by geforcemelon
Prince Adrian Valeris was supposed to inherit an empire. Instead, he was branded a traitor, stripped of his title, and exiled to the deadliest frontier in the north. Left with nothing but broken chains and a ruined fortress, Adrian discovers an ancient Dungeon Core buried beneath the Black Marsh. It offers him something the Empire never expected him to possess again: power. A system to build territory. Summon units. Evolve settlements. Raise armies. And turn a forgotten wasteland into a kingdom of his own. But every wall he raises and every soldier he commands brings new enemies. Monsters roam beyond the frontier, rival factions watch from the shadows, and the Empire that cast him out begins to fear what he is becoming. Then General Selena Varen the woman who arrested him—is sent north with one order: Destroy his growing kingdom before it becomes a threat. Adrian has no intention of kneeling twice. If the Empire believes he is a traitor, then he may as well become something far more dangerous. A king.
