"Yes. Under Justin's strong pressure, the indigenous people secretly turned to Haiyuan. A large number of remnants of purges and forced relocations were absorbed by Haiyuan Church. While Haiyuan Church obtained abundant manpower, it also obtained a lot of rich extraordinary relics. Haha... While our "religious" activities were in full swing, the power of the real cultists was growing rapidly. It was not just Ivig, but other marginal parishes also had similar situations.
"There is evidence that Haiyuan played a provocative role in a series of incidents between us and Yuandao. This is why I wanted to implement a softer policy, but I didn't expect such a thing to happen out of the blue."
Rubbing her forehead, the woman in red said tiredly that the current situation was not optimistic for her.
"As far as I know, the natives of the Xiashu Islands are the most stubborn among the southwestern islands of Kno. They are unlikely to be appeased. Even Archbishop Antonio has planned to forcibly relocate them. However, after this incident, the forced relocation may have to be upgraded to a cleansing.
"At this stage, Archbishop Antonio is organizing a rescue operation for the pilgrims. Regardless of whether the rescue is successful or not, Xia Shu's ending will not be good. Archbishop Antonio's plan will be disrupted, and the policies we are promoting will also be hindered..."
The shadowy nun continued to report to the woman in red, and the woman in red's face became even darker as she listened to the nun's words.
“What a terrible situation…”
"This matter...is there no hope for improvement?" the shadowy nun asked tentatively, and the woman in red leaning on the chair shook her head and said.
"Unless Xia Shu declares that he will change his faith and repent on the spot and voluntarily hands over all the kidnapped people, there will be no room for improvement. However, for them who dare to do such a thing to protect the abundance and resist forced relocation, this is impossible... So there is almost no chance of improvement..."
The woman in red murmured with a hint of distress, saying that given the current situation, Xia Shu's fate was already doomed.
For the huge supranational organization, the Church of Radiance, Xia Shu's matter is not just a small matter, but because this small matter is stuck at a relatively critical point, it has special significance. It can be used by various forces within the church to produce a huge influence.
"Okay, I've made myself clear. You can leave first. I still need to prepare for how to face those guys before the Holy See tomorrow."
The woman in red said this to the phantom of the nun, and the phantom nun wanted to say goodbye, but after thinking about it, she asked with some concern.
"Mr. Hilbert and his men will come in force tomorrow. I am worried about you..."
"Don't worry... I also have the little things that Hilbert and the others can use to make a fuss... The commander of the Sacred Third Escort Team was detained by the Inquisition. With this matter in mind, I won't be too passive. You can leave first."
The woman in red said this to the phantom of the nun. After hearing her words, the phantom of the nun paused slightly, then bowed and gradually disappeared in the room.
After the nun's shadow disappeared, the woman in red looked at the empty room. After staring for a moment, she murmured to herself.
"Abundance..."
After saying that, the woman in red took out a blank piece of paper, placed it on the table and began to write something. After filling up the entire page with beautiful handwriting, she wrote her name at the end - Amanda Pettit.
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Time flies, the moon sets and the sun rises, and soon the night passes and the day comes.
The three hijacked passenger ships were still sailing on the boundless ocean. Driven by the extraordinary force of the water flow and the power of the steel boilers, they were sailing rapidly towards the south, away from the main continent.
After a long voyage, the pilgrims on the three ships gradually realized that they were being hijacked, and a small riot broke out. After the riot, Xia Shu's hijackers maintained order on the three ships by showing force. They locked almost all the passengers in their cabins to block their movements. The pilgrims trapped in their cabins could only pray alone in panic, praying that the grace of the Virgin Mary would perform a miracle to save them.
After rescuing all the sailors and the kidnappers, Vanya was given a more comfortable and proper living environment and was also under closer surveillance. In this situation, Vanya followed Dorothy's advice and did not confront these Xia Shu's kidnappers. Instead, she tried her best to cooperate with them in various matters, hoping to gain their trust.
As for Dorothy, she had already arrived in Troyes on her own ship. After arriving at the station, she did not go to the White Stonemasons Guild as originally planned, but first found a hotel to stay in. From then on, she spent the whole day in the hotel observing the situation on the three ships through Vanya and the other three hijackers who were engraved with the puppet mark.
At the beginning, Dorothy tried to find an opportunity to seize control of the ship, but finally she gave up the idea of armed conflict after thinking of the powerful ability of water buffs at sea. Then Dorothy began to focus on collecting intelligence. However, since these Xia Shu hijackers usually communicated with each other in their own language, which Dorothy could not understand, she did not make much progress in the intelligence gathering.
Just like that, with the passage of time, another day passed, and at dusk on the day after the three ships were hijacked, they finally arrived at their destination after sailing at high speed all the way.
Just looking from the boat, it was an island of considerable size. Through her unobstructed gaze from the boat, Dorothy could see, in the dusk light, large tracts of lush green trees on the island, as well as stone buildings looming between the trees. The most conspicuous of them all was a giant tree rising from the ground among the trees, as majestic and tall as a tree in the dream world.
Unlike what Dorothy had imagined before, the natives on the Summer Tree Islands seemed to be not primitive people from a deserted island. They had a considerable level of civilization. On the cliff of the island, Dorothy saw a towering lighthouse. In the bay of the island, she also saw a not-too-small stone port filled with various fishing boats, most of which were wooden and had sails. There was also an iron fishing boat with a chimney, which was obviously steam-powered. It showed that the situation on this island was not too closed and they had communication with the outside world.
After entering the bay, the port of the island began more than an hour of intense scheduling, and finally made enough space to park the three ships in the port. Then a group of soldiers wearing simple patterned robes and ethnic costumes came to the port with various types of guns, and cooperated with the hijackers to force all the pilgrims off the boat. Then the trembling pilgrims were divided into different batches and sent to different places through the stone paths, while the hijackers returned to their own city amid a warm welcome, and what awaited them was a celebratory dinner.
Dorothy, on the distant continent, was waiting for the night to come, waiting for the hijackers who had not slept for two days and were exhausted to fall asleep.
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