its collapse, coalescing once more into a patch of solid, unyielding ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That’s amazing! Can you really do something like that?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Prarlulu stared at Aralond in wonder, then glanced down at the divine staff in her own hands, her shoulders slumping.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“……”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Is my magic just completely useless in situations like this……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Converge, converge, converge……”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aralond wove his magic without pause, pouring every ounce of his strength into it, and the solid ground spread outward, growing bit by bit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But as the volcano continued its cataclysmic eruption, the land they had painstakingly coalesced crumbled once more in the blink of an eye, torn apart by the endless tremors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Aralond, let me help you——”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Slap!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fulmir slammed both hands hard onto the solid ground, channeling his magic into the earth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rumble……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The speed of the earth’s convergence surged dramatically, and the patch of solid ground began to expand faster than before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Master!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aralond’s eyes lit up with hope, and he poured even more power into his magic, working harder than ever.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We can seal the volcano, we can stop this disaster!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as the thought crossed his mind,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM——!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A massive, earth-shaking tremor rocked the ground, and the expanded patch of solid earth shattered into countless pieces in an instant, torn apart by the raw power of the volcano.\u003C\u002Fp>",1450,"2026-06-10T06:36:37.918Z",1,"novelbin.me","fe2c7bf45423718e8fff548f07ed4a1ae73f437b4d0f96c7a08b7caf0fed7635","the-adventures-of-hulim-chapter-497","the-adventures-of-hulim-chapter-495",528,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-adventures-of-hulim-cover.jpg"]