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

Theony's naked hard truth of the matter struck Philips hard.

In fact, it might have hurt harder than if Lord Theony was just a power hungry traitor.

Were that to be the case, the Crown Prince could have somewhat soothed his heart.

But Theony's reasoning laid bare to the crown prince the absolute disaster the royal family was currently facing.

They had lost three huge back to back battles- first- the chance to take Zanzan, second and their most grievous wound- losing the fortress of fortress, Thesalie and the third and the latest, the defense of their capital.

Each of these defeats not only caused the loss of the crown's prestige and territory, but it also meant the death of a huge number of loyal nobles and competent officers, shrinking the royal family's pillar of support even more.

Theony's Love (Part-2)