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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 · Guerra
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1419 Chs

Food Shortages

In the past one and a half month after winning the battle, Alexander was starting to go through some pretty tough times.

Sure he had won a great victory and secured his borders as well as gaining four new followers, who as a side note had left after only three days after swearing their fealty in an informal setting due to time constraints, promising to come back in May when all the nobles were asked to answer Alexander's call for a more formal swearing.

But after the initial success of the great win, Alexander was made to face some serious challenges.

And that was not only with money but actually the food.

In fact, that was the much bigger problem as there was Alexander began to genuinely concern himself that Zanzan might soon start to starve.

For the 20,000 tons of grains he had bought with him from Adhan was starting to graze the bottom of the barrel.