As said by Keimichi, the three elders seems to be also acting at this point now since the 3 elders excluding 4th elder had a meeting prior to the events at present also, the other readers seems to be slow witted or just straight out "mentally challenged" to not see some clue scattered throughout...
Showing of wealth is prominent in west and east since a long time and persists even in the present. Though there is now plethora of ways to show it and the most prominent is "brand" and the other is being a "celeb" and we are all a slave to it.
I do not heckin get why the hell the heroine took their sweet time to get there when the battle is occuring near to them. Is this just a frickin plot device foe the author or wat?