Arcane Lord

In Iolum's opinion, the Illuminati may be closer to the nature of the Northern Alliance, but it is hidden behind the scenes and is a deeper ruling group behind the elf world.

They may not directly hold power, but they control all operations within the elf world through various channels, including but not limited to the flow of resources, the rise and fall of commodity prices, the rise and fall of upper families.

Even the alternation of the crown king and the life and death of the elders.

But——

If this kind of organization has been hidden behind the scenes, the elves who actually hold power in various countries may not have any strange ideas, but once this kind of organization is exposed, it will conflict with the actual power holders.

First of all, it is certain that the Illuminati cannot control all the elf power holders, because if they can really do this, the so-called time-related rituals may have been completed long ago.

So it is likely that only a few power holders are members of the Illuminati, and the others are influenced by some indirect means, such as influencing or even guiding the decision-making of the crown king through the crown king's advisers.

The same is true for the parliament. If you can't directly control the elders, then controlling the people around the elders is the same. As long as they are intelligent creatures, no one can live in a social vacuum.

As long as there is social interaction, there will inevitably be influence.

However, the premise for this whole system to work is secrecy. Once it is exposed, the actual rulers will not tolerate this group of shadow rulers controlling them behind the scenes.

The question now is - who is the shadow, and who is the pawn controlled by the shadow!

Iolum couldn't figure out these two questions. If he could figure it out, he would not be here, but on the way to destroy the Illuminati.

"I think this incident may also be an opportunity, an opportunity for the actual rulers of various countries to make up their minds to eliminate the shadow rulers!"

One of the important reasons why countries did not track down the Illuminati at all costs before was that the Alliance discovered the drawbacks of the Illuminati's time-related rituals through the study of time-related magic, allowing the Alliance to lock the ritual location in a very short time after the ritual began.

Such a discovery greatly reduced the danger of the Illuminati on the surface.

However, the threat of the Illuminati as a shadow ruler has not been reduced much, and even because of the later inconclusiveness of this matter, the rulers of various countries have become more vigilant.

Otherwise, why is the standard of this alliance conference so high, and the actual leaders of each country are present in person? It stands to reason that it is completely possible for the full-power representatives to participate.

After all, the alliance conference has been held more than once, and this mechanism is already quite mature.

But the actual leaders of each country still went to Evereska in person. When they obviously did not need to be there in person, they still went in person. It is hard not to imagine the meaning of this.

Iolum told Xia Duo about his speculation. He suspected that no one could doubt Xia Duo, not because Xia Duo was his student, but because Xia Duo played a very critical role in the exposure of the Illuminati.

In the past, the North knew almost nothing about the Illuminati. The only thing they knew was that there might be a force behind the demons, but no one could be sure what this force was or even whether it existed.

If Xia Duo had not caught a living member of the Illuminati, perhaps the Illuminati would still be unknown!

"So, I think the shadow ruling group of the Illuminati is most likely backed by the ancient upper families of the elf world. Those families are no longer limited to a certain country, but have branches in multiple countries. They are simply natural ties."

Hearing such a conclusion, Xia Duo couldn't help but marvel. This is consistent with his own judgment to a certain extent. The family of the prophet is undoubtedly an ancient family.

Even if it is not, you can also cling to those ancient families that have long lost their heritage. Anyway, they may have the same ancestor for tens of thousands of years.

This is similar to the ancient ruling class in Xia Duo's hometown. Once they came to power, they would always find a noble origin for themselves. Anyway, if you count thousands of years ago, who is not aristocratic blood? If you trace it back to the mythological era, who is not the descendant of the ancient gods!

The same is true in the magic world. The elves value blood, but it is impossible to say that all the upper families now are directly inherited from ancient times.

Elf blood does not have special powers, and it is not necessarily smarter than others just because it is from a superior family. It still depends on the acquired training. It is just that the superior family has abundant resources and fierce competition, and the actual success rate is much higher than the bottom.

So it seems to have noble blood, but it is actually false.

It is conceivable that the secret of the real superior family inheritance is not blood, but knowledge and resources, so those who have mastered knowledge and resources can artificially shape their own noble blood.

Some are attached to ancient heroes, some are attached to ancient kings, of course, there are very few direct fictions, after all, if your family has never appeared in ancient documents, how embarrassing it would be!

In this rare case, the superior family does not care about their origins, and even takes pride in jumping from the bottom through hard work, but this case is after all a minority.

In fact, most of the superior families wish that their inferior compatriots had never existed.

Iolem may be very familiar with the style of elves and humans when dealing with humans, but when it comes to the secrets of past history, Shado is more proficient.

However, Iorum was not wrong. The prophets were indeed ancient families, and even the ancient families that had been passed down from ancient times to the present without interruption. However, it was unnecessary to say that these ancient families would unite to form a shadow ruling group.

The upper family was originally the real ruler of the elf world, and there was no need to do so. The shadow ruling group that Iorum believed in was actually closer to an alliance that came together based on some interests.

If there were no common interests, they might have fallen apart that day, and it would have been impossible for them to unite and plot to rule the world.

The reason why Iorum failed to touch the essence was that he lacked the two most critical factors - one was Elan, and the other was the prophet.

As long as he knew the special significance of Elan to the Illuminati, Iorum would not have made the judgment of the shadow ruling group anyway.

Of course, Iorum's judgment was not worthless. At least it let Shado know what other people who did not know the truth about the Illuminati thought.

And such a judgment was also beneficial to the subsequent action of completely eliminating the Illuminati. If everyone thought so, many ancient families would be included in the list of suspects.

This list undoubtedly includes the family of the prophet. Even if there is no manipulation in the investigation, as long as it is slightly targeted, there is a high probability that a prophet will reveal a flaw.

The Illuminati is proficient in clearing traces, not disguising them. When suspicion has already arisen, any abnormality will be infinitely magnified.

Although Xia Duo cannot directly disclose the suspicion of the prophet to the alliance, he can personally participate in it. He does not believe that the Illuminati can disguise it perfectly.

Such an opportunity to publicly investigate the prophet, he will never miss it! The most important thing is that his participation is justified, because this Illuminati attack incident has damaged his interests.

The Illuminati may not think that he has already suspected the prophet regardless of this incident. This incident just gave him a legitimate opportunity to participate in the investigation without arousing suspicion.