Western fantasy, wild imagination, passionate battles, political intrigue, machinery, another world
Gods are not immortal. They are expendable creations forged from the "World Gears," and every miracle accelerates the gears' rust. With the core gear of the God of Light on the verge of shattering, the Church plans to sacrifice every child in town in exchange for a false "ultimate miracle."
Aike, an orphan from the borderlands who can see rust on gears, witnesses the conspiracy and is framed as a heretic, then hunted down. Forced to team up with Linor, an undercover Holy Mechanist nun, he evades the Church's iron heel while battling the Rustborn, who seek to awaken the Chaos Gear.
When the gods fall and a gearstorm sweeps across the land, Aike finally understands: miracles are nothing but the illusion of gears turning. Humanity's fate should never have been placed in the hands of divine gears. With a newly forged Starcore Gear, he will reforge the world's laws. This time, mortals will define the gods!
