Great Battle

"...Impossible! This is a power this world simply cannot tolerate!"

Facing the Speaker, whose presence seemed to carry the entire night sky with it, Dark Raven was greatly startled before suddenly sensing something unusual.

"No! That's not right! There's something wrong with this space! This is an illusion!?"

Once he calmed down, Dark Raven immediately saw through the Speaker's true nature.

"An illusion?"

As though he could hear Dark Raven's words, the Speaker's projection on the throne revealed a strange smile.

"Though I cannot tell what manner of existence you are, I must say, your insight is rather impressive.

To discover the problem in this simulated world and describe this place with the closest possible term, 'illusion'—you do have some skill."

"What does Your Excellency mean by a 'simulated world'?"

Listening to the Speaker's cryptic words, Shute, commander of the Light of Hope, who had remained behind Landon without saying a word until then, finally could not help asking.

"Just as the term implies, the place you are in is not a real world, but one entirely simulated by Heinz, a Seer-Class Construct Spirit."

As though he already felt victory was assured, the Speaker was in a particularly talkative mood. Even before his enemies, he did not hesitate to explain.

"Just as ordinary people can pull themselves into dreams through sleep, Spellcasters can construct illusions and drag their enemies into them, and the Dream World can allow ninth-rank beings to enter and explore it, even using Rule Power to fight within it.

In essence, all three are illusory worlds. Yet the difference lies in this: compared to an ordinary person's dream, a world created by illusion spells is firmer and more stable. The Dream World, meanwhile, is even more stable than the former, and it contains some real things rather