FerriticMatrix

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.

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Herald of Steel

Once alone, Alexander gestured for Camius to take a seat.


By this point, the sun had well and truly risen into the sky and Alexander feeling peckish, decided to order some breakfast and invited Camius to join, "Let's talk over breakfast. Have you eaten?"


"No, not yet. We did drink a bit to celebrate your win though. Congratulations doc." Camius revealed a huge smile.


He was still amazed by how easily he had won today.


Alexander on the other hand was thinking something quite different.


He was lampooning in his mind, 'Drinking first thing in the morning, really guys?'


In this period, where water tended to spoil easily,  basically any and all time was drinking time but Alexander still found it weird.


Outwardly though he hid all this and revealed a grin and simply replied, "Thanks."


Camius's first task