The people in the manor weren't mentally prepared for the appearance of the Holy Knights. They didn't expect the Holy Knights to "break into a house", and it was too late when they reacted.
At first, some people thought that the Holy Knights didn't dare to kill them, but the Holy Knights who received the order "kill without mercy" didn't care. If anyone dared to resist, they would be killed. Even if they couldn't kill them, they would still be killed.
When they saw those girls being hung on the wooden stakes like livestock, they were so angry that their lungs were about to explode. Those who could do such a thing were definitely evil people, and those who dared to stop them from upholding justice were even more evil. Although the Holy Knights rarely killed people, it was not a problem to injure them even if they couldn't kill them. Anyway, the Priests had healing spells. As long as they didn't die, they could save them. Why would they care about this?
From a certain perspective, this was even crueler than killing people.
Although these strongholds also had their own guards, their combat power couldn't be compared to the Holy Knights. In addition, the Holy Knights mostly had their own Holy Shield, and ordinary guards couldn't break through their defense. Naturally, the situation was one-sided.
Of course, there were many evil people who did this, and the Holy Knights were the least afraid of evil people.
Although there were a few strong people, the Holy Knights didn't care about the rules when dealing with evil people. They fought one-on-one, and if they couldn't beat them, they would just swarm them.
The people couldn't be blamed for their slow reaction. The Holy Knights from the Church of Holy Light attacked too suddenly, including the God of Harvest, the God of War, the Great Mother, the God of Sun, the Goddess of Water, the Eye of Truth, and the Silver Saintess. Except for the Goddess of Green and the Goddess of Forest who were located in a remote area, Jenn used his authority to mobilize all the Holy Knights he could.
And he was very cunning. He didn't gather all the Holy Knights together, but let them lead the team and take them down one by one.
Although the number of Paladins was much smaller than the number of guards in the Stronghold, the Paladins were also able to take on ten bandits at once.
They had long since gotten used to the situation where they were outnumbered, and compared to the 'proper' cultists they had dealt with before, these bullies were much easier to deal with. That was why charging in was like a tiger charging into a flock of sheep — they wouldn't know how to escape without killing a few times.
As for the members of the Lion's Fangs, they were also beaten senseless.
As one of the three largest chambers of commerce on the Eagle Plateau, the Lion's Claws had a very good relationship with the nobles.
If there were any unusual movements in any place, the higher-ups would leak the news to them so that they could take precautions.
It was either to strengthen the security, or to withdraw all the people for the sake of safety.
However, the problem was that Jenn's move was very decisive. Once he made his move, it would immediately blossom everywhere. One had to know that the Lion's Claw Chamber of Commerce's secret strongholds were all over the Eagle Plateau. Including the Parkwood Clan, there were a total of more than ten territories.
This time, Jenn had mobilized the Holy Knights without any warning. Only the Holy Knight captains of the temples and churches knew about the target's location, and they had brought the Holy Knights out in the name of patrolling.
This kind of thing was very common everywhere, and most people wouldn't suspect it. Once they arrived at their destination, they would state their objective, and when the time was up, they would begin their operation.
During this period of time, they didn't give others a chance to come into contact with them. Even if someone noticed that something was wrong with these Holy Knights, they didn't know what they were up to.
It was only when the Holy Knights made their move that they realized that they were coming for them.
Unfortunately, it was too late. The defense line that was formed in a hurry couldn't stop the Holy Knights at all, and they were directly attacked.
Moreover, the goods of the slave traders were humans, which weren't as easy to hide as gold, silver, and jewelry. With such a large group of living humans, wouldn't there still be corpses even if you killed them all?
Therefore, basically, they were caught red-handed without any exception.
As for the Holy Knights, they didn't know why their captain brought them out at first. Later on, when they heard that they were going to attack the Chamber of Commerce's stronghold, they were more or less nervous.
After all, the Holy Knights still paid attention to order and rules. Most of the other party's strongholds were legal facilities, and as Holy Knights, they naturally couldn't just barge in if they had nothing to do.
However, since their captain had already given the order, they could only bite the bullet and rush in.
Once they were caught red-handed, these Holy Knights became much more courageous, and they fought even more fiercely.
Moreover, the guards of the stronghold weren't elites, so how could they resist the attacks of the Holy Knights?
If the levels were compared to the game, the guards of the stronghold would at most be in the 1-Star Brass Level, while the Holy Knights would be at least 2-Star Silver Level. With two levels in between, wouldn't it be easy to beat them up?
"Argh!"
Along with a blood-curdling scream, a guard fell heavily to the ground, crying as he hugged his bleeding arm. Looking at his miserable appearance, the leading Holy Knight let out a snort and wasn't moved at all.
He saw it very clearly. Just before he came, this guy was standing on the high platform and whipping those naked girls with a whip. It looked like he was whipping toys.
According to his usual opinion, such a person should be killed directly.
If only I wasn't a Holy Knight … At this thought, he took in a deep breath and forcefully held back the dissatisfaction in his heart.
"Captain, what should we do next?"
At this moment, another young Holy Knight came to his side and asked.
As they arrived too suddenly, these people didn't react at all and were caught red-handed.
Apart from the young ladies who were hung on the wooden stakes outside, they also found dozens of slaves in the livestock sheds at the back of the manor.
Most of them were tied up with iron chains, and their bodies were filthy. No one knew how they got there.
Apart from that, the Holy Knights also found several transaction lists in the secret room of the manor, and there were even some local prominent figures on the list, which shocked the Holy Knights.
However, they could investigate those people after they returned. The most important thing now was to deal with the people in this stronghold.
Including the imprisoned slaves, the managers, and guards of this stronghold, the numbers weren't small.
These people needed to be dealt with, but the Holy Knights didn't know exactly how to deal with them.
Fortunately, Jenn had already provided a solution, so after listening to the report, the leading Holy Knight pondered for a moment and answered quickly.
"Lock those people into cages. As for the pitiful victims, investigate them first. If their homes are here, let them go. If not, take them in temporarily with the Church.
Tell them that they can choose to return to their hometown or go to Parsus. The overlord there will take them in. "
"Okay."
The Holy Knights might be inflexible, but they weren't fools. Since the leader said it so clearly, they naturally understood that the higher-ups had already prepared a countermeasure.
In the past, they usually took things one step at a time. Sometimes, they didn't even know what to do after saving people. In fact, when they first saw the slaves, the Holy Knights were also very worried. These people were brought in by slave merchants through various means, and generally speaking, they couldn't be locals.
As Holy Knights, they couldn't let these people fend for themselves.
Now that they heard that everything had been arranged, they naturally didn't say anything.
The overlord of Parsus was famous, so they naturally knew about him.
They also knew that Parsus had taken in a group of refugees. Since the overlord had spoken, these refugees were most likely sent there.
Therefore, they nodded and turned around to ask the slaves.
However, before the results were out, someone else came looking for him.
"Leader, the guards are here."
Since the Holy Church was playing such a big game, it was only natural that the city guards would be alerted. At first, they didn't know what was going on and only thought that there were bandits.
When they saw that it was the Holy Knights from the Church of Holy, they were dumbfounded. What was going on?
Holy Knights changed their profession to bandits and broke into the enemy's territory?
When they found out that this was the lair of the slave merchants, the guards couldn't stay still. Although they didn't know what the Holy Knights were up to, they couldn't say anything since they were caught red-handed.
They could only be responsible for guarding while greeting the higher-ups.
Most of the guards were experienced and naturally knew that the Lion's Tooth Merchant Guild had a close relationship with their overlord. Now, the Church of Holy Light didn't even greet them and directly broke into the stronghold to capture people.
In that case, it was useless to say anything. It was better to immediately inform their superiors and ask if there was anything they could do to help.
For example, search for evidence, search for evidence, search for evidence, and so on.
Of course, only the heavens knew whether those things could be found or where they could be found.
"Leave this place to the guards. We'll take those people away."
Jenn's plan was very thorough. He even thought of how to end things in the end.
If the guards were to appear, they would capture the few who had committed the most heinous crimes and hand over the rest to the guards. These Holy Knights were not stupid. They knew that this matter had already been blown out of proportion. If they were to detain nobles without permission, they might get into trouble.
Although they despised the actions of these nobles, they weren't really stubborn.
Now that the victims had been rescued and the culprit had been captured, the rest of the people were temporarily let go. They were all local nobles anyway, so they weren't afraid of them running away.
So after confirming, the Holy Knight leader didn't say anything and directly left with his people.
They left without any hesitation. Instead, the guards who rushed over were stunned and didn't know what to do. However, the Holy Knights didn't say much. They only said that they would take the poor slaves away and the rest of the people were tied up inside. They could do whatever they wanted with them. They suspected that the culprit was related to the culprit, so they had to be brought back for interrogation. After that, they turned around and left.
The pitiful guards rushed over after receiving the order, but in the end, they didn't manage to do anything.
They had no choice but to stay behind and clean up the mess of the Holy Knights. At the same time, they sent people back to report.
Before the next day, the entire Eagle Highlands was shaken.