In a world where the age of swords and chivalry has given way to the thunder of gunpowder and the rise of an industrial revolution, magic now exists alongside firearms, rifles, and artillery. This is the era of guns and magic. Two great powers dominate this landscape. The first is the Kingdom of Elfland, a seemingly serene and beautiful realm of white elves revered even by humans. The second is the Kingdom of Orcsen, a unified nation of so-called savage races including orcs, kobolds, dwarves, great eagles, and great wolves. Beneath the peaceful facade of Elfland, a grim truth festers. The dark elves, once part of the elven homeland, are being systematically purged by their own white-skinned brethren in a brutal campaign of ethnic cleansing.

On the verge of death after fleeing this persecution, the dark elf clan chief Dinerúth Andariel is rescued not by an ally but by the orc king, Gustav Falkenhayn, the ruler of Orcsen. This fateful encounter sets the stage for an unlikely alliance. After her village is attacked by the people she once trusted, Dinerúth commands her remaining followers to flee deep into the forest. Their desperate search for refuge eventually leads them into the territory of Orcsen, a land populated by the very orcs her people battled centuries ago. To her surprise, Dinerúth finds that she and her kind are not slaughtered but welcomed and treated with unexpected kindness.

Instead of simple charity, King Gustav proposes a deal. Dinerúth seeks weapons and medicine to return and fight for her people’s homeland. However, the orc king has a grander vision. He offers not just supplies but a full military alliance. Fighting alongside the dark elves, Gustav and his orcish army help Dinerúth rescue more of her scattered race, eventually welcoming them into the kingdom as new brethren. This marks the beginning of a powerful coalition. Yet, the integration of the dark elves into Orcsen is not seamless. As the dark elves organize their own brigade within the Orcsen military, they face bewildering new challenges: mastering modern tactics, adapting to strange equipment like heavy draft horses instead of their preferred riding breeds, and navigating the bureaucratic chaos caused by their lyrical, descriptive names within the army’s personnel department.

As this alliance solidifies, the kingdom of Orcsen, led by its reincarnated king Gustav, who retains memories of a previous life on modern Earth, uses its advanced industrial and military theories to prepare for a total war against Elfland. The story evolves from a desperate flight for survival into a sweeping modern historical fantasy epic. It follows the fates of countless characters across land, sea, and air as the so-called barbarian orcs and the exiled dark elves march toward a devastating conflict that will burn down the peaceful Elfland and rewrite the very history of their world.