The Strongest Lord: Starting on the Path of Exile

[Western fantasy + Japanese light novel style + System + farming + character development + multiple heroines + conquest of another world] Transmigrating as the eldest legitimate son of an imperial duke should have been a perfect start. Unfortunately, the original owner was a complete idiot! He publicly rejected the empire’s princess just to curry favor with a scheming maid who was manipulating him. In the end, he enraged the emperor and was kicked to the empire’s most chaotic, barren wasteland to await his death. That was the hellish scenario awaiting Loran when he transmigrated. Fortunately, the [Strongest Lord Development System] activated just in time. His first move from the start: publicly execute the fake-innocent maid in a fit of rage, splattering blood across the palace! With this decisive act, he wins the old emperor’s permission to redeem himself through service. “It’s not that I refuse to marry, Your Majesty. I’m simply not worthy of the position. Let me accomplish something first, then we can discuss the engagement!” Armed with a band of slaves bought for 30 gold coins and hauling the Duke’s discarded scrap metal, Loran sets out on his path to becoming a lord. Ahead lie lawless foreign races, deeply entrenched criminal powers, strange and dangerous heretics, and a vast empire that seems powerful but is on the verge of collapse. But Loran is undaunted. He has the System at his back, letting him see through all things and exchange for every kind of technique! He has a modern mindset, knows how to farm and build infrastructure, and can handle economics and military affairs! And he knows how to recognize talent: the half-beast wolf girl scorned by the world will become his peerless general, while the mysterious witch exiled by her family will become the forbidden mage at his side... Watch as a dissolute outcast, despised by everyone, starts from nothing in this lawless land, building cities, training troops, clearing wilderness, and cultivating farmland. He gathers brilliant minds and beautiful women from across the land, step by step establishing an unrivaled dominion of his own!