[{"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-2":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},2338465,4572,"Chapter 2: Celebrate Extravagantly!","warlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-chapter-2",2,"\u003Cp>Gervas, holding a spear and wearing an obviously oversized, worn leather armor, stood outside the wooden wall of the arena.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The civil official began announcing to the audience the challenger for this round.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the crowd learned the challenger was a minor noble’s second son with no reputation, a chorus of boos erupted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Commoners and serfs may lack experience, but they are not fools.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This poor noble’s second son’s armor didn’t even fit—he was clearly borrowing it, and undoubtedly meant to be cannon fodder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I declare this round of challenge begun! Let us wish Gervas Gail success!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The torrent of boos had no effect on the civil official; after his brief speech, he announced the challenge had begun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Kid, here’s what you asked for—the challenge starts now. I’ll give you one last chance: return the silver coins, and we’ll let you out the moment it’s over!” The same soldiers who had just been “extorted” approached Gervas and handed him a porcelain bottle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gervas took the bottle first, then smiled and said, “Dream on!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that, Gervas stepped directly through the gate of the enclosure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You bastard!” The soldiers clenched their teeth in fury, powerless to stop him, hoping only that the Corroding Black Bear would be strong enough to tear the boy apart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Roar! Roar! Roar!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though deprived of sight and hearing, the Corroding Black Bear’s sense of smell remained keen—it sensed Gervas’s approach instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The scent of living flesh made the already injured and enraged bear go even wilder, charging toward Gervas at full speed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The massive bear radiated overwhelming power, yet its short-distance speed matched any predator—each step sent a thudding tremor through the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fifty meters, thirty meters, ten meters…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In an instant, the Corroding Black Bear reached him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ah!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A cry of shock rose from the crowd, especially among noble ladies and ladies-in-waiting, who instinctively covered their eyes, unable to bear the bloody scene about to unfold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet the high nobles looked puzzled. “Why isn’t the boy running?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yeah, just run two laps—once a minute passes, he can surrender. That shouldn’t be too hard!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Could he be frozen with fear?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Possibly. Civil Official Poli, you’ll need to spend some time explaining and apologizing to this boy’s father after the challenge ends!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Civil Official Poli’s face twisted in agony. Just moments ago, the boy had seemed clever—now he’d turned into an idiot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as everyone believed Gervas was doomed, Gervas in the arena finally moved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the Corroding Black Bear was only two meters away, he flung a handful of red powder forward and simultaneously dove sideways to evade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aaaoooh!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The black bear was struck by the red powder and let out a piercing, agonized roar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gervas, having dodged in time, safely avoided the charge and quickly pulled back over ten meters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Corroding Black Bear now had no attention left for Gervas—it staggered in place, shaking its head wildly and lashing out at random.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For the powder Gervas had thrown was chili powder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bear’s sense of smell was no less acute than a dog’s nose.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, with sight and hearing gone, and its smell overwhelmed by the chili powder, it became a true “blind man” in moments.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What happened? What did that second son do to the Corroding Black Bear?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I don’t know—could that powder be poison?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But the Corroding Black Bear is a dark creature—it’s immune to poison…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Amid the crowd’s confusion, Gervas confirmed the bear was thoroughly disoriented, then raised his spear and began advancing deliberately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the crowd gasped, convinced the second son had gone mad, Gervas thrust his spear straight at the bear’s eye socket.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Roar!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though he struck the bear’s head, the spear only scraped its thick skull.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bear grew even more furious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gervas stepped back two paces—he knew he had to strike fast, precise, and hard at the bear’s weakness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Die!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gervas charged forward again, seizing the moment to stab the spear with all his strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Plop!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, no resistance met his spear—the tip had pierced the bear’s eye socket with perfect accuracy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gervas, fearing it wasn’t enough, twisted the spear shaft with all his might.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a howl, the once thrashing Corroding Black Bear stiffened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thud. The bear collapsed, lifeless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The arena fell silent. Everyone stared, stunned, at what had just transpired.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially the sons of the high nobles waiting for their own turns.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They could not believe this minor noble’s second son had slain the Corroding Black Bear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was the Corroding Black Bear blind?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How could he have killed it so easily?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unlike the high noble sons, the commoners didn’t care.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This minor noble had slain the near-impossible Corroding Black Bear—a true, shocking reversal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, because Gervas was poor and lowly, they felt a personal sense of triumph—a small man’s revenge against the powerful—and erupted into a thunderous cheer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Brave! Gervas is brave!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Gervas is brave!”…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The commoners’ roar finally snapped the high nobles out of their shock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Civil Official Poli, what do we do now?” The high nobles stared at him, faces grim.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What to do?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course—celebrate extravagantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Civil Official Poli glanced sidelong at the high nobles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If not for their refusal to send their own sons into the arena, this minor noble’s second son would never have gotten the chance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, having slain the Corroding Black Bear before the eyes of all, even if Poli had a thousand courage, he dared not interfere further.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One hundred gold coins were tempting, but compared to his position and his life, they meant nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Gervas Gail, do you swear fealty to His Majesty, King Henryk VII, the Lion-Eagle?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I do!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Excellent. I, Poli, hereby declare on behalf of King Henryk VII that from this moment, Gervas Gail is officially ennobled as a noble of the kingdom, with the title of Baron!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Congratulations, Baron Gervas. Here are your letters of enfeoffment and land deed.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Taking the two parchment scrolls from Civil Official Poli, Gervas became the center of all attention.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Admiration, envy, jealousy, resentment, disdain—all stared at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gervas paid them no mind. As a transmigrator with a system and now a fief, he felt his ascent was about to begin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He opened the land deed, eager to see the location of his new territory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But as he read, Gervas froze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Stormhold? On the edge of the Death Mountains—the very land known as a death zone?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The four high noble sons who had also been ennobled glanced at his parchment and their expressions turned utterly bewildered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hahaha!” The high noble sons burst into laughter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What’s going on? What’s so funny?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yeah, why are they laughing?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their laughter drew curiosity from the surrounding crowd.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Do you know where his fief is?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Where?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Stormhold! The Stormhold near the Death Mountains!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What? That place full of barbarians and demons? Other border fiefs might be dangerous, but there? You go in, you die—no exceptions. Three lords have died there in the past decade!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clearly, the high nobles resented this minor noble for snatching their “fruit,” and had quietly arranged some mischief.\u003C\u002Fp>",1175,"2026-06-20T22:44:01.160Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","e1cb261609f8f4fb49143f05ac8cb49a84ae6c4a086b525eef53a02a3e76123e","warlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-chapter-3","warlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-chapter-1",521,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fwarlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-cover.jpg"]