Chapter 3236: Porson's Doubts

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In Iolum's view, the Illuminati might be closer in nature to the Northland Alliance, yet it hides behind the scenes, serving as a deeper ruling group behind the Elf World.

They might not directly wield power, but they control everything within 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 Upper Families.

Even the succession of Crown Kings and the life and death of Elders.

However——

If such an organization remained hidden behind the scenes, the Elves who actually hold power in various countries might not have any strange thoughts; but once such an organization is exposed, it would come into conflict with the actual power holders.

First, it is certain that the Illuminati cannot control all Elven power holders, because if they could truly achieve that level, then the so-called Time-Involving Ritual might have been completed long ago.

Therefore, it is highly probable that only individual power holders are members of the Illuminati, while others are influenced through certain indirect means, for example, by influencing or even providing Guidance for the Crown King's decisions through the Crown King's Consultant.

The Council is the same; if one cannot directly control the Elders, then controlling the people around the Elders is the same. As long as they are beings with Wisdom, no one can live in a social vacuum.

Iolum could not think of those two questions; if he could have thought of them, he would not be here, but on the way to eliminate the Darkness Society.

Elven bloodlines do not possess special power, and one will not necessarily be stronger than others just because one comes from an Upper Family; it still depends on postnatal cultivation. It is just that Upper Families have abundant resources and fierce competition, so the actual success rate is far higher than that of the lower classes.

This is similar to the ruling class in the ancient times of Xia Shao's hometown; once they ascended to power, they would always find a noble origin for themselves. Anyway, counting back several thousand years, who isn't of noble blood? If one is ruthless enough to trace back to the mythological era, who isn't a descendant of the ancient gods!

But the premise for that entire system to operate is secrecy. Once exposed, the actual power holders cannot tolerate this group of shadow rulers controlling us from behind.

The Magic world is the same; Elves value bloodlines, but to say that all current Upper Families are directly inherited from ancient times is also impossible.

As long as one knows the special significance of Ailan to the Darkness Society, then no matter what, Iolum would not make the judgment of a shadow ruling group.

It is conceivable that the secret of true Upper Family inheritance does not lie in bloodlines, but in Knowledge and resources. Therefore, those latecomers who have mastered Knowledge and resources can artificially shape their own noble bloodlines.

Hearing such a conclusion, Xia Shao could not help but exclaim; to a certain extent, this coincided with his own judgment. The Seer family is undoubtedly an ancient family.

"Therefore, I believe that the shadow ruling group behind the Darkness Society is highly likely to be the ancient Upper Families of the Elf World. Those families are long since not limited to one country, but have Branching in multiple countries; they are simply natural bonds."

In the past, the Northland knew almost nothing about the Darkness Society. The only thing known was that there might be another force behind the Demon Descendant, but no one could determine what this force was or even if it existed.

In reality, most Upper Families wish their lower-class compatriots had never existed.

Some cling to ancient heroes, some cling to ancient kings. Of course, those directly fabricated are few and far between, almost non-existent. After all, if your family has never appeared in ancient literature, how embarrassing that would be!

If there were no common interests, they might have fallen apart that very day; it would be impossible to unite to conspire to rule the world.

Moreover, such a judgment is also beneficial for the subsequent thorough elimination of the Darkness Society. If everyone thinks this way, many ancient families will be included in the suspect list.

The problem now is—who is the shadow, and who around one is a pawn controlled by the shadow!

But the actual power holders of various countries still went to Evereska in person. When they clearly could have not been present in person, they went anyway, and the implications of this are hard not to make one's imagination run wild.

So it looks like they possess a noble bloodline, but in reality, it is all hollow.

However, Iolum was not wrong either; Seers are indeed ancient families, even true ancient families that have been passed down from ancient times to the present without interruption. But to say that these ancient families joined together to form a shadow ruling group is actually quite unnecessary.

A very important reason why countries did not spare any cost to investigate the Darkness Society before was that the Alliance discovered the drawbacks of the Darkness Society's Time-Involving Ritual through research on time Magic, allowing the Alliance to lock onto the ritual site within a very short time after the ritual began.

If Xia Shao hadn't caught a living member of the Darkness Society, perhaps the Darkness Society would still be unknown to this day!

"I feel that this incident could also be an opportunity, an opportunity that can allow the actual power holders of various countries to make up their minds to eliminate the shadow rulers!"

After all, the Alliance General Assembly has been held more than once, and this mechanism is already quite mature.

Otherwise, why is the scale of this Alliance General Assembly so high, with the actual power holders of various countries attending in person? Logically, it would be perfectly fine for a Plenipotentiary Representative to participate.

The reason why Iolum failed to touch the essence lies in the fact that he lacked the two most critical factors—one is Ailan, and the other is the Seer.

In very few such cases, the Upper Family does not care about their origin, and even takes pride in rising from the lower classes through hard work, but such cases are, after all, in the minority.

Even if not, one can cling to those ancient families that have long since lost their inheritance; anyway, counting back tens of thousands of years, they might all be the same ancestor.

Iolum told Xia Shao his guess. He believed that no one could suspect Xia Shao, not because Xia Shao is his student, but because Xia Shao played a very critical role in the exposure of the Darkness Society.

And this list undoubtedly includes the Seer family. Even if one plays tricks in the investigation, as long as there is a little bit of targeting, there is a relatively high probability of making a Seer reveal a flaw.

Iolum might be very familiar with the style of conduct when Elves and humans deal with each other, but when it comes to the secrets of past history, Xia Shao is more proficient.

Of course, Iolum's judgment is not without value; at least it let Xia Shao know what others who do not understand the truth of the Darkness Society are thinking.

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

However, the threat of the Darkness Society as a shadow rule has not diminished much, and even because of the later unsettled nature of this matter, the power holders of various countries are even more vigilant.

Such a discovery caused the threat of the Darkness Society on the surface to be greatly reduced.

The Upper Families were originally the true rulers of the Elf World; there was no need to do this extra work. The shadow ruling group that Iolum imagined is actually closer to an alliance brought together based on certain interests.