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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 · Peperangan
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1398 Chs

Lady Linda's Fate (Part-2)

Miss Linda watched Alexander rub his chin with that smug look on his face and felt a bubbling anger grow in her heart. 

He looked at her the same way she would look at those beggars on the streets in the rare times she went to the city- equal parts scorn and amusement. 

But that anger soon turned into helpless lamentation as Miss Linda recognized her powerlessness. 

This was quickly followed up by shame as she recalled just how happy she had been just because Alexander did not outright reject her petition for the loan.

Her face felt flushed, and she whispered to herself, 'Oh how far I have fallen.' 

But Miss Linda quickly masked these insecurities before Alexander could detect them and tried to strengthen her case for the loan by appealing to Alexander's own sense of camaraderie with his soldiers,