[{"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-90":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},2338553,4572,"Chapter 90: Preparation for Conscription!","warlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-chapter-90",90,"\u003Cp>The surrounding soldiers’ chatter was naturally heard by Gervas.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He smiled and gestured to Migen, who stepped forward again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“People of Stormhold, I just heard you also wish to join the guard?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Congratulations—your lord has truly granted you this opportunity.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Tomorrow afternoon, the lordship will reopen guard recruitment, selecting a total of thirty-five guards.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Any subject who meets the requirements may come to apply—cheer, subjects, your long-awaited chance has arrived!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whoosh!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Migen announced it, the serfs’ longing for this opportunity was obvious—the entire town erupted in chaos.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gervas’s reason for recruiting again was not only to replace the five fallen guards.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was also to fill the vacancies left by the ten men promoted to knight apprentices for their meritorious service.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The remaining twenty new recruits were prepared for the kingdom’s possible future conscription order.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gervas’s current total force numbered just over a hundred.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though still elite, they meant little on the battlefield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the time comes to march, won’t someone need to stay behind to guard the castle?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So adding twenty more was specifically for castle defense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This also prevents disaster befalling our home base.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides recruiting guards, Gervas had spent last night pondering crossbows.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This world seemed to have no crossbows—only longbows.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So while gunpowder remained beyond his reach, crossbows could still be used here without issue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had drawn up schematics from memory and given them to the carpenter and blacksmith.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, the thing was simple—its principle was identical to the longbow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Thank you, Lord Gervas, for your grace!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Thank you, Lord Gervas, for your grace!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the castle garden, Migen and the five knightly officers, along with sixteen knightly retainers, knelt in grateful reverence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though they did not know what the potion was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But that did not stop them from knowing its value.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each vial was worth gold coins.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And in the past, only nobles had ever tasted such things.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gervas turned first to Migen and the other five. “Drink your potions immediately, then train hard—I await the day you break through to become titled knights serving me!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes, my lord! We shall train with all our might and swear loyalty unto death!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Migen and the other five replied, faces alight with excitement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“And you—study knightly arts diligently. With this potion, becoming a titled knight is merely a matter of time!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes, my lord!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The knightly retainers were even more thrilled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Becoming a full knight had already been the best dream they could imagine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now Gervas had outright declared their future as titled knights.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How could they not be moved?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Immediately, under Gervas’s direct gaze, all knights and knightly retainers drank their potions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, the potion was not granted before the serfs because—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Nodi potion must remain secret for now, or it would invite greed and envy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“My lord, the little merfolk you rescued has awakened!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Migen and the others drank their potions and began absorbing their effects, Old John arrived.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Awakened?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gervas was overjoyed—the timing was perfect; he had matters to ask this merfolk today.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without delay, Gervas brought Lei Meng straight to the servant quarters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such a dangerous foreign race could not be brought into the inner castle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So he was lodged in an empty stone room beside the inner castle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Five guards stood watch at the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Open the door!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes, my lord!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Carefully unlocking it, Gervas slowly pushed the door open.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“By the way, Lei Meng—wait outside.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes, my lord!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After giving the order, Gervas stepped inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The merfolk was curled on the bed in the corner, eyes wary as they fixed on Gervas.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But otherwise, no other aggressive reaction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re awake. Do you remember me?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gervas offered a warm smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fact that the merfolk had not bared its teeth upon seeing him proved it remembered what happened before fainting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You… saved me? Two… legs…?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes, I saved you. Also, I am human—you may call me by name: Gervas Gail.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Thank… you. My name… is Waga!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Waga? Pleased to meet you. You’ve recovered well, yes? Can you return to the sea now? I plan to send you back!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Of… course. I’m… fine now, Gervas. You truly mean to let me go?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes. But before you go, can you do me a favor? Something sank to the seabed.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Not deep—only twenty or thirty meters. Just retrieve it for me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That… of course. You saved… Waga. Waga… must repay!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, Gervas happily reached an agreement with the merfolk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He did not make excessive promises, nor did he try to keep the little merfolk captive—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>because the little merfolk would return to the sea eventually anyway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if Gervas wished to enslave it by force, it was impossible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So better to be generous—if future friendship could be built, that would be fine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not to mention, only this merfolk could retrieve the ring from the sunken ship.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Twenty to thirty meters underwater, though not deep, still carried danger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only those who cultivated water-affinity battle qi would be safer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Set sail!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After negotiating with the little merfolk, Gervas led his party straight to the coast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But since Migen and the knightly retainers had taken the potion, they remained in the castle to absorb its effects today.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arriving at the shore, the Stormwind had already been waiting, as forewarned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Head south!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes, my lord!” At Gervas’s command, Old Jack immediately turned the helm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the sea wind’s aid, the Stormwind cut through waves smoothly until reaching the southernmost border of Stormhold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Now turn east—distance is about sixty nautical miles!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes, port helm, east sixty nautical miles!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Old Jack’s seamanship had grown increasingly skilled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, the apprentices handling the sails had grown equally skilled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ship sailed farther, the sea around them a boundless blue—nothing but seagulls in sight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After roughly an hour and a half, the lookout atop the mast suddenly shouted, “My lord! A new island ahead, due east!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whoosh!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We’ve found a new island!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Indeed! What treasures might this island hold?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Who knows—but they’ll surely be valuable. After all, our lord’s steed, Chase Moon, found it!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Chase Moon is a unicorn—they say only the king and our lord own one in the entire kingdom!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Right! Whatever Chase Moon finds must be treasure!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Somehow, even the guards now knew that whatever Chase Moon found was treasure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And they attributed this to its being a unicorn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, it was a divine creature rarer than dragons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This spared Gervas the trouble of explanation.\u003C\u002Fp>",1073,"2026-06-20T22:44:01.160Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","0db6e67cc23b512bc23a036177a4df5ae2a1ad5ff953472e851a0ee54885a11a","warlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-chapter-91","warlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-chapter-89",521,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fwarlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-cover.jpg"]