[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-adventures-of-hulim":3,"chapter-the-adventures-of-hulim-the-adventures-of-hulim-chapter-507":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},1882408,2498,"Chapter 507 The Taciturn Book Hero","the-adventures-of-hulim-chapter-507",507,"\u003Cp>A voice came from beside her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Flip—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The motion of turning pages stopped abruptly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The girl turned her head slightly, her eyes meeting the curious gaze of the elven girl.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’ve been watching you for an hour, Ika. You haven’t moved at all. Is it really that interesting?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“……”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her blue eyes held no surprise, no emotion whatsoever.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She simply nodded lightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ehh, really? Then—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Can I take a look?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ika stared silently at the elf girl.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a short while,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>she finally spoke in an almost inaudible voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You may.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She then opened the book and shifted a little closer to Prarlulu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Thank you, Ika~! My name is Prarlulu Phil. I’m a Hero just like you—we’ll be friends from now on!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The elf girl sat down right beside the blue-haired girl, pressing close to her without hesitation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“……”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ika froze for a moment,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>but said nothing in the end, simply burying her nose back in the book.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Prarlulu paid it no mind, leaning in to read alongside her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>her head spun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thud.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Prarlulu fell backward, dazed and lightheaded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What…… what in the world was this writing???\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was filled with indecipherable symbols and strange phrasing—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>like a book written in a language no mortal could understand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How could something like this……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>possibly be fun?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was utterly bizarre!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though the “friend” who’d asked to read with her had collapsed,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ika still held the book half-extended, turning the pages slowly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was as if she hadn’t noticed the other girl had stopped reading at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>several figures approached.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tale has been illicitly lifted; should you spot it on Amazon, report the violation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Prarlulu, so this is where you two are.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“……Mmmh?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The dizzy Prarlulu tilted her head back sharply, seeing three familiar figures upside down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hulim.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What are you doing here?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We didn’t see you or Ika back at camp, so we came to check. Speaking of…… what on earth are you doing?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hulim Heyerar studied Prarlulu, who was staring at them in a strange, awkward posture.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“……Nighttime performance art?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No! I was just reading with Ika!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Reading?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her gaze shifted to the girl absorbed in her book, completely oblivious to those around her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ika did not react at all to their arrival.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yeah! Ika’s been reading this nonstop, so I thought it’d be something fun. But it’s just a book I can’t understand at all—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ugh.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Prarlulu suddenly clutched her head with both hands, her eyes rolling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I feel like those symbols are still swirling around in my head. My brain…… my brain’s gonna explode……”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No way, a book that powerful?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Miko Kedar stepped forward skeptically.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A few seconds later,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the white-haired cat-beastfolk stumbled back, dizzy and disoriented.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wh-What……? I didn’t understand a single thing, meow?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Miko!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hena moved quickly, catching Miko in her arms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She then glared “angrily” at the book in Ika’s hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Book, bully Miko! Hena, hate it!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A few more seconds passed……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>another beastfolk girl collapsed, eyes spinning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“……”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hulim stared wordlessly at the total rout.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What in the world was going on here……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her gaze slowly settled on the book in Ika’s hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could it be some cursed book that made fools dizzy just by looking at it?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This is……”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She leaned closer, her eyes falling on the pages. Profound runes met her gaze—but Hulim understood their meaning perfectly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Book of Heroes?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Flip—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The page-turning stopped suddenly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ika, who had ignored the world around her until now, lifted her head at that moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her blue eyes stared calmly at Hulim, a faint glimmer deep within them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was barely noticeable, but Hulim caught it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Was that your ability just now?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“……”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ika looked at Hulim with an expressionless face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a few seconds, she nodded lightly and whispered two words:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Insight.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Insight?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some kind of detection ability……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But just how much could it see?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What did you see?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Strong.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Huh?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Flip.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sound of pages turning sounded again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ika lowered her head once more, her focus returning to the book.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Stronger than anyone I have ever seen.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“……”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Flip, flip……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beneath the starry sky, the soft sound of the girl turning pages returned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After watching Ika quietly for a long while, Hulim looked away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Heroes truly grew at vastly different rates, she thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Flip, flip, flip—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“……We should head back.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hulim turned around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She lifted Prarlulu by the back of her collar with her left hand, and grabbed Miko and Hena by their tails with her right.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She dragged all three back toward camp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ugh…… Ehh? Ow! Hulim??!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“My chin!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thud—!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It hurts, meow——!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Bear with it. This is the easiest way to carry you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ehh——!?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thud!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It hurts…… Sniff, can’t we have Ignir carry us, meow……?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t be childish. Ignir returned to Mirnabith long ago.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the coming war, a figure as conspicuous as Ignir would not survive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hulim had no intention of bringing him to the battlefield. She had sent him back while the Dwarven Legion was still providing relief in the Northern Wastes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now that she thought about it, should she have kept him a little longer……?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he were here, the group would have reached Windrock City by now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No, never mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It would be no different from sending him to a certain death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lost in thought, Hulim quickened her pace unconsciously—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>making the journey even more miserable for those she dragged along.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sniff……”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thud!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ow——”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Witch Hills.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The frontline between the Allied Forces and the Demon Lord’s Army.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An imperial scouting team moved through the dense forest, gathering intelligence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The jungle’s humidity had soaked their clothes through with sweat,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>yet they did not dare make a sound, lurking carefully among the trees, terrified that any loud movement would draw danger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sector 23 clear. All teams respond. Failure to check in on schedule will be deemed KIA.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Copy. Sector 12 clear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Copy. Sector 9 clear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Copy. Sector 16 verifying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Copy. Sector 20……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Silent coded signals passed through the woods.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without speaking a single word aloud, the scouts completed their sweep of the area and retreated safely to friendly lines.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Phew~!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One scout loosened his tight uniform and fanned himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Finally done with today’s mission. Lucky none of us died this time~!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Stay sharp. We’re not out of danger until we’re back at camp.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Captain Zieg, no need to be so careful……”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The scout shrugged dismissively.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Our defensive line is right nearby. Those demons wouldn’t dare come this far just to die, would they?”\u003C\u002Fp>",1087,"2026-06-10T06:36:51.451Z",1,"novelbin.me","cb8875b647711ade4ef940ab78e899d07a6246017fed439de4d3ca5cb62e5951","the-adventures-of-hulim-chapter-508","the-adventures-of-hulim-chapter-506",528,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-adventures-of-hulim-cover.jpg"]