In Iolum's view, the Illuminati may be closer to the Northland Alliance, but it is hidden behind the scenes and is the deeper ruling group behind the elven world.
They may not directly hold power, but they control all internal operations of the elf world through various channels, including but not limited to the flow of resources, the rise and fall of commodity prices, and the rise and decline of high-ranking families.
Even the succession of kings and the life and death of elders.
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If this kind of organization remains hidden behind the scenes, the elves who actually hold power in various countries may not have any strange ideas. However, once this kind of organization is exposed, it will conflict with the actual people in power.
First of all, it is certain that the Illuminati cannot control all the elf rulers, because if they could really achieve this level, the so-called time-related rituals may have been completed long ago.
Therefore, there is a high probability that only a few people in power are members of the Illuminati, and others are influenced through some indirect means, such as influencing or even guiding King Mian's decisions through his advisors.
The same is true for the council. If the elders cannot be directly controlled, then the same goes for controlling the people around the elders. As long as they are intelligent creatures, no one can live in a social vacuum.
As long as there is social interaction, influence can certainly be exerted.
But the premise for this entire system to operate is secrecy. Once it is exposed, the actual people in power will not be able to tolerate this group of shadow rulers controlling them behind the scenes.
The question now is - who is the shadow, and who around you is the chess piece controlled by the shadow!
Iolum couldn't figure out these two problems. If he could figure it out, he wouldn't be here, but on his way to destroy the Illuminati.
"I think this incident may also be an opportunity, an opportunity for the actual power holders in various countries to make up their minds to eliminate the shadow rulers!"
One of the important reasons why countries did not pursue the Illuminati at all costs before was that the Alliance discovered the shortcomings of the Illuminati's time-related rituals through research on time-related magic, allowing the Alliance to lock down the ceremony location within a very short time after the ceremony began.
Such a discovery greatly reduces the apparent dangers of the Illuminati.
However, the threat of the Illuminati as a shadow rule has not diminished much, and even because the incident went unsolved later, the leaders of various countries have become more vigilant.
Otherwise, why is the standard of this Alliance Conference so high? All the actual power holders from various countries will attend in person. It stands to reason that it is perfectly fine for plenipotentiary representatives to participate.
After all, the alliance conference has been held more than once, and this mechanism is already quite mature.
However, the actual leaders of various countries still went to Everesca in person. Even though they clearly did not need to be there in person, they still went in person. The meaning of this is hard not to arouse people's imagination.
Iolum told Shado about his speculation. He suspected that no one could doubt Shado, not because Shado was his student, but because Shado played a very key role in the exposure of the Illuminati.
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In the past, Northland knew almost nothing about the Illuminati. The only thing they knew was that there might be a force behind the demons, but no one was sure what this force was or even whether it existed.
If Shado had not captured live Illuminati members, perhaps the Illuminati would still be unknown to the public today!
"So, I think that behind the shadow ruling group of the Illuminati is most likely the ancient high-ranking families in the elven world. Those families are no longer limited to a certain country, but have branches in many countries. It is simply natural.
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Hearing such a conclusion, Xia Duo couldn't help but marvel. This coincided with his own judgment to a certain extent. The prophet's family was undoubtedly an ancient family.
Even if not, you can still cling to those ancient families that have long lost their inheritance. Anyway, they may have the same ancestor for tens of thousands of years.
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This is similar to the fact that once the ancient ruling class in Xia Duo's hometown came to power, they would always find a noble origin for themselves. Anyway, if you go back several thousand years, no one is of noble blood. If you go back to the mythical era, who is not of noble blood?
He’s not an ancient god yet!
In the magic world too, elves value bloodline, but it is impossible to say that all the current high-ranking families are directly inherited from ancient times.
Elf blood does not have special powers, and it does not necessarily mean that you are smarter than others just because you are born in a high-ranking family. It still depends on your upbringing. However, the upper-class families have abundant resources and fierce competition, and the actual success rate is much higher than that of the lower class.
So it looks like he has a noble bloodline, but in fact it is all false.
It is conceivable that the real secret of the inheritance of a high-ranking family does not lie in bloodline, but in knowledge and resources. Therefore, those latecomers who have mastered the knowledge and resources can artificially shape their own noble bloodline.
Some are attached to ancient heroes, and some are attached to ancient kings. Of course, there are very few that are directly fictional. After all, it would be so embarrassing if your family never appeared in ancient documents!
There are rare cases where the upper-class family doesn't care about their origins, and even takes pride in rising from the bottom through hard work, but such cases are rare after all.
In fact, most upper-class families wish their lower-class compatriots had never existed.
Iolum may have a good understanding of the way elves deal with humans, but when it comes to the secrets of past history, Shado is even more proficient.
But Iolum is right. The prophets are indeed ancient families, even real ancient families that have been passed down from ancient times to the present. But if these ancient families join together to form a shadow ruling group, in fact,
It's not necessary.
The upper-class family is the real ruler of the elven world, so there is no need to do anything extra. The shadow ruling group that Iolum believes is actually closer to an alliance based on certain interests.
If there were no common interests, they might fall apart on the same day, and it would be impossible to unite together and plot to rule the world.
The reason why Iolum failed to touch the essence is that he was missing the two most critical factors - one is Elam, and the other is the prophet.
As long as he knows the special significance of Elam to the Illuminati, then Iolum will not make a judgment on the shadow ruling group in any case.
Of course, Iolum's judgment is not worthless, at least it allows Shado to know what other people who don't understand the truth about the Illuminati think.
Moreover, such a judgment will also be beneficial to the subsequent actions to completely eliminate the Illuminati. If everyone thinks so, many ancient families will be included in the suspect list.
And this list undoubtedly includes families of prophets. Even if there is no manipulation in the investigation, as long as it is slightly targeted, there is a high probability that a certain fortune-teller will be exposed.
The Illuminati are proficient in removing traces, rather than disguising traces. When suspicion has arisen, any abnormality will be infinitely magnified.
Although Shado could not directly disclose the prophet's suspicion to the alliance, he could personally participate in it. He did not believe that the Illuminati could disguise it perfectly.
There is absolutely no way he would miss such an opportunity to publicly investigate the prophet! The most important thing is that his participation is justified, because his interests have been damaged by this Illuminati attack.
Even if the Illuminati tried hard to think of it, they would never have thought that he would have already suspected the prophet regardless of whether this incident occurred or not. This incident only gave him the opportunity to legitimately participate in the investigation without arousing suspicion.