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

Let's come to one very important conclusion, That this new weapon, I call it the 'Instant bow' is not gonna be usable en-mass on the battlefield. Not logistically possible," Alexander gave the answer that made Menes and Hemicus quite downcast.


They already knew that there was no way the men could carry the number of arrowheads required to produce a high sustainable fire rate.


And if they could not, they were just regular bowmen.


But Alexander's confirmation still hit them in the gut and feel like it was such a huge missed opportunity.


So, though Alexander had cowed Menes with his words, another was not.


"Ahem, my lord, how about using horses to carry the arrows?" Melodias, after Menes wanted to champion his idea, and proposed, "We could make the arrow boys ride horses to carry the arrows. Or better yet, give each of the archers an individual mule carrying a thousand arrows! That should work!"


Melodias clenched his fist and widened his eyes as he said this.


Use of the Instant Bow