The mental manipulation of a royal vampire wasn't ordinarily powerful. In a short while, the two Dark Elves gave the game away to Rhode. Although they weren't responsible for putting forward plans and ideas as Shane's subjects, they were in charge of gathering intelligence and Rhode learned a lot of things from them about Highland City's internal affairs.
Rhode had to admit that Highland City was indeed within the solid grasp of the Alanic Family. There was nothing that Shane wasn't aware of. It didn't matter if one was the supporter of the Light Parliament, a trade association representative, people who objected the suggestions, or people who acted pragmatically, one didn't know that one's every action was being monitored by Shane. What surprised Rhode was that there was also a special squad of 15 Dark Elves directly under Shane who was responsible for monitoring Highland City, at the same time helping him manage the uncertain factors and threats surrounding the city.