Memento_

There has ever been one Emperor of the Eternal Skies and after his disappearance, the Empire fell back into its days of warring, and no one dared to call themselves by that name! 

But Atrox Soryu dreamed of uniting the Empire as the rising star of his Clan. He had the charm and the potential but then it was discovered that he carried the Forbidden Mark Order.

A power that was feared and loathed. In an instant his world was turned upside down, his friends turned their backs on him and his father disowned him, calling him the shame of the Clan. 

He was sent to the borderland where monsters crawled from Rifts to conquer the world. It was here that he would know the terrible secret of the Forbidden Mark Order he carried and the inheritance that comes with it. 

He wanted to build an Empire and he would start from the borderland he was sent to, right from the labor camp.

Building An Empire Starting From The Labor Camp In Exile

The ruin with the Rift seed spawned in the form of a hulking mountain with a spinning black opening at the front. The area surrounding it was dried land with nothing growing around, as if it had created a desert around itself.

In front of the ruin stood a man with hands like thick tree branches and a face carved like stone—Manefor, rank 5 of the Forsaken Tribes.

Atrox smiled. "I don't remember setting a time."

"You don't seem surprised to see me," Manefor noted.

"No, I did not. We are still waiting for the remaining two, though."

"Yes," Atrox answered simply. "They are as greedy as any Knight."

They didn't say anything after that, and Slya made chairs for them to sit and wait. They arrived much faster than Atrox thought.

Ice mountains