[{"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-217":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},2338680,4572,"Chapter 217: The Petty Thoughts of a Man!","warlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-chapter-217",217,"\u003Cp>Originally, the five men had awakened five to six minutes after Freya and the others left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, they chose not to leave Stormhold immediately, but instead thought the tribal savages would attack the castle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That would mean Maitian Town would descend into chaos and be left undefended.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So after discussing it, they decided to stay behind and take full advantage of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When they heard the screams of battle erupt above the castle, they rushed into the town and began looting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But they never expected that Gervas’s Pursuing Moon had been watching them all along.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As they robbed the town, Pursuing Moon found the guards and led them to capture the thieves!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Given that these five bandits broke into the serf Jonah’s home, beat Jonah severely with a wooden club, looted his belongings, and attempted to rape his wife, by Lord Gervas’s judgment, these five bandits are guilty of heinous crimes—immediate execution by hanging!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Now, the hanging begins!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Lord Gervas is mighty! Kill these vile bandits!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Lord Gervas is wise! Kill these scum!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After hearing Laurent’s announcement of their crimes and seeing Jonah himself, his head wrapped in blood-stained bandages, being carried forward to testify,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the townsfolk erupted in fury, shouting for the bandits to be executed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Amid the crowd’s cheers and stares, the five bandits were executed on the spot, and their bodies would be hung in the town square for several days as a warning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Freya learned these men had tried to take advantage of the chaos, her once-clear eyes grew clouded with confusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This poor child has clearly been sheltered too well by her father!” Gervas marveled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Ding! Daily intelligence has been refreshed…】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Intelligence One: With Stormhold’s prosperity, some refugees from the wastelands have heard of it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They are honest, hardworking refugees who survive by farming and foraging in the wastelands, then trading their goods in the kingdom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the past, they usually traded in Lord Pat’s domain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because Lord Pat was greedy enough to turn a blind eye as long as they paid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But after you defeated Lord Pat, he came to realize the weakness of his domain’s strength,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>so he began imposing heavier taxes across his territory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hoping to use the revenue to develop his lands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Naturally, these refugees became the first victims.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The goods they sell in Lord Pat’s domain now require a seventy percent tax.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such taxes have driven many refugees to risk traveling to other noble domains for trade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Your Stormhold, being relatively close and home to wealthy serfs, has become one of the destinations they now attempt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At least a hundred refugees are expected to arrive at Stormhold today to trade!】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Intelligence Two: The dangers of the Death Mountains are not unique to humans—they threaten all races.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This morning, at a lake thirty li east of Eagle Peak, a battle erupted between a group of fourth-rank griffins and a group of sixth-rank Iron-Spined Vultures.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the end, there was no victor; both sides were left severely wounded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two Iron-Spined Vultures died outright, while nine griffins perished immediately, and six more lay gravely injured!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their final moments of life will come this afternoon.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Intelligence Three: Do you remember the Holy Light Flower, which can grow in areas tainted by death energy?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is a light-elemental medicinal plant whose entire body is valuable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Holy Light Flower itself can be ground into powder and applied to the skin, granting temporary resistance against dark death energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It also repels low-rank dark creatures, who flee from its holy aura.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, its greatest power lies in the Holy Light Fruit it bears when mature.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Consuming the Holy Light Fruit grants permanent resistance to dark attributes and increases affinity with light attributes!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Currently, the Holy Light Flowers have begun maturing and fruiting, growing along the edge of death-tainted zones between the Death Mountains and the Chaos Wastelands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If not harvested, they will wither and die within a week.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Intelligence Four: After months of trade, you have forged deep friendship with the sea-folk Bowa tribe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both sides have gained tremendous benefits from this trade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet, unlike your cautious approach and focus on military development, the Bowa tribe’s military strength has lagged far behind their wealth growth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This has made the Bowa tribe a target in the eyes of other sea-folk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two days ago, a coalition of sea-folk merfolk attacked the Bowa tribe, killing nearly half their tribal warriors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Today, Waga will come to Stormhold seeking your aid!】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Intelligence Five: Today, Lord Pat’s castle will receive a secret team from Eagle City,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and the two sides appear to be negotiating something.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Intelligence Six: Thanks to your help, the birthday cake made Lord Austin’s birthday famous far and wide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lord Austin has openly ordered his eldest son to reclaim the family fleet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After understanding his father’s intentions, Adams immediately began efforts to reclaim the fleet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He followed your advice, especially using gold to pave the way—and the results have been quite promising.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gently awaken the slumbering soul, slowly open your eyes!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another beautiful day has begun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the daily intelligence system’s ding came as usual.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After carefully digesting today’s intelligence, Gervas knew this would be another busy day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Today’s intelligence was mixed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The refugees attempting to trade at Stormhold, the Holy Light Flowers, the griffins—all promising opportunities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But there was bad news too: the Bowa tribe was in crisis.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Waga was the only one who could communicate with humans… well, at least the only one Gervas knew of.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So Waga absolutely could not be harmed—he provided Gervas each month with abundant Nightlight Pearls and sea fish.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Furthermore, Intelligence Five was highly significant: a mysterious team from Eagle City had visited Lord Pat’s castle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though the system had not revealed the identity of this team, Gervas could likely deduce something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I hope you’ll behave yourself—if not, and you’re used as a pawn, don’t blame me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A cold glint flashed in Gervas’s eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ding-ding-ding!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The doorbell jingled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a creak, the bedroom door opened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Good morning, my lord!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Good morning… my lord!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Good morning, Carolyne!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Good morning, Freya… maid!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing the two pretty maids, Gervas’s slightly downcast mood from the bad intelligence lifted again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially seeing Freya, the maid whose beauty carried a touch of wildness, he felt a surge of pride.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps this was the petty desire of a man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wanting a woman to obey him completely, yet secretly craving to conquer a defiant one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After days of training, this new maid seemed to be slowly adapting to her role.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially when Gervas often muttered about “missing the feel of certain faces,” the proud little princess pretending to be a maid instantly lost her temper.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The reason was simple: those heirs were all sons of chieftains from tribes loyal to their fathers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their capture by Gervas had already filled Freya with deep guilt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If she caused those heirs to become Iron Claw No. 2, she absolutely could not bear to see it happen.\u003C\u002Fp>",1157,"2026-06-20T22:44:02.338Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","ebc4effc819b28b3d2d8eb6c4678d5c87560a53c6049b36a14fa44bc69ac7d1e","warlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-chapter-218","warlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-chapter-216",521,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fwarlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-cover.jpg"]