[{"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-442":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},2338905,4572,"Chapter 442: Are You Dreaming?","warlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-chapter-442",442,"\u003Cp>\"Grand Leader Moral, what do we do now? His Majesty the Beast King ordered us to finish this quickly, but those damn two-legged sheep nobles have fled north.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moral hesitated for a moment, then gritted his teeth: \"His Majesty has already made arrangements for Lindongcheng—there will be no problem!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Even without our ten thousand beast warrior heroes, it won’t make much difference!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But if we don’t eliminate this group of humans now, they’ll remain a lasting threat to our beast race—so these humans must die, and that noble Gervas must die too!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Therefore, we must pursue that damn brat with all our strength until we annihilate them completely!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This... Grand Leader Moral, is this really safe?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Of course it’s safe! I’ll send messengers right away to inform His Majesty the Beast King of the situation—any consequences fall entirely on me, Moral, and won’t touch any of you!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon hearing this, the leaders and captains all breathed a sigh of relief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"By the way, these damn humans are too cunning—besides our own pursuit, I think we must notify the beast warriors scattered across the western regions to join the chase!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Send out messengers immediately!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, Grand Leader Moral!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without further delay, Moral’s group pressed forward—except for the messengers sent to relay the news, everyone else headed straight north in pursuit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By the next day, Gervas learned the beast folk were relentlessly chasing him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He also learned that Moral, besides his twenty-thousand-strong army, planned to request reinforcements from surrounding areas.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this wasn’t surprising—he knew the beast folk now hated him with a burning fury, and feared his spearmen, so they wouldn’t let him go easily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In response, Gervas accelerated his retreat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though he had gained a full day’s head start, his escape window was still tight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The reason was simple: along the northern route ahead lay two checkpoints held by beast folk that he must breach.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only after passing these two checkpoints would he truly enter the wasteland.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, how swiftly he could break through these two checkpoints would determine whether he could escape pursuit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My lord, look—there’s a fortress ahead!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two days later, a stone fortress blocked the road ahead of Gervas and his men.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fortress was small, no larger than a camp for two thousand men.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it had been built by the kingdom to defend against beast invasions, constructed to the highest standards.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its walls stood twelve meters high—taller than a baron’s castle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, the fortress sat within a mountain pass, offering a single-man-defends-the-pass, ten-thousand-men-cannot-break-through stance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under normal circumstances, with one or two thousand defenders inside, an enemy would need five to six times the numbers just to dare approach.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With ten times the force, they might attempt a direct assault.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Move closer and take a look!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This fortress was the only path north for Gervas’s group—and now, the beast-bone banners flying atop its walls confirmed its defenders were beast folk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Indeed, as Gervas’s party neared, tall green-skinned figures became visible in the distance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My lord, what do we do? Judging by the guard strength and numbers, there must be at least a thousand beast folk inside?\" Mi Gen and the others frowned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Precisely two thousand one hundred: six hundred beast warriors, fifteen hundred conscripts,\" Gervas murmured to himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Intelligence that morning had reported the exact numbers inside the fortress.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But such limited intel offered no help in breaching it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Roar! You’re a two-legged sheep army?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, a startled shout rang out from the fortress wall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At first, seeing Gervas’s party approach, the beast folk had assumed they were southern conscripts returning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though odd, perhaps they had some mission.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But as the two-legged sheep drew nearer, they realized this human force was no conscript band.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a human army.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, the gleaming silver armor worn by these humans was something even beast warrior heroes coveted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Conscripts could never be equipped with such gear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gervas said nothing, but signaled Mi Gen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mi Gen understood instantly, spurred his horse forward several meters, then shouted arrogantly upward: \"Green-skinned bastards in the fortress, listen up!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We are the Storm Legion of the Griffin Kingdom’s Storm Domain! You are now surrounded by us!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We give you one final chance: lay down your weapons, open the gates, and surrender—or we will storm this fortress and exterminate you all!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon hearing Mi Gen’s words, the beast folk on the wall froze—then erupted into roaring laughter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ha! Did I hear that right? These two-legged sheep are telling us to surrender? Soldiers, are you serious? Ha!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yeah! Said they’ve surrounded us! Ha! Are these two-legged sheep insane?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is too funny! Two-legged sheep soldiers, are you dreaming?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mocking laughter poured down from above, making Mi Gen grit his teeth, his nose nearly crooked with rage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If they’d roared back angrily, that would’ve been normal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this mockery felt like a deep insult.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You damn green-skinned bastards—this is your last chance! If you don’t take it, then die!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ha! Two-legged sheep soldiers, we don’t want your ‘last chance’—why don’t you come and wipe us out? Let’s see how you two-legged sheep defeat us!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Exactly! Two-legged sheep, we’re eager to see it! Ha!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The beast folk laughed louder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clearly, they’d never suffered at the hands of human soldiers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hum!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whoosh!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, a hum and a whistling cut through the air from within the Storm Legion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A massive black streak shot toward the fortress wall at blinding speed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The beast folk, still doubled over laughing, saw no danger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then—plop—the black streak struck the wall, flashing through the chest of a beast folk still grinning wide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His laughter died instantly. He stared down in disbelief at his chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A gaping hole now pierced it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking through the hole to the other side, a crater marred the wall behind—stone shattered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the ground below, a broken arrow, as thick as a man’s wrist, lay in the dirt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why... so thick...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thud. The beast folk collapsed, kicking out his final, chaotic dance of life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I remember running beneath that sunset... that was my lost youth... uh...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The beast folk closed his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only then did the surrounding beast folk snap back to reality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Damn it! Take cover!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The beast folk scrambled behind the battlements.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, an arrow that could pierce a beast warrior’s chest—this was their first time seeing such a thing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was terrifying!\u003C\u002Fp>",1059,"2026-06-20T22:44:02.688Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","bc20a054394198a6815cb7f0690b78042bd3e736c78412d14a077bfae0ceb655","warlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-chapter-443","warlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-chapter-441",521,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fwarlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-cover.jpg"]