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At night, following footsteps, he realizes the monster capturing the gods, feeding on the hunters' energy, and that sleeping medicine was mixed into the meals.","summary_language":"en","summary_source":"chapter_translation","summary_status":"editorial","summary_verification":"verified"},"summary":"Once an unknown hunter, the narrator became overnight famous as the rookie from Songdeok who gathered a fortune's worth of gold, turns away the chests sent to him but three more chests arrive. Rice balls and sea bream are suggested to his elder who hasn't eaten for two days. At night, following footsteps, he realizes the monster capturing the gods, feeding on the hunters' energy, and that sleeping medicine was mixed into the meals.","key_events":["Revealed none of three hunters received a god, explaining why they cling to place","Narrator offers food to elder who has not eaten for two days, elder declines appetite and rice balls","Narrator realizes meals contain sleep-inducing substance and servants serve monster","Revealed monster behind calamities seizes gods and hoards their powers for itself","Narrator follows night footsteps and finds room-sharing man gone while others sleep deeply","Lord banned physicians from Suhara after learning servants suffered under greedy physicians","Monster feeds on hunters' life force, dulls senses, turns them into shells unable to leave","Narrator becomes famous overnight as rookie from Songdeok who collected fortune in gold and keeps receiving chests","Former shamanism practitioner offers examination and asks if there was shrine on land","Narrator reflects mother's death anniversary approaching and father will face it alone"],"characters_involved":[],"transcript":{"available":true,"format":"plain-text","language":"en","content":"HOW DID IT EVER COME TO THIS?\nBEFORE, I HAD BEEN A BEAST HUNTER OF LITTLE RENOWN.\n\nNOW, IN THE SPAN OF A SINGLE NIGHT,\nI HAD BECOME \"THE FLEDGLING FROM SONGDEOK WHO SWEPT UP A FORTUNE IN GOLD.\"\nHONESTLY, HOW INFURIATING...!\nI SENT THE MISERABLE LOT BACK AT ONCE, BUT IT WAS NO USE.\nCame Back With Three More Chests Piled Up\nJUST HOW MUCH MONEY DOES THAT MAN HAVE TO SQUANDER?\n\nHM?\nH-HAVE YOU EATEN YET, MY ELDER?\nI HAVE NO APPETITE.\nBUT...\nYOU HAVE NOT TOUCHED A MEAL IN 2 DAYS!\nSHALL WE BRING YOU SOME LIGHT REFRESHMENTS?\nOR PERHAPS THE SEA-BREAM FRITTERS YOU SEEMED TO ENJOY...?\n\nSHOULD I BECOME HUNGRY, I WILL SEE TO IT MYSELF. YOU NEED NOT TROUBLE YOURSELVES.\nIN THAT CASE...!\nWE SHALL PREPARE SOME RICE BALLS FOR YOU TO EAT WHENEVER YOU PLEASE!\nN-NO, BUT...\nI TRULY AM ALL RIGHT...\n\nJAKYEONG!\n\nSOON, IT WILL BE THE ANNIVERSARY OF MOTHER'S DEATH.\nIT SEEMS FATHER WILL HAVE TO FACE IT ALONE AGAIN THIS YEAR.\n\nTHE MAN WHO SHARED THEIR QUARTERS HAS LEFT,\nAND STILL THEY SLEEP AS SOUNDLY AS EVER.\n\nCREAK CREAK...\nTHE MORE I LEARN OF THEM, THE MORE DISILLUSIONED I BECOME...\nCREEEEAK\nTHUD\nTHUD\nCREAK\nTHUD\n\nARE THOSE THE SERVANTS’ FOOTSTEPS?\nWHAT COULD THEY BE DOING AT THIS HOUR OF—\n\nTHAT MUST BE...\n\nAH, YES...\nSO THIS IS THE CULPRIT.\nTHE ONE BEHIND EVERY CALAMITY THAT HAS BEFALLEN THIS PLACE, AND AMONG THE FOULEST OF ITS KIND —\n\nA BEAST THAT SEIZES DEITIES\nAND HOARDS THEIR POWER FOR ITSELF.\n\nA DEITY?\n...?\nAH, FORGIVE US. IT IS NOT AN UNREASONABLE QUESTION,\nBUT YOU HAD THE ILL LUCK TO ASK IT AMONG THE THREE OF US.\nNONE OF US HAS RECEIVED A DEITY.\n\nTHAT IS WHY WE ARE STILL HERE,\nCLINGING TO THIS PLACE LIKE LEECHES.\nDANGGOLMAE WAS MISTAKEN.\nA BEAST HUNTER IS, BY NATURE,\n\nONE WHO SERVES A DEITY.\nPERHAPS ONE PERSON IN A HUNDRED\nWOULD DARE ENTER THIS TRADE WITH NOTHING BUT THEIR BARE MORTAL STRENGTH, IF EVEN THAT.\nSO THOSE MEN ARE MISTAKEN.\n\nTHE BEAST WAS DRAINING THEIR VITALITY AND FEEDING UPON THEM,\nWHILE PLEASURE DULLED THEIR SENSES AND SLOWLY REDUCED THEM TO LIVING HUSKS.\n\nTHEY COULD NEVER LEAVE THIS PLACE,\nNOT UNTIL THE LAST BREATH HAD BEEN WRUNG FROM THEM.\n\nI AM EXHAUSTED...\nIT APPEARS THE BEAST HAS BEEN REGULARLY PREYING UPON THE HUNTERS' ENERGIES,\nBUT I HADN'T CAUGHT SO MUCH AS A GLIMPSE OF IT BEFORE LAST NIGHT.\nBECAUSE AFTER EVERY MEAL, I WOULD SINK INTO SLEEP AS THOUGH I HAD BEEN RENDERED UNCONSCIOUS.\n\nWHICH CAN ONLY MEAN...\nTHERE MUST BE SOMETHING IN THE FOOD\nTHAT INDUCES SLEEP.\nTHE SERVANTS HERE MUST EFFECTIVELY BE SERVING THE BEAST.\nTHOUGH WHETHER THEY DO SO WILLINGLY OR NOT REMAINS UNCERTAIN...\nWHAT A PREDICAMENT.\n\nI CANNOT VERY WELL\nREFUSE EVERY MEAL FOREVER...\nYOU ARE SEEKING A PHYSICIAN?\nI BEG YOUR PARDON,\nBUT THERE ARE NO PHYSICIANS HERE.\n\nDO YOU REMEMBER THE HEADS DISPLAYED UPON THE FORTRESS WALLS?\nBEFORE YOUR ARRIVAL, THE SERVANTS ENDURED NO SMALL AMOUNT OF SUFFERING\nAT THE HANDS OF THOSE MEN.\nWHEN HIS LORDSHIP LEARNED WHAT HAD HAPPENED, HE WAS GREATLY ENRAGED.\nHE DECLARED THAT THE WORDS OF MEN BLINDED BY GREED COULD NOT BE TRUSTED,\nAND FORBADE ANY PHYSICIAN FROM EVER SETTING FOOT IN SUHARA AGAIN.\n\nIF YOU REQUIRE A PHYSICIAN'S CARE,\nI ONCE SERVED AS A SHAMANESS. PERHAPS YOU WOULD PERMIT ME TO EXAMINE YOU?\n\nHAD THERE ALWAYS BEEN...\n\nA SHRINE ON THESE GROUNDS?","bubble_count":82,"pages_count":24,"source":"community"},"spoiler":{"level":"auto","safe_teaser":"Once an unknown hunter, the narrator became overnight famous as the rookie from Songdeok who gathered a fortune's worth of gold, turns away the chests sent to him but three more chests arrive.","spoiler_summary":"Once an unknown hunter, the narrator became overnight famous as the rookie from Songdeok who gathered a fortune's worth of gold, turns away the chests sent to him but three more chests arrive. Rice balls and sea bream are suggested to his elder who hasn't eaten for two days. At night, following footsteps, he realizes the monster capturing the gods, feeding on the hunters' energy, and that sleeping medicine was mixed into the meals."},"source":{"canonical_path":"/series/a-tree-beyond-the-years-3ei9eo8y/chapter-8-ni9mdu","citation_title":"WebtoonLib — A Tree Beyond the Years #8","content_type":"chapter_summary","last_updated":"2026-10-17T01:36:48.373Z"},"data_status":"complete"},"untrusted":{"user_comments":[]},"see_also":{"for_series_detail":"/llms-series/a-tree-beyond-the-years-3ei9eo8y"}}