However, the trump card of the royal family of the Gilded Kingdom was well hidden, and even the members of the several elder families might not be aware of it. Historically, there had been rebellions in the Gilded Kingdom, and there was even a powerful elder family that wanted to replace them. However, the results of those rebellions were all inexplicable, and they ended without even figuring out the trump card of the royal family.
The elder family that rebelled was originally the leader of the several elder families of the Gilded Kingdom, and was conferred the title of the Ocean Dragon Family by the founding king of the Gilded Kingdom. When the Ocean Dragon Family launched the rebellion, they could be said to have already controlled more than half of the power of the Gilded Kingdom, and they even had three Sanctuary powerhouses to hold the fort. There were even rumors that the Illuminati were secretly supporting the Ocean Dragon Family's rebellion. Although it was just a rumor, it was a fact that the Illuminati had always been neutral during that rebellion.
Just like that, the rebels almost swept through the Gilded Kingdom, and brought the islands under their control. In the end, they even surrounded the capital of the Gilded Kingdom. Almost everyone thought that if the Illuminati still did not take action, the Gilded Kingdom would definitely have a change of ownership this time.
However, no one had expected that the situation would change overnight without the Illuminati's help. The three Sanctuary powerhouses of the Ocean Dragon Family inexplicably disappeared without a trace, and the generals of the rebel army also disappeared or defected. The Ocean Dragon Family lost everything overnight.
Not to mention others, even the Illuminati had not figured out what the royal family of the Gilded Kingdom had done. Most people could only attribute everything to the will of Heaven, or the blessing of the gods. In short, the violent rebellion was quelled in the blink of an eye, and the Ocean Dragon Family was completely removed from the Gilded Kingdom.
That was also the reason that the Illuminati were rather wary of the royal family of the Gilded Kingdom even though they seemed to be obviously weaker. That caused the royal power of the Gilded Kingdom to form a strange balance with the Illuminati. Although the Illuminati were obviously much stronger, they could not completely suppress the royal power. On the other hand, the royal family of the Gilded Kingdom did not rely on their unknown trump card to suppress the Illuminati. It was unknown if they did not want to expose their trump card, or if it was not powerful enough.
However, no matter what, the balance between the Gilded Kingdom and the Illuminati gave others a chance to develop. After the Ocean Dragon Family was removed, the remaining elder families still controlled the military power and various important resources of the Gilded Kingdom for generations, but no one wanted to be the king.
Those elder families included Cridia's Whale Family, Cate's Ice Bear Family, Burgess' Albatross Family, and so on. Their positions in the Gilded Kingdom were almost all hereditary. After all, they were all families with a deep heritage, and it was impossible for an idiot to control the lifeline of the family. For example, the Whale Family had been in charge of the First Fleet of the Gilded Kingdom for generations, the Ice Bear Family had been in charge of the elite guards of the Gilded Kingdom's army, and the Albatross Family could be said to have been the chancellor of the Gilded Kingdom for generations.
Although the elder families could no longer rebel, they, and Dynasty, they could not of the royal family, it had the Gilded Family, the Ded Kingdom., they. Besides, it was precisely the balance between the Gilded Kingdom and the Illuminati that gave them the opportunity to gain a lot of benefits.
Taking advantage of the stalemate between the Gilded Kingdom and the Illuminati, the several elder families used their power and various conveniences to gain benefits for themselves. They were almost unscrupulous. Moreover, as the several elder families obtained enormous wealth, they gradually formed a third party force. Although they were currently far from being comparable to the Gilded Kingdom and the Illuminati, they would probably be able to grow and form a tripartite force with the Gilded Kingdom and the Illuminati. Of course, with the ability of the elder families, it was almost impossible for them to reach the point where they could contend with the Gilded Kingdom and the Illuminati.
Of course, with the ability of the elder families, it was almost impossible for them to reach the point where they could contend with the Gilded Kingdom and the Illuminati no matter how much wealth they amassed. After all, the Gilded Kingdom still had a trump card that no one knew about, and the Illuminati had accumulated power for thousands of years. Hence, the tripartite alliance did not mean that they could contend with any party, but rather that they could make the Gilded Kingdom and the Illuminati wary of them. In other words, they could become the key that could affect the balance. Whichever party they sided with would allow that party to have the ability to completely suppress the other party. Hence, neither party would dare to touch them easily.
Besides, Burgess' son, Cantory, was now the disciple of the Illuminati's lord, and was the most promising candidate to become the next lord. If Cantory really became the next lord of the Illuminati, the third force would probably have enough power to suppress the royal family of the Gilded Kingdom.
However, if the Illuminati and the Supreme Council reached some secret agreement that destroyed the balance between the Gilded Kingdom and the Illuminati, it would be rather terrifying for them.
Firstly, if the Illuminati had the power to completely suppress the Gilded Kingdom through the cooperation with the Supreme Council, the third force that they had formed would become a little redundant. Secondly, the methods that they used to accumulate wealth were not very honorable. Once the Illuminati no longer had to be wary of the Gilded Kingdom, they might just use them as fat sheep to be slaughtered.
Even if the Illuminati did not do anything to them, the royal family of the Gilded Kingdom might take back their power step by step in order to strengthen their resistance. After all, after the rebellion of the Ocean Dragon Family, the royal family of the Gilded Kingdom no longer trusted the elder families as much as they did at the beginning of the establishment of the kingdom. They still allowed the elder families to control the army and various other powers because they did not want to cause a major upheaval and force the elder families to side with the Illuminati.
In fact, after the rebellion of the Ocean Dragon Family, the royal family of the Gilded Kingdom had already begun to gradually support the new forces. The rise of the new forces naturally had to give some power to the elder families. However, the elder families were not easy to deal with, and if they did not commit any major mistakes, the royal family would not really fall out with them. Hence, the new forces that were supported by the royal family had yet to really touch the core interests of the elder families, and could not really go against them.
Because of Cridia's words, the crowd, led by Burgess, began to make infinite connections, and the more they thought about it, the more terrified they felt. They had seen with their own eyes that Saint Edmund, who had always been stern and unsmiling, had a rare cordial attitude towards the fourth arbitrator of the Supreme Council, Felic. If there was no deeper connection between the Illuminati and the Supreme Council, would Edmund have such an attitude towards Felic?
"No, we can't go on like this, we can't let the Supreme Council and the Illuminati cooperate!" Since Cate could become the commander of the royal guards, he was naturally not an idiot who knew nothing. Soon, he thought of the terrifying consequences. However, he could not think of any good solution to solve this problem at all. The Illuminati did not belong to him, so he could only clamor meaninglessly.
Burgess turned to look at his son, Cantory, hoping that his son could provide him with some useful information because he was the disciple of the holy lord.
However, in the face of his father's questioning gaze, Cantory could only shake his head helplessly, and say, "I haven't heard anything about this matter, and I don't think they'll tell me about it."
It was true that Cantory was the disciple of the Illuminati's holy lord, but he was only learning magic from his teacher, and was not qualified to really participate in the important decisions of the Illuminati. Besides, everyone knew his identity, and the people of the Illuminati were not fools. How could they tell him such an important matter?
Although Cantory had also roped in some people in the Illuminati with his identity, Saint Edmund was obviously not someone he could rope in. Not to mention the fact that he had yet to become the holy lord of the Illuminati, even if he really succeeded the position of the holy lord, the four saints would not obey him obediently.
"Actually, what I'm most worried about now is not how to continue to live between these two forces in the future. Although this is also very important, our family has been operating in the Gilded Kingdom for such a long time, and such a matter will at most cause our family to decline for a while. It's far from being destroyed …" Burgess said worriedly as he looked at the crowd.
Burgess's words made everyone feel a little puzzled. Could there be anything more important than the destruction of the living environment of their families? Once that conjecture became true, even if their families would not be suppressed immediately, they would not be able to continue doing all the profiteering they had done in the past, lest the royal family and the Illuminati would have something to hold against them.
"Burgess, what are you talking about? Isn't our future situation the most worrisome?" Cridia asked Burgess bluntly without hiding his bewilderment. They were all on the same side.
Burgess nodded slightly, and his gaze swept across everyone's faces. In a low voice, he said, "What I'm worried about is that if the royal family or the Illuminati finds out about the things our ancestors left for us, that would be a real disaster …"
As soon as they heard Burgess mention the topic that he had almost never mentioned, the faces of everyone present immediately stiffened, and the atmosphere that had always been normal became strange after his words.
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