Plot

In a dystopia future, there is a magical disease. When you have it, you get very tired and when you sleep you get transported into a nightmarish fantasy world (clearly inspired by dark soul). If you die in this world, you a replaced by a nightmare creature that wreak havoc in the real world but if you succeed then you gain superpowers. You also get a weakness, a magical handicap that can get more or less debilitating.

The hero is a street rat that is only interested in surviving by all means necessary because that’s all he has ever known. He gets interesting powers and weakness and become very OP, but not as OP as another character. One thing interesting is that in some ways, the protagonist is kind of only the side character of this story…

Volumes

The list of Shadow Slave volumes:

Volume 1: Child of Shadows (Chapter 1 – 95): It tells the story of Sunny after being infected by Nightmare Spell, surviving his First Nightmare, and his first journey to the Dream Realm.
Volume 2: Demon of Change (Chapters 96 – 350): It tells the story of Sunny reaching the Dark City, along with Nephis and Cassie in hopes to find a way back to the real world.
Volume 3: Prince of Nothing (Chapters 351 – 600): It tells the story of Sunny when he, along with the other survivors, escaped from the Forgotten Shore back to the real world and became Awakened.
Volume 4: Chain Breaker (Chapters 601 – 750): It tells the story of Sunny and the gang after going into the Dark Seed, located inside the Ivory Tower along with an unknown fifth member.
Volume 5: Dread Night (Chapters 751 – 1060): It tells the story of Sunny and his friends after they became Ascended and Sunny’s search for true strength.
Volume 6: All the Devils Are Here (Chapters 1061 – 1230): It tells the story of Sunny and his friends’ adventures in East Antarctica as the war between Song Clan and Valor Clan escalates.
Volume 7: The Tomb of Ariel (Chapters 1231-1590): It tells the story of Sunny and his friends’ journey in their Third Nightmare.
Volume 8: Lord of Shadows (Chapters 1591 – 1840): It tells the story of Sunny after Third Nightmare.
Volume 9: Throne of War (Chapter 1841 – on-going)

Summary

This Shadow Slave is about a guy named Sunny who lives in a dystopian future where some people are forced to periodically visit a magical world and battle terrible monsters. If they survive, they receive special powers.

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.

Sunny is a cynical, disillusioned young man with a bleak outlook on life. But he has a sense of humor and a strong desire to not only survive but also thrive in this world.

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…