Trying to revise the story some. I'm trying to use some obviously cliche ideas, as well as use my own. I think years of revising my ideas have crushed it. I'm going to try to revise it for good.
First off, I might make it more like fantasy with guns. I know it's cliche, but I want to make a powerful army that use guns and "false mana" to attack. Only some people are born with the capability of using magic, but there are other ways of obtaining it, such as from a magical being or a mystical object. I was originally going to use the old "farmboy hero" beginning for my hero, but my brother thought a young prince who was separated from his father/his father was killed would be better.
I'm not so sure about my villain's motives anymore. His normal motives was to help the world, but his idea was to erase the world and start over, having no bad intentions. But that's too cliche.
Anyways, I guess I'll need to revise my story, and will be accepting ideas that may be of use.