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

The morning council proceeded without a hitch... until Alexander raised one new issue.


"It's been two weeks since we started giving out free food. And the news of it has likely reached the surrounding areas. What should we do?"


People from surrounding villages were bound to soon know that the plague had been dealt with, and food, the greatest commodity for them now, was being handed out for free.


This act of generosity was bound to attract a huge crowd and so Alexander was basically asking his council on how to deal with this impending refugee crisis.


"We should close the city gates," Heliptos, true to his nature, was the first to suggest to greedily hoard the food.


"These people belong to forces hostile to us. As such feeding them seems counterproductive." Melodias also expressed explicit support for this plan.


"I agree. Giving them anything will only be strengthening the enemy," The military man Menes saw was already viewing these men as potential enemy conscripts.


Legion's First Target [Bonus chapter]