Blood Magic

Forty years ago the city of Anastasia know for the high value slaves, top lead in genetics, and magical technology fell to ruin after the uprising. With so much of information left after the chaos, the Government of Magic sent expeditions to gather what information it could. With the last expedition ending in failure, the Government withdrawn all advancements.
Areto a former breeder to the slave network, set free by a unknown beast. When his former masters' family is killed, he is brought up as a adopted child to an renowned Magical Inventor. With the opportunity to get away from his former masters, and aquire power to protect the one he loves. He will no longer be a slave. Going to a elite Magic school he will learn what it means to be free. But when the past comes back his nightmares are reignited.