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

They walked quickly in the snow. Atrox had expanded his range of heat to ensure everyone was enveloped; even the blowing wind slowed when it entered his space.

But to them, it didn't seem as though they were making any progress. Everywhere they looked was ice, snow, and ice mountains.

The only reason they believed they were going in the right direction was because Serdan kept stopping now and then to point the way.

They occasionally stopped for breaks, only after a few hours of walking. They ate, drank, and continued walking. There was no night or day; everything was a long stretch of white.

Eventually, after what must have been two days inside the ruin, they finally seemed to be getting closer to the biggest ice mountain by far.

The closer they got to the mountain, the less it felt like a mountain and more like a hulking castle that had been pressed down by years of snow and ice.

"Are we just going to rush in?" Tiber asked.

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