The Gods' Game of Chess

The other races are powerful, while humanity is weak. Humans struggle to survive in the cracks, reduced to food for bloodthirsty beasts, and pin their hopes on the gods, worshipping them day and night.

But the gods have abandoned all living beings. Though the people suffer, not a trace of the divine appears. A young man rises among humanity, becomes the Human Emperor, and drives back the other races, only to discover that this world is nothing but a game of strategy between the gods, and all living beings are merely pieces on the board...