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Plague Lord: Starting as a Demon Archduke

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Starting with one territory, train troops, occupy mineral veins, forge weapons, reclaim farmland, recruit heroes, lead armies in battle, upgrade arrow towers…… Luo Lun transmigrated into a world that possesses transcendent power. Right from the start, he obtained the bloodline of a Demon Archduke, and he even possessed one territory. And that’s not all—he himself is the descendant of a high noble, his status is noble beyond words. But the only disharmonious thing in this world is that every month, there will be one terrifying natural disaster. The bloody polluters that survive in the dimensional plane will crawl out from the dimensional plane to attack human cities. Every year, countless lives are lost because of this, and everyone regards it as the source of nightmare and terror. Luo Lun looked at those corrupted giant dragons, bloody angels, and death titans that had rushed to the outside of his territory after being polluted, and gave an elegant smile. Inside the territory, the elemental turrets capable of killing giant dragons began to charge, on the city walls soldiers holding Gatling repeating crossbows prepared to pull the triggers, the spellcasters began to chant forbidden death curses, alchemical mortars prepared to load ammunition…… At the same time, two cat-eared girls stepped forward to help him put on his armor. He is the true natural disaster! Book tags: development/farming, lord/territory management, growth/power-up, nurturing/raising, tower defense PS: Already has a completed 3-million-word high-quality farming novel 《I Became the Ancestor of the Blood Race》
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Chapter 1 - Chapter 1: I Became the Demon Archduke

Decker City, this city established three hundred years ago on the Endless Wasteland, is the most solid city in the northern border of the Silver Moon Kingdom.

In this northern giant city, inside an unremarkable inn near the city center.

A young man handsome enough to make people suspect whether he possesses elven bloodline was lying on the floor, life or death unknown.

The young man was wearing luxurious pure white noble robes, his eyes tightly closed.

His pale face had no trace of blood color, as if he had already died.

The culprit causing his coma was the deep scar on his wrist, blood was slowly flowing out from his wrist, and the bloody smell permeated the entire room.

What was even more chilling was that the blood seeping from his wrist was being greedily absorbed by the crystal ball tightly gripped in his hand.

A crystal ball capable of devouring blood—this was clearly no ordinary object.

The scene looked very much like some greedy and ignorant noble had performed a forbidden evil secret art, leading to backlash and death...

After an unknown amount of time, the light outside the window gradually dimmed, and the room seemed covered with a layer of dim gauze.

In his sleep, Luo Lun only felt a sharp pain in his wrist, as if someone had stabbed him with a knife.

He originally thought it was a dream, but that intense pain constantly stimulated his nerves, and his muddled thoughts slowly revived amidst the severe pain.

After a long while, it was as if he had pushed open a thousand-ton iron door, exhausting all his strength before finally opening his eyes.

At the moment he awoke, the crystal ball in his hand emitted a chaotic-colored light.

The scar on his wrist healed strangely and quickly, leaving only a faint mark.

His weakened body made Luo Lun's thoughts sluggish, and he did not notice this incomprehensible transcendent phenomenon.

What entered his eyes was the ceiling above his head, with relief patterns full of strong religious symbols.

In the dim light, it was not clear, giving a blurred sense of disorder.

After panting for a moment, he had the strength to look around.

This was a room with strong Western European medieval style, faded oil paintings hanging on the walls on both sides, vaguely depicting the legend of the dragon-slaying knight killing a giant dragon.

The antique decorations and furniture curtains around were old but all carried a strong exotic flavor.

Looking at the unfamiliar environment, Luo Lun's mind was full of doubts—he wasn't drinking with a few clients from the company? Drank too much??

What club is this?? It's really made quite realistically. Next, is a witch going to come in to check his body?

This gameplay is quite novel...

But just as he was about to struggle to sit up, countless memory fragments suddenly surged into his mind.

His weakened body was like being slapped hard, his head exploded with a boom, and he fell into coma again.

After a long while, Luo Lun opened his eyes for the second time.

But this time, there was no confusion in his eyes, and his expression became extremely colorful.

"Nor Main Plane, Silver Moon Kingdom, Decker City..."

"I am now Loren Grant, the descendant of the high noble family of the Silver Moon Kingdom—the Purple Iris Flower Family.

Three months ago, I followed my elders in an operation to besiege an evil sacrifice, and unintentionally obtained a crystal ball.

That crystal ball possesses incredible power, and I even obtained the Demon Archduke bloodline from the crystal ball..."

"Now, I possess the yet-to-awaken Demon Archduke bloodline... I became the Demon Archduke?!"

Thinking of this, Luo Lun's heart jolted, and his eyes suddenly widened.

"Not only that, the reason this crystal ball appeared was because a certain terrifyingly powerful Demon Overlord planned to use an evil sacrifice to activate the crystal ball.

After losing the crystal ball, that Demon Overlord appeared in the Silver Moon royal capital every day for half a month straight searching for traces of the crystal ball, and even a legendary powerhouse was seriously injured by the Demon Overlord..."

"So I did obtain the Demon Archduke bloodline, but from the start, I'm going to be hunted by the Demon Overlord?? Does it have to be this exciting?!!"

Luo Lun's expression looked somewhat bad as he continued to view the memories left by his predecessor from a first-person perspective.

"The Nor Main Plane possesses countless dimensional planes, these planes are not barren, but instead inhabited by a large number of powerful and evil beings, demons being one of the most terrifying existences among them."

"The Silver Moon Kingdom once suffered greatly from demons; anyone tainted by demons, even princes, would be hanged, their evil reputation second only to the bloody polluters."

"Under double pressure, the predecessor, while the Demon Archduke bloodline had not yet awakened, declared to the family that he was giving up the right to inherit the Purple Iris Flower Archduke title, left the royal capital, and came to the northern border to become a pioneering lord."

"Under the protection of the family's dispatched guardian—Fiana—he safely arrived at the northern great city of Decker City.

In order to develop as quickly as possible, the predecessor spent a huge sum of money to buy information about a territory suitable for building a city from a mercenary team, and confidently led hundreds of people and abundant supplies to that territory."

"Every month on the 31st in the Nor Main Plane, the moon in the sky turns blood-red, and this day is called the Blood Moon Day."

"Natural disaster descends!"

"Since the ancient Twilight of the Gods, the bloody polluters hidden in the dimensional planes crawl out from the dimensional planes to attack all human cities when the blood moon rises."

"Five days ago on the Blood Moon Day, the bloody polluters were unimaginably powerful, and the territory with weak defensive capabilities was directly breached."

"If not for the guardian Fiana being exceptionally powerful, the predecessor would probably have already died."

"But even so, the efforts of more than a month and the savings brought from the family all turned into bubbles."

"To restart the territory, the predecessor returned from the Endless Wasteland to Decker City."

"But at this time, he was penniless, so the dignified descendant of the Purple Iris Flower Family could only reside in a small inn.

Stimulated by the territory being breached, the predecessor wanted to completely activate the Demon Archduke bloodline in his body, attempting to obtain power again from the crystal ball through a blood sacrifice method."

"But he accidentally bled too much, causing even his soul to be devoured by the crystal ball..."

"So overall, I transmigrated?? And not in some club??"

After reviewing the memories once, Luo Lun exerted a little force to get up and sat on the floor.

Looking at the surroundings that were both strange and somewhat familiar, a strange feeling rose in his heart.

"What the hell is this?? I just drank a few more glasses, how did I transmigrate??"

Immediately, as if remembering something, his heart suddenly tightened.

His face suddenly showed a few degrees of helplessness and bewilderment like a child who can't find the way home after dark.

"Then I... can I still go back?"

"Mom, little sister..."

His originally not high mood quickly fell low, and his heart ached even more.

His father died early, and his mother alone spent countless efforts and tasted all hardships to raise him and his little sister.

That obedient little girl who wore a ponytail and followed behind his butt from childhood calling "gege gege" all the time, and the mother with yellow calluses on her hands who smiled with incomparable warmth, were his only attachments and spiritual pillars.

Now, however...

Thinking that he might never see the little girl sitting on his knee eating things and mumbling "gege" indistinctly again in this lifetime, his throat felt blocked as if by something, and his nose turned sour.

Although he tried hard to suppress his emotions, that strong impact still made him unable to control himself.

At this moment, creak~

The door of the inn was suddenly pushed open, and then a figure wearing black armor, tall and graceful, like an angel descending to the mortal world, stepped into the room.