Lord of Arcane

Chapter 3251: The enemy temporarily handed over power underground
Regardless of the legend, what is certain now is that the giant plateau where the city-state of Evereska is located is indeed made of stone, the same material as the surrounding mountains.

In other words, there is a lot of imaginable space underground in Evereska!
It is entirely possible that the Illuminati built a secret base beneath Evereska, and could even use the earth element deep underground to completely block Evereska's surveillance.

Normally, no one would develop special spells for detecting the earth element. Even if there is development, this overly single-minded detection method is very easy to be blocked or misled.

It is far inferior to the most popular perception amplification + projection detection spell developed based on the perception of elves or humans in the main plane. However, this kind of detection spell is most suitable for places where elves or humans can move.

The underground is not the territory of intelligent races, especially the completely solid rock formations. Even dwarves would be disappointed and unable to go deep into them, let alone move around.

Perhaps only elemental creatures can thrive in such an environment!

Before this, Shado had never thought that the Illuminati might build a secret base under Everesca. In the past, he might have overestimated the elves and Everesca.

Of course, even now, he did not discover the secret base of the Illuminati through direct means of detection, but discovered it from the pre-transmission path that was most likely exposed by the other party.

So, why would the other party take such a move that would expose the secret base to him?

Is it because there are big fish inside the Russ Chamber of Commerce and several other targets, and the value of the big fish is far higher than a secret stronghold?
Or has the situation developed to the point where the Illuminati no longer cares about this?
As for the possibility that the Illuminati thought that their secret base would not be traced by the Alliance, Xia Duo completely ignored it. He did not believe that the Illuminati, who were capable of designing such a pre-teleportation method, would not be aware of the disadvantages of this method.

It can be said that the only advantage of pre-transmission is that it is almost impossible to stop and intercept, and the rest are all disadvantages.

If it is an organization that operates openly, then of course those disadvantages can be ignored, but for an organization that needs to hide, a method like pre-transmission with obvious disadvantages does not seem worthwhile.

But the Illuminati used it anyway, and used it in front of Xia Duo.

Whatever the real reason why the Illuminati used this method, Shado's attention was indeed drawn to the secret base located underground in Evereska.

Thinking of this, Xia Duo's face darkened slightly, and he looked at Brad beside him, "There is something I want to ask your Excellency to ask the Council of Elders of your country."

"What's the matter?" Brad was still unaware of Xia Duo's discovery at this time. He was still happy about the smooth operation of the field team. However, he didn't know that what they caught below were just some worthless shrimps, and the real big fish were still hiding underground!
"I would like to ask if your country's Council of Elders intends to build Evereska into a floating city?"

"Build Evereska into a floating city?"

Even though Brad was well prepared, he couldn't have imagined that Xia Duo's thoughts would be so jumpy. He was clearly carrying out a capture operation, so why did he suddenly think of building a floating city!

"I'll convey that to Advisor Xia Duo."

"No, time is running out. You must report to your superiors now! And one more thing, if you don't want to build a floating city, do you mind lowering the height of the city?"

"Let's lower the height of the city?" Brad seemed to have some understanding, but he couldn't think of the key point, so he simply passed it on to the Elders' Council and let the elders judge for themselves.

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Soon, almost at the same time that Brad agreed to the subpoena, Shado received a question from Larian, "Has Consultant Shado found any clues that will cause great turmoil in Evereska?"

"There are some."

Shado told Larian about his discovery and put forward his own conjecture, "I think the Illuminati may launch an action against Evereska in the near future or even today. Perhaps it will be like what happened in Elan before, except that they attacked the magic weapon factory before, and now they are attacking an entire city!"

An attack as powerful as that on a magic weapon factory would not be enough to destroy Everesca, but you have to know that the magic weapon factory was only attacked once.

It is entirely possible that the Illuminati could launch multiple attacks on Everesca at the same time, which would be equivalent to throwing Elan's seven magic web decay areas onto Everesca at the same time.

Regardless of whether the Illuminati had the ability to launch such an attack again, neither Shado nor Larian could have failed to consider such a scenario.

Now, when Larian heard that the Illuminati might target Evereska next, he was so horrified that he asked:
"Advisor Xia Duo, is this information accurate? Do we need to confirm it again?"

"It's too late. You must make a decision immediately. Do you want to save Evereska or not? If necessary, I can help you!"

On the other side, Larian had already arrived at the Cloud Top Tower, and the other elders had also gathered. He synchronized the communication process between himself and Shado to all the elders, but none of them expected that now was the time to make a decision.

When the other elders were silent, Supreme Elder Devin took the lead and set the tone: "Whether the news is true or false, we cannot refuse the kindness of Advisor Xia Duo."

Yes, it concerns the fate of a city and a country. Who dares and who can bear the responsibility of rejection!

But they also knew that once they agreed to Xia Duo, they might fall into another trap, but the situation did not allow them to hesitate any longer.

Soon, Shado received a message from Larian, who also said that Elder Devin wanted to meet him. Shado provided the temporary coordinates of the half-plane villa garden, and the next moment an old elf with a worried look on his face appeared in the garden.

"Elder Devin?" Doom and McGlore were surprised at Devin's sudden arrival, while Brad seemed to be thinking about something and looked worried.

In front of Doom and Maglor, Shado showed Elder Devin how he discovered the secret base of the Illuminati. The three intelligence chiefs, especially Everiskablade, all showed panic expressions.

Elder Devin, on the other hand, calmed down at this moment. He stared at Xia Duo, as if trying to see the truth of the matter from Xia Duo's expression and eyes, but unfortunately, what Xia Duo said did not involve any concealment or fraud, let alone conspiracy.

Finally, Devin stretched out his hand, handed a silver scepter to Shado, and said, "I'll leave the rest to Consultant Shado."

"I will definitely not let the elders down!" Xia Duo took over the scepter, feeling neither happy nor sad. All he felt was hatred for the Illuminati and immense confidence in the next action.