Lord: From the Start, I Picked Up an Apocalyptic Witch

In this world, witches are precious resources controlled by the various kingdoms.

Special Witch Management Offices are established to house them and distribute them to noble lords as needed.

But witches have a fatal weakness: the more they use their magic, the more their bodies break down. Eventually, they lose their reason and become world-ending monsters that destroy everything.

Across the entire continent, there are only two paths to power: knightly battle aura and witch magic.

Matt transmigrated here and had just taken over a shabby, barren territory, barely qualifying as a poor lord, when he stumbled upon a world-ending witch and awakened the [Gold Contract System].

All it takes is gold to stabilize and restore the witches' essence when it is on the verge of collapse.

Other lords tightly restrict the power of the witches they acquire, afraid to let them fight at full strength in case they go berserk.

Matt is different.

There's gold to spare, so the witches can fight as freely as they like.

They can unleash their world-ending hellfire without fear of losing control and collapsing.

With knights in formation and witches soaring across the sky, Matt relies on a band of witches who can fight at full strength to sweep across the nations, rising from a destitute minor lord to rule the continent.