Chapter 161: Chapter 12. Investigating

— Ralph Freundlich,» the commander of the guard placed the report on the table, «The empire's largest slave trader.

Rachel took it and carefully studied the offered documents.

— Is this accurate?

The knight nodded.

— Our intelligence has conducted a thorough investigation. His organization has sold more than two thousand slaves this year.

Two thousand people. Just a terrifying figure. That means there have been auctions every week-if not several times.

Rachel frowned.

Ever since she'd ascended to the throne, she'd been slowly eradicating all the «rottenness» in the interior of the empire that previous rulers had turned a blind eye to. A year ago she succeeded in completely banning the shipment of illegal substances into the country. And all the owners of such business were executed for breaking the law.