[{"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-347":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},2338810,4572,"Chapter 347","warlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-chapter-347",347,"\u003Cp>Intelligence Four: This afternoon, a team from Eagle City will arrive in Stormhold, carrying the kingdom's latest conscription order.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yes, you ultimately couldn't escape this royal conscription.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because someone wants you to join this northern campaign.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For instance, Fenil and Daur, or even the Eagle City cabinet officials!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, this time it’s not just you who’s been manipulated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Your neighbors, Mil and others, also seem to have caught Wilard’s attention.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because Wilard has long heard that the killers behind the Wolf Gang’s destruction have never been caught.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having lost his heir, his mind has twisted, and he’s begun indiscriminate retaliation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Intelligence Five: Tonight, Storm Castle will welcome an unwelcome guest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She is a dangerous entity who has long roamed in the shadows.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her attitude toward you remains uncertain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because she has been drawn here by something in your territory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Intelligence Six: The Austin family has also received the conscription order.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the future heir, Adams’s recent conduct has greatly pleased Duke Austin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To secure Adams’s position as heir more quickly, Duke Austin has decided to take him along on this campaign this year.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon hearing the news, Adams felt excitement, but mostly unease.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because he’s heard of the dangers of combat!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So he even sent men to seek you out, hoping for some advice on whether to join this year’s northern campaign.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ding! Daily intelligence update complete!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Time flies—over ten days have passed since you helped Catherine drive away those noble suitors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, despite the time that’s passed, Gwys has been savoring it ever since.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He savors not just the sweetness, but also regrets his own impatience.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Back then, after he wrapped his arms around her slender, elastic waist, he wanted to go further—to climb the peak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But just as he began climbing, Catherine woke up, reacted violently, and shoved him away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gwys knew exactly why he failed—he was too hasty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From Catherine’s clumsy technique, it was clear this cold goddess was a complete novice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a novice like that, you need to give her time to adjust.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or help her lower her guard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For example, during prolonged oxygen deprivation, when she’s dizzy and disoriented.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Gwys launched his assault in just one minute—of course he failed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Next time, I should wait at least ten minutes—after all, Catherine is a Bronze Knight; her breath-holding ability is excellent!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gwys made this plan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because, fortunately,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>from Catherine’s final attitude, Gwys knew:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His seduction had already succeeded in large part—because that night, Catherine hadn’t thrown him out of the castle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although she didn’t meet him again during that time,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the next day, as he led his team to leave, he spotted Catherine secretly peeking from behind her bedroom window.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, as a lord, romance doesn’t need to be rushed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the ding sounded, Gwys knew he was about to get busy again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And again, he’d been manipulated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, he was on the conscription list too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Indeed, ideals are full-bodied, but reality is bone-thin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, knowing that Fenil of the Hernand family and Wilard were behind this, Gwys didn’t feel unfairly targeted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their motives for manipulating him were entirely reasonable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Mil and the others being caught up too? That’s just terrible luck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All because I once saved Rose and her daughter, killing the Wolf Brotherhood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First, they were conscripted to the western frontier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After barely surviving and returning home just a few months ago,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>now they’re being conscripted again—to the northern frontier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Guys, don’t blame me—how was I supposed to know Wilard, like his dead son, was so petty? He’s still holding a grudge over something so long ago!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wilard and Farrio—those father and son are truly dogs!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Captain, are you sure we haven’t gotten lost?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yeah, Captain! This desolate landscape—if not for the lack of border markers, I’d swear we’ve left the kingdom entirely!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“True, this place is supposed to be noble land? How does the lord even collect taxes? Does he tax wild boars in the wilderness?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On a dirt road within Stormhold, a group of over thirty men was advancing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It shouldn’t be wrong—everyone we asked said to follow this dirt road straight ahead to reach Stormhold!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then Captain, could you have misread the address? Maybe the note didn’t say Stormhold, but Rainstorm Hold or Heavy Rain Hold?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>SLAP!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Columbus struck his subordinate squarely on the head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You idiot, I told you to learn reading from the first mate—but you refused!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ask the first mate—did I misread the characters?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Waaah, Captain, I’m sorry!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The subordinate bowed his head, crestfallen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This group was Columbus’s adventuring team.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sea adventures are far less convenient than land ones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On land, even a lone adventurer with enough courage can set out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But at sea, you need a ship—so Columbus’s team has thirty-two members.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even this number is small by today’s standards, after the decline of sea adventuring.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Decades ago, during the golden age of sea exploration, a single ship would carry over a hundred men.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Look! We’re here!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, the group crested a hill and saw before them a vast plain, along with a castle and a town.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Columbus’s eyes flickered with doubt and concern—but he hid it, ordering his men to hurry toward the town and castle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The nobleman who gave this address wouldn’t be wrong—after all, those hundred gold coins were real.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since that distinguished nobleman gave this address, it must be correct.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, the hundred gold coins were real.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“My Lord, the guards report that a group of thirty men has arrived at the town gate, claiming they’re adventurers you funded for sea voyages!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gwys, awakened by the ding, lost all sleepiness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After being dressed by two lovely maids and enjoying a hearty breakfast,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>before he could even instruct Thomas to keep an eye out for Columbus, the guard reported Columbus’s arrival.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So they’ve finally arrived? Notify Raymond—prepare to depart!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, Gwys arrived at the town gate, escorted by knights and cavalry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His grand procession was visible from afar—Columbus’s group could see it clearly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing the familiar figure at the front, Columbus’s anxiety and unease vanished completely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The nobleman really was here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His adventure plan wouldn’t be derailed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps this land belonged to the nobleman’s friend or subordinate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“My lord, Gwys!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before Gwys’s horse had even stopped, Columbus rushed forward and bowed deeply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Columbus, I’m glad to see you again!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Also, don’t call me ‘lord’—just call me Lord Gwys. I am the lord of Stormhold!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This… Lord Gwys… you’re really the lord here?” Columbus’s face was filled with disbelief.\u003C\u002Fp>",1086,"2026-06-20T22:44:02.338Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","aee86fac83cb2c49824220273719d6e7c1226cf49e50ae2e18267f3cafb64789","warlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-chapter-348","warlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-chapter-346",521,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fwarlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-cover.jpg"]