The Song That Remains After the Long Night

Myths and divine authority are on the verge of collapse. It seems everything is moving toward a beautiful future. There have never been any gods, there are none now, and there never will be...

"Where do people go after they die?"

"Heh. Hell and heaven no longer exist, so how could there be souls, let alone anywhere for them to go? They're nothing but a pile of flesh and bones."

There is no magic here, only hard-hitting combat. Even when supernatural abilities appear, they are merely external energy confined within crystal cores. The golden finger is limited in power. This world has not only hard-hitting martial arts, but also incredibly cool, flashy mechanical armor and crystal-core technology, as well as dragons on the brink of extinction.