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He clashes with fellow slaves, observes cruel guards punishing a rookie for showing kindness, discovers his night vision, and learns about poisonous Bloodbane berries before realizing the camp is a massacre site where everyone will die.","summary_language":"en","summary_source":"chapter_translation","summary_status":"editorial","summary_verification":"verified"},"summary":"Shadow Slave Chapter 2 follows Sunless as he awakens in chains and confronts a brutal starting scenario as a temple slave. Dragged with a slave caravan through a cold mountain pass, he receives his Name, the worthless-seeming Aspect of Temple Slave, and three Attributes. He clashes with fellow slaves, observes cruel guards punishing a rookie for showing kindness, discovers his night vision, and learns about poisonous Bloodbane berries before realizing the camp is a massacre site where everyone will die.","key_events":["Candidate discovers night vision and is warned Bloodberry fruits are poisonous","Candidate reads Spell runes learning Name Sunless, Rank Aspirant, Aspect Temple Slave","Slave caravan stops to camp in cold mountain pass after sunset","Candidate learns Bloodberries grow on battlefields and realizes everyone here will die","Candidate is chosen by Nightmare Spell and arrives in ruined world where time flows backward among bones","Young guard gives water to Candidate but is threatened by senior whip guard","Candidate awakens chained as a slave in a caravan, realizing it is the worst starting scenario"],"characters_involved":[],"transcript":{"available":true,"format":"plain-text","language":"en","content":"Aspirant! Welcome to the Nightmare Spell.\n\nWHERE... AM I?\n\nTHE MOON IS MOVING SO FAST!\n\nTIME...\nIT'S FLOWING IN REVERSE!\n\nWHAT THE HELL ARE ALL THESE BONES?\n\nA WAR? OR...\nA MASSACRE?\n\nPREPARE FOR YOUR FIRST TRIAL!\n!\n\nWH-WHAT IS THIS?\nSHACKLES?\n\nWHAT...\nTHE HELL IS GOING ON?!\nI HEARD ASPIRANTS USUALLY GET SCENARIOS WITH AT LEAST SOME DEGREE OF AGENCY...\n\nOFTEN SETTING YOU UP AS A MEMBER OF A PRIVILEGED OR WARRIOR CASTE.\nSO WHY AM I...\n...BEING DRAGGED ALONG IN CHAINS LIKE A SLAVE?!\n\nDAMN IT! THIS IS THE WORST POSSIBLE STARTING SCENARIO!\nEPISODE 2\n\nWHAT'S THIS? I'VE NEVER SEEN LETTERS LIKE THESE BEFORE.\n\nI CAN'T READ THEM, BUT SOMEHOW I CAN UNDERSTAND THEM.\nNAME: SUNLESS TRUE NAME: —— RANK: ASPIRANT CORE: DORMANT MEMORIES: —— ECHOES: ——\nATTRIBUTES: 1. FATED 2. MARK OF DIVINITY 3. CHILD OF SHADOWS\n\nTHEY SAY THE SPELL VALUES BALANCE AS MUCH AS CHALLENGE.\nSO I SHOULD AT LEAST GET A STRONG ASPECT OUT OF THIS, RIGHT?\nASPECT: TEMPLE SLAVE\nASPECT DESCRIPTION: A SLAVE IS A USELESS WRETCH WITH NO NOTABLE SKILLS OR ABILITIES. A TEMPLE SLAVE IS FAR RARER, BUT JUST AS WORTHLESS.\nWHAT?! WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK IS THIS?!\n\n\"THERE ARE NO USELESS ASPECTS,\" HUH?\nWHAT A LOAD OF BULLSHIT!\nFATED\nATTRIBUTE DESCRIPTION: THE STRINGS OF FATE ARE WOUND TIGHTLY AROUND YOU. UNLIKELY EVENTS, BOTH GOOD AND BAD, ARE DRAWN BY YOUR PRESENCE. THERE ARE THOSE WHO ARE BLESSED, AND THERE ARE THOSE WHO ARE CURSED... BUT RARELY BOTH.\n\nURGH!\nYOU LITTLE SHIT! WATCH WHERE YOU'RE GOING!\n\nYOU GOT A DEATH WISH?\nNO NEED TO BOTHER.\nTHE WEAKLING WILL BE DEAD BY SUNRISE ANYWAY. THE MOUNTAIN WILL KILL HIM.\n\nI DOUBT THE NIGHTMARE SPELL WILL LET ME OFF THAT EASILY.\nMOST LIKELY, IT'LL BE A PACK OF MONSTERS THAT DOES US IN...\nON THIS COLD MOUNTAIN, HOW MANY OF US DO YOU THINK WILL ACTUALLY SURVIVE?\nSPEAK FOR YOURSELF, FOOL!\nI'M PLANNING TO SURVIVE!\n\nWHAT A CHARMING PAIR...\nTHIS MOUNTAIN PASS IS USUALLY MUCH WARMER THIS TIME OF YEAR. WE JUST HAD REALLY BAD LUCK.\nALSO, I WOULD ADVISE YOU AGAINST HARMING THIS BOY.\nWHY IS THAT?\n\nHAVEN'T YOU SEEN THE MARKINGS ON HIS SKIN?\nHE IS NOT LIKE US, WHO FELL INTO SLAVERY DUE TO DEBTS, CRIMES OR MISFORTUNE.\nHE WAS BORN A SLAVE. A TEMPLE SLAVE, TO BE PRECISE.\nMARK OF DIVINITY\nATTRIBUTE DESCRIPTION: YOU BEAR A FAINT SCENT OF DIVINITY, AS THOUGH SOMEONE BRIEFLY TOUCHED BY IT ONCE, A LONG TIME AGO.\nSO WHAT?\n\nNOT LONG AGO, THE IMPERIALS DESTROYED THE LAST TEMPLE OF SHADOW GOD.\nHUFF\nHUFF\nI SUSPECT THAT THIS IS HOW THE BOY ENDED UP HERE.\n\nDO YOU REALLY WANT TO RISK ANGERING A GOD?\nTSK.\nHEY, YOU THERE.\nIS THERE A PROBLEM?\nIT'S NOTHING, SIR.\nWE'RE ALL JUST TIRED AND COLD.\n\nI WAS ONLY WORRIED THAT THIS JOURNEY IS TOO HARD ON THE YOUNG ONE.\nWHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT?\nHANG IN THERE A LITTLE LONGER, CHILD.\n\nONCE THE SUN SETS, WE'LL STOP TO MAKE CAMP.\nCHILD?! WHO IS HE CALLING A CHILD?\nI'M ALMOST SEVENTEEN. HE DOESN'T EVEN LOOK THAT MUCH OLDER THAN ME!\n\nHERE, DRINK SOME WATER.\nDOES THIS SLAVER THINK OFFERING WATER MAKES HIM THE GOOD GUY?\n\nWHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING?\nI WAS JUST GIVING THIS BOY SOME WATER.\n\nSHUT YOUR MOUTH! THESE SLAVES ARE NOT YOUR FRIENDS. UNDERSTOOD?\nTHEY'RE NOT EVEN PEOPLE.\nDON'T LET ME CATCH YOU MAKING FRIENDS WITH SLAVES AGAIN, ROOKIE.\n\nOR NEXT TIME IT WILL BE YOUR BACK TASTING MY WHIP!\nI DON'T KNOW HOW, BUT BEFORE I DIE...\n\nI'LL WATCH YOU DIE FIRST.\nAND YOU-\n\nYOU'LL BE NEXT.\n\nHALT THE MARCH. WE'LL MAKE CAMP HERE.\n\nDAMN IMPERIALS...\n\nI ATE BETTER THAN THIS IN PRISON!\nAND MOST OF US WERE WAITING TO VISIT THE GALLOWS!\nCOMPLAINS NONSTOP, BUT HE SURE EATS WELL.\n\nSINCE WE'RE ALL CHAINED TOGETHER, I DON'T REALLY HAVE A CHOICE...\nWhat a pain in the ass.\nBUT I SHOULD STILL TRY TO KEEP MY DISTANCE AS MUCH AS I CAN.\n\nCLEAN AIR... WHERE WOULD I FIND CLEAN AIR IN THE REAL WORLD?\nBEING CHOSEN BY THE SPELL DOES HAVE ITS UPSIDES, I GUESS.\nI SHOULD CHECK MY ATTRIBUTES AGAIN.\n\nI DIDN'T GET A CLOSE ENOUGH LOOK LAST TIME.\nCHILD OF SHADOW\nATTRIBUTE DESCRIPTION: THE SHADOWS RECOGNIZE YOU AS ONE OF THEIR OWN.\nHMMM... INTERESTING.\n\nSHADOWS RECOGNIZE ME...\nWHAT DOES THAT MEAN?\n\nWOAH. I CAN SEE CLEARLY, EVEN AT NIGHT...\n\nFINALLY SOMETHING USEFUL! I WONDER IF—\nI WOULD ADVISE AGAINST EATING THOSE, FRIEND.\nYOU AND YOUR ADVICE AGAIN!\nI'M STARVING TO DEATH.\nTHESE BERRIES ARE CALLED BLOODBANE.\nTHEY GROW IN PLACES WHERE HUMAN BLOOD HAS BEEN SPILLED.\n\nTHAT'S WHY THEY OFTEN GROW ON BATTLEFIELDS OR SITES OF MASSACRES.\nSO WHAT?\nBLOODBANE IS POISONOUS.\nJUST A FEW BITES ARE ENOUGH TO KILL A GROWN MAN.\n\nDAMN IT!\nYou should've said that earlier!\nA BATTLEFIELD... A MASSACRE SITE?\n\nNOW THAT I THINK ABOUT IT...\nTHIS PLACE FEELS FAMILIAR.\n\nTHE BONES I SAW DURING THE REVERSAL OF TIME...\nSHACKLES.\n...I KNEW IT!\n\nEVERYONE HERE IS GOING TO DIE.","bubble_count":118,"pages_count":44,"source":"community"},"spoiler":{"level":"auto","safe_teaser":"Shadow Slave Chapter 2 follows Sunless as he awakens in chains and confronts a brutal starting scenario as a temple slave.","spoiler_summary":"Shadow Slave Chapter 2 follows Sunless as he awakens in chains and confronts a brutal starting scenario as a temple slave. Dragged with a slave caravan through a cold mountain pass, he receives his Name, the worthless-seeming Aspect of Temple Slave, and three Attributes. 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