The novella that I thought I would dislike the most ended up being a favorite. I gave this a 4 star. Niko is moping about Theodocia still leaving him and trying to get into this guild. He goes to this gladiator guild to try to earn a spot and a wealthy sponsor.
He has to answer a questionaire about his past and we learn that his father and mother were not the best and he ended up killing them and burying them on the farm. He then grew up on the streets and only loved one woman in his life and that he hates her for it. After the questionaire, he and the other guys who are wealthy boys who are bored and think they can get whatever they want go into the ring to prove their worth.
Niko ends up teaming with a military dude and he immediately kills him because Niko considers him his only competition. The creature that they have to battle ends up killing the rest of the men while Niko eventually slays the monster. He wins and when he meets the wealthy sponsor, a man named Cleon, he learns that due to his patricide and violent past, he cannot be a member of the gladiator guild.
He does however get a job opportunity from Cleon that will make Niko worth the money that will be sent to Theodocia and their child. Cleon informs Niko that he wants him to take out his father and he will be handsomely rewarded and if the job doesn't happen, Niko and possibly Theodocia will die.
The story ends with the plan going in a different direction.
I really like stories like this where the character has to be like a hit man.
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