[{"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-7":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},2338470,4572,"Chapter 7: The First Guardian Knight!","warlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-chapter-7",7,"\u003Cp>“Gervas, leave! This is no place for you. Also, I don’t want anyone else to know what happened here—otherwise, Viscount Pat will be angry. Do you understand?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boro’s tone turned cold, but Gervas acted as if he hadn’t heard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ah, I see—you’re preparing to execute Knight-Marshal Lei Meng, aren’t you?” Gervas exclaimed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Boro’s face darken with fury, Gervas continued: “Such a titled knight dying would be such a waste, Baron Boro. Why not sell him to me?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boro froze, and Gervas’s voice came again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Five gold coins. How about it?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Gervas, this is no place for jokes...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Eight gold coins? You can split some with these guards—they’ll never talk.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boro’s eyes flickered for a moment, but he suppressed his greed. “Gervas, this is Viscount Pat’s...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“My lord Boro, come here a moment—I have something to tell you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Boro frowned, Gervas pulled him aside, away from the others, and whispered: “My lord Boro, I hear you lost heavily in Blackrock City, and your family’s ledgers are in trouble...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before he finished, Gervas felt a sudden chill run down his spine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Who told you?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gervas forced down his discomfort and soothed: “Don’t panic, My Lord Boro. Before I give the word, nothing will happen. I swear it by the God of Radiance!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only after Gervas swore by the God of Radiance did Boro ease his oppressive presence. Gervas added: “How about a deal? Fifteen gold coins—you secretly sell me Knight-Marshal Lei Meng, and I guarantee he’ll never return.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m heading to Stormhold to take over my fief—you know how dangerous it is there! My lord Boro, these coins will help fill some of your holes.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Otherwise, even if I don’t leak it, you’ll eventually run into trouble if you keep going.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Stormhold is your fief?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Correct. I received the patent yesterday!” Gervas immediately unveiled his letter of enfeoffment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boro glanced at it once, then fell silent. His gaze flickered for over ten seconds before he said: “Hand over the coins first!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gervas wasn’t worried about any treachery.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Killing a commoner, a noble pays a fine. Killing a noble? That’s the gallows.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As fifteen gold coins passed into Boro’s hands, the deal was sealed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boro ordered all his guards out of the forest, then handed Lei Meng over to Gervas.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“He’s yours now. I never want to see him again in Viscount Pat’s territory.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I swear by the God of Radiance—he will never reappear in Viscount Pat’s territory.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boro finally nodded in relief, casting a long look at Lei Meng. “He has a daughter. Wait an hour outside your fief—I’ll send someone with her.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Thank you, Baron Boro!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gervas was even happier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A man like Lei Meng, who loved fiercely and hated deeply, clearly had strong responsibility.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a young daughter, Gervas could control him far more easily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Young Master Gervas, what is this?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gervas returned to camp with Lei Meng; Old John and the others stared in shock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How had their young master captured such a massive, towering man in just half an hour?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’ll explain later. Everyone, eat quickly—we’re moving farther away to set up camp tonight.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Over an hour later, a mounted soldier hurried in with a girl.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The girl’s hands and feet were bound too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With her arrival, Lei Meng—still bound—became visibly agitated, straining to lurch forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t rush. Once we’re far enough away, I’ll free you both.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Saying this, Gervas loaded both the girl and Lei Meng onto the cart, and his party pressed on through the night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They traveled until midnight, reaching the territory of another noble, before making camp again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gervas dismissed the others and personally untied them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Father!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Lilya!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The father and daughter embraced tightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gervas sat quietly beside them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a moment, Lei Meng calmed his daughter and looked at Gervas with complex eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gervas smiled and met his gaze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a thud, Lei Meng knelt on the ground. “Thank you, Master Gervas!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gervas’s heart soared, but his face remained calm. He hurried to lift Lei Meng. “A man’s knees hold gold—especially a knight’s.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lei Meng’s eyes flickered with something unusual. “My own life means nothing to me anymore. But I thank you for saving Lilya.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gervas understood. “Knight Lei Meng, now that Lilya is beside you, you must live well—for her sake.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lei Meng looked down at Lilya, his eyes filled with tenderness, and slowly nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wasn’t foolish—he knew why Gervas had saved him. He didn’t pretend ignorance, but looked up at Gervas and said: “Master Gervas, I heard you’re heading to Stormhold. I offer you my loyalty.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Good! Knight Lei Meng, let me formally enfeoff you now!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lei Meng knelt again, but this time on one knee, bowing his head to Gervas.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gervas drew his sword and lightly tapped each shoulder. “I, Gervas Gail, Baron of Stormhold, hereby induct you, Lei Meng, as my Guardian Knight. Lei Meng, do you accept?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I do, my liege. I, Lei Meng, swear by the God of Radiance: from this day forth, I shall be loyal to you, charge for you, and never falter—until death!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Rise, Knight Lei Meng. I now appoint you Knight-Marshal. You shall oversee the training of five knightly retainers.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, Gervas finally had his first Guardian Knight—and one with aura, a Bronze Knight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though Gail Fief and Saint Peter City both lay in the Southern Region, the world was vast, and Gervas’s party traveled nearly ten days before reaching the border.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Along the way, the journey remained quiet. Perhaps because they were not yet in his territory, the system’s intelligence revealed no major events.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, even so, Gervas collected over a dozen gold coins, several valuable herbs, and a few wild beasts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At dawn, Gervas awoke. They were now less than twenty li from Stormhold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Ding! Daily intelligence has refreshed...】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Intelligence One: The unicorn that has circled Stormhold for days will land today by a stream three li north of Stormhold to feed. This will be its closest approach to Stormhold—it may then return to the desolate Death Mountains.】\u003C\u002Fp>",1001,"2026-06-20T22:44:01.160Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","246f109f529cfcbb6d56e9c6d71ddce3eb3964a51f686fa63073b23e7b7470c5","warlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-chapter-8","warlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-chapter-6",521,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fwarlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-cover.jpg"]