Chapter 3256: Taking Decisive Action, Dismantling the Conspiracy

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Regardless of the legends, what can be confirmed now is that the giant plateau where the city-state of Evereska is located is indeed made of stone, consistent with the material of the surrounding peaks.

In other words, the imaginable space beneath Evereska is vast!

It is entirely possible for the Illuminati to have built a secret stronghold beneath Evereska, and they could even use the deep underground Earth Element Domain environment to completely shield themselves from Evereska's monitoring.

Under normal circumstances, no one would specifically develop Scrying Spells for the Earth Element Domain, and even if they were developed, such overly singular detection methods are very easily shielded or misled.

They are far inferior to the currently most popular Scrying Spells in the Main Plane, which are based on the perception of Elves or humans themselves and developed as perception-amplification and projection types; it is just that the most suitable places for such Scrying Spells are where Elves or humans can move about.

The underground is not the domain of intelligent races, especially the completely solid rock layers; even Dwarves would look at it and sigh, completely unable to penetrate it, let alone move within it.

Perhaps only those Elemental Creatures could be like fish in water in such an environment!

Xia Duo had never thought before that the Illuminati might have built a secret stronghold beneath Evereska; in the past, he might have overestimated the Elves and overestimated Evereska.

Of course, even now, he did not discover the Illuminati's secret stronghold through direct Scrying means, but rather from the Pre-teleportation path that was very likely voluntarily exposed by the other party.

Then, why would the other party make such a move that would expose a secret stronghold to him?

Is it because there are big fish within the Rus Chamber of Commerce and several other targets, and the value of the big fish is far higher than a secret stronghold?

Or is it because the situation has developed to the point where the Illuminati does not care about these things at all?

As for the possibility that the Illuminati believed they would not be tracked to their secret stronghold by the Alliance, Xia Duo completely ignored it; he did not believe that the Illuminati, who had the ability to design such a Pre-teleportation method, would be unaware of the drawbacks of this method.

It can be said that the only advantage of Pre-teleportation is that it is almost impossible to stop or intercept, and the rest are all drawbacks.

If it were an organization operating openly, it could of course ignore those drawbacks, but for an organization that needs to hide, a method with such obvious drawbacks as Pre-teleportation seems not worth it.

Yet the Illuminati used it, and they used it right in front of Xia Duo.

Regardless of the true reason for the Illuminati using this method, Xia Duo's attention was indeed drawn to that secret stronghold located beneath Evereska.

Thinking of this, Xia Duo's expression darkened slightly, and he looked at Bulaide on the side, "There is something I would like to ask you to help me ask your country's Council of Elders."

"What is it?" Bulaide was not yet aware of Xia Duo's discovery at this time; he was still happy about the smooth operation of the field team, not knowing that what they caught below were just worthless small fry, while the real big fish were still hiding underground!

"I want to ask if your country's Council of Elders has any intention of turning Evereska into a Floating City?"

"Turning Evereska into a Floating City?"

Even though Bulaide was prepared, he could not have imagined that Xia Duo's thinking would be so jumpy; they were clearly in the middle of an arrest operation, so how did he suddenly link it to building a Floating City!

"I will help convey this, Consultant Xia Duo."

"No, there is not much time left, report to your superiors now! Also, add one more sentence: if you do not want to build a Floating City, would you mind letting the city's altitude be lowered a bit?"

"Let the city's altitude be lowered a bit?" Bulaide seemed to have some realization, but he could not think of the key point, so he simply passed it on truthfully to the Council of Elders, letting the Elders judge for themselves.

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Soon, almost at the same time Bulaide agreed to send the message, Xia Duo received an inquiry from Laruian, "Has Consultant Xia Duo discovered any clues that would cause huge turmoil for Evereska?"

"There are some."

Xia Duo told Laruian about his discovery and put forward his own conjecture, "I think the Illuminati might launch an operation against Evereska in the near future, or even today. Perhaps it will be just like before in Ailan, only they attacked a Magic Artifact Factory before, and now they are attacking an entire city!"

If it were just an attack with the intensity of a Magic Artifact Factory, it would not be enough to destroy Evereska, but one must know that the Magic Artifact Factory was only attacked once.

It is entirely possible for the Illuminati to launch multiple attacks on Evereska simultaneously, which would be equivalent to throwing those seven Magic Web Decay Zones from Ailan onto Evereska at the same time.

Regardless of whether the Illuminati has the ability to launch such an attack again, neither Xia Duo nor Laruian could afford not to consider such a situation.

And now, when Laruian heard that the Illuminati might target Evereska next, his horror was almost written all over his face, and he hurriedly asked:

"Consultant Xia Duo, is this news accurate? Do we need to confirm it again?"

"There is no time, you must make a decision immediately, whether you want to save Evereska or not! If you need to, I can help you!"

On the other side, Laruian had already rushed to the Cloudtop Tower, and the other Elders had all arrived; he synchronized his communication process with Xia Duo to all the Elders, but none of them expected that the time for a decision had actually arrived now.

While the other Elders remained silent, the Supreme Elder Dewen took the lead to set the tone: "Regardless of whether this news is true or false, we cannot refuse Consultant Xia Duo's kindness."

Indeed, concerning the fate of a city and a country, who would dare, who could bear the responsibility of this refusal!

But they also knew that once they agreed to Xia Duo, they might fall into another kind of trap, but the situation no longer allowed them to continue hesitating.

Soon, Xia Duo received a message from Laruian, who also indicated that Elder Dewen wanted to meet with him. Xia Duo provided the temporary coordinates of the Semi-plane Villa garden, and the next moment, an Elf elder with a worried face appeared in the garden.

"Elder Dewen?" Dumu and Maigeluoer were surprised by Dewen's sudden arrival, while Bulaide was thoughtful, showing a worried expression.

In front of Dumu and Maigeluoer, Xia Duo showed Elder Dewen the process of how he discovered the Illuminati's secret stronghold; the three intelligence Supervisors, especially Bulaide who was from Evereska, all showed expressions of panic.

Elder Dewen, on the other hand, calmed down at this moment. He stared at Xia Duo, seemingly wanting to see the truth of the matter from Xia Duo's expression and eyes, but unfortunately, there was no concealment or deception in what Xia Duo said, let alone any conspiracy.

Finally, Dewen extended a hand, handed a silver Scepter to Xia Duo, and said, "I will leave the rest to you, Consultant Xia Duo."

"I will certainly not let the Elder down!" Xia Duo took the Scepter, his heart neither happy nor sad, only filled with hatred for the Illuminati and absolute confidence in the upcoming operation.