SHADOW SLAVE Chapter 11 Crossroads The three of them stood motionless, looking down in uneasy silence. What happened to Shifty didn't come as a shock, but it was still a hard thing to digest. An ominous feeling settled in their hearts — seeing the broken body of their companion, it was too easy to imagine one of them sharing the same fate.To get more news about Shadow Slave, you can visit innread.com official website. Actually, Sunny had not believed in his benevolent act for a second. Every kid from the outskirts knew that people who acted kind for no reason were the ones to be most wary of. They were either fools or monsters. Scholar didn't seem like a fool, so Sunny became cautious of him from the moment they met. At this altitude, traversing the mountain was getting harder and harder. The wind was slamming into them with enough force to throw a person off-balance if they were not careful, making every step seem like a gamble. The air was becoming too thin to breathe. Due to the lack of oxygen, Sunny was starting to feel dizzy and nauseated. Altitude sickness was not something one could overcome with effort. It was subtle and overbearing at the same time, affecting the strong and the weak with no regard to their fitness and endurance. If his luck was bad, an elite athlete could succumb to it faster than a random passerby. It was just a question of your body's innate aptitude and adaptability. Lucky ones were able to get over it after experiencing mild symptoms. The others were sometimes crippled for days or weeks, suffering from all kinds of torturous side effects. Some even died. As though all that wasn't bad enough, it was getting colder, too. The warm clothes and fur weren't enough to keep the chill at bay anymore. Sunny felt simultaneously feverish and freezing, cursing every decision he had made in his life to end up here, on the endless icy slope. This mountain was not a place for humans. And yet they had to go on. A few hours passed. Despite everything, the three survivors continued to struggle forward, slowly moving higher and higher. Wherever that old path Scholar had talked about was, by now, it couldn't have been far. At least that's what Sunny was hoping for. But at some point, he started to doubt if the path even existed. Maybe the older slave lied. Maybe the path was long ago destroyed by ravages of time. Maybe they had already missed it without even noticing. Just as he was about to fall into despair, they finally found it. It was weathered and narrow, barely enough for two people to walk side by side. The path wasn't paved, but rather cut from the black rock by some unknown tool or magic, winding its way up the mountain like a tail of a sleeping dragon. Here and there, it was hidden beneath the snow. But most importantly, it was flat. Sunny had never been that happy to see something flat in his life. Without saying a word, Scholar dropped his rucksack and sat down. He was deathly pale, gasping for air like a fish out of water. Despite that, there was a slight grin on his face.

INFINITE MANA IN THE APOCALYPSe Chapter 1100 The Authority of the Antiquity burned the remaining 4 Universes where Universal Constructs still lay as they foretold of his glorious descension soon.To get more news about Infinite Mana In The Apocalypse, you can visit innread.com official website. It would be happening within a single hour as within this period of time...some beings would actually feel as if it was prolonged to days while others would feel like it finished within mere seconds! Those that felt time seemed to be moving too fast were of course the side where Oathkeeper led, these beings feeling like the authority of the Antiquity seemed to be getting closer and closer much too fast. Those with Chronos felt like this single hour was too slow as these beings were facing a terrifying entity that was ripping apart all they knew. The Apex Paragon and his Universal Emperor Slime! Chronos's group could barely keep up as they received news after news of their Hegemonies falling as the Universal Constructs they protected were destroyed one after another. At this moment in time, only the Abyssal, Omicron, Liberated, and the Euthenia Universe that Noah's subordinates had just conquered were the only Universes that were still undergoing the Universal Amalgamation, their boundaries separating them beginning to fade at this moment as they were about to become a single Universe! When they did so, the Universal Constructs would also resonate as the authority they were cultivating within...would bloom and arrive in the Primordial Cosmos. This overarching situation was being followed by all, but the one major player that everyone was paying attention to at this moment was still the Apex Paragon. The Oathkeeper had been recuperating his essence as he planned to set off in the next hour even if he didn't fully regain his mana reserves, and yet he just kept on receiving news after news about the Apex Paragon decimating more and more Hegemonies as he took out 4 Universal Constructs in what seemed just minutes! Even a being like him that held a tremendously powerful Cosmic Treasure began to question the existence that was the Apex Paragon at this moment, not being able to understand how this being was doing the things he was doing! The words that this Apex Paragon said to him just continued repeating in his mind over and over again as he kept on hearing of the shocking actions of this being. On the side of Chronos, this being had a stern expression as he spoke to the Hegemonies around him that were still in a stupor from hearing what the beings that stood with them just minutes ago had already died. "The vast majority of us will remain here and defend this Universal Construct with our very lives, the Goliath will be accompanied by a few of us from here to defend the Construct in the Abyssal Universe." His eyes released baleful flames of wrath and somberness as he looked at everyone and continued."The Universal Constructs in the Ethenia and Omicron Universes...shall be sacrificed as we focus all of our forces within the Abyssal and Liberated Universes!"

New Web Novel Shadow Slave: Is It Worth Reading? Shadow Slave is an incredibly refreshing and unique story about Sunny, an orphan who lives in a dystopian world. He grew up in the slums, and poverty, with a bleak outlook on life. That is until he found himself in a literal nightmare caused by what’s called “The Nightmare Spell”.To get more news about Shadow Slave, you can visit innread.com official website. The spell only infected young people, once infected, the young would feel an irresistible urge to sleep. Those who succumb to the spell find themselves transported into a dark and ruined world having to face dangerous monsters. Death meant becoming a monster in real life, survival meant becoming an awakened, someone gifted with supernatural powers. This world is believable and realistic, detailed and fleshed out without the jarring infodumps. The author probably took inspiration from Neil Gaiman’s “The Sandman” and tried to incorporate it into his world while keeping it unique. It has a grim-dark vibe akin to Elden Ring or Dark Souls, people are forced to periodically visit another world — The Shadow Realm — and battle Nightmare Creatures. These creatures range from mindless beasts to Devils, Terrors, and Calamities. Once a Sleeper returns from the Dream Realm for the first time, they become Awakened. Their Soul Core — a mysterious part of one’s soul capable of storing and also accumulating soul essence — evolves to the next Rank and acquire a second ability. The Awakened enter the Dream Realm whenever they fall asleep. The Awakened do have the choice to challenge the Second Nightmare, then if successful their core soul evolves and they become what’s called a Master. Unlike the Awakened, Masters can freely travel between the Dream Realm and the real world, not only in spirit but in their own body. The story development is fairly intriguing and immediately hooks you in. It jumps quickly to the action, making the plot move at an enjoyable pace. Every chapter is filled with suspense and will keep you longing for more, the author has truly mastered the art of cliffhangers. As the story progresses, the mystery keeps climbing. It’s like pulling a rope out of a dark place, but with each pull, you found yourself deeper into the dark and intriguing mystery. Just when you think you know what will happen next, the author comes up with a twist that pulls you further into the story. That being said, the author has a horrible habit of writing about the main character in the future, then picking up where the story was left in the present. Those back and forths can kill immersion. The main character is a skeptical and disillusioned young man with a strong desire to survive. He is not Over-Powered but also neither is he weak. He is powerful enough to ragdoll his enemies, but his victories are achieved through wit, skill, and trickery. On the other hand, Character development is superficial and might as well be non-existent. Throughout the story not much has changed, if anything his character is rather all over the place. The story so far doesn’t show any inclination towards harem, if anything, the romance is a slow burn. We still aren’t sure if the main character and his love interest are going to end up together, instead, he maintains beautiful relationships with her alongside other characters who are extremely interesting, memorable, and full of potential.

Infinite Mana in the Apocalypse The first three rounds of the competition are over, and the creatures who have successfully entered the top four are not as many people expected.To get more news about Infinite Mana In The Apocalypse, you can visit innread.com official website. A powerful god with the title of noble destiny, Sander and Leila were eliminated in the first round! They were replaced by two gods with similar titles but much less training experience. Instead, they created a clear path, and they soon embarked on the road to a higher level. In the Wizard Tower, the powerful aura is observing the progress of the battle. Edrusim carefully looked at the vampire ruler of Vladivostok, and then said. Do you only send a vampire from the soul forging kingdom to take care of him? "I didn't expect him to become such a genius. I will make all necessary preparations." Vladivostok answered with a bright look, and his expression was like a person holding something he didn't want to let go. "If you are smart enough, you will try to keep Crix's identity secret and use it as a deadly blade at the critical stage of the war, instead of risking your life to release some old losers who have failed. The voice of the Lord of the Second Hell came lazily from one side, and his sharp eyes stared at them. "It is natural that this benefactor saved many of us from the last war and brought him back to our position!" Edrusim said sharply, while the lord of hell shook his head regretfully. "That is why you have been abandoned by the kingdom of heaven. Your thoughts are too predictable. Even a slight deviation is too much for you." "Hmm!" When a powerful figure watches the ongoing battle, a vampire ruler, beside the hell lord and a great wizard, seriously sends a message to his power in the light space, and overestimates Crix. In the kingdom of heaven, where the competition will continue, Noah and Athena took a rest for a period of time before the last two rounds of the replay. They took the warship with Master Vredral and Commander Reisel. The fat master, who was the teacher of Sander and Leila, left a long time ago because he couldn't help hurting him with the master's proud eyes. Now the old man looked at his two students and almost burst into tears. "Both of you have exceeded my expectations, but you have a more difficult task ahead of you - no, it is almost impossible to complete!" His face was serious, and his proud eyes were full of melancholy."You look at two special entities, a three-eyed child and a light, and fight them. Knowing their skills, what do you think is your chance to win?"

Shadow Slaves: Art Exhibit Brings Slavery to Light What does slavery look like? Somehow it’s both notorious and faceless. Sometimes it peeks out from bars or restaurants. Often it’s hidden in homes, brothels, and farms, then buried further in international supply chains. Child slaves—forced to haul heavy bricks at kilns in India and stones weighing as much as they do at rock quarries To get more news about Shadow Slave, you can visit innread.com official website. Sometimes it peeks out from bars or restaurants. Often it’s hidden in homes, brothels, and farms, then buried further in international supply chains. Child slaves—forced to haul heavy bricks at kilns in India and stones weighing as much as they do at rock quarries in Nepal, forced to mine gold and diamonds, and minerals that run our cell phone batteries, while covered in toxic dust—suffer in silence, sight unseen.Slaves in Brazil, making the black oily charcoal used to run smelters that make steel for our cars, are all but invisible. Slaves may pick the tomatoes or catch the tuna that fill grocery stores around the world. By the time slavery arrives as fruit in our produce sections, shrimp at our fish counters, and coffee in our cups, slaves have been completely disappeared. But no matter how obscured or forgotten, slavery is global—it travels, and it exists as suffering. Artist Sandra Relyea has found a powerful, thoughtful way to bring slavery out of the shadows. Her latest exhibit comprises large works of clever silhouettes that play on the use of light and shadows themselves. Her shadow-shaped figures are meant to represent real people enslaved in the world today. The images, she explains, are “distorted and elongated the way a shadow cast by the real person would be.” Many pieces in the collection are based on photographs and films from Free the Slaves. Relyea’s point is to show slavery exists everywhere in the world, including the United States, but, she says, “it is largely unseen and lies in the world of shadow: the world of exploitation, crime, and dehumanization.” Her images are evocative in their simplicity and staggering in their force. Each work can take up an entire wall, up to eight feet wide and 12 feet high. The pieces loom yet remain calmly distant: slavery as both stark and shrouded. They are aggressive in their magnitude, and sense of action and movement—they demand you look. Yet they are also quiet and cool, restrained, reticent. The contrast of darkness and light—people defined by outlines yet disguised and indistinguishable—speaks of bondage and liberation both. A striking, significant piece shows child slaves in Ghana fishing in a rickety boat, tossed on thick, vast waves. Relyea found it difficult at first to depict a shadow falling on water, but the final version is haunting in how much it seems to waver and pitch. “The ripples in the water signify the fact that these children are in peril,” she says. “They do not know how to swim.”In a piece with special significance to Relyea, two Nepalese children with stones strapped to their backs appear as little more than two tiny, fragile blocks, yet they are clearly holding hands. “The holding hands,” she says, “suggests to me the potential that lies in all children, which is denied them when they are not free.” For more than two decades, Relyea was as a forensic child abuse examiner and often testified as an expert medical witness. As a physician’s assistant in Redding, Calif., where she has lived for more than 25 years, she has helped deliver health services, often from a mobile van, to local homeless, uninsured, and underserved people, many of them children. A long-time advocate for society’s exploited, underprivileged, and disenfranchised, Relyea draws motivation from the act of eliminating injustice. Several years ago Relyea took an art class at a local college “just for fun”—she ended up discovering the perfect link between her professional advocacy work, which she describes as “cerebral and mostly left-brained,” and the strong font of personal creativity she needed to let flow. One day she created a work of shadows with a window screen. “It occurred to me issues such as homelessness could be depicted with shadow forms,” Relyea says. She later realized the subject of modern slavery also lent itself perfectly to shadow works. She discovered the work of Free the Slaves when she began researching modern slavery in general, and how it could inform her art.Relyea named her latest shadow collection Demeter’s Children. In the Greek myth, Demeter’s daughter is kidnapped and held in bondage in the underworld, trapping the globe in desolate winter. Relyea intends her slaves-as-shadows portraits to increase public awareness and understanding of human trafficking and slavery. The human shadow is a guiding philosophical concept, developed by Carl Jung, for Relyea. Jung’s theory goes that individuals have traits and tendencies that cause discomfort, vulnerability, and are therefore relegated to the subconscious where they can be denied or ignored. “We tend to project these shadow characteristics onto others, and [judge them] as wrong, undesirable,” Relyea explains. “This can lead to dislike, condemnation, blame, and even persecution.” The artist believes slavery is, in a way, the disastrous manifestation of the shadows—the dark side—of humanity’s collective unconscious. Her work explores how slavery can arise from the repression of our own shadow selves, and be borne out in, and portrayed as, the brute oppression of others. The spectral figures in Demeter’s Children emerge to connect slavery to the world, to what we look at, and to ourselves. Even in shadows, Relyea’s work gives us slaves we can see.