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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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Waterwheel (Part-1)

Having decided to hold off on the residential buildings until he could bring his capacity up to scratch, Alexander issued the task he came here for.

"Diaogosis, let's get to the real reason I called you," Alexander said, drawing a surprised look from the stonemason, who thought about a few alternative situations about why Alexander would make such a statement.

But he did not get too far into his thoughts as Alexander handed him a piece of paper with some drawings.

"Here, read this. And see if you can understand them," He instructed.

"Oh! Is this the famed 'paper' that the lord has invented?" Diaogosis quickly accepted the white sheet, rubbing it between his fingers and exclaiming, "So soft! And so sturdy! Nothing like the papyrus."

He seemed more interested in the novelty of the paper than what was actually written on it.

"....," Alexander simply waited and gave the man a bit of time to check out the new invention.