Chapter 264: Chapter 247: The Mastermind Behind the Crime (2)

Natasha was sighing beside them, lamenting that she had too little experience and not much insight, otherwise she might have seen through this voluntary enslavement scam.

"Actually, this blatant trade of slaves has only revived in the past year. Not long ago, during the height of the Demon Race’s power, the Divine Protection Continent was on the brink of disaster. Few were free to engage in this; their money was spent on military supplies and food. It wasn’t until over a year ago, when Lord Lynn led the people to eradicate the Demon Race and pushed their threat out of the Divine Protection Continent, that they gradually..."

"Uh, I didn’t mean that Lord Lynn’s eradication of the Demon Race was in any way wrong. I only meant that peace and comfort have once again bred such evil."

Halfway through her speech, Sifrin realized her words were somewhat ambiguous, so she quickly explained.

To resist invasion and drive the invaders off the continent is a great achievement from any angle, not tolerable of any slander.

The evil flourishing in the peace and stability brought by Lord Lynn naturally has nothing to do with him. To blame is human greed and lust, the fault lies with the Greed Demon King and the Lust Demon King!

"Discovering evil is like discovering the Demon invading the Miracle World itself; you slash it directly and uproot it completely, that’s it. You just need to ascertain who the sources of evil are. I’ll take care of the rest and eradicate them all."

Unlike the Light Saint Emperor Akelie, who faced difficulties everywhere, Lynn acted without concern. There was no one or demon in this world he needed to worry about, unless the source of this evil chain was controlled by the gods, in which case he might have to hold back a little.

However, the idea that the gods would engage in slave trade is pure comedy. Even the mud scraped from under their nails would be worth more than a hundred thousand beastmen. The gods are lofty deities, not foolish fools without intelligence, who would engage in such immoral, smoky deeds without any benefit?

"Haha, actually, I have already secretly investigated. I have paid special attention to every major slave owner and recorded every small and medium slave owner in the register. As long as we follow the list, if I wrongly kill even one, I, Sifrin Windsor, will sell myself into slavery as penance!"

Sifrin spoke with a smile, pulling out a thick book from her space equipment. Lynn’s eyebrows twitched at the sight; given the thickness of this list, even if just one name were written on each page, it would surely result in a bloody massacre.

What’s more, Sifrin certainly wouldn’t be so wasteful, writing only one name on such a large page, would she?

Upon receiving the booklet from Sifrin, Lynn felt dizzy at the time, having underestimated the scope of the evil profit chain.

The first page of this booklet was densely packed with names, not one, not even ten, but indeed a hundred names across ten horizontal rows and ten vertical columns on each page!

Moreover, this booklet was even thicker than a New China dictionary! How many people were implicated in this matter?

Forget about so many people; if it were pig names written here, ten slaughterhouses running nonstop would be smoking!

"Do you think I could summon magic to align with a Forbidden Curse? With so many people, naming them one by one, if we haven’t reached the fiftieth, the rest will have escaped!"

Facing such a vast number of criminals scattered across the continent, it would take a god a long time to handle it, let alone a mortal.

"Of course, it’s impossible to let Lord Lynn solve the issue alone! You, my elder, only need to execute a few typical individuals, express your stance and determination; naturally, there will be people to handle the rest."

Sifrin was seeking Lynn as a backing, not exploiting him as a thug. They had no shortage of people to do the dirty, tiring work. What’s needed is a strong individual capable of making all protectors bow their heads. As long as those guys are kept in check, not daring to intervene verbally or physically, her Knight Order alone can cleanse this evil.

The key is, such a person is hard to find. Aside from Lynn in the entire Divine Protection Continent, there’s no one else. Only he possesses such deterrence, because he acts without concern more than anyone else. One of the emperors from the Eight Great Empires would be killed on his say, and God’s retribution wouldn’t befall him afterward. Who would dare provoke him?

"So that guy called Hu Lie is the typical case, right? You’re waiting for him to be taken down before bringing out the elder?"

Natasha leaned over halfway, asking with a hint of excitement.

She had read many knight novels, but hadn’t encountered such a majestic scenario. Sifrin’s set-up was impressive. When the elder came later, she’d step in; wouldn’t dirty Lynn’s hands. Her Lord Lynn’s hand was for caressing her... 𝓯𝓻𝒆𝙚𝒘𝓮𝙗𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝒍.𝙘𝓸𝙢

"That’s right; Hu Lie’s family is one of the largest slave owners in the Beastman Kingdom, and also one of the toughest backgrounds. Their backing is the War Divine Hall, and ordinary people simply can’t afford to provoke them. Even my father isn’t convenient directly to deal with them."

Sifrin nodded and explained the background to Lynn and Natasha. For anyone else, they definitely wouldn’t dare offend the powerful War Divine Hall. But Lynn is different; below the gods, he is the greatest. Whoever he wishes to take action against, he does, even if he only says a word of apology afterward.

This is where Sifrin doesn’t understand Lynn. If the opponent is a heinous villain deserving of punishment, no matter who the backing is, if he doesn’t kill the backing along with them afterward, it counts as merciful. How could he possibly apologize?

"The War Divine Hall... why do they appear everywhere?"

Remembering the familiar name, Lynn began pondering, stroking his chin.

Since his transmigration, or even before, he had been most displeased with the Celestial Mandate Emperor and the War Divine Hall’s Pope.

These two Human Race emperors are practically synonymous with scum, saying they’re exceedingly evil doesn’t do their infamy justice. Without mentioning anything else, just counting the people they’ve caused harm to, it’s absolutely more than the casualties of a large-scale battle, truly stained with blood.

Now the grass on the Celestial Mandate Emperor’s grave should be sprouting. There’s reason to handle the War Divine Hall; should I also execute that damn War Saint Emperor along with it?

After all, the Miracle World is under his protection now, its mortal enemy the Demon Realm secretly mastered by him. Whether there’s a War Saint Emperor or even a War Divine Hall doesn’t matter, they’re not indestructible.

The only trouble is that the War Divine Hall has backing, namely, the War God exalted in the Divine Realm, who is second only to the Light God King, a proper Main God, definitely not to be trifled with.

Though the gods and the Miracle World are separated by the World Wall, making direct intervention difficult, the Divine Punishment alone isn’t something mortal bodies could endure.

In the game of "Miracle," the so-called Divine Punishment is essentially a system penalty, unavoidable by all players, including Lynn.

If the real-world Divine Punishment is as unavoidable as in the "Miracle" game, Lynn really must reflect.

However, if not annihilating the entire War Divine Hall but only executing a single Pope, the War God’s elder may not necessarily unleash harsh Divine Punishment right?

After all, delivering Divine Punishment for deities probably isn’t just a casual swipe; there must be some cost involved. It essentially counts as intervening across realms.

"Lord Lynn, the War Divine Hall shouldn’t be destroyed, not because you can’t provoke it, but because the cost is too great, not worth it."

Seeing Lynn contemplating the War Divine Hall repeatedly, Sifrin felt somewhat uneasy.

Her aim is to eliminate treacherous evil, not to stir hostility with deities. If the slave owners can be all killed, that’s the largest gain. Their backing shouldn’t be casually dealt with.

You cut off their interests, they might grit their teeth to endure it, but if you directly sever their heads, they likely won’t irrationally retaliate. If it escalates to life and death, she genuinely can’t predict which side might draw Divine Punishment.

By then, it would depend on what weight the Light Divine Envoy identity holds in the gods’ hearts, whether it garners favor.