[{"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-518":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},2338981,4572,"Chapter 518","warlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-chapter-518",518,"\u003Cp>This… this is too fast!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having received Gervas’s personal affirmation, the Violet Steward cried out inwardly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He still remembered the first time he met Lord Gervas—he was merely a baron then.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Back then, he had discovered that bandits had kidnapped Young Lady Catherine and rushed to notify him to summon the vassals for rescue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And now, in the blink of an eye, Baron Gervas had risen to viscount, then to count.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If one considered his own lord’s rapid promotion impressive,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>then Lord Gervas’s ascent was faster than riding a dragon to heaven!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Congratulations, Lord Gervas, on your promotion to Count!” The Violet Steward did not hesitate, immediately offering his felicitations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After speaking, he immediately turned to the servants and guards around him: “Quick, come over and congratulate Lord Gervas on his promotion to Count!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Congratulations, Lord Gervas, on your promotion to Count!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, the servants and guards rushed over, shouting their congratulations loudly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hah! Good! Everyone gets a reward! Mikgen, give each person two silver coins!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whoa!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Thank you, Lord Gervas, for your generosity!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Thank you, Lord Gervas, for your kindness!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The servants had seen copper coins—sometimes even dozens—given as rewards before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But to hand out two silver coins each, to so many people at once? This was their first time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instantly, their faces lit up with delight, cheering and thanking Gervas.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Violet Steward opened his mouth to say something, but Gervas cut him off: “Steward Malick, promotion to Count is a good thing!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t stop me from rewarding them! Let them be happy!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Violet Castle Steward had never intended to beg for rewards.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was simply overjoyed that Gervas had been promoted to Count.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, how could a castle steward not understand his lord’s thoughts?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Originally, Gervas was only a viscount; their statuses had been slightly awkward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now that Gervas had become a count, the gap between them could be minimized to the greatest extent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though his own lord was a scion of the Hernade family, some disparity remained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it was still far better than when Gervas was merely a viscount.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Thank you, Lord Gervas, for your generosity!” Hearing this, the Violet Castle Steward fell silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gervas then even ordered the castle steward to summon servants from other castles and reward them too, ensuring even distribution.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After receiving their rewards, these servants were all beaming, each praising Lord Gervas’s goodness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Ding! Daily Intelligence System has refreshed!】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Intelligence One: The weather has turned cold; the harsh winter has arrived. The first snow of Stormhold will fall today!】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Intelligence Two: With winter’s arrival, all things fall silent—but some races seek to stockpile supplies before the land freezes.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【For instance, a band of boarmen wandering the border between the Chaos Wastes and the Gryphon Kingdom.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【They have raided over a dozen human refugee settlements, causing hundreds dead or wounded, and thousands displaced.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Yet they are not satisfied—they wish to make one final raid, then settle comfortably for winter.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Their final target? Stormhold.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【They learned of Stormhold’s wealth from the refugees they plundered.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【With over a thousand boarmen, they are confident they can storm Stormhold quickly, loot it thoroughly, and withdraw before reinforcements arrive.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【They will arrive at Stormhold around noon today!】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Intelligence Three: Catherine has been in Stormhold for several days. After repeated questioning, she finally extracted your true whereabouts from Old John.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Catherine was both anxious and furious—you had concealed such a major matter from her.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【But after Old John’s explanation, she understood you had no time to seek her aid—your situation left no choice.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Originally intending to rush to her grandfather for help, she now abandoned the idea after Old John’s counsel.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Instead, she waits for your return, to hear your own opinion.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Having stayed in your domain for three days, and seeing snow begin to fall, Catherine finally prepared to depart, reluctant but resolute.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Yet just as she set out, the boarmen arrived.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【What will Catherine choose?】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Will she flee Stormhold to escape danger—or stay to help organize its defense against the boarmen?】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Intelligence Four: At the one o’clock direction of Swan Lake, thirty kilometers south into the borderlands between Chaos Wastes and Death,】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【as snowflakes drifted down, a peculiar scene appeared in a beautiful mountain hollow.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【While all around was frozen and frigid, the hollow remained lush and warm; its five or six crystal-clear pools continuously steamed with hot vapor.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Indeed, this was a cluster of hot springs.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【And if one stood within, one immediately sensed elemental energy and magic suffusing the water.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【This proved it was a magical hot spring—far rarer than ordinary ones; merely being within it slowly nourished and replenished the body.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Intelligence Five: Along the lower reaches of the Leaf River, thirty li from the kingdom’s border, over eight thousand refugees have gathered.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【All displaced by boarman raids.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Not only have their shelters been destroyed, but they’ve lost the meager winter stores they had painstakingly saved.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Now hungry and freezing, unless something changes, they will die one by one over the next three days from starvation and cold.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Intelligence Six: Today, the Gryphon capital welcomed a group claiming to come from the Snowlands of the Northeast.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【The group received high-level reception from the Gryphon King.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【The king publicly announced he would appoint the group’s mages as new royal court mages, under his sole authority.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【The group included sorcerers, alchemists, and witches.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Everyone was curious: what was the origin and skill level of this mage group to earn such a bold, public appointment and royal trust?】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Yet due to the king’s tight secrecy, no one yet knew the group’s true identity—or the king’s real purpose in forming a new court!】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Ding! Today’s intelligence refresh complete!】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gervas ultimately did not dine at Violet Castle. After rewarding the servants, he immediately took his leave!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then came days of relentless travel. When Gervas was only half a day’s ride from Stormhold,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he awoke slowly, and the intelligence dings reached his ears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Listening to the intelligence, Gervas exclaimed: “Damn!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’ve barely returned to my domain—wait, I haven’t even returned yet!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And already so many major events are piling up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Am I a lord—or a beast of burden?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s snowing! Snow is falling from the sky! True winter has come!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as Gervas grumbled, a shout came from outside the window.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gervas looked out the open castle window—and indeed, snowflakes drifted down from the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>",1062,"2026-06-20T22:44:02.688Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","21746de2d1296e0c9212ebc1ad7c85bf81b4938085f9c44e8d5b4f50babe1435","warlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-chapter-519","warlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-chapter-517",521,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fwarlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-cover.jpg"]