Monster Eater

In a city where the labyrinth reigns supreme, an adventurer's worth is measured in rank and renown—and Rudd has neither. He is an E-Rank nobody saddled with status immunity, a talent that appears to serve no purpose whatsoever. While others chase glory in the labyrinth's depths, Rudd remains an outsider, relegated to the fringes of a society that worships dungeon conquest above all else. Survival, however, demands more than patience. The guild is a viper's nest of scheming and ambition, where adventurers sharpen their blades against rivals as readily as against monsters. Rudd scrapes out a living as a lowly forager—a grubby, thankless trade—navigating poisonous politics and the constant threat of betrayal just to see another day. Then everything falls apart. When treachery leaves him for dead—stripped of supplies, cut off from any hope of rescue—Rudd confronts a choice no adventurer should ever face: lie down and perish in the darkness, or commit the unthinkable. In his desperation, he does what no one dared—he consumes the flesh of fallen monsters, a forbidden act that will change the course of his life forever.