Chapter 3319: Prophecy Schools, Suspecting the Crown King

If that is truly the case, then the Demon Descendant, Ailan, and the like are not the source of the Illuminati; the Moonshadow Family is. It was the Moonshadow Family's Patriarch, a diviner, who broke up a pair of lovers back then, indirectly causing the birth of the Illuminati.

Ailan was merely an excuse for the Sage, and perhaps later it was imbued with a certain amount of emotion, but Xia Duo is not very willing to believe that the Sage held any deep feelings for that illusory imagination.

Of course, there is also something in this world called sunk cost. The Illuminati has paid so much to reach this point; I am afraid they will not give up just because of a few words.

One must still speak with strength.

Thinking of this, Xia Duo immediately rose and headed to the embassy's archives to look up information. After searching back and forth, he discovered that there was not much information regarding the diviner Dafuni, and the few bits of data that did exist were all deeds from after Dafuni became the Chief Prophecy Consultant to the Crown King.

Before Dafuni became the Crown King's consultant, her background seemed to be known to no one. Then, on what basis did the Yierlan Crown King choose to make Dafuni the Chief Prophecy Consultant?

One must know that Yierlan has more than one diviner. Even if there were only Dafuni, if her previous resume was unclear, Xia Duo decided that Helien was not a brainless person and likely would not have agreed to keep Dafuni by his side.

Or could it be that this is the magic of love?

The Netheril Embassy does indeed contain records of romantic rumors between Helien and Dafuni, but the recorders were more inclined to believe that Dafuni, as a diviner, chose Helien first, which is why Helien later granted Dafuni such a status.

That sounds a bit convoluted, but if one understands the status of diviners in the Elf World, it is very easy to understand what being chosen by a diviner means for a monarch.

But understanding the pros and cons is not the same as being able to restrain oneself.

From that perspective, this Dafuni is eight or nine times out of ten a diviner of the Witness Prophecy school, and may have even used her status as the Crown King's consultant to make the Yierlan Crown King unwittingly provide countless assists!

Generally speaking, without considering divination methods, looking only at the attitude toward the act of divination, diviners can roughly be divided into two categories.

Instead, they should go with the flow and execute the joint resolutions of the Alliance nations, wiping away the rights and wrongs of the past between the Demon Descendant and the elves.

And "Witness Prophecy" refers to when a future predicted by a diviner actually happens; they will feel an illusion of transcending time, being able to see through the past, present, and future at a glance.

And in that process, any obstacles encountered must naturally be removed if possible; if they cannot be removed, one must find a way to remove them. It is conceivable that under such circumstances, if a monarch is willing to support it, there is no doubt the obstacles will be minimized.

This has only benefits and no drawbacks for the Darkness Society.

But if it is in other countries or hostile domains, whether to inform them depends entirely on one's conscience. And from what Xia Shao has learned, most elf diviners have no conscience most of the time, at least not toward other races.

However, this contradicts what Fema'ai just mentioned about Yierlan planning to purge the Demon Descendant after eliminating the Darkness Society. If the Yierlan Crown King is a member of the Darkness Society, he should not turn his back on people so quickly.

This thing is a bit like certain special drugs; if used in the medical field with restraint, it is of course highly beneficial, but if it is constantly abused, it will truly cause endless harm.

It is very simple: it means destiny, and it means the stability of the monarch's position.

There is a saying in the Elf World called "The Diviner's Fate," which refers to those diviners who are overly concerned with obtaining revelations from Witness Prophecy. The elf diviners' understanding of the pros and cons of Witness Prophecy is actually no less profound than Xia Shao's.

Xia Shao is not sure which school Dafuni belongs to. In fact, these two schools of diviners are merely Xia Shao's own classification; in reality, diviners in the Northland might touch upon both.

The more times one performs Witness Prophecy, the more revelations one obtains. Over time, one becomes addicted to it and cannot extricate oneself, which may then lead to choosing to actively promote the realization of the predicted future in order to obtain the revelations of Witness Prophecy.

Besides disasters, corresponding to good things, isn't it also a joy to casually obtain some Witness Prophecy revelations?

It is just that the former often consists mostly of admonitions; as the saying goes, "loyal advice is hard on the ears," so such diviners do not win the favor of monarchs. The latter, in order to achieve their goal of Witness Prophecy, will often cater to the monarch in every possible way.

Even worse, the Yierlan Crown King might have already been thoroughly infiltrated by the Darkness Society and voluntarily become a member of the Darkness Society.

Of course, it is an illusion that Xia Shao thinks so after actual experience, but for some diviners, this is not an illusion, but a revelation of fate.

From this angle, the Yierlan Crown King does not look much like a member of the society.

Xia Shao previously guessed that the Sage of the Darkness Society might have fallen into the trap of the Diviner's Fate and then created the Darkness Society to help him realize his prophecies. To drag more diviners into the water, the Sage might have even done more evil things.

One type of diviner treats divination merely as an informational aid to change the future, advocating for shaping the future one wants based on the revelations of divination. Xia Shao, a Mage who mastered divination spells halfway through, can also be classified into this category.

If he really is a member of the Darkness Society, making such a decision would not expose his identity as a member of the Darkness Society; on the contrary, retaining the Demon Descendant is equivalent to retaining the possibility of continuing to use them later.

For example, if a disaster is predicted, if it is in one's own country or even one's own hometown, one will eight or nine times out of ten try to find a way to stop it. Even if it cannot be stopped, there is still the guaranteed income of Witness Prophecy.

They even package the future they hope to see as the future for the monarch, thereby borrowing the monarch's power to the greatest extent.

This is not changing the divination school's demand for monarchs, but those diviners who hope to change the future using information obtained from divination are also exceptionally demanding of monarchs.

Not to mention, the Ailan Civilization that the Darkness Society is desperate to resurrect is based on the Demon Descendant. If the Yierlan Crown King is a member of the Darkness Society and made the decision to purge the Demon Descendant, wouldn't other members of the Darkness Society feel rebellious? Wouldn't it be considered a betrayal of their ideals?

Because diviners can provide guidance for the future, the more powerful the diviner, the more obvious the effect they can have on a monarch, and correspondingly, the monarch can provide greater possibilities for the diviner to perform Witness Prophecy.

But the other type is different. Based on some purpose, they believe that the predicted future is an inevitably realized future, so they will use certain means to promote the realization of such a future.

Just like Xia Shao, although he is very vigilant about the revelations obtained after Witness Prophecy, he is not actually repulsed by it once or twice; he is only worried that after the number of times increases, his thinking will slide, thereby falling into the trap of fate without knowing it.