Unspilled Blood

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 od