"Miss Enoya, may I know why you're here?"
Looking at Enoya, Bishop Howard was a little surprised. One had to know that Jenn rarely cared about these troublesome things.
In fact, even though he had obtained the ruling rights of the Eagle Plateau parish, apart from receiving bonuses, Jenn didn't care about anything else and left everything to Howard to handle.
To Howard, this was, of course, a good thing.
At the very least, he didn't have to worry that she would criticize him about the Church of Holy Church's teachings. However, he didn't expect that Enoa would appear in front of him without even greeting him. This made Howard feel a little suspicious.
After all, he hadn't interacted much with this beautiful adjutant, and she didn't seem to care about the Holy Church's matters.
And this time, she came here alone for …
"It's like this, Bishop Howard."
Upon hearing Howard's order, Enoya smiled and handed over a letter.
"This is an order personally issued by Master. I hope the Holy Church can take action."
"This is …"
Upon hearing Enoya's words, Howard was taken aback. He reached out for the letter, opened it, and quickly read the contents. Then, his expression changed slightly.
"Is what's written true?"
It was no wonder that Howard's expression changed. Because in the letter, Jenn mentioned a group that specialized in human trafficking and slave trafficking. They were deeply rooted in the Eagle Plateau and specialized in slave trafficking.
It was especially so during this period of time. Due to the civil war between the Glittergold Empire and the North and South, many people in the Scal Federation had lost their homes. The slave organization also seized this opportunity to capture many refugees and sell them to the surrounding countries as goods.
As an archbishop, Howard naturally abhorred slave trafficking, especially when he read from Zayen's letter that the organization was abnormally large. They trafficked as many as ten thousand people, and the cruelty of their methods was even more outrageous.
As an archbishop, Howard certainly couldn't just laugh off such a matter.
"Yes."
Upon hearing Howard's inquiry, Enoya nodded.
"This is the information we obtained after our investigation, including their hideout and the places where the refugees are being held. We've found most of them."
"Then, Sir Lord … Why didn't you report this to the authorities?"
Upon hearing this, Howard was even more confused about what Jenn wanted to do. They had already investigated so clearly, so why did they still come to find him?
Shouldn't they just inform the local law enforcement agency and everything would be over?
Upon hearing Howard's question, Enoya twitched her brows slightly and pointed to the letter.
"Please look at the last page."
Upon hearing Enoya's words, Howard immediately took the letter and flipped through it. When he read the back, his face turned pale.
"The Lion's Tooth Chamber of Commerce?"
After seeing this name, Howard immediately understood why Jenn was looking for them. The Lion's Claw Chamber of Commerce was ranked in the top three in the Eagle Plateau and was considered a large chamber of commerce.
Besides, such a chamber of commerce was generally inextricably linked to the local rulers. It was imaginable that even if Jenn reported this matter, the other party would also pretend to be deaf and mute.
The other party would also pretend to be deaf and mute. Howard had been here for many years and was well aware of the virtues of the nobles on this plateau.
Perhaps to the nobles, instead of letting the refugees cause trouble in their territories, they might as well sell them off. They could even take the opportunity to earn a sum of money and not have to worry about disrupting public order. Why wouldn't they do such a good thing?
If it weren't for the Church of Holy Light's explicit ban on the sinful trade of slaves, perhaps the feudal lords would have done it themselves.
Even though Jenn didn't say it explicitly, Howard could guess that the Lion's Tooth Chamber of Commerce definitely had the support of the local rulers for doing this.
Otherwise, why didn't any of them escape after capturing so many people for the slave trade?
None of them were unaware of this?
Even the Dark Elves couldn't be so secretive, not to mention there were so many living people.
But wait …
"What is Sir Overlord trying to do?"
Old Bishop Howard was no fool. Jenn definitely didn't give him this to complain and denounce the collusion between officials and merchants.
For some reason, he had a rather bad feeling.
But unfortunately, his premonition came true in the next moment.
"It's like this. Master hopes to gather all the clergymen in the Eagle Plateau diocese to carry out a thorough cleaning of these places and arrest all the criminals who harm the world and bring them to justice."
"That's impossible!"
Hearing Enoya's words, Old Bishop Howard's first reaction was to reject it immediately.
What kind of joke was this? According to the information written in this letter, there were nearly 10,000 people. Besides, the Lion's Tooth Chamber of Commerce was one of the top three chambers of commerce in the Eagle Plateau and had strongholds everywhere.
According to what Jenn meant, he wanted the Church of Holy Light to mobilize all of them and turn the Lion's Tooth Chamber of Commerce upside down?
The Church of Holy Light had never done such a thing before. If this were to spread, wouldn't it turn the world upside down?
However, in the face of Bishop Howard's rejection, Enoya was still smiling.
"This is not a request, Your Excellency Bishop Howard. This is an order.
This is an order issued by Master as the 'diocese bishop' … You should understand what I mean, right? "
"Uh …"
Hearing this, Bishop Howard was speechless. Of course, he still remembered that Jenn was the ruler of the diocese. In other words, in terms of position, Jenn was now an existence with a higher status than him.
According to the rules, since Jenn had issued an order, Howard had to carry it out.
Not to mention that this letter had the diocese's seal on it, which meant that this was the highest order from the diocese bishop. Unless the central bishops vetoed it, it had to be carried out.
"Of course, I understand, Miss Enoya."
Although he understood, Bishop Howard still had to fight for it.
After all, this matter involved too many people. It must be known that Howard had already been under a lot of pressure since the three major shrines assisted the resistance army.
The noble families of the Northern Alliance, led by Packwood, had more or less expressed their concern to Howard about the Church of Holy Light interfering in government affairs. At the same time, they had also asked what exactly happened within the Church of Holy Light.
In this regard, Howard naturally didn't dare to speak carelessly. In fact, the Church of Holy Light was in a mess right now. Ever since Nadia displayed the divine favor of the Eye of Truth at the conference of the central bishops, a great debate had broken out in almost all the churches. Although the content was strange, there was only one core topic. That was, when there was a conflict between doctrine and practical benefits, as believers, which side should they choose?
Of course, the will of God couldn't be violated. Now, the focus of everyone's debate was whether they should have more divine power or more political power.
In the past, the Church of Holy Light's orders were very clear: stay away from political power and focus on divine affairs.
Although this did bring a lot of trouble, it was a clear goal for some people.
This was because they felt that political power was too dirty. If the Church of Holy Light was involved in government affairs, it would inevitably be corrupted and even have the possibility of declining.
And now, the Church of Holy Light had begun to shift to political power, which naturally caused a considerable number of people to be dissatisfied.
It could be said that there was an endless debate within the Church of Holy Light. Some people felt that they should interfere as little as possible, or only on the surface.
On the other hand, some people felt that as long as they were firm in their beliefs, they should interfere as much as possible to prevent similar incidents from happening again.
There were countless such arguments within the Church of Holy Light. But now, Jenn actually wanted to directly intervene in such an intense way?
"But this is something that has a huge impact. Besides …"
"Master doesn't care about the impact. To him, he just wants to do this."
Enoya was clearly uninterested in Bishop Howard's argument. She smiled and interrupted the old man.
"Of course, if the parish is unwilling to follow the order, he won't force it.
It's just that when that happens, we will send the Blue Dome Army to eliminate these villains. "
"Blue Dome Army?"
Upon hearing this, Bishop Howard's face turned pale. He didn't expect Jenn to be so unreasonable and directly want to send the Giant Dragon Legion?
He had a deep understanding of how powerful those dragons were. If Jenn sent those dragons to attack the stronghold of the Lion's Teeth Chamber of Commerce, what the consequences would be … Howard didn't dare to think about it!
Now, the old bishop was 100% sure that the Lion's Teeth Chamber of Commerce must have offended Jenn in some way, which was why he took such an intense way to retaliate.
But so what if he knew?
Could he accuse Jenn of acting out of selfishness?
That was impossible. From the letter, it seemed that the Lion's Teeth Chamber of Commerce had indeed done all this, and it was all reasonable and convincing. Moreover, there were also many places where the slaves were imprisoned.
These were all evidence that could be obtained through investigation.
That meant that the Lion's Teeth Chamber of Commerce had really done such a treasonous thing … But what was worse was that Jenn had something on them.
And now, this feudal lord was obviously planning to settle the score.
"I understand now."
After considering for a moment, Bishop Howard let out a deep sigh, and said to Enoya, "Don't worry.
He had wanted to talk to Zayen to dispel the latter's idea.
However, seeing that Jenn didn't appear, and instead sent his adjutant to deliver the letter, Howard understood that he didn't intend to discuss this matter with him, and was just giving him orders as the bishop of the diocese.
Besides, he had no doubt that given Jenn's character, if the diocese didn't do this, he would really send the Giant Dragon Legion to attack the stronghold of the Lion's Teeth Chamber of Commerce.
After careful consideration, Howard finally decided to comply.
In any case, the Holy Knights were still disciplined and would not kill the innocent. If Zayen mobilized the Giant Dragon Army, who knew how many people would die or be injured.
At this thought, Howard had no choice but to nod helplessly.
"I will follow Sir Overlord's orders and carry out the investigation. But this will take time …"
"In order to prevent the Lion's Teeth Chamber of Commerce from transferring resources and members, Sir Overlord will only give you two days to prepare. Two days later, he will ask all the Holy Knights of the diocese to attack the stronghold of the Lion's Teeth Chamber of Commerce at the same time.
Do you have any other questions, Bishop Howard? "
Since you've already put it this way, what other questions can I have?
Upon hearing Enoya's words, Howard smiled helplessly.
"No more questions, Miss Enoya. I will execute this order."