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While supplies are being gathered, the boy, looking for a water flask, kills a dying man and feels nothing at his first murder.","summary_language":"en","summary_source":"chapter_translation","summary_status":"editorial","summary_verification":"verified"},"summary":"A boy questioning whether he passed the exam explains that he cannot feel like he belongs with people. While those at the campfire find him weak and cursed and want to get rid of him, the lord protects him. Opposing the plan to go back down, the boy says the monster that jumped from a height unharmed is not dead and is waiting below. The lord finds him right and decides to advance through the mountain pass. 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THE BOY IS TOO WEAK. HE'S GOING TO SLOW US DOWN!\nPLUS, HE'S WEIRD. DOESN'T HE GIVE YOU THE CREEPS?\n\nMAYBE THE OLD MAN WAS RIGHT. THE BOY IS CURSED BY SHADOW GOD!\nSHOULDN'T WE GET RID OF HIM JUST IN CASE? HE CAN'T GO ON FOR MUCH LONGER ANYWAY!\n\nDON'T BE TOO HASTY, MY FRIEND.\nTHE BOY MIGHT PROVE USEFUL LATER ON.\nTHAT'S ENOUGH.\nYOU. BOY.\n\nAREN'T YOU SITTING TOO FAR TO WARM YOURSELF?\nCOME A LITTLE CLOSER TO THE FIRE.\n\nONCE THE SUN RISES, WE WILL GATHER WHATEVER FOOD AND WATER WE CAN FIND AND GO BACK DOWN THE MOUNTAIN.\nWHY SHOULD WE GO BACK?\nTO BE PUT IN CHAINS AGAIN?\n\nWE CAN GO OUR SEPARATE WAYS ONCE WE LEAVE THE MOUNTAINS.\nOR WOULD YOU RATHER RISK YOUR LIVES CROSSING THAT DANGEROUS MOUNTAIN WITHOUT PROPER SUPPLIES?\nTHAT'S...\nWE CAN'T GO BACK DOWN.\n\nWHAT?\nDON'T LISTEN TO HIM, YOUR LORDSHIP.\nTHIS BOY IS, UH, TOUCHED BY THE GODS. HE'S CRAZY, IS WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY.\n\nTHE TWO OF YOU ARE ONLY ALIVE THANKS TO THIS CHILD'S BRAVERY.\nAREN'T YOU ASHAMED TO BADMOUTH HIM SO?\n\nI, FOR ONE, WOULD LIKE TO HEAR HIS REASONING.\nTELL ME, WHY CAN'T WE GO DOWN?\nBECAUSE THE MONSTER ISN'T DEAD.\n\nIT'S WAITING FOR US.\nWHY DO YOU SAY THAT?\nTHE MONSTER JUMPED FROM AN INCREDIBLE HEIGHT TO LAND ON THIS PLATFORM.\n\nYET IT WASN'T HARMED AT ALL.\nDO YOU REALLY THINK...\n\n... SOMETHING LIKE THAT WOULD DIE JUST FROM FALLING?\nI CAN'T EXPLAIN THAT THE SPELL DIDN'T CONGRATULATE ME ON SLAYING THE CREATURE.\nHOPEFULLY THIS REASONING WORKS.\n\nSO IT'S PROBABLY STILL ALIVE, SOMEWHERE DOWN THE MOUNTAIN.\nBY GOING BACK...\n\nWE WILL BE DELIVERING OURSELVES INTO ITS MAW.\nWHAT NONSENSE ARE YOU SPOUTING?!\nIT FELL FROM THAT HEIGHT WITH THE WAGON - THERE'S NO WAY IT SURVIVED!\nNO.\n\nTHE BOY'S WORDS MAKE SENSE.\nWHY DIDN'T I REALIZE MYSELF?\nIF THE MONSTER IS TRULY STILL ALIVE, THEN WE DON'T HAVE THE LUXURY OF RESTING HERE ALL NIGHT.\n\nWE MUST FOLLOW THE ROAD THROUGH THE MOUNTAIN PASS AND GET AS FAR AWAY FROM HERE AS POSSIBLE.\nOUR REST WAS BRIEF.\nWE HAD TO QUICKLY GATHER SUPPLIES TO SURVIVE ANOTHER DAY.\n\nTHE OTHERS GATHERED FOOD...\nFIREWOOD...\nAND LOOTED CORPSES.\n\nI WAS TASKED WITH COLLECTING THE REMAINING WATER FLAGONS.\n\nHUH?\nTHIS MAN...?\n\nHE'S DYING... HOW IRONIC.\n\nARE YOU LOOKING FOR THIS? WHY?\n\nARE YOU GUYS LIKE VIKINGS?\nLONGING TO DIE WITH A WEAPON IN YOUR HANDS?\n\nWELL, IT MIGHT AS WELL DO.\nAFTER ALL, I PROMISED TO WATCH YOU DIE.\n\nGHK-\n\nMY FIRST KILL.\nI THOUGHT I'D FEEL GUILT... OR FEAR...\n\nI FEEL NOTHING.\nMAYBE MY CRUEL LIFE IN THE REAL WORLD...\n\n...HAD ALREADY PREPARED ME FOR THIS MOMENT.","bubble_count":72,"pages_count":31,"source":"community"},"spoiler":{"level":"auto","safe_teaser":"A boy questioning whether he passed the exam explains that he cannot feel like he belongs with people.","spoiler_summary":"A boy questioning whether he passed the exam explains that he cannot feel like he belongs with people. While those at the campfire find him weak and cursed and want to get rid of him, the lord protects him. Opposing the plan to go back down, the boy says the monster that jumped from a height unharmed is not dead and is waiting below. The lord finds him right and decides to advance through the mountain pass. 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