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

"Right! But how are they so fast! And hit so hard? Urghhh!"

"Dammit! Where did this come from? Sheilds! Sheileds! Lift up your shields! Defend!"

"Agghh! It's no use! My hand! It pierced through my shield to hit my hand! Argghh!"

"Shit! They were tearing through our shields like soft clay! What in the devil's name are they using to fire these things? Shit!"

It was with such alarmed shouts that the bursts of concentrated crossbows and instant bow fire were received by the enemy, producing significant terror and panic.

A phenomenon made all the deadlier by the fact that Heeat family soldiers did not equip themselves as heavily as Alexander's men, so instead of having chainmail along with a bronze cuirass as armor and a large heavy shield to protect two thirds of the body, they chose to have a small shield, light armor, and a short sword.

Naval Battle For Phyrros Island (Part-4)