[{"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-432":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},2338895,4572,"Chapter 432: Orc, You","warlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-chapter-432",432,"\u003Cp>“Solit, do you think the orcs will finally take care of that damn brat this time?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hah! No doubt about it. They already failed once before—if they still don’t take this seriously, they’re truly idiots!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Willard nodded, the tension in his chest slowly easing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at the bone tile in his hand, he felt even more certain this choice was right.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Willard, aren’t you glad you made that choice the night before last?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes, thank you, Solit, for your suggestion the day before yesterday!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hah, no need to thank me. We’re on the same boat now—keep this bone tile safe with you!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If the army truly collapses, this will be our lifeline!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t worry, Solit—I’ll keep it safe!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Good. Then let’s eagerly await the news of that damn brat’s death!” Solit nodded in satisfaction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, they were finally free of all worries.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Roar! Chief Moral, look over there! A human castle!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That’s the place!” Moral gazed into the distance and immediately spotted the small castle atop a hillock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such a castle would be hard to take if only dozens or a hundred men attacked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But they had six thousand men—taking this castle would be effortless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Humans, I hope what you said is true!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>About twenty minutes later, the orcs arrived outside the castle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the walls, Gervas had been waiting long enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Human, you’re Gervas?” Moral didn’t launch an immediate attack—he wanted to confirm more information from Gervas.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gervas knew exactly what Moral was thinking and smiled. “You’re Chief Moral, right? Yes, I’m Gervas!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I didn’t expect you’d actually come. Looks like Willard’s scheme really worked!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moral froze, then his expression darkened as he swiftly scanned the surroundings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, noble castles were built in open areas—no ambushes visible nearby.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Moral remained uneasy. “Are you and Willard in cahoots?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Of course we are. What else would you think? Chief Moral, do you really believe any human would betray information to you orc scum? Hah—you’ve been tricked!” Gervas laughed triumphantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Damn humans!” Moral was furious and alarmed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He immediately snatched the whistle at his waist and blew it into the sky. Instantly, two bloodthirsty bat riders descended, their wingspans stretching eight to nine meters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Did you notice anything unusual around here? Or along the way here?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Chief Moral, everything around the castle is normal. And along the route we took, there was nothing out of the ordinary!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Are you certain? No ambushes? No trackers? That human just claimed this might be their trap!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two bat riders exchanged glances, then replied with firm certainty: “Chief Major, we’re certain there are no large-scale ambushes within ten li!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“At least, if two or three hundred men had gathered, our bloodthirsty bats would’ve spotted them.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“And we found no anomalies along the way—no trackers or spies.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Good. Thank you both. Keep guarding the army. If I need you again, I’ll call for more.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two bat riders nodded and soared into the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moral turned his gaze back to Gervas. “Human, I don’t care what game you’re playing—I want to know: were those battles at Green River Valley and Red Stone City lost because of you?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Were those spearmen and swordsmen who could fight our orc warriors one-on-one your men?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gervas was utterly baffled. “Orc, are you imagining things? Your intelligence is clearly terrible!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The real heroes of those battles were Baron Mil, not me, Gervas. Don’t you even know that?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Besides, if I really had that much influence, do you think our Viceroy would’ve sent me here to fight?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This is just bait—designed solely to lure you stupid green giants here!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Remember the lesson at Gray Stone Bridge? Hah! I never thought you’d fall for it again!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Of course, Chief Moral, don’t lose heart—my castle does have spearmen and those mighty swordsmen!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“They were lent to me by Baron Mil. So if you want to taste defeat once more, go ahead and attack!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gervas was just making it all up on the spot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since Willard had repeatedly leaked secrets to the orcs—and now wanted to use Gervas as leverage to save his own life—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gervas decided to muddy the waters and ruin their plan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maybe after the orcs suffered heavy losses, they’d truly believe the humans had deliberately tricked them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then Willard and Solit would have a real problem.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking of this, Gervas felt a small thrill of excitement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Roar! Human, I don’t know if this is a trap, but you dare to disrespect our orc warriors—I’ll kill you all first!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since he confirmed no danger nearby, Moral had no intention of retreating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This mere baron’s castle could be taken in half an hour.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So he’d storm in, slaughter everyone inside, and capture Gervas.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not only would he fulfill the Beast King’s orders, but he could also extract valuable information from this noble named Gervas.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, Moral had no idea that this single decision would become his lifelong nightmare.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Orc warriors, prepare to attack!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ooooh!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Horns blared as the orcs formed ranks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, the main assault force was the vassal army!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Moral’s view, three thousand vassals were more than enough to swiftly seize the castle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Kill!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the next instant, the vassals charged up the gentle slope, carrying ladders and crude weapons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kaller Castle was a standard baronial fortress.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Built atop a hillock with a twenty-meter drop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though its cliffs were half as high as Gervas’s Stormwind Castle,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>twenty meters of cliff plus an eight-meter wall were enough to deter most attacks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, the only viable path for the enemy was the gentle slope ahead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ballistae, prepare!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Archers, prepare!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the dense wave of vassals neared the slope, commands rang out from the walls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under those orders, fifty archers quickly rose and took aim from behind the battlements.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ten ballistae mounted on the walls unveiled their covers, fully revealed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moral didn’t care much for the archers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the ballistae—he remembered them well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Last time, several wolf riders had been killed by those massive ballistae.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’d assumed humans had only five.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet now, there were ten.\u003C\u002Fp>",1008,"2026-06-20T22:44:02.688Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","e7e95128b4072fab53813d6b18fe6f7f37698068457b703eb2d348a119203964","warlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-chapter-433","warlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-chapter-431",521,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fwarlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-cover.jpg"]