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Monsters are real. And mercy is a death sentence.
Once a monster hunter for his village, Trace now faces death as a slave in the emperor's arena. But when he defies a direct order and refuses to kill his first opponent, he's handed a fate worse than execution. Death by monster, for the city's entertainment.
Trace has no qualms about slaying beasts, and when he does, he more than survives. He defies the odds. And in doing so, he catches the attention of Ada, the secretive kitchen slave tasked with te
