{"schema_version":"webtoonlib.llm.chapter.v1.3","generated_at":"2026-10-17T00:21:04.347Z","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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He then moves on with the survivors, defends the murder as justice, and they make camp at night without a fire.","summary_language":"en","summary_source":"chapter_translation","summary_status":"editorial","summary_verification":"verified"},"summary":"As it is discussed that one of the slaves must be sacrificed, the old scholar demands that the child be sacrificed because he smells of blood. But the Hero, saying he knows who he is and what he did in the past, reverses the decision: the one to be sacrificed is the scholar himself. He says he will spill his blood to mask the scent of blood and kills him mercilessly. He then moves on with the survivors, defends the murder as justice, and they make camp at night without a fire.","key_events":["Night watch inner reckoning about loneliness, guilt, justice and threat of killing in sleep","Blood is cleaned up and group camps without fire due to nearby monster","Old scholar's logic is refuted and he is killed after being told he deserves sacrifice","Debate over sacrificing one of three to save two, proposing the blood-smelling child as victim"],"characters_involved":[],"transcript":{"available":true,"format":"plain-text","language":"en","content":"IF IT COMES DOWN TO IT, COULD I FIGHT MY WAY OUT OF THIS?\nTHAT OLD SCHOLAR IS ALREADY HALF A CORPSE. HE'S NO REAL PROBLEM.\nBUT HERO...\n\n...HE PRESENTS AN OBSTACLE.\nDAMNATION!\nSO IN THE END, MY LIFE IS IN HIS HANDS?\nI HAVE ONLY ONE QUESTION.\n\nYES?\nYOU SAID THAT ONE OF US MUST BE SACRIFICED TO SAVE THE OTHER TWO.\nWHY HIM?\nFROM WHAT I SEE, YOU ARE FAR CLOSER TO THE GRAVE.\nA GREAT QUESTION!\n\nI WAS JUST ABOUT TO ASK IT MYSELF.\nBEFORE THE FIRST ATTACK, HE WAS ALREADY BLEEDING BECAUSE OF YOUR SENIOR'S WHIP.\n\nDURING THE ATTACK, HE WAS DRENCHED IN THE BLOOD OF A FELLOW SLAVE.\nTHE BOY ALREADY REEKS OF BLOOD. KEEPING HIM ALIVE WILL PUT US IN DANGER. THAT'S WHY HE IS THE BEST CHOICE.\n\nI KNEW IT.\nHE'S BEEN PLANNING THIS ALL ALONG!\nDON'T BE TOO HASTY, MY FRIEND.\nTHE BOY MIGHT PROVE USEFUL LATER ON.\n\nWHAT A SCHEMING BASTARD! CURSE YOU AND YOUR BIG BRAIN!\nTHAT IS TRUE.\n\n...WHAT?\nWHY IS HE LOOKING AT ME LIKE THAT...?\n\nYOUR LOGIC IS ALMOST UNASSAILABLE.\nHOWEVER, YOU FAILED TO ACCOUNT FOR ONE THING.\n\nWHAT MIGHT THAT BE?\nIT'S THAT I KNOW WHO YOU ARE, YOUR GRACE.\nW-WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?\n\nI ALSO KNOW WHAT YOU'VE DONE.\nAND HOW YOU ENDED UP A SLAVE.\nSO IF THERE IS SOMEONE AMONG US WHO DESERVES TO BE SACRIFICED...\nIT'S YOU!\n\nBUT... BUT THE SMELL OF BLOOD!\nDON'T TROUBLE YOURSELF OVER THAT.\n\nI'LL SPILL ENOUGH OF YOUR BLOOD—\n—TO OVERPOWER WHATEVER RESIDUAL SCENT THE BOY CARRIES.\n\nS-SPARE ME...\n\nWAIT RIGHT HERE.\n\nTH-THIS IS... HORRIFYING!\nP-P-PLEASE... PLEASE NO!\nS... SAVE ME!\n\nGAAAHH!\nAAAAGH-!!\nCRAP! THIS IS... THIS IS TOO MUCH!\n\nEPISODE 10\n\nLET'S GO... JUST GIVE ME A MOMENT TO CLEAN MYSELF UP.\n\nWE NEED TO HURRY.\n\nDON'T FEEL GUILTY ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED.\n\nIT'S NOT YOUR FAULT.\nTHE DECISION WAS MINE, AND MINE ALONE.\nBESIDES, IF YOU KNEW THAT MAN'S SINS...\nACTUALLY, IT'S BETTER THAT YOU DON'T.\n\nJUST TRUST ME WHEN I SAY THAT KILLING HIM WAS AN ACT OF JUSTICE.\nTHAT'S THE ONE THING I'D WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND.\nI WONDER WHICH ONE OF US FEELS GUILTY.\nTHESE PEOPLE...\nALWAYS TRYING TO RATIONALIZE THEIR ACTIONS...\n\nALWAYS DESPERATE TO MAINTAIN AN ILLUSION OF RIGHTEOUSNESS...\nEVEN WHILE DOING MOST FOUL THINGS.\nI HATE THE HYPOCRISY.\nYOU DON'T LIKE TO TALK MUCH, DO YOU?\n\nWELL, FAIR ENOUGH. SILENCE IS GOLD.\n...IT SOUNDS STUPID, BUT...\nWHY IS IT THAT IN A MOMENT LIKE THIS, OUT OF NOWHERE, I FEEL SO... ALONE?\n\nIT FEELS LIKE...\n\nTHE END OF THIS NIGHTMARE...\n...WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE...\n\n...IS NOT FAR OFF NOW.\n\nTODAY WE WILL CAMP WITHOUT MAKING A FIRE.\n\nTHE BEAST IS TOO CLOSE.\nYOU KNOW, IT'S STRANGE.\n\nUSUALLY, I CAN FEEL SOMEONE'S PRESENCE EVEN IN ABSOLUTE DARKNESS.\nBUT WITH YOU...\nTHERE'S NOTHING. IT'S LIKE YOU ARE JUST ONE OF THE SHADOWS.\n\nARE YOU ASLEEP?\nWHY?\n\nARE YOU WAITING FOR ME TO FALL ASLEEP BEFORE YOU KILL ME?\nOR WILL YOU DO IT IN THE MORNING?\n\nYES. I THOUGHT THAT IF I DID IT WHILE YOU SLEPT, YOU WOULDN'T HAVE TO SUFFER.","bubble_count":80,"pages_count":34,"source":"community"},"spoiler":{"level":"auto","safe_teaser":"As it is discussed that one of the slaves must be sacrificed, the old scholar demands that the child be sacrificed because he smells of blood.","spoiler_summary":"As it is discussed that one of the slaves must be sacrificed, the old scholar demands that the child be sacrificed because he smells of blood. But the Hero, saying he knows who he is and what he did in the past, reverses the decision: the one to be sacrificed is the scholar himself. He says he will spill his blood to mask the scent of blood and kills him mercilessly. He then moves on with the survivors, defends the murder as justice, and they make camp at night without a fire."},"source":{"canonical_path":"/series/shadow-slave-1isjbwzj/chapter-10-ra38vf","citation_title":"WebtoonLib — Shadow Slave #10","content_type":"chapter_summary","last_updated":"2026-10-17T00:21:04.223Z"},"data_status":"complete"},"untrusted":{"user_comments":[]},"see_also":{"for_series_detail":"/llms-series/shadow-slave-1isjbwzj"}}