Children die all the time but not as many as in Hunter Valley.

Every three years, the elite hunters of the world gather their thirteen-year-old children and send them to the Hunter Academy in the valley—a place teeming with monsters to challenge and grow the young hunters.

Before admittance, the children are assessed and ranked. Should their potential be judged too low, they are rejected. Simple.

But rejects don't get to leave.

The hunter clans and guilds have accepted an unspoken rule: those who are sent to the valley, stay in the valley. Accepted or rejected. Dead or alive. There is only one way out:

Graduation.

When Djina is judged Rankless, a verdict never before assigned, she fears for her life. Is she too weak, or perhaps too strong to be judged?

Can she survive the valley? Especially, when she receives a token of acceptance—a mark that the rejects can steal to claim her place in the academy? When it is revealed that older, more powerful students from previous years linger in the valley, and are willing to do anything to graduate?

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What to expect:Weak to strong progression. Character driven story. Cool abilities and power progression.Formidable villains and training arcs.

Trope Warning:The cultivation parts of this novel are reminiscent of xianxia, but it doesn't pick up until around chapter 20 of the novel, when Djina starts levelling her hunter's core. If you're here for that, consider yourself warned. Let the journey be long, the road hard, and the rewards legendary.

Trigger Warning:Gore and death. The beginning of the story deals with children in a martial academy. They will be fighting monsters amongst other things. Please do not read if you don't want to watch them suffer and/or die. It will not be glorified. But it will happen.

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Release:

Wednesday and Sunday at 03:15 CEST

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Art is AI generated and does not fully represent the characters. It's solely to help visualisation.