From the beginning of recorded time, the System has existed to give shape to magic. It enables Zeroes (those mortals with no magic) a means with which to gain it and learn its uses, with some even becoming gods. But the system is a poorly built framework to keep a broken design from rattling dangerously off course.Enter Akamori, a farmer on a far-flung colony with a heavy case of wanderlust. Saddled with responsibilities and burdens he has no interest in, he'd rather travel and go on adventures.But when adventure comes to him as an invasion force of Sauridius necromancers and orcs, Akamori's peaceful reality with simple problems is shattered permanently. Swept up in a race to save his sector of space from a sweeping cloud of soul shackling Dragons, Akamori is conscripted to service in the Mage Federation as Spell Soldier. Assigned to Captain Morwen, the Valkyrie of Torun and her NCOIC Sgt. Sirsir, a massive mage lugging a heavy spell machine gun. It falls to the mage squad to stop the Sauridius and their schemes. Failure means total domination of the entire sector as everyone becomes unwilling puppets to the unfathomable Elder God.

Updates:Hey all! TJ here!

Great news everyone! We hit the Rising Stars list for Sci Fi! Thank you so much to everyone for your support. Even if you didn't enjoy the story I really appreciate the time and effort to read the story and offer your input. It means a lot. - TJ

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Update

My goal is to make this an ongoing gig. But sometimes life comes at you hard. I work a 9-5 and have a family of three to support. It came at me a lot harder than I expected and really took a toll on mental health and that demanded a break to get things in order. I'd like to apologize to everyone for ghosting out. I hate unraveling, and I'm slowly reraveling... Deraveling? Anti-raveling? Um...you get the point ^-^;; I'm going take a week or two more and evaluate my previous upload schedule and look at maybe doing a slower upload pace. Something that feels a little more comfortable given my current demands and workloads. If you really enjoy the project and want to help me out you could subscribe to patreon and help me focus primarily on writing. I've had a patreon I've been sitting on, but imposture syndrome was holding me back. I'm going to work on being bolder for you guys, and for myself. TJ