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Herald of Steel

Waking up inside the ruins of an orphanage, Alexander finds himself chained and sold to slavery. A modern metallurgist, trapped in ancient times, watch as he tries to play with the cards fate dealt him. He will make plate armor, invent paper, build roads, teach governance and many more, as he tries to carve a place for himself. But how can such things not attract jealous eyes? The naval superpower- Cantagena, The unstoppable army of- Exolas, The superpower of the east- Adhania, The mercantile confederation- Sybarsis, The religious fanatics- Iyizarid, And the ever-present- Barbarians of the Barren Forrest, All want something from each other. In this ocean of sharks, follow a small carp as it struggles to leap through the dragon gate and establish a dynasty to outlast them all. The cover is not mine. If you are the owner of this cover, comment and I will remove it.

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Contemplating The Escape (Part-2)

Alexander racked his brain for some time trying to estimate just how deep the water under him really was.

And it was sorely due to this lack of knowledge that he was hesitating about jumping.

If it was a modern port, there would not have been any need to do such a thing because all harbors there were deep water ports- the depth would be tens of feet deep, if not more.

But here, in this time period, due to the lightweight of freight, harbors could be placed almost anywhere and so many times they tended to be placed on the shallows.

How shallow you ask?

Well, there were examples where Alexander had personally seen where the men literally waded to their ships from the harbor.

Meaning it could be as shallow as a meter.