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Dragged toward the mountain peak, he battles cold, pain, and encroaching hypothermia to stay awake and survive.","summary_language":"en","summary_source":"chapter_translation","summary_status":"editorial","summary_verification":"verified"},"summary":"Shadow Slave Chapter 12 follows the wounded hero as he stops fleeing and turns to confront his pursuer after being stabbed in the side. His pursuer threatens to send him into the Shadow God&apos;s embrace, but a mysterious bell tolls and a blind creature appears, shifting the fight. 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I HAVE TO RUN!\nTHE MORE YOU STRUGGLE, THE MORE IT WILL HURT.\n\nGIVE IT UP.\nDAMNIT!\n\nTHIS WOUND IN MY SIDE... I CAN'T RUN FAST ENOUGH.\nEPISODE 12\n\nSTOP!\n\nTURN AROUND.\nI CAN'T RUN...\nAND I DON'T STAND A CHANCE IN A FIGHT.\n\nDESPITE IT ALL...\nI WILL BE TRUE TO MY PROMISE.\nI'LL MAKE IT QUICK.\n\nWHAT'S THAT SOUND?\n\nWHAT ARE YOU DOING?!\nA BELL?\nWHERE THE HELL WERE YOU HIDING THAT THING?\n\nRING-\nSTOP!\n\nWHAT WAS THAT...?\nWHAT DID YOU JUST DO?\n\nANSWER ME!\nTELL ME RIGHT NOW OR I'LL MAKE YOU REGRET IT.\n\nWHY ARE YOU NOT SAYING ANYTHING?\n\nWHAT THE...?\n\nDON'T MAKE A SOUND. IT'S BLIND.\n\nI'M SORRY, HERO.\nNNGH!\n\nI KNOW I SAID THAT I WOULD WATCH YOU DIE...\nBUT, AS YOU KNOW, I'M A LIAR.\n\nSO GO AND DIE ON YOUR OWN...\n\nNO!\n\nI'M SO COLD... EVERYTHING HURTS.\n\nI JUST WANT TO LIE DOWN AND SLEEP.\nBUT IF I CAN JUST REACH THE PEAK OF THE MOUNTAIN...\nIT FEELS LIKE THIS NIGHTMARE WILL BE OVER.\n\nFOUND YOU.\nSEE THIS, HERO?\n\nI'VE MADE IT. YOU WERE STRONG AND RUTHLESS, AND I WAS WEAK AND TIMID.\nYET NOW YOU ARE A CORPSE, AND I AM STILL ALIVE. ISN'T IT FUNNY?\nACTUALLY, IT'S NOT.\n\nWHAT DO ANY OF YOU EVEN KNOW ABOUT BEING RUTHLESS? IN THE WORLD WHERE I COME FROM, PEOPLE HAD THOUSANDS OF YEARS TO TURN CRUELTY INTO AN ART.\nAND AS SOMEONE ON THE RECEIVING END OF ALL THAT CRUELTY...\nDON'T YOU THINK I WOULD KNOW MORE ABOUT BEING VICIOUS THAN YOU EVER COULD?\n\nTRUTH BE TOLD, YOU NEVER STOOD A CHANCE...\nWAIT...\n...WHAT WAS I JUST THINKING ABOUT?\n...I'M SLEEPY.\nDON'T FALL FOR IT.\n\nIT'S JUST THE HYPOTHERMIA SETTING IN.\nIF I FALL ASLEEP, I'LL DIE.","bubble_count":60,"pages_count":31,"source":"community"},"spoiler":{"level":"auto","safe_teaser":"Shadow Slave Chapter 12 follows the wounded hero as he stops fleeing and turns to confront his pursuer after being stabbed in the side.","spoiler_summary":"Shadow Slave Chapter 12 follows the wounded hero as he stops fleeing and turns to confront his pursuer after being stabbed in the side. His pursuer threatens to send him into the Shadow God&apos;s embrace, but a mysterious bell tolls and a blind creature appears, shifting the fight. 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