[{"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-489":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},2338952,4572,"Chapter 489","warlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-chapter-489",489,"\u003Cp>Willard jolted awake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yes, there was indeed a third person who knew they had communicated with the Beast Tribes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, this person was not the Stonecrack Marquis.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their earlier mission to contact the Beast King was disguised under Stonecrack Marquis’s excuse of framing Gervas.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, Stonecrack Marquis had personally approved it and even deployed Stonecrack family guards to assist in covering it up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, under no circumstances could Stonecrack Marquis expose their actions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the person this one referred to was Willard’s subordinate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This subordinate had previously been sent by Willard to communicate with the Beast Tribes and was privy to all of Willard and Solit’s dealings with the beasts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he were coerced, who could guarantee he wouldn’t leak some information?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Solit, you mean…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Willard, find him immediately. If he’s already dead, all the better—but if he’s still alive, you and I must kill him, no matter what!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“And do it fast. If the army fully settles down and he dies afterward, even an idiot will know something’s wrong!” Solit’s eyes gleamed with malice!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Fine! Let’s go now!” Willard knew this matter demanded speed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Killing this subordinate now would let them directly blame the Beast Tribes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, half the army still remained within the city gates, and the city was filled with countless houses and courtyards—if the subordinate was still alive, luring him to a secluded spot to kill him would be perfect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without delay, the two immediately lowered their heads and slipped quietly toward the rear of the crowd.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The nobles’ attention was entirely fixed on Gervas; no one noticed Willard and Solit’s movements.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Added to that, the Beast King had ordered a retreat, so the Beast Warrior units that had surrounded them began withdrawing, lifting the blockade entirely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, the two slipped soundlessly away from the noble contingent and swiftly headed toward Lindongcheng.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet, what they believed went unnoticed was already under surveillance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whoosh! Whoosh!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, Eufan rode in on a Magic Swift Eagle and landed on the platform, then hurried over to Gervas and whispered urgently into his ear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Grand Commander and senior nobles nearby witnessed everything but said nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At most, their eyes betrayed a flicker of curiosity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gervas, however, had no intention of leaving them in suspense—he gave Eufan a few instructions to notify Mick and the others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he turned to the Grand Commander.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Grand Commander, although I’ve been cut off from Lindongcheng this entire time, after capturing the Royal Tent Palace, I found numerous letters within it containing intelligence about what transpired in Lindongcheng during this period!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“For instance, the army’s grain supplies were burned multiple times. And five hundred Beast Tribes infiltrated Lindongcheng without a sound.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Could these events be true?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Grand Commander froze, then nodded. “Yes, Gervas. During your absence, our army suffered repeated Beast Tribe infiltrations and sabotage of our grain stores!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Without these incidents, even if the Beast King had planned perfectly, our kingdom’s army could never have been defeated!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“With sufficient grain, we could have held out inside the city for one or two months without issue!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“And that much time would have been enough for other kingdom forces to arrive and relieve us from the Beast siege!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gervas nodded with a smile. “Thus, these events were the primary reasons our kingdom’s army suffered such heavy losses—and the key factor enabling them was the traitors within our own ranks.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Thanks to these traitors’ aid, the Beast Tribes infiltrated the city silently and set fire to our grain stores. Grand Commander, isn’t that right?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Correct, Gervas. It was precisely because of these traitors’ cooperation that the Beast Tribes pushed our kingdom’s army to the brink. But Gervas, why are you bringing this up now?” The Grand Commander nodded in agreement, yet his tone held curiosity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He sensed that Gervas, at this very moment, discussing traitors could not possibly be idle chatter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Grand Commander, what I mean to say is—I may be able to help the army uncover these traitors!” Indeed, Gervas did not disappoint him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Grand Commander froze. Duke Hernald and Stonecrack Marquis also froze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even nearby senior nobles were taken aback.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Gervas, are you serious? You know who the Beast Tribe’s traitor is?” The Grand Commander snapped back to himself, grabbing Gervas’s hand in excitement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His fervor rivaled that when he learned Gervas had captured Sukama.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes, Grand Commander. I already have a target—and I’m certain evidence will arrive soon!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Who? Gervas, tell me now—I’ll send men to arrest that scum immediately!” The Grand Commander pressed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even Duke Hernald broke his usual composure. “Yes, Gervas, tell us! We will never let these traitors to our kingdom, to our own kind, escape!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Exactly! Lord Gervas, tell us now—we’ll seize that bastard and tear him to pieces!” The senior nobles were even more furious, their teeth clenched.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Grand Commander, Duke Hernald, and all of you—I won’t reveal the traitor’s identity just yet. Come with me now—the traitor will be exposed shortly!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he spoke, Gervas’s gaze lingered for an instant on Stonecrack Marquis.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Stonecrack Marquis frowned, a bad premonition stirring—“Did that damn brat just glance at me? Could this traitor be connected to my Stonecrack family?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Gervas had already begun moving toward Lindongcheng with the Grand Commander and others; Stonecrack Marquis could only temporarily suppress his doubts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Damn it, Dodika is still alive!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Willard and Solit remained unaware of events outside the city. They hurried to the position of the southern nobles, where Willard quickly spotted his subordinate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This Dodika, who had helped them contact the Beast Tribes, was very much alive—unharmed during the breakout.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And that was only natural—he was Willard’s trusted man, someone of some status.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unless every single peasant soldier had been wiped out,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he would never have been killed by the Beast Tribes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Willard, no delays—I’ll go set up over there. You lure him over, then we eliminate him quickly!” Solit didn’t waste time, pointing to a small courtyard at the end of an alley beside the main road.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The soldiers were resting on the main road, and out of fear that more Beast Tribes might still lurk nearby, no one dared linger in the alleys.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This provided Willard and Solit with the perfect opportunity to act.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Fine!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing the urgency, Willard dared not delay—he immediately walked toward Dodika, who was still rejoicing in his survival.\u003C\u002Fp>",1059,"2026-06-20T22:44:02.688Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","50c342df5d397db5a7f5330bb5271b348e5b765ec1a3150f6448068bd9d932b9","warlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-chapter-490","warlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-chapter-488",521,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fwarlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-cover.jpg"]