by Kili Vane
The age of dragons had long since fallen into ruin. Their blood seeped into rivers and veins of the earth, giving birth to the rigidly stratified world of magic that exists today. Under the absolute dictatorship of the Continental Mage Association, known as the Union, magic became the privilege of nobles and prodigies alone. Yet within this world, fossilized by ancient laws and inherited power, a storm capable of overturning an entire era was quietly gathering strength. Three figures, destined to reshape history itself, stepped onto the chessboard of power. At the center stood Ganyu, a seven-year-old prodigy mage. To protect his amnesiac mother, he entered the Union’s towering citadel as a gifted child hailed by all. On the surface, he appeared to be a loyal disciple of the Tower. In truth, he was the gravedigger of the entire system. Through ruthlessly calculated political maneuvering, he secretly nurtured the rise of “heretical” mechanized magic, slowly dismantling the centuries-old privileges of the natural-born mages from within. Karina, a genius engineer, became the technological heart of the coming storm. She shattered the Union’s monopoly over magical knowledge, merging the lofty forces of elemental magic with the cold precision of industrial machinery. In her hands, arcane power and steel gears fused together, igniting a sweeping scientific and technological revolution across the continent. And then there was Ethan, the merciless tactical hunter who transformed Karina’s blueprints into god-slaying weapons. Rejecting the outdated age of lone mages and heroic duels, he integrated mechanized magic into the machinery of modern warfare itself, reshaping the military foundations of empires. Technology empowered war. Military might bent politics. Their destinies locked together like intermeshing gears. When political intrigue shattered the foundations of the Tower…When technology broke the barriers of magic…When the gunpowder of ordinary mortals converged into a tide of iron and steel… A cataclysmic war between industry and magic would sweep across the continent, turning the page to a new chapter in human history.
