[{"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-437":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},2338900,4572,"Chapter 437: Casualties and Victories!","warlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-chapter-437",437,"\u003Cp>\"My lord, the battlefield has been fully accounted for.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This time, we took eight hundred and seventy-three heads of orc servitors and one thousand three hundred and eighty-nine heads of orcs!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Excellent! Ha ha! Wonderful! Over a thousand orc heads—this achievement is undoubtedly the greatest glory of this entire army!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Indeed! Congratulations, my lord. Add this to our previous thousand-plus orc heads, and we’ve reached over two thousand. The King will surely grant you a new fief for this!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside Castle Kalle, as Laurent announced the headcount, the great hall erupted in cheers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This haul alone matched all their previous major battles combined.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gervas’s lips curled with joy, and his subordinates each offered their flattery.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a brief pause, Gervas turned to ask about casualties.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was something he cared deeply about.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My lord, the Storm Guard lost nine men dead, twelve severely wounded—but thanks to Lady Isabella’s aid, none of the severely wounded are in mortal danger; thirty-five suffered minor wounds, all still fit for battle!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he reported the casualties, Laurent’s face showed no emotion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even Migen and the others couldn’t help nodding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clearly, they were ‘satisfied’ with the death toll.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, war never comes without loss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Compared to the losses of other nobles’ troops, the Storm Legion’s casualty-to-kill ratio was undeniably a resounding victory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Gervas, a man from the modern world, long indoctrinated with the equality of life,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>still couldn’t help frowning slightly at the death toll.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, when he recalled his subordinates—each looking at him with hopeful eyes, laughing and joking before departure, their families clinging to them in tearful farewells—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>now they returned only as cold corpses, their living forms never returned to wives, children, or parents.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It pained him deeply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Bury the fallen guards properly, mark their graves clearly. When the war ends, we will return to bring them home. They are heroes of the kingdom—and heroes of Stormhold!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, my lord!\" At Gervas’s words, whether knight or common guard, every eye shone with gratitude.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To treat their subordinates as heroes—such a noble could only be their own lord.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And to promise to retrieve their remains after the war—few nobles could ever manage that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Often, merely digging a shallow pit to bury the guards was considered generous enough!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Time turned to the next day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The siege of Lindongcheng continued.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The human position grew increasingly dire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Orc King received good news daily—but this morning, with Moral’s return from the west, his good mood shattered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What happened? Three thousand tribal warriors and three thousand servitors couldn’t overcome a thousand humans?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Even if every human could fight one-on-one against our warriors, that still doesn’t justify your defeat and the loss of over a thousand tribal warriors—are you all useless gluttons?\" The Orc King’s roar nearly burst Moral’s eardrums.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The junior chieftains and captains trembled; Moral could only force himself to speak: \"Your Majesty, we were nearly taking Castle Kalle.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But then, sudden thunderous explosions and flashes of fire erupted from within Castle Kalle—in that instant, large numbers of our warriors fell!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The explosions and fire even shattered the gentle slope below Castle Kalle… our warriors, stunned by this sudden event, believed it divine punishment and immediately broke and fled!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Seeing the situation, we realized further combat was impossible. To minimize losses, we issued the retreat order...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Explosions and fire? Shattered the slope below Castle Kalle? Tell me every detail—leave nothing out!\" The Orc King finally stepped out of his rage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He knew Moral’s abilities well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So he understood: Moral and his men had truly encountered something beyond their power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your Majesty, this is how it happened...\" Moral wasted no time, recounting every detail since their arrival at Castle Kalle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Orc King frowned as he listened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are you certain you felt no magical fluctuation?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your Majesty, I did sense faint magical fluctuations—but they were extremely weak, weaker than half of a mid-tier spell!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moral had also considered human magic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But human mages always emitted obvious magical signatures when casting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On that day, from afar, he hadn’t sensed any fluctuation until the moment of explosion—only then did faint ripples appear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet even those ripples were too weak to support such an explosion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hence his uncertainty—he’d instinctively suspected divine punishment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Perhaps it’s a new human magic. These humans may be weak in body, but their minds are sharp!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"As for divine punishment—if humans truly had divine protection, would they still be trapped inside Lindongcheng?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moral and the junior chieftains froze, then suddenly understood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course—if humans had divine aid, would their army still be besieged in Lindongcheng?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your Majesty is wise!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Orc King’s expression remained unchanged. \"Now, let’s discuss whether this was truly a human scheme. Moral, speak.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your Majesty, the human noble named Gervas himself admitted it was their plan!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Moreover, as we retreated, they sent Storm Hawks to pursue us—resulting in the death of one Blood Bat Knight who sacrificed himself to cover our withdrawal!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Therefore, I believe the human’s claim is likely true—we were truly outmaneuvered!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he spoke, Moral’s eyes burned with hatred.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Twice!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had been outwitted by humans twice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both times, over a thousand tribal warriors had perished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, he now hated Vireld with every fiber of his being.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Orc King pondered. \"Logically, the human army is already trapped. They should be desperate to break out—not plotting to ambush a thousand of our orcs fifty miles away!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Also, according to scouts, there are five such checkpoints around Lindongcheng—three on the western side.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If humans truly intended to ambush us, the forces in the other two checkpoints should have moved too. Did they stir when you returned?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moral hesitated. \"Th-this, Your Majesty—the two other human checkpoints showed no movement at all. In fact, when they saw us, they cowered inside their wooden fortresses, too terrified to move!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yet, Your Majesty—if not a human scheme, then the Gray Stone Bridge was already too coincidental. And how could the men of Castle Kalle have pre-positioned magic on the slope unless they knew in advance we’d attack? How else could they have prepared?\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1013,"2026-06-20T22:44:02.688Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","399be1aa9ff0406e7134a3e311e988ed909d119c199e75740d3e8e15b12ce8d4","warlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-chapter-438","warlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-chapter-436",521,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fwarlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-cover.jpg"]