I believe that slices are always "alpha" mode no matter what.
You could put your image layer and mask layer together in a group, and have that group assigned to a slice. The slice would then have the transparency from that mask.
If I want to mask the overall output with layer that needs it's own slice controls, I'll turn that layer into a black overlay (auto-mask effect + levels).
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