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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.

FerriticMatrix · War
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Life Inside A Siege (Part-1)

The situation inside Zanzan for its part had become relatively calm.

At least much calmer than during the start, when many residents genuinely feared the city might be lost.

There were even some very hushed whispers of it being 'all the Thesians' faults', as some of the populace pointed the blame squarely at Alexander and his origin as the reason for their defeat, implying they were incompetent due to their place of birth.

But to be honest such opinions were very, very rare, and only resided in the most extreme of extremists, their numbers so low it hardly managed to stir the waves as of yet.

And though there was the possibility of their voices being amplified if the situation developed in certain directions, but after Perseus's boisterous first-week offensive, which saw both sides trade quite a bit of casualties, the intensity began to die down.