[{"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-175":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},2338638,4572,"Chapter 175","warlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-chapter-175",175,"\u003Cp>Hehehe!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo coughed and gasped in fury, but Gervas calmly searched his body without haste!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Secretary Neo, don’t thank me—after all, everyone will know it was the goblins who killed you. Even Minister Willard won’t dare trouble me!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hehehe!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Secretary Neo, do you know what’s the most painful thing in life?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hehehe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hmm, I know you don’t know, so I’ll be merciful and tell you: it’s dying with money left unspent!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Saying this, Gervas had already found the remaining ninety gold coins and waved them in front of Neo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Puff!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, Secretary Neo spat out a mouthful of old blood and collapsed completely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His head tilted sideways—he died right there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Secretary Neo is dead!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“My lord, these are the coins and money bags taken from the goblin leader!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Half an hour later, Lei Meng and Mi Gen joined Gervas’s group aboard magic swift eagles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What happened to the goblin leader?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“My lord, we eliminated the goblin leader outright. The other goblins tried to surround us, but with our magic swift eagle baskets, they could only watch helplessly as we left!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“After we departed, that goblin band retreated deep into the wasteland.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Good!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gervas gathered all the coins and money bags.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What a satisfying release of anger today!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Neo and his men hadn’t been so greedy, the silver and copper coins alone would’ve been enough for them to enjoy a fine two-day rest on their way back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, aside from the few cavalrymen, all the rest died at the goblins’ hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even to make the deception convincing, we later tossed the corpses of Neo and his men into the wasteland using magic swift eagles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After killing prey, goblins don’t even spare their own kind’s corpses—how much less would they spare human ones?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom! Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the edge of Lord Parker’s domain, an army galloped toward them—leading the charge was Lord Parker himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When they reached the former battlefield, they found only vast patches of dried blood—no other traces of people remained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not a single corpse, weapon, or scrap of gear was left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If not for the bloodstains, no one would’ve believed a battle had taken place here just half an hour ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“My lord, we were surrounded by those goblins right here. Secretary Neo was stabbed to death right at this spot—three or four bone spikes pierced his abdomen!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If we hadn’t fought our way out, we’d be dead here too!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bronze knight who had escaped earlier had only crudely bandaged his wounds and now pointed to the battlefield, recounting the ambush.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, he didn’t mention the bone whistle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There’s a great difference between “fighting bravely to break through” and “escaping while the enemy grew careless.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“My lord, the ground is covered in tiny goblin footprints, all pointing toward the Chaos Wasteland. No corpses or weapons remain anywhere!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, the soldiers who had scoured the surroundings reported the same.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What terrible luck—it seems Secretary Neo has become the goblins’ meal!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lord Parker sighed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But inside, he silently rejoiced.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These goblins had likely intended to ambush his own domain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Had they not stumbled upon Neo’s party, his losses tonight might have been severe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Lord Parker, are you certain no bodies of Secretary Neo and his men remain?” the cavalrymen asked, though they’d never seen such a thing before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Correct. Goblins’ nature is well known—they’re filthy creatures with no pickiness. Any race—even their own kind—is just roasted meat to them!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Come, gentlemen. I’ll assign soldiers to escort you out of my domain—after all, this did happen on my land!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“My lord, this is the mine!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh? So the mine now directly borders our territory?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gervas had bought this iron mine, but he’d never actually known its location.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, seeing it, he realized the mine was directly connected to Baron Kain’s domain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But wasn’t this land originally part of Parker’s?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shouldn’t the kingdom’s road have run through Kain’s side?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“My lord, this iron mine never actually belonged to the Parker family…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing his lord’s stunned expression, Old John wore a peculiar look.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His lord had spent seven hundred gold coins—and had never even visited the mine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only someone this careless could do such a thing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Old John then recounted the origin of the Parker family’s iron mine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In truth, this mine had once been the subject of a major dispute.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Originally, the mine had indeed belonged to the Kain Baron’s side—evident from where the kingdom road passed through.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But decades ago, before the mine was discovered, this border forest was utterly useless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Until one day, Lord Parker’s father accidentally learned the forest contained iron ore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So Parker’s grandfather concealed the truth and bought the hill from the Kain Baron’s lord at an extremely low price.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His excuse: to establish a high ground on the border to better defend against invaders from the Chaos Wasteland.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the time, the border was far more chaotic; the Kain Baron’s lord had no hesitation accepting the offer for what seemed like a wasteful purchase.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, that land wasn’t called Kain Baron’s Domain back then—its old name had been forgotten with time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had simply been a minor noble family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At first, the baron thought he’d made a profit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But a year later, he saw the Parker family rise in power—and heard it was due to iron ore production.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only then did he realize the truth: after secretly investigating, he confirmed the very hill Parker had tricked him into selling was the source of the iron.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From then on, both sides engaged in years of bickering and arguments, even suffering several covert clashes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But everything ended one night two years later, when an alien force attacked the Kain Baron’s Domain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After that, no noble ever questioned the mine’s ownership again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially as the Parker family rose further, the new baron dared not mention the mine again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the current Kain Baron followed suit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Good heavens! Gervas exclaimed in amazement!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seems I’ve done a good deed—this is truly returning what was rightfully theirs!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then Gervas followed the others into the mine shaft and ordered excavation to begin at the central direction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Baron Gervas! I’ve held back a thought for a long time—but given your generosity, I’d feel guilty if I didn’t speak!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The iron mine master, brought from Iron Wolf City, finally spoke after receiving two extra silver coins as a reward from Gervas.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Speak.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“My lord, I’m only speculating—if I’m wrong, please don’t blame me…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s that, after days of surveying, I’ve felt something odd about this mine—the ore inside is unusually loose…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“As if… it was artificially packed in…”\u003C\u002Fp>",1100,"2026-06-20T22:44:01.160Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","4bddb959337cef296fbd6548e920840ca58bfcbc65772a34d600c84b2f1f3cc4","warlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-chapter-176","warlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-chapter-174",521,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fwarlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-cover.jpg"]