[{"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-521":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Warlord: Starting with Daily Intelligence",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":12,"novelImage":21},{"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},2338984,4572,"Chapter 521: Secret Weapon!","warlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-chapter-521",521,"\u003Cp>“Roar! People inside the castle, listen up! You are surrounded!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Our merciful Fang Clan gives you one chance: open the castle gates immediately and surrender peacefully—we promise not to kill you!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Otherwise, once we break down the gates ourselves, we’ll slaughter every last one of you and use you as rations!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A dark mass of boar-men arrived beneath the castle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their deep trenches inherited the typical height of orcs, standing roughly two and a half meters tall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their lower bodies had human-like legs, walking upright.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their upper bodies bore the torso and head of a wild boar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thick bristles covered their bodies; sharp, elongated tusks jutted from their mouths, with the signature pig snout between them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, these boar-men brandished crude weapons, threatening the defenders on the walls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though the wheatfield town a mile away was now empty, its contents within the houses were easily within reach.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet the boar-men paid no heed to those supplies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For they knew well: in a noble domain, the most valuable, most precious, and most numerous treasures lay within the castle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So they chose to seize the castle first, loot it thoroughly, before considering anything else.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing the mere two hundred or so defenders on the walls, the boar-headed warriors grinned with excitement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With such weak opposition, capturing the castle would be easy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Boar-men! This is Lord Gervas’s Stormhold!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I give you one final chance: leave Stormhold at once, or we will show no mercy!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“All enemies who invade Stormhold shall be killed!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet the castle’s defenders displayed astonishing resolve—no fear, no thought of surrender; instead, they turned and threatened the attackers!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Roar! Humans, do you truly seek death? If so, our boar-men warriors will show you just how horrific the consequences of offending us are!” The boar-chief erupted in fury, roaring upward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hmph! Boar-men, we’ll wait for you—then we’ll twist off your pig-heads and kick them like balls!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Damn! The boar-men cried out in astonishment!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Roar! Roar! Roar!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Kill them! These damned crawling two-legged sheep!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes! Kill these two-legged sheep—I’ll tear them apart with my bare hands!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the defenders’ words, the boar-men erupted in rage, their pig-roars rising in waves outside the castle walls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Roar! Boar-men warriors, attack! Leave not a single human alive in this castle—take them all as rations!” The boar-chief, now enraged, ordered the assault.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Roar! Roar! Roar!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next moment, the orcs launched their attack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first wave of over two hundred boar-men split into two groups, advancing toward the castle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One group carried wooden ladders up the earthen slope; the other headed for the castle’s cliff walls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clearly, they planned a main assault on one side, with a secondary attack elsewhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Captain Ironbear, and the guard squads—this battle is yours now!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing the boar-men begin their assault, Old John knew he could no longer help.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes, Steward!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Leave it to us, Steward John!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The guards and barbarians immediately nodded and took position.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, the battle began.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the boar-men drew near, ten archers and barbarians struck first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The barbarians hurled javelins; the archers loosed arrows.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, the damage was clearly limited.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only a few unlucky ones were pierced in vital spots and wounded; the rest simply yanked the javelins from their bodies and tossed them aside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The spots struck by the spears were merely small blood holes, no deeper than two or three centimeters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such depth meant nothing to the massive boar-men—like being pricked by a needle, painful but harmless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Such tough skin!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s their bristles—they’re like wild boar’s, coated thickly with pine oil and impurities!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the soldiers’ exclamations, the seasoned Knight-Lieutenant Dali immediately provided the answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The boar-men’s offensive power may not be the strongest among half-orcs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But their defense is among the very best.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They routinely rub against pine trees, like true wild boars, to harden their bristles into protective shells.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though they cannot fully block blades or spears, they greatly reduce damage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hah! These stupid two-legged sheep, stunned now? Our boar-men warriors fear neither javelins nor arrows!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The boar-men in the rear sneered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, the front-line boar-men, now facing the javelins and arrows, reached the gentle slope.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, they began climbing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this, Knight-Lieutenant Dali sighed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as he expected—the Stormguard’s courage was admirable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the gap in strength could not be bridged by bravery alone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even with fifty barbarians, they’d only hold out another hour or two!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“My Lord, please don’t stay too far from me later—I won’t be able to protect you in time!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that, Dali drew his longsword, preparing for battle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since the Lord wished to assist, he’d help—so the Lord could depart safely later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But as Dali finished speaking, shouts erupted from both sides: “Ballista team! These bastards are all on the slope—no escape now—fire!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Huh? What does that mean?” Knight-Lieutenant Dali froze—why did that sound ambiguous?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hm? What does that mean?” Knight Captain Dali paused, feeling that the words carried ambiguity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before Dali could ponder further, a rustling sound erupted around him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Six objects, previously wrapped in tarpaulin along the walls, were now revealed before his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“B...Breakwinders? How is this possible?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he saw the true form of the six devices, Dali stood dumbfounded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He recognized them instantly—they were the Breakwinders of the Hernade family!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the family’s Breakwinders were top-secret, all currently mounted on ocean vessels.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So how had they arrived at this minor noble’s castle?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could it be Lady Catherine?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And indeed, Lady Catherine had once said as much.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the problem was—he’d never seen them in Violet Castle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lady Catherine truly favors Lord Gervas...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ballistas! Fire!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whirr! Whirr! Whirr!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Dali stared in shock, the ballista team unleashed their attack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had withheld the ballistas at first, fearing the boar-men would flee upon distant attack and adapt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That would reduce their casualties.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, with over a hundred boar-men clustered at the slope’s crest, even if they tried to flee—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They’d leave behind many corpses first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, over a hundred wild boar men were crammed at the crest of the gentle slope, so even if they wanted to flee.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They’d still have to leave behind many corpses first.\u003C\u002Fp>",1022,"2026-06-20T22:44:02.688Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","c4279dec726c1c1f28b754a5986fd5e63788f45f7d4eb3ac71b903d011088b5a",null,"warlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-chapter-520","https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fwarlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-cover.jpg"]