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

As the officers continued to drink, if one bothered to pay good attention, they would have found that it was only Kalidus's men who were actually drinking, taking in enormous amounts of the poison.

While in the case of Lapitus's men, they seemed to be only pretending to take large gulps, while in reality, they were only taking small sips from their limited volume of safe drinks.

They talked far more than they drank.

When the very first man fell, it drew more laughs than concerns from the nearby men.

"Haha, hey what's wrong, can't hold your liquor, hahaha," They chuckled at their colleagues for his inability, no one even bothering to go up to help him.

But then suddenly two more went down.

And that made the laughter subside quite a bit.

Lapitus Moves (Part-4)