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Shadow Slave by Guiltythree

Growing up in poverty, Sunny never expected anything good from life. However, even he did not... Read more
Growing up in poverty, Sunny never expected anything good from life. However, even he did not anticipate being chosen by the Nightmare Spell and becoming one of the Awakened — an elite group of people gifted with supernatural powers.

Transported into a ruined magical world, he found himself facing against terrible monsters — and other Awakened — in a deadly battle of survival.

What’s worse, the shadow powers he received happened to possess a small, but potentially fatal side effect… Collapse
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    Suyi
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    I actually like this novel so I keep coming back but damn even at 800 chapters... Sunny is still nephies bitch.... Damn swindler

    Talking to sunny: If I want something I can have it, if I want someone they will worship me not be my slave... Leeeeemaoooo 29


    Moral of the story is: don't be an emotional bitch like sunny that can be controlled by a woman and your emotions with just a few words..... Loool, I'll come back to see when he breaks the curse then I'll continue reading, leemao....
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      Steiny
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      Come back when the novel is finished. Only then is your request fulfilled. The novel is literally called Shadow Slave. And based on what we know both sunny and nephis as well as most probably the spell have the same end goal. So as long as one stays all will stay.
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    Liltain
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    If anyone likes this novel as much as me, then I have an even better recommendation to give you.

    Albeit abit slower but it has more in-depth of plot, characters and world-building. Do be mindful tho, because it’s every scene, character, dialogue, and elements/symbols are important so the story is very slow but once it hits the ending of the volume it paints a beautiful picture.

    Translation just got back up after 5 years, it’s called Kingdom’s Bloodline.

    If Shadow Slave is 8.5/10
    And LOTM is 9/10
    Then Kingdom’s Bloodline is 10/10.
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      NotWearingThePants
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      You r putting it above lotm you sure I don't think any novel can beat that masterpiece.
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        Liltain
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        Try it out, I’m sure you’d agree after reading :)
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          gfcz
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          Nah, Kingdom’s Bloodline is nowhere near LOTM, the best i could describe it is the 'video of a hooligan kicking a puppy' thats gets tons of likes and comments on the internet condeming his action. Here MC being the puppy who gets kicked around like football in a series of never ending misery.
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            Liltain
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            I’m guessing you didn’t get past chapter 15? It’s ok, everyone has diff opinions and likes. You like stories that give each chapter MC Op ness and instant gratification/satisfaction while I like stories that have some semblance of reality in them. In the sense, that a beggar kid is not suddenly gonna go beat whoever crosses him. In LOTM Klein from the start had the cheat of the gray fog which he fell back on. But Thales doesn’t, except his earth memories.
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              NotWearingThePants
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              I relate to this there was a time when people comment garbage for Shadow Slave criticising it but in truth they have not even read vol 1. It was so irritating such a gem getting such a low rating 😞 what
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                Liltain
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                Ikr, it’s sad they don’t even try it but ruin the novels ratings. Both Shadow Slave and kingdom I felt that in.
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                  thunder1919
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                  Bro, I read Kingdom's bloodline after reading your comments.
                  I REGRET IT!!!!!!!! 7
                  I could only read upto chapter 5(where a demented bastard starts killing children very creatively and vividly and the MC is the most useless MC).
                  Although from the comments I see it is a good novel, but bro why soo much sadness????? crybaby
                  Shadow Slave atleast till now does not contain 1% of the misery shown in the first 5 chapter of Kingdom's bloddline.
                  I CAN ONLY SAY IT IS AN ACQUIRED TASTE LIKE REVERAND INSANITY.
                  FOR ALL THOSE WHO TRY IT, BEWARE, "NOT FOR THE FAINT HEARTED".
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                  Liltain
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                  Haha yeah but it’s reasonable tho? He’s a beggar child and the dude is a gangster, what do you expect? A happy relationship? I understand your point tho it is very different from the usual novels (more like a book).

                  He’s useless cuz he’s a kid and raised a beggar idk if u suddenly want him to become goku. Later he does become one of most powerful n feared.
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                  itisme
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                  Hi friend, I am one of the guys that did not like Shadow Slave. There are some major plotholes in my opinion and some turnoffs. I read I think 150+ chapters but it reached a point where it was too much
                  , the mc is also not cunning, and if it was reality, were nothing goes unnoticed and unpunished he would have been chained and brought for experimentation. I also do not like LOTM, some chapters are unnecessary, mc is kind. I think because he is kind, at least in the beggining, and makes some decisions that I can not comprehend, that I do not like it. I want to read Kingdom's Bloodline after you mentioned it, but can you make me some things clear? 1) Is mc cunning and ruthless? I do not like drama and emotions in a world that is about survival, you can have those only when you are powerfull or too weak (stabilized environment). 2) What makes him different from other humans on that novel? There is no point reading a novel where author dumbs down everyone so he can make the mc appear smart. 3) Is there Female Lead? I want to know so I can prepare myself, preferably I want because there are too many benefits of having a woman be it physical or emotional, though should be after careful consideration. 4) How many chapters till he becomes kinda powerfull and they don't step on him? 5) Is he a beta? Beta means that he is pushed by either friends or situations into doing something, not by his own decisions. 6) Does he have a goal? why did he choose that goal (because of a trauma or just because he wants to be powerfull)? I would really appreciate if you reply back on this. satisfied
                  Edit: I came after seeing the tags Child Protagonist and Caring Protagonists, what is this about? I can only compromise since it had the Gore and Rape tags. But how much kind is he? lshock
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                  Liltain
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                  It’s night here and I just finished reading my novel, I’ll answer tomorrow for u.
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                  itisme
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                  Cheers
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                  Liltain
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                  1. He’s not ruthless or cunning but he is smart.
                  2. Later on you will see why he’s main character, he’s very special.
                  3. So far no female lead, he’s 7 anyways plus nvm it’d be a spoiler
                  4. It takes a while for him to get powerful bro in the first 10 chapters everyone leaves cuz he gets stepped on lol.
                  5. He’s not a beta but transmigrated to a beggar so yea he gets beat like hell but remember it’s like a real book, very realistic
                  6. He has good goals both from transmigrated or beggar viewpoints.
                  He’s a 7 yrs old beggar child and lives in the slums so yea there’s quite the gore. Plus the power system and power users are very cruel and mysterious so gore is expected lol.
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                  Liltain
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                  Sorry I forgot about this but now I’ll answer.

                  It is hidden gem and a masterpiece. I bet many dropped because of the slow start, well including me. Luckily after chapter 33 it starts to make sense.
                  At first when you read this novel, you will not be given any sort of background, about mc, why, where and even what type of world he transmigrated to.
                  Normally, in transmigrated novel we always know what type of world MC transfer in first chapter. But nope. Mainly why? Because mc is in his lowest point of life and very realistic I must say.
                  How can lowly beggars knows every thing about world? Unlike you typical cliches "I heard someone said about power inside this ruin" No.
                  It will confuse readers a lot, I must say author really bold to not reveal about the world and the system in early time.
                  Also there are POV changes many times.
                  Yes MC is kind a naive, then again killing a person doesn't make you into f#cking avengers
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      Guru
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      U gave LOTM 9/10
      Well I advise u to run good sir as irascible storm bros are rapidly approaching
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        Liltain
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        Haha I’m not afraid. Lotm isn’t perfect there’s def some places it can polish up. But atleast a 9 is better than most other novels
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          Guru
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          can be applied to Then Kingdom’s Bloodline too, but anyway, that’s your choice, I respect it, can’t say the same about storm bros
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            Liltain
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            You right, it’s my bias giving it a 10, best novels are mostly 8 or 9s.
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      TouchMe
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      Well after your Recommendation I read kingdom's bloodline and it was pretty wild ride. It is solid 8.5 or 9 but not better than LOTM, still it was pretty good read and i caught up to it. It is around chp 748.
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      Giulliantwo
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      I wouldn't give LOTM 9/10 the translation is so weird and the beginning is really bad, does Kingdom's bloodline have a good translation like Tbate or other famous novels? if it's good i'll give it a chance.
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    Guru
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    Basically every divine ability user have something that ‘spell’ can’t really break, like: sunnys will to survive despite all odds, nephis grandiose goal that she never stops pursuing, mordret don’t really know here, but I think u see a point. We know that ‘spell’ isn’t a friendly thing, it fair but in its own wicked way; so why can’t it give flaws accordingly, play from another angle? sunny is the only one that ‘spell’ bitch slapped in a face with a flaw while nephis and mordret basically have a free pass, about mordret we’ll see, but nephis definitely (if her flaw isn’t pain that makes her almost mad and the one that u can’t adapt then it’s not really a flaw. We even saw how she’s trying to adapt to it on the ‘forgotten shores’ , sunny can’t do the same, he can’t stay silent and just resist he’s forced to answer) so I think it would’ve made more sense to give her a flaw that’s gonna burn small part of her every time she uses her powers. Like every time she uses her powers some of her memories that define her personality or char become more surreal or faint until they completely disappear. (Not an abrupt but slow/illusive so that she not even realise until someone says something like

    “sunny: hey neph have you visited your mom after you wake up?
    Neph: yeah, I talk with her about a good old days when I was ….. I was ….. I can’t remember.”

    I think u can see a point here) Of course it’s not completely hopeless and she can resist a flaw to some extent like constantly replaying her memories in her head in order not to forget anything, but if forgets something then later even if she remembers it with the help of others it’s not gonna appear real anymore, like if its just an empty shell without any emotional weight, just an echo. It would’ve put so much more depth and made her char really worthy to be 2nd mc.
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      Steiny
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      We know everything has a flaw. The flaw doesn't come from the spell the flaw comes from before. Why? Because the daemons including weaver who created the spell are the flaws of the gods as hope told us. But still we know there are 7 daemons yet 6 gods. Where does the 7th flaw come from? Either we have a hidden god or a second flaw. If we look closer at Sunny's ability that does look like a flaw and the explanation any shadow should have a master especially a divine one doesn't make sense if you remember the shadow god the most divine of all shadows didn't have a master neither did the shadow monster that sunny possessed. As such i think the flaws are copies of power as death is a copy of life and night the copy of day, all copies created by the shadow god. As we're flaws first he failed to make a flaw creating the firstborn of the unknown, weaver, then he succeeded creating hope nether etc. Based on what we know shadow when mastered is the strongest of all. He waits for every god in death. He copies what they create and improves upon it. Sunny to has that power / destiny.
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        Guru
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        Woah woah hold on there, second flaw you mean besides one flaw some god had two? I don’t think your theory is correct but I’m lazy to write why. I’m more concerned about balance, even if you’re right and let’s say nephis flaw are just a copy of someone else’s we have no idea from whom her flaw been originally copied, so author/spell could’ve give her any flaw he liked, flaw that at least creates some stakes not this bullshit “to use your abilities you have to suffer,” right now sunny is the only one who’s been royally fck by a flaw.
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    Fazy
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    All whiners and little children, ya lot
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    JermPermWorm25
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    Came into the book hype because of some of the reviews I have seen, but this is a supreme disappointment. Had to stop at 150 chapters in. The MCs character seemed to regress the more chapters I read. Started off promising, but quickly flamed out. After the time skip, it got good again, but as soon as he returns back to the city his new personality that the author spent several chapters making interesting vanished. He became shy, dumber for some reason and cowardly.
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      Steiny
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      Sunny always was cowardly you idiot. It is what most humans are and why this is so immersive.
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        gfcz
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        Oi you idiot, who wanna read about masochistic coward kid with mommy issues? Just because you relate to it at spirutual level doesnt mean others have the same issues, we are here to read about story of bravery, adventure and magic. Not some slave boy justifying his kink.
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    Ashtonace
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    It's good if you can get past his aspect and flaw. Which I really found to be hard. I only kept going because my cousin reccomended this. It is annoying in the beginning yes but the plot, world building, and progression is pretty good. It's a slow plot, that seems to be aiming for a lot of chaps but keeps you interested most of the time although there are boring parts like every book. Romance is slow so don't expect much yet. Also MC being an idiot sometimes gets better.
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      Ashtonace
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      As of chap 824
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      Ancestor NinthCloud
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      Im chap 356 please tell me if he does anything along the line of cutting off \killing cassie? I really Want to know
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    меруэм
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    Oh no.. It's back again!
    The author's trick is to make the beginning of the season so miserable? 750-790 chapters nothing happens, I hope he at least finishes well again)
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    ID:entity:Kelvin
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    Any improvement in this novel after 2nd volume? It's been 10 months since I stopped reading this because of the slow update.
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      Sonic
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      The novel is pretty good but as usual webnovel readers can't really handle heavier subjects, and guess what, there isn't even anything heavy being discussed but if u like to insert yourself in the MC shoes while reading then this novel is not for you. Sunny is a different person than us, with an actual personality so u will not like his decisions and if u start raging because you don't have patience to see a character grow then don't read this
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        ID:entity:Kelvin
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        Don't worry man I know that this is a masterpiece 'you can even check the first comments' *ehem* enough of my shamelessness thanks for the info by the way.
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    RICHIESPIDER505
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    I saw this novel os many times and I dont want read because of the name shadow slave come on sound like a bad story to me.
    The question I want ask is this novel good or bad because I am reading the comments to I see mix comments before reading it.
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      Manu20
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      Según mi gusto es una novela muy buena, que te trae emoción, tención, felicidad y goce en los momentos adecuados. Especialmente los capítulos finales del segundo volumen las complejas emociones mostradas por el personaje te demuestra un realismo impresionante de su personalidad.
      Los personajes "secundarios" (algunos se sienten como los principales en determinados momentos) están bien desarrollados y no son inútiles (en los mayoría de los casos cumplen papeles tan importantes como el mc).
      Los "Aspectos" (sistema de poder) son muy diferentes por cada individuo (cada quien obtiene uno único y especial), según los resultado de su primera pesadilla son mas poderosos o útiles.
      También poseen un "Sistema" que únicamente te muestra tus "estadísticas" y los "Recuerdos" (objetos de poder) y "Ecos" (invocaciones obtenidas de las criaturas de pesadilla)
      Las Criaturas de Pesadilla (monstros del Hechizo Pesadilla básicamente) son únicas y aterradoras, muy bien descritas dando paso a una muy buena imagen de ellas.
      Hay muchas otras cosas que no comentare para que disfrutes de tu lectura en esta (a mi al parecer) hermosa historia de Sunnny en el aterrador mundo del Hechizo Pesadilla.
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        DownVoteMe
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        This is just an English translation, to save time for others who don't know Spanish. (You have to plug this into google translate in pieces since it won't take the whole thing at once)


        According to my taste it is a very good novel, which brings you emotion, tension, happiness and enjoyment at the right times. Especially the final chapters of the second volume, the complex emotions shown by the character shows you the impressive realism of his personality.
        The "secondary" characters (some feel like the main ones at certain times) are well developed and not useless (in most cases they fulfill roles as important as the mc).
        The "Aspects" (power system) are very different for each individual (each one gets a unique and special one), according to the results of their first nightmare they are more powerful or useful.
        They also have a "System" that only shows you your "statistics" and the "Memories" (objects of power) and "Echoes" (summons obtained from the nightmarish creatures)
        The Nightmare Creatures (monsters of the Nightmare spell basically) are unique and terrifying, very well described giving way to a very good image of them.
        There are many other things I won't comment on for you to enjoy reading in this (apparently me) beautiful story of Sunny in the terrifying world of the Nightmare Spell.
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          Manu20
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          thanks mate i just forgot it was an english page
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    GeekSanu
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    One of the best novel, you can read right now.
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