[{"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-165":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},2338628,4572,"Chapter 165","warlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-chapter-165",165,"\u003Cp>Feeling the focused gazes around him, Fario’s eyes flickered with panic and resentment, but he quickly calmed his thoughts, replacing them instantly with emotion and guilt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Baron Gervas, you’re still alive? This is truly joyous!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“On the journey, I targeted you, assigning you the most grueling night watches—but after that night’s tribal ambush…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Watching one noble after another fall beside me, I finally realized: my past self was petty and selfish, tormenting you over personal grudges—it was utterly disgraceful.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So, I, Fario, hereby apologize to you and beg your forgiveness! I am guilty, and I ask His Grace the Marquis to punish me—I… I indeed concealed my mistreatment of Baron Gervas while serving as overseer on the left flank army!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Damn!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gervas had said “damn” so many times tonight already!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fario’s acting is truly excellent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But since he loves to perform, let him keep acting a while longer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gervas smirked and said nothing immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After hearing this, Mithos genuinely believed Gervas had stepped forward because of this, “Baron Gervas, is this true? If you’ve suffered any injustice, speak freely—I am your patron in this campaign, and I will defend you!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Narci, upon hearing this, recalled how Fario had indeed named a specific noble during the selection of the left flank army.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now it was clear: that noble was Gervas.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Your Grace, this matter is likely true. On that day, during the selection of nobles for the left flank army, Count Fario…” Narci swiftly recounted the events of that day—also a gesture of goodwill toward Gervas.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After listening, Mithos nodded, “Gervas, rest assured. I will have Count Fario write a confession for me, and I will show it to you for verification.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Though such harassment is not a grave offense, the campaign had already begun—I will punish him severely under military law!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fario’s hatred deepened in his eyes, but for the two major blunders he had committed, this was trivial—he immediately bowed his head in submission, “Your Grace, I will write down every one of my crimes, and I willingly accept any punishment!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this, everyone assumed the matter was settled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many cast envious glances at Gervas—a mere baron, yet the Marquis had stood up for him, forcing a count to stumble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If this spread, he could boast about it for the rest of his life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, even a titular count was far more prestigious than a lowly baron!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But what no one anticipated was that this was not Gervas’s main reason at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And now, the real show was just beginning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No, Your Grace. I am not referring to that. I do not care about Count Fario’s petty harassment!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“In fact, I should thank Count Fario—had he not assigned me nightly watches, I would never have slain two hundred members of the Black Tiger squad, nor escaped the tribal army’s ambush that night!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“When the tribal forces attacked the main camp, had Count Fario not deliberately diverted my troops away, I would have died alongside Commander Brick and the other nobles—killed by Fario himself!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whoa!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Did… did Baron Gervas just say that Commander Brick and the other nobles were murdered by Count Fario?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It sounds like it. Is Baron Gervas telling the truth—or lying?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The nobles erupted in uproar; they had thought the drama was ending, yet it seemed only just beginning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And this news was explosive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If proven true,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>even a titular count would not be enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even a ruling count would be finished!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Marquis Mithos and Narci’s expressions turned grim.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fario’s pupils shrank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had assumed Gervas sought revenge for past mistreatment—but now, the words pointed toward his abandonment of the left flank camp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But how could he possibly know?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As his mind raced, Marquis Mithos asked coldly, “Baron Gervas, are you suggesting there is another reason behind Commander Brick’s and the other nobles’ deaths? Elaborate.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes, Your Grace!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gervas wasted no time—he immediately recounted everything that had happened that night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The surrounding nobles stared, incredulous that Fario could be so shameless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially since they themselves had nearly been annihilated tonight by the same coward who fled the battlefield!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Marquis Mithos’s gaze turned icy as he fixed it on Fario, “Count Fario, what do you say to Baron Gervas’s accusation?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fario’s back was drenched in cold sweat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he could never admit it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And over these many days, only Gervas had escaped—so one man’s testimony was insufficient to implicate him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fario immediately raised his head, his face twisted with disbelief and outrage, “Marquis Mithos, this Baron Gervas is lying!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I admit I erred—I took revenge on him out of personal spite. But I never imagined Baron Gervas would be so cruel as to try to kill me with such a scheme!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Baron Gervas, you yourself admitted you were assigned to Aojinmubao—how could you possibly know these details? Do you possess clairvoyance? Can you see events leagues away?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Do you understand the grave consequences of fabricating lies to slander a noble?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fario’s words rang with conviction, as if he were a noble wronged beyond endurance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The nobles began murmuring among themselves, unable to discern who was telling the truth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, both sides spoke with such realism.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Baron Gervas, did you witness these events firsthand—or did Count Fario’s flight cause you to misunderstand?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If this is merely a misunderstanding, apologize to Count Fario here, and we will let the matter rest.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Marquis Mithos still valued talent—this final remark was clearly meant to spare Gervas.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, as Fario claimed, Gervas had been stationed dozens of li away—how could he possibly know what transpired in the camp?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Slandering a noble was a grave offense—false accusation would bring retaliation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So if Gervas had no concrete proof, he himself would be ruined.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon hearing this, Fario’s eyes flashed a sliver of malice, but he concealed it instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gervas turned to Marquis Mithos with a grateful look, “Thank you, Your Grace, for the reminder. But I accept full responsibility for my words, for though I did not witness these events myself,…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I learned them from several survivors of the left flank army!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Lady Catherine, please bring forward the gentlemen.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, Catherine, Lei Meng, Mi En, and others escorted five nobles onto the field.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though they had rested briefly, the events of the night had left them disheveled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their bodies still bore the marks of days of hunger and exhaustion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon entering the field, they looked utterly wretched—like tribal savages.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Had it not been for Catherine and the others leading them, the guards would not have let them near.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Baron Gervas, who are these people?” Marquis Mithos and Commander Narci asked, puzzled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though they wore leather armor, their appearance made them unrecognizable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Fario, upon seeing the faces of Mi Er and the others, trembled violently, his face turning pale.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mithos and Narci could not recognize them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Fario, having spent so many days with Mi Er and these nobles, could still make them out—even with their haggard faces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gervas observed Fario’s reaction with perfect clarity, a cold smile curling his lips, before turning to Marquis Mithos: “Your Grace, these gentlemen are also survivors from the left flank army.”\u003C\u002Fp>",1186,"2026-06-20T22:44:01.160Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","5b13650a023ae626db3ff303922631ad6207b31df5913b1fb2a5d1d956cdcea1","warlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-chapter-166","warlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-chapter-164",521,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fwarlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-cover.jpg"]