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

Laibak revealing just how casually he was able to get the crossbow caused Alexander to first have an appreciation for the simplicity yet effectiveness of his plan.

This type of security breach should not have happened.

He had guessed the enemy would want a sample of his crossbow a long time ago and did take precautions to hinder exactly that.

But those precautions hinged on each of the people employed in all the verification steps to be diligent and honest.

And to help facilitate that Alexander had even made sure to give them better perks than the rest of the grunts.

But to think they would sell one of his most precious secrets for a mere 1,000 ropals?

Though it was not something Alexander had expected, still when it happened to him, he was a bit saddened.

But that state of sadness did not last long.

For following this sadness came a furious bout of rage.

Alexander's Damage Control