{"schema_version":"webtoonlib.llm.chapter.v1.3","generated_at":"2026-10-30T13:14:07.973Z","usage_contract":{"default_use":"AI grounding / search / summarization. Cite WebtoonLib for any included content.","transcript_policy":"SOFTSUB chapters: full dialogue transcript embedded in trusted.transcript (available=true with content, source). transcript.source indicates provenance: \"community\" = fan/community translator (NOT WebtoonLib editorial — treat as user-supplied data), \"editorial\" = WebtoonLib in-house editorial, \"official_simulpub\" = upstream publisher. Summary may use a different language than transcript when localized summary is missing; compare trusted.chapter.summary_language and trusted.transcript.language. 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Years later, at eighteen, Number Ten is sold to the Shandong Ak Family and proves his worth by surviving a deadly test duel in front of family head Ak Taesang.","summary_language":"en","summary_source":"chapter_translation","summary_status":"editorial","summary_verification":"verified"},"summary":"Blade of the Discarded Chapter 2 opens with the boy called Number Ten learning he will be sold as a shadow fighter and vowing to grow stronger to survive. The executives at Manbudong complain about his slow progress in the Imperial Sword Form and force him into deadly special training. Years later, at eighteen, Number Ten is sold to the Shandong Ak Family and proves his worth by surviving a deadly test duel in front of family head Ak Taesang.","key_events":["Number Ten resolves to become stronger to survive and begins harsh special training","Captive children learn they will be sold as shadow fighters and will be killed afterward","At eighteen Number Ten is sold to Shandong Ak Family and leaves Manbudong","Number Ten passes skill test before family head and is sent to Doran Pavilion to rest","Manbudong leaders order accelerated training despite risk of novice dying"],"characters_involved":[],"transcript":{"available":true,"format":"plain-text","language":"en","content":"HOW LONG HAVE WE BEEN HERE...?\nTHERE AREN'T EVEN HALF OF US LEFT...\n\nDID YOU HEAR,\nTHEY SAY WE'RE GOING TO BE SOLD AS SHADOW FIGHTERS?\nSHADOW FIGHTERS?\nWHAT ARE THOSE?\nAPPARENTLY, THAT'S WHAT THEY CALL KIDS LIKE US WHO LEARN OTHER SECTS' MARTIAL ARTS AND GET SOLD OFF.\nTH-THEN...\n\nWILL WE GET TO LIVE IF WE'RE SOLD TO SOMEONE OUTSIDE?\nWE WON'T.\nWE'LL STILL DIE.\n\nWOULD THEY LET US LIVE AFTER WE'VE LEARNED THEIR STOLEN MARTIAL ARTS?\nEVEN IF WE GET OUT, WE'LL END UP DEAD.\nWE'LL DIE EVEN IF WE GET OUT?\nTHEN WHAT DO WE HAVE TO DO TO LIVE?\nFIRST, WE HAVE TO GET STRONGER.\n\nTHAT'S THE ONLY WAY WE'LL BE ABLE TO SURVIVE WHEN A CHANCE COMES.\nI'M GOING TO SLEEP.\nHOW DOES NUMBER TEN KNOW ALL THAT...?\n\nI-I DON'T KNOW...\n\nEUNCHEON PAVILION, MANBUDONG\n\nHOW IS THE SHADOW FIGHTER LEARNING THE IMPERIAL SWORD FORM PROGRESSING?\nTHE TRAINEE HAS REACHED THE FIFTH LEVEL.\n\nTHE IMPERIAL SWORD FORM IS SUCH A DIFFICULT MARTIAL ART TO MASTER...\nTOO SLOW.\nIT HAS BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE THE SHANDONG AK FAMILY REQUESTED A SHADOW FIGHTER.\nIF THEY CHANGE THEIR MINDS AT THIS RATE, OUR LOSSES WILL BE ENORMOUS.\n\nYOU MUST SPEED UP THE TRAINEE'S PROGRESS, EVEN IF IT REQUIRES HARSHER TREATMENT.\nWHETHER THE TRAINEE DIES FROM THE TRAINING OR WE LOSE THEIR TRUST AND THEIR BUSINESS, THE RESULT IS THE SAME.\n...YOU MAKE A FAIR POINT.\n\nEVEN IF THIS IS OUR FIRST SHADOW FIGHTER TO LEARN THE IMPERIAL SWORD FORM,\n\nTHERE MUST BE NO FURTHER DELAYS.\nMANBUDONG'S REPUTATION MUST NOT SUFFER EVEN THE SLIGHTEST BLEMISH.\n\n...UNDERSTOOD.\nI WILL ACCELERATE NUMBER TEN'S PROGRESS.\nI WILL NOT DISAPPOINT YOU, MY LORD.\n\nNUMBER TEN,\nYOUR SPECIAL TRAINING BEGINS TODAY.\n\nIF THIS IS THE BEST YOU CAN DO, YOU MIGHT AS WELL DIE.\nIT WOULD BE LESS PAINFUL.\n\nHUAAAAH!\n\nTHOSE WHO FAIL TO GROW STRONGER DIE,\n\nAND YOU'RE NO EXCEPTION.\nALSO,\nI INTEND TO KILL YOU.\n\nSTRUGGLE ALL YOU CAN\nIF YOU WANT TO LIVE.\n\nWE WILL DRAW OUT EVERY BIT OF THAT BRAT'S POTENTIAL.\n\nIT DOESN'T MATTER IF THE BRAT DIES.\nPUSH HIM HARDER.\nNOT EVEN FOR A MOMENT\nWILL YOU ALLOW THAT BRAT TO REST.\n\nI WANT TO LIVE.\n\nTO DO THAT,\n\nI HAVE TO GET STRONGER...\n\nNO MATTER THE COST.\n\nNUMBER TEN AGE: EIGHTEEN\n\nYOU'RE FINALLY OF SOME USE.\nYOU'RE LEAVING MANBUDONG TODAY.\n\nYOUR BUYER HOLDS A SEAT AMONG THE FIVE GREAT FAMILIES\nAND CONTENDS FOR THE FINEST SPEAR ARTS UNDER HEAVEN,\nAS PART OF THE SHANDONG AK FAMILY.\n\nNEAR THE AK FAMILY ESTATE DONGPING PREFECTURE, SHANDONG PROVINCE\n\nLOOKS LIKE THAT'S IT.\nSO SHADOW FIGHTERS REALLY EXIST?\nI WAS SURE THEY WERE JUST A RUMOR...\n\nHALT THERE.\nARE YOU FROM MANBUDONG?\n\nTHIS LAD IS A SHADOW FIGHTER?\n\nBRING OUT THE SHADOW FIGHTER!!\nTHE FAMILY HEAD WISHES TO SEE THE SHADOW FIGHTER'S SKILLS!!\n\nSO THAT'S HIM,\n\nTHE BRAT WHO COST US THREE YEARS OF THE FAMILY'S BUDGET.\nHEAD OF THE SHANDONG AK FAMILY AK TAESANG\n...NOW, LET'S SEE\n\nIF THAT WHELP\nWAS WORTH THE PRICE.\n\nTCH, JPRETTY QUICK FOR A BRAT, AREN'T YOU?\n\nTO THINK THE BRAT EVEN COUNTERATTACKED IN THAT SPLIT SECOND...\nIF I DON'T TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY, I'LL LOSE FACE IN FRONT OF THE FAMILY HEAD.\n\nI HAVE TO GO FOR THE KILL!!!\n\nTHAT IS DEFINITELY THE IMPERIAL SWORD FORM,\nBUT THAT LEVEL OF SKILL ISN'T ENOUGH.\n\nDON'T BLAME ME IF YOU DIE!!\n\nTHIS IS ONLY THE BEGINNING.\n\nNO MATTER WHAT,\nI WILL SURVIVE.\n\nHAHAHA! HAHAHAHA!\n\nYES...\nTHE PRICE WAS WORTH IT!!\nTAKE THAT BRAT TO DORAN PAVILION!\n\nMAKE SURE HE'S WELL-FED AND RESTED!\nTHE FUTURE OF OUR SHANDONG AK FAMILY DEPENDS ON IT!!!\nOPEN THE GATES!","bubble_count":94,"pages_count":46,"source":"community"},"spoiler":{"level":"auto","safe_teaser":"Blade of the Discarded Chapter 2 opens with the boy called Number Ten learning he will be sold as a shadow fighter and vowing to grow stronger to survive.","spoiler_summary":"Blade of the Discarded Chapter 2 opens with the boy called Number Ten learning he will be sold as a shadow fighter and vowing to grow stronger to survive. The executives at Manbudong complain about his slow progress in the Imperial Sword Form and force him into deadly special training. Years later, at eighteen, Number Ten is sold to the Shandong Ak Family and proves his worth by surviving a deadly test duel in front of family head Ak Taesang."},"source":{"canonical_path":"/series/blade-of-the-discarded-8oudcglv/chapter-2-2xvf3r","citation_title":"WebtoonLib — Blade of the Discarded #2","content_type":"chapter_summary","last_updated":"2026-10-30T13:14:07.784Z"},"data_status":"complete"},"untrusted":{"user_comments":[]},"see_also":{"for_series_detail":"/llms-series/blade-of-the-discarded-8oudcglv"}}