[{"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-193":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},2338656,4572,"Chapter 193: The Storm Domain Thrives!","warlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-chapter-193",193,"\u003Cp>Intelligence Two: One hundred li ahead in the direction of one o'clock from Dragon's Blood Grass Canyon, within the Death Mountains, lies a lush peak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the summit of this peak is a naturally eroded rock formation resembling an eagle, aptly named Eagle Peak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the summit of Eagle Mountain, a precious Heart of Elements has ripened; consuming it greatly enhances the human body's affinity for elemental combat energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It can transform the user into the legendary Elemental Body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although it is only the lowest-grade Elemental Body, the benefit is that even unconsciously, one can continuously absorb minute amounts of elemental combat energy at any time and place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Intelligence Three: This afternoon, a man wearing a tattered mage’s robe will wander into Wheatfield Town.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His name is Wood, a junior mage with exceptionally strong magical talent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet, it is rare in the kingdom to find a mage who has sunk so low in status.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The reason for his downfall is an extremely undesirable hobby for a mage of such talent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That hobby is alchemy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alchemy is taboo for mages with exceptional talent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It consumes too much time and effort.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only mages who have lost hope of advancement typically turn to it in an attempt to improve their livelihood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, ordinary alchemical research wouldn’t lead to such ruin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Worse still, Wood’s alchemical studies have taken a bizarre turn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For instance, he sought to develop a magical device capable of continuously summoning hurricanes, so ships could sail freely across the ocean without relying on natural winds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He eventually succeeded—but the energy consumption of this hurricane device is unimaginable, requiring one fifth-rank wind crystal every minute.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This cost terrifies every noble who hears of it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another example: he created a magical device capable of releasing vast quantities of freezing energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He intended to sell it to desert nations to cool their cities and bring comfort to desert dwellers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The invention was ultimately successful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the problem remained: the energy consumption was enormous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even running it for just one hour consumes one fifth-rank water crystal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, impoverished desert nations could never afford such a device.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These increasingly strange inventions eventually bankrupted him and left him with massive debts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To escape his creditors, he fled far from home and arrived at the kingdom’s border.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now lost and uncertain, he is considering whether to truly retreat into the Chaos Wastes to avoid his pursuers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Intelligence Four: Your iron mine has been excavating for ten days; despite manpower shortages, the scale remains small.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet over these past days, over a thousand catties of iron ore have been extracted daily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Estimated daily profit: two gold coins.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This bustling activity has finally caught the attention of Lord Pat, who has been monitoring the mine’s progress.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He originally feared you’d discover the mine was forged—but now, iron ore is flowing continuously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shocked and suspicious, he immediately dispatched spies to investigate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon learning the mine likely hasn’t been depleted, he regrets his decision and will arrive at the iron mine this afternoon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under the pretext of missing personnel, he intends to seize control of the mine!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Intelligence Five: Catherine rejected Duke Hernand’s pleas to stay and has returned to the Violet Family’s territory under the protection of Hernand family members.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Intelligence Six: Among those escorting Catherine is Duke Hernand’s second son… Count Finnel, Catherine’s uncle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After bidding farewell to Catherine, he did not immediately return home.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, he traveled south toward the Stormhold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His purpose is simple: to warn you, this penniless noble, to stay away from Catherine—you, a minor noble, are unworthy of the Hernand bloodline!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Good heavens! Gaviss exclaimed in astonishment!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another day of waking up naturally.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gaviss sat up comfortably on his goose-down bed, but before he could think further, a series of chimes reached his ears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At first, he thought the early messages were all good news.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the subsequent reports took a sharp downward turn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, Gaviss had already anticipated the last two less-than-ideal developments.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For instance, Lord Pat discovering the mine wasn’t depleted was inevitable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’s no fool—transporting massive quantities of iron ore can’t be hidden forever.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So exposure was bound to happen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, the situation is better than he’d feared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, he himself is now a viscount, and his strength isn’t negligible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for Catherine, Gaviss had already wondered: if she truly became a legitimate heir of the Hernand family, would she distance herself from him, a minor noble?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, to great nobles, minor nobles are little different from commoners.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, Catherine herself has passed the test—she’s truly consistent in character.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the Hernand family, bypassing her entirely, has taken it upon themselves to look down on him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“When the troops come, deploy soldiers; when the water rises, build earthworks! Nothing matters more than my elemental spirit and the Element Heart!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, Gaviss didn’t dwell on it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though still a second-rank noble, as a transmigrator with a golden finger, psychologically, he sees himself as the one who looks down upon all native inhabitants of this world!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Slap! Slap! Slap!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After taming his subordinate maid with waves of energy, Gaviss went to the dining hall to enjoy a lavish breakfast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While eating, he listened to reports from Old John, Thomas, and others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First, the harvest of Lightning Silver Fish is finally winding down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For nearly ten days, the first week yielded around three thousand catties daily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then it dropped to a thousand catties, and now it’s down to just a few hundred.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, Gaviss amassed nearly twenty thousand catties of Lightning Silver Fish.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This quantity fully satisfies his subordinates’ annual needs—and leaves a surplus.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Second, the shipyard construction has begun, with over a hundred workers mobilized, aiming to complete it within a week.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Reports also covered seafood sales, farmland expansion, and more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In short, every report boils down to one phrase: Stormhold is thriving!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Set sail! Depart!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After breakfast, Gaviss and his retinue hurried to the coast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The elemental spirit was barely clinging to life; Gaviss dared not delay.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The black dragon’s sails billowed in the wind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Amid the crashing waves, the dark hull cut through the ocean toward the endless sea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gaviss first arrived at Sugarcane Island to inspect the slaves’ progress in refining sugar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After confirming the purity of the refined sugar, he departed satisfied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a lord, Gaviss couldn’t possibly handle every detail himself—even sugar refining.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So he hired several trustworthy families with high salaries to specialize in sugar refinement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had already informed them they wouldn’t be allowed to return to shore for at least five years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With five years, Gaviss believed he’d have ample time to develop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“My lord! A small protruding island has appeared due east—it’s likely very small, but could it be your target?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, a lookout on the mast shouted across the blue ocean.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Is that so? Head over and take a look!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gaviss perked up immediately, gazing eagerly toward the east.\u003C\u002Fp>",1152,"2026-06-20T22:44:01.160Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","992f6edf50ea2e973c5f26f9d1dc845109e9fbc83f98c19b87578ee84e6f9034","warlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-chapter-194","warlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-chapter-192",521,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fwarlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-cover.jpg"]