Predator's Path [LITRPG, PROGRESSION FANTASY, OP] ]

Corban has spent his entire life surviving. After losing his mother to raiders and his father to the frontier, all he has left is his younger sister, Rin. But when a deadly illness begins consuming her body, survival is no longer enough. Desperate for a way to save her, Corban follows a group of soldiers into a forbidden cave in search of a missing noble boy. Instead, he finds something ancient. Buried beneath the mountain lies a ruin older than the Empire itself, guarded by a creature known only in forgotten records as the Hydraveth. Corban should have died the moment its venom entered his blood. Instead, the venom became part of him. Now strange abilities haunt his vision. Ancient runes react to his presence. Monsters carry power he can absorb, evolve from, and survive through. With no other path left, Corban accepts a place among Lord Thorne’s elite monster hunters, risking his life against creatures that stalk the frontier wilderness. But power always carries a price. As the Hydraveth venom spreads deeper through his body, Corban begins changing into something the Empire was once willing to burn entire kingdoms to destroy. Hunted by monsters. Feared by men. Driven by the desperate need to save his sister. Corban must decide what he is willing to become to survive. Predator’s Path is a dark progression fantasy featuring monster evolution, ancient ruins, brutal combat, forbidden powers, and a relentless climb from prey to apex predator.