They are on death row, and what they face is a death sentence.
This is the Maelstrom Prison, where a group of prisoners who are about to face execution are gathered.
They may not have committed any crimes, but they are judged to be "criminals" because of the beastman blood they have had since birth.
These criminals were destined to become slaves the moment they were captured alive. They could either become gladiators and provide entertainment to the nobles in the arena until they died in battle, or they could become lackeys and spend their lives in endless hard labor.
Most of them were trafficked, traded, and betrayed by black marketeers because of a wrong trust, and ended up here.
Some choose to run away, some choose to commit suicide, some choose to endure, and some even die after being unable to withstand the pain...
Cambrian is a member of the Barbarian Beastmen group, and his gray-blue skin is the special mark of the Barbarian Beast clan. They are mundane, muddy, and even dirty in the eyes of the great gods.
The horn sounded, the earth rumbled, and a life-and-death gladiatorial competition was going on deep in the Maelstrom Prison.
This time, his opponent was a petite noble girl... Her name was Isabella Catalina...