Machiavellian System: the Age of Steam

The orphaned young man struggling to his death in the slums is actually the blood of an empire general who fell unjustly! Ignis Thorne was burdened with a blood feud against his father. In the continent of Atheria, where steam machinery and imperial hegemony are intertwined, he awakened in a desperate situation... He lurks in the streets of Valerian, uses business war as an edge, attacks monopoly chaebols, disrupts urban games, and becomes the economic hegemon of the Free City State; He stepped into the imperial city of Ogoria, lurked in the court intrigues, fought against the tyrannical prince, punished the traitorous ministers who dominated the court, and played the chess game of the royal throne; He rushed to the northern border, took charge of the iron-blooded military power, swept away the foreign barbarians, quelled the rebellion of the legions, and created the legend of the undefeated military god of the empire; From the ant-like slum prisoners to the city-state plutocrats who cover the sky with one hand; From a cautious upstart in the palace to an uncrowned minister who controls the military and political affairs of the empire; Ignis used the law to break the situation, and dominated the world with power. He unified the three major power fields of the palace, commercial warfare, and military, deposed the ignorant king, and liquidated the real culprits behind the scenes...