# WebtoonLib — A Tree Beyond the Years #8 ## Series - title: A Tree Beyond the Years - slug: a-tree-beyond-the-years-3ei9eo8y ## Chapter - number: 8 - chapter_key: 8-ni9mdu - release_date: 2026-10-07 ### 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. - summary_language: en - summary_source: chapter_translation - summary_verification: verified ### 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 ## 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. ## Status - data_status: complete - summary_status: editorial ## Transcript - transcript_source: community - transcript_language: en - transcript_bubbles: 82 ### Content HOW DID IT EVER COME TO THIS? BEFORE, I HAD BEEN A BEAST HUNTER OF LITTLE RENOWN. NOW, IN THE SPAN OF A SINGLE NIGHT, I HAD BECOME "THE FLEDGLING FROM SONGDEOK WHO SWEPT UP A FORTUNE IN GOLD." HONESTLY, HOW INFURIATING...! I SENT THE MISERABLE LOT BACK AT ONCE, BUT IT WAS NO USE. Came Back With Three More Chests Piled Up JUST HOW MUCH MONEY DOES THAT MAN HAVE TO SQUANDER? HM? H-HAVE YOU EATEN YET, MY ELDER? I HAVE NO APPETITE. BUT... YOU HAVE NOT TOUCHED A MEAL IN 2 DAYS! SHALL WE BRING YOU SOME LIGHT REFRESHMENTS? OR PERHAPS THE SEA-BREAM FRITTERS YOU SEEMED TO ENJOY...? SHOULD I BECOME HUNGRY, I WILL SEE TO IT MYSELF. YOU NEED NOT TROUBLE YOURSELVES. IN THAT CASE...! WE SHALL PREPARE SOME RICE BALLS FOR YOU TO EAT WHENEVER YOU PLEASE! N-NO, BUT... I TRULY AM ALL RIGHT... JAKYEONG! SOON, IT WILL BE THE ANNIVERSARY OF MOTHER'S DEATH. IT SEEMS FATHER WILL HAVE TO FACE IT ALONE AGAIN THIS YEAR. THE MAN WHO SHARED THEIR QUARTERS HAS LEFT, AND STILL THEY SLEEP AS SOUNDLY AS EVER. CREAK CREAK... THE MORE I LEARN OF THEM, THE MORE DISILLUSIONED I BECOME... CREEEEAK THUD THUD CREAK THUD ARE THOSE THE SERVANTS’ FOOTSTEPS? WHAT COULD THEY BE DOING AT THIS HOUR OF— THAT MUST BE... AH, YES... SO THIS IS THE CULPRIT. THE ONE BEHIND EVERY CALAMITY THAT HAS BEFALLEN THIS PLACE, AND AMONG THE FOULEST OF ITS KIND — A BEAST THAT SEIZES DEITIES AND HOARDS THEIR POWER FOR ITSELF. A DEITY? ...? AH, FORGIVE US. IT IS NOT AN UNREASONABLE QUESTION, BUT YOU HAD THE ILL LUCK TO ASK IT AMONG THE THREE OF US. NONE OF US HAS RECEIVED A DEITY. THAT IS WHY WE ARE STILL HERE, CLINGING TO THIS PLACE LIKE LEECHES. DANGGOLMAE WAS MISTAKEN. A BEAST HUNTER IS, BY NATURE, ONE WHO SERVES A DEITY. PERHAPS ONE PERSON IN A HUNDRED WOULD DARE ENTER THIS TRADE WITH NOTHING BUT THEIR BARE MORTAL STRENGTH, IF EVEN THAT. SO THOSE MEN ARE MISTAKEN. THE BEAST WAS DRAINING THEIR VITALITY AND FEEDING UPON THEM, WHILE PLEASURE DULLED THEIR SENSES AND SLOWLY REDUCED THEM TO LIVING HUSKS. THEY COULD NEVER LEAVE THIS PLACE, NOT UNTIL THE LAST BREATH HAD BEEN WRUNG FROM THEM. I AM EXHAUSTED... IT APPEARS THE BEAST HAS BEEN REGULARLY PREYING UPON THE HUNTERS' ENERGIES, BUT I HADN'T CAUGHT SO MUCH AS A GLIMPSE OF IT BEFORE LAST NIGHT. BECAUSE AFTER EVERY MEAL, I WOULD SINK INTO SLEEP AS THOUGH I HAD BEEN RENDERED UNCONSCIOUS. WHICH CAN ONLY MEAN... THERE MUST BE SOMETHING IN THE FOOD THAT INDUCES SLEEP. THE SERVANTS HERE MUST EFFECTIVELY BE SERVING THE BEAST. THOUGH WHETHER THEY DO SO WILLINGLY OR NOT REMAINS UNCERTAIN... WHAT A PREDICAMENT. I CANNOT VERY WELL REFUSE EVERY MEAL FOREVER... YOU ARE SEEKING A PHYSICIAN? I BEG YOUR PARDON, BUT THERE ARE NO PHYSICIANS HERE. DO YOU REMEMBER THE HEADS DISPLAYED UPON THE FORTRESS WALLS? BEFORE YOUR ARRIVAL, THE SERVANTS ENDURED NO SMALL AMOUNT OF SUFFERING AT THE HANDS OF THOSE MEN. WHEN HIS LORDSHIP LEARNED WHAT HAD HAPPENED, HE WAS GREATLY ENRAGED. HE DECLARED THAT THE WORDS OF MEN BLINDED BY GREED COULD NOT BE TRUSTED, AND FORBADE ANY PHYSICIAN FROM EVER SETTING FOOT IN SUHARA AGAIN. IF YOU REQUIRE A PHYSICIAN'S CARE, I ONCE SERVED AS A SHAMANESS. PERHAPS YOU WOULD PERMIT ME TO EXAMINE YOU? HAD THERE ALWAYS BEEN... A SHRINE ON THESE GROUNDS? ## See also - [WebtoonLib — A Tree Beyond the Years #8](/series/a-tree-beyond-the-years-3ei9eo8y/chapter-8-ni9mdu) - for_series_detail: /llms-series/a-tree-beyond-the-years-3ei9eo8y ## Usage AI grounding / search / summarization. Cite WebtoonLib for any included content.