Mobile cog

When you are the second son of house Steelblood, royal house to the kingdom of Voloss, ruled by the Eternal Service Empire, you have never known an ordinary life.  Especially today, at the end of an age and the start of a new.  In the ever benevolence of our Lord, the one cog, we have known near blissful peace. For we have been victorious. How long could that have lasted?  For all things must come to an end. --------- What to expect?  A world torn apart by unrest and rebellion seen from the eyes of a brave but perceptive young man: Erec Steelblood. He must navigate this perilous world fraught with magic, men and non-humans at the peak of a conflict that could decide the fate of the world. For he is just a cog in the machine. A very, very big machine. ------- Strong-ish MC to monstrous and powerful MC, but within the bounds of his reality Deadly and hard fought fights Multiple relationships of many different types from wholesome to toxic Emotional but competent MC Multiple dangerous main antagonists which are a problem not only to the MC, but everyone A world that moves without the MC in mind, like a chess board    power scaling that forgives none and is both top-heavy while still being lethal when considering the 'little guys' ------- 1k to 5k words per chapter --------------------------------------- Mon wed fri sun