[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-warlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence":3,"chapter-warlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-warlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-chapter-121":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Warlord: Starting with Daily Intelligence",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2338584,4572,"Chapter 121: Gained Two Sea Vessels!","warlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-chapter-121",121,"\u003Cp>Next, the muffled thuds in the arena lasted for two full minutes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During those two minutes, Gervas’s hundreds of punches all landed on the skull boss’s face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those underlings who had seen Gervas deal with other enemies knew their lord had always used slaps to punish foes before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only this skull boss had been treated to fists the size of clay pots.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clearly, this bastard had brought his fate upon himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In an instant, the skull boss’s nasal bridge collapsed, his teeth shattered, and saliva, tears, and blood streamed continuously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anyone who saw it gasped in shock; anyone who heard it felt their hair stand on end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Terrible!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Truly, it was horrific!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Give me… a quick death… uh…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the skull boss lay dying, he finally understood what it meant to reap what he had sown, using his last ounce of strength to beg for a swift end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, his life had reached its limit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No sooner had he spoken than he failed to draw another breath, his head tilted sideways, and he fell silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The skull boss is dead!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What’s your name!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thud!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Noble… noble sir, I… I’m Berna…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Berna’s legs trembled, and he collapsed to his knees with a thump.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cruel!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Truly, it was cruel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, it was also undeniably satisfying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These damned pirates—if the noble lord hadn’t arrived in time, every woman, including my wife, would have been violated, and the villagers would have become their slaves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, no matter what, the noble lord’s methods left Berna with a chill down his spine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it were him, he’d rather be cut down by the noble lord’s blade than endure such agony.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Berna, don’t be afraid—you’re not one of them. You delivered the Sea God Stone. That’s a great deed. I pardon you!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Tell me how you came by the Sea God Stone!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gervas pointed to the villagers bound nearby.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This gesture instantly sent the villagers into shudders; the timid among them even wet themselves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, even Berna, who had earned merit, was trembling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These “criminals” were terrified beyond words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Y-yes! Noble lord, I found the Sea God Stone because…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Berna then gave a detailed account of how he had found the Sea God Stone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Originally, after shoving aside the village chief’s confidant, he had run straight to the seaside cliff and hidden in the shrubbery.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But when he heard the pirates’ attack, he worried for his wife and children, so he crept back quietly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On his way back, he happened to see the skull boss hiding the Sea God Stone beneath a rock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After witnessing the pirates’ defeat, he retrieved the stone and went straight to the Storm Guard on patrol.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gervas nodded. Not only was this fugitive lucky, but his own fortune was also favorable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Berna, your deed is significant. Beyond pardoning you and your family, I will grant you one wish!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So tell me—what do you want? Gold coins, land, a house? I can give you any of them!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Berna glanced at the trembling villagers, clenched his teeth, and said, “Noble… noble lord, I don’t want gold or a house. I beg you… I beg you to spare the villagers’ lives!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gervas raised an eyebrow, intrigued. “Berna, understand this: your merit is worth at least two gold coins—that would secure your family’s comfort for life!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But if you plead for these fugitives, you’ll lose your reward entirely—and even anger me, for I originally intended to execute these fools who dared defy me!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Berna’s eyes flickered with conflict, but he pressed on: “Noble lord, please show mercy. The village chief forced the villagers to act. They never meant to offend you that day!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Moreover, I know of a second Sea God Stone, plus a second sea vessel—and likely dozens of gold coins as well!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Really?” Gervas paused, surprised by this unexpected windfall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Half an hour later, Gervas stood before an aging single-masted sailing ship, clutching a Sea God Stone the size of a fist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a broad-hulled single-masted merchant vessel, hidden within a dense grove along the shore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though aged, Old Jack’s inspection concluded that, with repairs, the ship could still serve coastal waters for over a decade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, adding this vessel to the warship, Gervas now possessed two sea vessels in total today.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the origin of the second Sea God Stone and the second ship, they had been seized from a noble family when they first fled as fugitives.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eight years ago, over three hundred of them had served under the Count of Silver Spear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Silver Spear family had long conducted trade via sea vessels.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the time, the village chief had been the steward of this merchant ship.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Due to his gambling addiction, he had gone to gamble when the caravan docked in At City—and lost over a dozen gold coins.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That sum wiped out the chief’s entire lifetime savings and left him owing five or six more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In his desperation, the chief stole gold coins from the ship’s treasury.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had planned to win it all back and return the coins to the vault.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But instead of winning, he lost even more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So the chief, now fully committed, pretended the gold had been stolen and reported it to the caravan and crew.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the crew panicked, the chief urged them to steal the ship and flee.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With so much gold missing, if it wasn’t found within a day, every soul aboard would be tortured.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The other crew members, remembering their family’s brutal discipline and the scale of the loss, knew they’d face no mercy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So all of them followed the chief’s incitement, and before the captain and guard captain returned, they hoisted sail and stole the vessel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Afterward, they drifted to this island and settled on the Revival Island using supplies from the ship.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To avoid detection, the chief proposed hauling the ship ashore and hiding it, then taking the Sea God Stone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Berna had been the steward’s apprentice then. Though he suspected the gold theft was suspicious, he lacked the power to change anything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Gervas arrived to recruit, the chief’s strange reaction made Berna grow even more suspicious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, Berna deduced the gold had been stolen by the steward himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And when Gervas’s men searched the chief’s house and found the Sea God Stone, they also discovered a wooden box containing over fifty gold coins—confirming the chief’s embezzlement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was why he had fiercely opposed Gervas’s recruitment, even though Gervas seemed willing to pardon them!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once the truth was clear, Gervas ordered the chief executed without hesitation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A man with such malice and a gambling habit—even if he could read and calculate—was useless to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After executing the chief, he pardoned the fugitives from death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But as always, death was spared, punishment was not.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All villagers were reduced to slaves, required to work hard to regain their status as serfs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Berna, however, upon learning the man had once been a steward’s apprentice, was not demoted to slavery—he was appointed steward of the Storm Domain’s caravan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From now on, he would manage the sale of sea fish from the Storm Domain to Iron Wolf City.\u003C\u002Fp>",1190,"2026-06-20T22:44:01.160Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","c4e759013d120ebca452fab060fc56368cccedba16c5a910e3e6d4995da2ba27","warlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-chapter-122","warlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-chapter-120",521,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fwarlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-cover.jpg"]