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

Cambyses gave a pretty good improvised speech to Mean as she made up her excuses.


And they were indeed excuses because, in reality, Cambyses was determined to stay and defend the manor, both to boost the morale of the already small number of soldiers and also because this manor had about 250 -300 million ropals stored in his basement, which she simply could not leave.


Thus, just how convincing Cambyses was in her speech, and how much of it Mean, who had been with her for so long, had bought remained to be seen,


Though fortunately, this, 'whether Cambyses would stay or not stay' conversation did not drag on for too long.


For sensing the two girls were about to start a small drama, and given that they were already critically short on time, Juminus quickly chimed in to end this exchange, saying,


Cambyses's Preparations (Part-2)