"You need to keep a close eye on Koranda recently and inform me promptly if anything happens."

Loren was conversing with Movila in her little girl form, while the other two had little chance to speak.

"Okay..."

Movila's voice trembled slightly as she spoke; the perceptions of her clones were all shared.

"We need to schedule reminding Caroline soon; Koranda's target is very likely her...

"Does the Church know about these things?"

Loren suddenly changed the topic and asked.

"No... those with Koranda... are all her subordinates... The people from the Gedlan Church... are not involved, and she also... doesn't have much contact... with the people... of the Gedlan Church..."

"That's strange..."

Hearing Movila's reply, Loren continued to ponder:

"If she really intends to take action against the witches, involving the Church of the Gedlan Kingdom is clearly the better choice. Since she hasn't informed the Church of the Gedlan Kingdom, there are three possibilities.

"Either she wants to monopolize the credit, or she has some shady business with the witches, or she knows the method of finding witches here is shady..."

There were indeed many suspicious aspects about Koranda, but Loren currently didn't have definitive evidence and planned to observe her for now.

Loren usually didn't need evidence to kill people. The reason he didn't kill her just because of suspicion this time was simply that keeping her still had some use; Loren still had things he wanted to figure out, so he was sparing her life for now.

As for whether he could kill Koranda, Loren never doubted it. As a bishop from the Nofica Theocracy, Koranda's strength was basically at the peak of humanity, but Loren's strength was beyond human comparison.

Even without using any hidden cards, Loren's raw power was enough to crush the vast majority of people in this world.

Not to mention anything else, just the Blood Moon Condensed Light infused with two thousand points of mana was something no human could withstand.

One impressive thing about Movila was that even after being busy with Loren for half the night, it didn't affect her actions the next day at all, unlike Luna who would be unconscious for a day.

Speaking of Luna, Loren hardly saw her yesterday. After that night, Luna felt too embarrassed to see Loren. Just thinking about how she was that night made Luna feel a wave of awkwardness; she never expected herself to become like that.

Luna went to school today; Loren didn't see her after waking up in the morning.

During lunch, Koranda came, as regular as clockwork, to report her work progress to Loren, but this time Loren's attitude towards Koranda had already changed.

Now Loren wasn't clear on how Koranda knew there were witches here. Could it be that she was also hiding some abilities?

"Master Mentor, your method worked. Yesterday, another city in the Nofica Theocracy was sacrificed again, and indeed, after those items engraved with runes were consumed, the sacrifice stopped.

"It's just that we couldn't find so many items imbued with the God of Bountiful Harvest's power within a single day. That sacrifice still caused considerable damage, but compared to being completely sacrificed, the losses have been reduced to almost negligible levels."

"It's good that it worked."

Such effectiveness was within Loren's expectations. Loren also didn't expose Koranda's abnormality; letting her continue trusting Loren like this was good, making it convenient for Loren to backstab her later.

"Did you take any action tonight?"

Loren probed, wanting to know if Koranda would tell him about what happened yesterday.

Loren's method of obtaining information was incomprehensible to others; they could never guess that they were actually under Loren's surveillance.

"I executed several more Greed Worshippers last night, but unfortunately, I didn't obtain any useful information."

Sure enough, Koranda didn't mention her act last night trying to lure out the witches. This matter indeed couldn't be let known to Loren.

"Alright, continue your work. Spread those engraved items even wider. If the mastermind behind the scenes realizes his sacrifices cannot proceed normally, he'll become anxious himself, and the probability of him making a mistake will be greater.

"In repeated sacrifices, Greed has corroded their minds. Greed will affect their judgment."

Here, Loren paused and spoke more precisely:

"Of course, this isn't absolute, but it's highly likely to be the case."

"Understood. If there's nothing else, I'll take my leave for now."

"Nothing for now. If I develop something new, I'll notify you."

"Yes, Master Mentor."

Koranda gave Loren a solemn bow and then withdrew.

Regarding the new method he developed yesterday, Loren didn't tell Koranda; his trust in her had diminished.

"Master Mentor, she did go to execute some Greed Worshippers yesterday..."

After Koranda left, Movila added.

"Is that so?"

Loren sat in his chair, legs crossed, pondering.

Putting aside the matter of Koranda hiding things from him, she handled tasks for Loren quite well, spreading the items that blocked the ritual while genuinely dealing with the Greed Worshippers.

It's just that she hid things from Loren and was also targeting the witches, which made Loren very displeased.

"I'll go to the Church to see the Pope."

After some thought, Loren got up and headed to the Church. He planned to tell the new method to the bishop of Gedlan, letting the two bishops check and balance each other.

This would give Loren double insurance, so even if one of them really had problems, Loren could handle it.

"Tsk, I still lack a reliable subordinate..."

The bishop was ultimately a Church person, naturally standing opposite Loren, so Loren couldn't fully trust him.

Loren somewhat missed Noah. When Noah left, Loren hadn't assigned him any specific tasks to do, which was a bit regrettable.

Now, if Loren really needed to get things done, Gwen alone wasn't enough, and Gwen also needed to stay by Loren's side frequently for emergencies.

If he let the witches do it, they might encounter danger, and Loren couldn't bear that.

Only Noah was most suitable for being ordered around by Loren like this—trustworthy, and Loren wouldn't feel heartbroken if he died.

While thinking, Loren had already arrived at the Church. Here, he didn't see Koranda's figure; she still hadn't returned to the Church, choosing to act alone.

Loren believed the bishop had also noticed Koranda's recent behavior. If Loren really asked him to check and balance Koranda, he would probably be very willing.

Upon discovering Loren's arrival at the Church, the bishop appeared extremely eager, scrambling over to welcome Loren.

Recently, Loren had been communicating directly with Koranda for matters, which made the bishop of the Gedlan Kingdom feel somewhat neglected, hence his current eagerness.