[{"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-436":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},2338899,4572,"Chapter 436: Was It Really Divine Punishment?","warlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-chapter-436",436,"\u003Cp>“Divine Punishment? What divine punishment? Could it be that just now’s thunderous boom?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching their subordinates continuously pouring out of the castle, Moral and the others froze mid-smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They faintly heard the words “divine punishment,” but failed to grasp the gravity of the situation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, as leaders and rulers, they certainly weren’t as foolish as the lower-class orcs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, they had heard the thunderous boom just now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But that shouldn’t have anything to do with divine punishment, right?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Divine punishment always descends from the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sky just now was perfectly normal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Splash! Splash!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Great Leader Moral, disaster! Something’s happened inside the castle—sudden flashes of fire and thunderous booms, then dozens of orc warriors collapsed!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Now the warriors all believe it’s the humans’ divine punishment! They’re fleeing in terror!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, the Bloodthirsty Bat Knights, tasked with overseeing the battle, descended from the sky and urgently reported the events inside the castle to Moral and the others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Flashes? Thunderous booms? Dozens of orc warriors collapsing? How is that possible?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the Bloodthirsty Bat Knights spoke, Moral and the others, who had previously disbelieved in divine punishment, turned pale.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Bloodthirsty Bat Knights clearly wouldn’t lie to them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This bizarre situation was truly beyond their comprehension.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Great Leader Moral, what should we do? Should we order the warriors to retreat first?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Retreat? How? The orcs on the slope can retreat—but what about those in the rear garden and on the walls?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moral’s face turned ashen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though retreating from the castle now was a reasonable option.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had already committed too many orc warriors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If they ordered a retreat, the orcs in the rear garden and on the walls would be abandoned outright.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, Moral hesitated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, his indecision didn’t last long.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For as soon as Gervas gave his order, Migen swiftly ignited a fuse on the wall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This fuse, protected by hollow bamboo tubes, was aimed at the edge of the slope.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hiss-hiss-hiss!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fuse burned rapidly, extending along the bamboo tube pathway down toward the cliff face beside the slope.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom! Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moments later, the ground in the middle of the slope violently shook—first collapsing violently, then exploding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Flames mixed with thick sand and stones shot into the sky; there were four explosion points, affecting a twenty-meter radius.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before the orcs within the blast zone could even comprehend what was happening, the next instant they were hurled into the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I… we’re flying…?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the final thought of the flying orcs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After that thought, their vision plunged into darkness, and consciousness vanished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thud! Thud! Thud!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then came the sound of bodies landing like sacks of rags.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“L-Lord, this… this power is too immense!?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Pretty impressive, right?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Im… impressive?” Migen blinked, unsure what “impressive” meant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It means spectacular?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Migen understood and immediately nodded frantically. “Spectacular! Extremely spectacular, Lord! In all my years, I’ve never seen anything so spectacular!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If I didn’t know this was our own setup, I’d swear it was divine punishment!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A twenty-meter radius, flames and sandstone flung thirty meters into the sky, even hurling orcs over ten meters through the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such terrifying power exceeded Migen’s understanding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And this was Gervas’s ultimate arrangement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It not only inflicted effective casualties on the crowded orcs on the slope but also severed part of their escape route.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The explosion created a ten-meter cliff.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the cliff now present, the orcs above were trapped on the slope.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This… this… divine punishment… is it really divine punishment?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even Migen, the perpetrator, was stunned—how much more unbelievable would this seem to Moral and the unaware orcs?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moral had been half-skeptical, but after witnessing the explosion on the slope and feeling the earth-shaking roar, fear took root in his heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s truly divine punishment! Leader Moral, we must retreat!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes! Leader Moral, if we stay any longer and divine punishment strikes us, we won’t survive!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The surrounding leaders and captains trembled in terror.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moral finally gritted his teeth: “Retreat!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whoop! Whoop! Whoop!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Horns blared instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Run! Everyone, run! These humans have the gods’ aid—we can’t defeat them!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the horn blasts, the orcs finally found an outlet for their panic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The orcs who hadn’t yet charged up the slope turned and fled without hesitation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They fled with ease—but the orcs still on the slope suffered terribly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because the slope had been shattered, the ten-meter drop left them with no escape.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though orcs possessed immense physical strength, they couldn’t defy the laws of physics.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially with shattered rocks scattered everywhere below.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Falling meant either instant death or, at best, broken bones—no different from death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, they could only watch helplessly as their comrades fled into the distance!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Storm Legion felt no mercy toward these orcs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Strike while the iron is hot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Taking advantage of the orcs’ clustered formation and shattered morale, the spearmen launched a counterattack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Spearmen! Advance!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Spearmen! Thrust!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Plop! Plop! Plop!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One orc after another fell into pools of blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This wasn’t over—the cannons were brought onto the walls!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Cannons! Fire!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom! Boom! Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Amid the thunderous roars, the orcs finally tasted the despair of being slaughtered without resistance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Damn it!” Moral had ordered the retreat, but hearing the chorus of screams behind him, his heart bled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Lord Moral, hurry and leave!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His subordinates feared he’d be foolish and urged him urgently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though over a thousand orc warriors were lost, the enemy had unleashed divine punishment—an unstoppable force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Roar! Roar! Roar!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, distant roars echoed from the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The orcs froze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next instant, they stared in horror toward the sky above the castle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A group of over a dozen flying beasts was chasing after them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among them, five were human griffon knights.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Griffon knights! There are human griffons here too?! We’ve been tricked! This is the damned humans’ trap!” Moral’s eyes burned with hatred—he now believed the intelligence had been a conspiracy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, griffon knights were exclusive to the human nobility; minor nobles could never possess them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Quick! Retreat!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moral no longer delayed—he feared that if he waited any longer, even his own men wouldn’t escape.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Bloodthirsty Bat Knights, to cover the ground troops’ retreat, had no choice but to confront the pursuing griffon knights.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bloodthirsty Bat Knights and human griffon knights were old rivals, evenly matched in strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this time, Gervas’s side had ten Swiftwing Hawks assisting—naturally, the Bloodthirsty Bat Knights were at a disadvantage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the end, sacrificing one Bloodthirsty Bat Knight, they held off the Swiftwing Hawks and griffon squad for half an hour, buying time for the ground forces to retreat.\u003C\u002Fp>",1094,"2026-06-20T22:44:02.688Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","14b1493ea92f85f8083328ca2e5430aba1248eec175d2e3b588fbecdd1eab17a","warlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-chapter-437","warlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-chapter-435",521,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fwarlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-cover.jpg"]