[{"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-393":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},2338856,4572,"Chapter 393: Punishment Doubled!","warlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-chapter-393",393,"\u003Cp>Yes, my lord, I am Adams; my father is Marquis Austin!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Didn’t you just return to camp? How could you already…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having confirmed Adams’s identity, Hawkins was even more stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Originally, he had arrived so quickly not because of a report from his subordinates.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under normal circumstances, private brawls among noble heirs required no direct intervention from the knight commander—just a few Silver Knights could handle it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, with these noble heirs, you could only try to calm them down, document the incident, report it upward, and wait for higher authorities to decide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, Hawkins had actually come here on orders from the legion’s supreme commander, specifically to invite this noble youth who had earned great merit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the legion’s supreme commander’s gesture to show respect for the Austin family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He never expected that on his way to find Adams, he happened to witness the brawl.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Lord Hawkins, I truly just returned to camp not long ago, and I had only just finished washing up and stepped out of our Austin family camp!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But unexpectedly, as I walked, Wyatt—drunk and just leaving Red Stone City—spotted me and deliberately provoked and humiliated me!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Even after I rebutted him, he flew into a rage and attacked me outright—this is the brawl you witnessed!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Listening to Adams’s explanation and seeing his bruised, swollen face, Hawkins’s expression turned utterly grim, his gaze sharp as he fixed on Wyatt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Adams, such a brave young man, had just returned from the battlefield, while Wyatt and these noble sons had only just finished their revelry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That alone was bad enough—but they dared to harass Adams!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Commander Hawkins, we were merely joking among young men, not deliberately humiliating him as he claims!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps sensing Hawkins’s unfavorable expression, Wyatt felt a flicker of fear and quickly defended himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After speaking, Wyatt prepared to flee.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Hawkins naturally would not let him escape.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Joking? Young Master Wyatt, you—a Silver Knight—fighting a Bronze Knight—is that joking?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hawkins’s battle aura flared beneath his feet; his body shot forward like a bolt and seized Wyatt by the collar before he could run.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hawkins, what are you doing? My grandfather is Duke Hernade! If you dare harm me, the Hernade family will never let you live in peace!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hawkins sneered. “I know you’re a Hernade heir, but this time, you won’t be able to hide behind your family’s title. You’re coming with me to meet the legion’s supreme commander.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hawkins turned to Adams.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Young Master Adams, I’ve come here on direct orders from the legion’s supreme commander—to personally invite you, our great hero!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You led the Austin family soldiers and slew five hundred orcs, successfully thwarting their ambush on Gray Stone Bridge Camp!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Now, the supreme commander and two dukes are waiting—please come with me at once!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Swish!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What? Did I hear wrong? What did Commander Hawkins just say?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Commander Hawkins seemed to say Adams led Austin family troops and slew five hundred orcs, foiling some kind of ambush…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before Adams could answer, the group of noble youths erupted in shock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had all just come from taverns and had heard nothing of any battle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Let me tell you—tonight, while you were carousing, the Austin family received intelligence that orcs might attack Gray Stone Bridge Pass.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then Adams personally led five thousand Austin family guards and crushed an ambush of over a thousand orcs and three thousand auxiliaries!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yet no one expected that such a hero, having just returned, would be bullied by worthless fools who only know drinking, gambling, and pleasure!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Of course, I’m certain the supreme commander and the two dukes will see justice done for Adams!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Young Master Adams, please.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Thank you, Commander Hawkins!” Adams was pleased—Hawkins had just publicly praised him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing the stunned expressions of the noble youths around him, he knew he would become a celebrity from now on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, Wyatt’s face had turned ashen, like a withered eggplant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All of this filled Adams with an unprecedented sense of satisfaction and exhilaration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, Adams did not know he had, by sheer coincidence, just experienced the plot of a former elite soldier returning home and playing the fool.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Supreme Commander, Young Master Adams has been brought!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh? He’s here? Commander Hawkins, please bring Adams in!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing the report, the legion’s supreme commander and the two dukes immediately turned their gazes toward the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Marquis Austin also beamed with pride, awaiting his son’s entrance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in the next instant, everyone froze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hawkins, what is this?” The supreme commander stared in disbelief at Adams’s bruised face and Wyatt, dangling like a chicken.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Adams, how did you get like this?” At last, Marquis Austin recognized his eldest son.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This… this is Adams? Did he get injured earlier?” The supreme commander and the two dukes exchanged glances.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, Hawkins quickly explained: “Supreme Commander, here’s what happened…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He recounted everything he knew, then pointed to Wyatt, who still kept his head bowed, refusing to look up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wyatt?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Duke Hernade could hardly believe it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Earlier, Wyatt had kept his head down—he hadn’t recognized him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, with Commander Hawkins naming him outright, he had no choice but to recognize him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a thud, Wyatt dropped to his knees.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Grandfather, I know I’m wrong! I was only joking with him…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Enough!” Duke Hernade snapped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even Hawkins wouldn’t believe that excuse—how could he possibly fool the duke?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The duke had previously heard rumors about his second grandson’s debauchery.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had even questioned his third son—Wyatt’s father.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Wyatt’s parents had covered it all up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now it was clear: this boy had become far too arrogant and reckless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Austin family was even allied by marriage to his own—yet this fool dared to provoke and bully them!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For the first time, Wyatt saw his grandfather’s fury—and he trembled, too terrified to speak another word.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Austin, I failed to discipline my own descendants—I apologize to you!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Also, Supreme Commander, Wyatt has broken military law. Do not spare him out of respect for me—punish him severely! Whatever punishment others receive, double it!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No! Grandfather, I know I’m wrong!” Wyatt wailed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was to be punished even more severely?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If others got twenty lashes, he’d get forty?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he wouldn’t just lose any chance of glory—he’d be lucky if he could get out of bed before the campaign ended.\u003C\u002Fp>",1052,"2026-06-20T22:44:02.338Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","8205d26a9206722b6e0490ff41d5f2bca85fc905546bf7e12f5b0eb8a75226f9","warlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-chapter-394","warlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-chapter-392",521,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fwarlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-cover.jpg"]