Magic broke the world once. A dead empire reached too far, tore something in the sky that never healed, and sent civilization back to the dark ages. Eons later, the scar is still there. So are the monsters that came with it.A modern military officer opens his eyes in a ditch, in a dead man's body, in a region the kingdom uses as a dumping ground for its problems.The Badlands. Charming.He inherits a gutted city, a corrupt garrison, flooded mines, and a woman who can bend gravity with her bare hands.He also has something this world has never seen.The industrial revolution never happened here.It will now.
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- Chapter 72: Attrition
- Chapter 71: Sins Of The Past
- Chapter 70: Mayhem
- Chapter 69: Company Town
- Chapter 68: Powder Test
- Chapter 67: What He Knew
- Chapter 66: No Witnesses
- Chapter 65: Covert Meeting
- Chapter 64: Secret Plan
- Chapter 63: Loose Papers and Prisoners
- Chapter 62: Night Raid
- Chapter 61: Foundry Day
- Chapter 60: All Pieces Committed
- Chapter 59: On the Properties of Magnetic Force
- Chapter 58: Crown Work
- Chapter 57: The Gunpowder Project
- Chapter 56: Crown Soldiers
- Chapter 55: Show of Bravery
- Chapter 54: The Fight in The Streets
- Chapter 53: Crisis Council
- Chapter 52: All or Nothing
- Chapter 51: Drainage
- Chapter 50: The Mine
- Chapter 49: Pack End
- Chapter 48: Hollow Pack
- Chapter 47: Working Orders
- Chapter 46: Prototype V2
- Chapter 45: New Department
- Chapter 44: The State of Ashmark
- Chapter 43: Magnetism
- Chapter 42: Awakening
- Chapter 41: A New Sinner
- Chapter 40: Sinbound
- Chapter 39: The Engine Prototype
- Chapter 38: Monster Biology 101
- Chapter 37: Chains and Contract
- Chapter 36: Collapse
- Chapter 35: The Breach
- Chapter 34: The Empty Wings
- Chapter 33: Arrears
- Chapter 32: What Remains
- Chapter 31: The Engine Project
- Chapter 30: Draw Weight
- Chapter 29: Courtesy Call
- Chapter 28: Ashmark’s Militia
- Chapter 27: First Pour
- Chapter 26: Below Notice
- Chapter 25: Drill Day
- Chapter 24: Field Magical Test
- Chapter 23: Arcane Research
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Magic broke the world once. A dead empire reached too far, tore something in the sky that never healed, and sent civilization back to the dark ages. Eons later, the scar is still there. So are the monsters that came with it.A modern military officer opens his eyes in a ditch, in a dead man's body, in a region the kingdom uses as a dumping ground for its problems.The Badlands. Charming.He inherits a gutted city, a corrupt garrison, flooded mines, and a woman who can bend gravity with her bare hands.He also has something this world has never seen.The industrial revolution never happened here.It will now.