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

Lapitus's request for more time made Alexander ruminate.

If he did so, it could mean getting the city without burning it down.

On the other hand, he had already spread the exact deadline for surrender.

So deviating from it would damage his image.

So before he made any decision, Alexander wanted details.

".....how many are you? And what will you do with the time?" He thus posed.

"There are a few hundred of us! Much more than the fifty or so men under Petrino! We just need a bit more time to get all of them together and capture them!"

Lapitus very quickly and loudly claimed.

Though he very cleverly skipped the fact that the few hundred men he claimed to have also officially belonged to these fifty men.

How many would choose to rebel and join him when the time truly came remained yet to be seen.

"....." While Alexander, both unaware and unconcerned about this, paused again to think.

Lapitus and Alexander (Part-2)