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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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Hearing how Miss Linda's lies got an innocent girl killed made Alexander sigh in his heart.

Tragically, beating one's servants to death if their mistake was grave enough was a frequent occurrence in most parts of the currently known world.

This made the veracity of Lady Miranda's story very likely and caused Alexander to have second thoughts about the potential of working with Miss Linda.

"So how did Lord Janus find out at the end?" Thus listening to the story up until now, Alexander then posed this follow up question as it was clear the father had eventually come to learn about the injustice done to his daughter.

This was all the more damning because if Miss Linda had even the slightest shred of tact she would have stayed silent about it.

But it seems she did not, as Lady Miranda went on to reply with a sneer,