[{"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-458":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},2338921,4572,"Chapter 458","warlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-chapter-458",458,"\u003Cp>And the results of the beastmen’s search were predictable—there was no discovery whatsoever.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aside from the corpses of beastman warriors, there were only the corpses of the servant troops.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the grain within the city, like before at the fortress, had been gathered onto the square and burned entirely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Where are the Bloodthirsty Bat Knights? Did you find their corpses?” Moral asked, his face dark.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“My Lord Moral, we found no trace of the Bloodthirsty Bat Knight lords!” his subordinate replied cautiously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moral clenched his fist again, his nails digging into his own flesh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Issue the order—our army departs immediately, no delays!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes, Grand Leader Moral!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moral did not want to waste a single moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, he would resolve this group of humans, no matter what.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not just to vent his anger, but for the future safety of the beastfolk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because Moral had a premonition.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If this time, that human named Gervas survives and returns home,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>then in the not-so-distant future, Gervas and his subordinates may threaten the safety of the Behemoth beastfolk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, after relentless travel, Moral led the beastman army to the wasteland.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And upon reaching the spot where Gervas had previously paused, Moral’s party naturally saw clear tracks heading west.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Grand Leader Moral, the tracks lead westward, and the horse dung on the ground is still warm—meaning they passed here roughly two hours ago!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moral nodded. “Pursue without pause. Until we catch these humans, no one stops!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moral refused to believe that those humans, after continuous battle, could still keep moving and fleeing—while his beastmen could not!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes, Grand Leader!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, the beastman force turned directly westward in pursuit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And this pursuit lasted over two hours.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, after two hours, the trail of carts and horses that had persisted all along suddenly vanished entirely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This left the beastman scouts ahead utterly bewildered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They hurried back to report to Moral.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Their tracks disappeared? What does that mean?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As his subordinate reported, Moral had not yet processed it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“G-Grand Leader, the human tracks… they’re gone. They… they seem to have vanished into thin air…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Impossible! Do you think these humans can fly?” Moral snapped back to awareness, his eyes blazing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How could a force of over a thousand simply vanish?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The subordinate shrank back, daring not to retort.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moral knew now was not the time to blame his men. “Take me there.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes, Grand Leader!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, Moral arrived at the front of the column.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Indeed, as he reached the front, the road ahead showed almost no traces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though he rarely hunted or herded, as a Behemoth beastman, he still possessed some tracking experience.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A force of over a thousand, plus horses and carts, must leave obvious traces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was impossible for them to vanish like this!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How could this happen?” Moral finally turned his gaze back to his subordinate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Grand Leader, I… I have a theory. Perhaps the humans deliberately concealed their tracks. So I’ve already sent teams to scout the surrounding area!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then what are they trying to achieve?” Moral knew this was the only possibility.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But why would Gervas, without reason, hide his trail?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His route was fixed—west was the only escape path.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Concealing his tracks was pointless—it wouldn’t help, only slow them down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet his subordinate clearly had no answer to this second question.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moral dropped the matter. “Search thoroughly. Double the scouts. Find the humans’ direction as fast as possible!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes, Grand Leader!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In truth, Moral did not wait long.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Less than half an hour later, a scouting team returned in haste.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Grand Leader Moral, we found the humans’ trail!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Where? Can you confirm? If confirmed, order the army to pursue immediately!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The subordinate hesitated, his expression uneasy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moral glared. “Speak! If you waste pursuit time and let that damned Gervas escape, I’ll cut off your heads!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“G-Grand Leader, the human trail isn’t far—it’s two li north, but… the tracks… they’ve turned back east…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What did you say?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I… I mean, the tracks seem to have turned east again…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So after chasing for hours, those damned humans circled back and ran the other way?” Moral erupted in fury.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes, Grand Leader. After finding the trail, our scouts followed it for four or five li without any change in direction.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Meanwhile, other scouting teams have fully surveyed the surrounding eight li—all with no human traces, especially no horse dung…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, even if Moral refused to believe it, he had no choice but to accept it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tracks left by carts and people could be concealed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But tracks left by horses—especially horse dung—were far harder to erase.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, if no horse dung existed in the eight-li radius elsewhere, it was nearly certain no human force had passed through.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Pursue! And this time, send scouts ahead! No more mistakes!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes, Grand Leader!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Immediately, the beastman force followed the newly discovered trail once more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, for caution’s sake, Moral also dispatched hundreds of men to continue westward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was to guard against any stragglers escaping west.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Second, he ordered the western support units to advance eastward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, roughly two hours later, Moral and his men returned to their starting point.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though he repeatedly confirmed with his subordinates whether they’d made an error, when they rediscovered far larger human troop traces heading east, Moral fell into deep thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the earlier traces might have been a deception,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>then these new traces on the eastern road proved beyond doubt that a force of over a thousand had passed here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, Moral now knew for certain—he had been tricked. Tricked by that damned Gervas.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moral burned with rage, yet forced himself to stay calm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For something more important than anger now demanded his attention.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What was the purpose of this?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The humans’ only escape route was west.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet they fled east instead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And to the east lay the main beastfolk army—if they escaped Moral’s pursuit, they could not return to the kingdom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, they risked being detected by the main force, which would then send more troops to annihilate them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Damned Gervas, what exactly are you trying to do?” Gradually, Moral’s eyes turned bloodshot. A vague, indescribable sense of danger stirred in his heart—but he could not grasp it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wait!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After some time, Moral suddenly widened his eyes, fear flashing across his gaze.\u003C\u002Fp>",1043,"2026-06-20T22:44:02.688Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","9db64fee1451cdd06a1375045ce9ece0eb0cf6635d50ff890b12f380305226ab","warlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-chapter-459","warlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-chapter-457",521,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fwarlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-cover.jpg"]