The Hunter Chronicles: Skullz and Roses - Year One

The first rule of hunter school? Don't die in class.
The second? Try not to punch your classmates in the face.
Yeah. I fucked that up early.

I never asked to be dragged into an underground monster-hunting academy, but here I am-stuck with sadistic instructors, unstable magic that detonates if you screw up, and rivals who'd rather see me dead if it just meant they could get ahead.

I'm not here to make friends. I'm here to stay breathing.
But staying alive gets complicated when the real damage isn't done by monsters, and trust is just another way to get your teeth kicked in.

Drop your guard, and this place will eat you alive.

If it doesn't kill me first.

This is my original work. It is also available on Royal Road under the same author name, davevito.