[{"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-85":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},2338548,4572,"Chapter 85: Stormhold Attacks the Scorpion Lair!","warlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-chapter-85",85,"\u003Cp>“Brave warriors of Stormhold! Kill!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Kill!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before Catherine could react, cries of battle echoed around her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, from around a corner dozens of meters away, a group of soldiers clad in leather armor charged out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The soldiers rushed forward and slashed down seven or eight bandits in mere moments.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Are you alright?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A young figure stepped forward, offering her a strip of linen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Catherine took the cloth numbly, still dazed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And that young face—she felt she had seen it before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“My lord, I am Gervas, Lord of Stormhold.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Him?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instantly, Catherine remembered the young, handsome face she had seen at the hole in the roof that day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yes!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It really was him!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Gervas’s shock, Catherine’s eyes suddenly reddened, and she threw herself into his arms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Uh!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though unexpected, hearing the lady’s sobs, Gervas did not shove her away like a fool—he gently patted her back to comfort her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re safe now!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the past, Catherine would never have thrown herself into a man’s arms so casually.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, since childhood, her contact with men had been few and far between.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, it was pure emotional release after terror.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially Gervas’s appearance that night—he had given her hope for life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These days of waiting had made Catherine more anxious than the previous days had.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She feared this hope might vanish again—equivalent to plunging her into nightmares twice over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“My lord certainly has good fortune!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Indeed, this noblewoman is too beautiful!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“A hero saves the beauty—aren’t that’s how bards always sing it…?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, Migen and the others, having confirmed all bandits were eliminated, began chattering.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each stole glances at their lord and the lady.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though disheveled, Catherine’s attire remained intact and refined.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And she was, in truth, a woman of striking beauty and figure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To see such a beautiful woman throw herself into their lord’s arms, the subordinates could barely suppress their amusement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After her outburst, Catherine finally calmed down. Hearing the whispered remarks around her, she realized how improper her actions had been.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A blush spread to her ears; she quickly pulled away from Gervas. “I—I’m sorry, my lord!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gervas shot a furious glare at Migen and the others, then replied to Catherine: “It’s fine, Lady. You’re safe now.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But the bandit gang isn’t finished yet. So I’ll have someone escort you to safety first.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Immediately, Gervas handed the lady over to Evlan, who would send her down the mountain on a Magic Swift Eagle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Let’s go—send the Scorpion Boss to his grave!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes, my lord!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Baron Mien, what do we do now? We’ve lost over three hundred men! And it seems they’re preparing to capture Lord Catherine as a hostage!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s all our incompetence!” Mien’s face was full of helplessness, but thinking of the consequences of losing his territory, he gritted his teeth: “For our land and our family, we can’t wait any longer! We’ll lead the charge ourselves!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“There’s no other choice!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having reached consensus, Baron Mien and the two knights finally led their troops in a daring charge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nobles normally cherished their lives—they would never risk themselves like this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hmph. Can three titled knights possibly make up the gap between us?” The Scorpion Boss immediately noticed Mien’s move.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet he only sneered in mockery, then lifted stones with Sack to hurl them relentlessly at Mien and his men.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mien’s men held shields, which could block ordinary soldiers’ falling rocks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But against the Scorpion Boss and Sack’s stones, they dared not stand firm—they could only dodge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eventually, one knight was too slow to dodge and was struck directly by the Scorpion Boss’s boulder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thud!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not only did his shield shatter, but the knight rolled several times, nearly tumbling off the mountain path.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sir Carson!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m fine!” Sir Carson’s face was pale; though unharmed, he trembled with the nearness of death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even as a Bronze Knight, falling down a cliff dozens of meters high meant almost certain death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ha! Keep coming, you fools! My boss and I are waiting! Ha ha ha!” Sack couldn’t help mocking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Damn it!” Mien and the others clenched their teeth, but could only grit their way forward in frustration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Kill!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But at that moment, fierce cries of battle echoed from above.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, panicked shouts rose from the wall—the Scorpion Boss and the other bandits vanished from the ramparts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What’s going on?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No idea, but there’s fighting inside the wall!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How is that possible? Could it be a trick?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After sensing this, Mien and the others grew wary and uncertain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, it was too unbelievable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whoosh! Whoosh!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, a white horse burst through the wall, bathed in sunlight—Mien and the others instinctively raised their hands to shield their eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What are you waiting for? Attack! The Scorpion Bandits are distracted by my men!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Lord Gervas?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mien and the others widened their eyes, finally recognizing the rider.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then they stared at the man riding the flying horse as if they had seen a god—unbelievable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But they were no children—they wouldn’t freeze in place now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They knew this was their final chance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Did you hear? Brave men of the Mien family—our ally, the Stormhold Legion, has breached the bandits’ lair! Everyone, charge with me!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Kill!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Immediately, Mien and the two knights led the charge, scaling the wall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If they didn’t fight now, they deserved to lose their land.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When they reached the ramparts, they indeed found the Scorpion Bandits locked in battle with Gervas’s Stormhold soldiers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But due to their smaller numbers, the Stormhold Legion was forced into defense!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this, Mien and the others dared not hesitate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These were their saviors—they couldn’t let them suffer harm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You scum of the Scorpion Bandits—I’m Mien! Die!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Kill! Crush every last bandit! Charge!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mien and the two knights charged fiercely into the Scorpion Bandits with their soldiers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Damn it!” The Scorpion Boss turned livid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He knew all was lost, so he chose not to fight to the death—he prepared to flee.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sack, let’s go!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two immediately broke from the group.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Think you can run? Can you escape?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But at that moment, Gervas and Knight Captain Lei Meng blocked their path.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You—that damned knight from Stormhold?” Sack immediately recognized Lei Meng.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Stormhold? You’re that damned lord?” The Scorpion Boss’s eyes widened—he never imagined the one who defeated him was the Lord of Stormhold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had thought it was the Royal Army!\u003C\u002Fp>",1059,"2026-06-20T22:44:01.160Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","2ade4604cb817ea803dc16e05a3c8835d10ce433962facc23829dbba833d59aa","warlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-chapter-86","warlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-chapter-84",521,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fwarlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-cover.jpg"]