Inside the church.
The Local Bishop, wearing a bishop's mitre and long white robes, walked toward them.
"Bishop Dekgavin." Andeviel bowed.
Dekgavin was the Local Bishop of Treasure Island.
After Wu Heng returned, he told her that this was a level 18 cleric.
The thought of assigning a level 18 figure to Treasure Island was astonishing.
The bishop's frown turned into a smile. "Miss Andeviel, has something happened?"
Andeviel said seriously, "Bishop, the number of people coming to the island has recently increased. We came to see whether there were any problems."
"Oh! Everything is fine. Treasure Island's security is still very good," the bishop answered with a smile.
"It is good that Bishop has confidence in the island's security. There is one more matter we came to discuss: the various factions on the island cannot station too many personnel here." Andeviel smoothly brought up the matter.
The bishop's smile faded, and he understood why they had come.
The latest newspaper had indeed stated that the factions on the island were not permitted to station excessive armed forces.
But he had not expected them to actually bring the matter up with the Church.
Given the Church's influence across various regions, it was the second force after the Association that could remain beyond the control of local political powers.
But from the looks of it, Treasure Island did not see things that way.
The church had not even been built yet. Only a few clerics remained here, while Protector Knights would come to the island later.
The number of clerics definitely met their requirements.
Bringing this up now was likely aimed at the future Protector Knights.
"Miss Andeviel, surely our Church does not count among the factions you mentioned?" the bishop said.
"There is nothing we can do about it. We