When Did You Get That Illusion?

"D20+17+12+4=37, Concentration success."

High Concentration let you do whatever you wanted.

Fortunately, the 20% chance of failure hadn't triggered.

Mage Disintegrate erupted from the place where Daji stood, but... it didn't seem to have much effect on the protective barrier around her.

"D20+17+2=23, failure."

"D20+17+2=20, critical failure."

Caster checks were special. Most abilities couldn't affect them.

He could only use one more Hero Point. Once he spent it, it would be gone for good. He still couldn't be sure whether the Orochi clone before him was merely there to draw Lin Yun's fire. Lin Yun needed to learn more, but if he didn't use that Hero Point, Daji might escape with Orochi.

That would be a problem.

What should he do? Lin Yun felt a headache coming on, but there was hardly any time left to hesitate. He chose to... go all in. Being cautious now might mean letting both Orochi's clone and Daji get away.

Lin Yun used his last Hero Point.

"D20+17+2=36, success."

"D20+17+2=26, failure."

It wasn't a critical success, but it was more than enough.

As Mage Disintegrate exploded, Orochi and Daji vanished.

No—in the woods, he could faintly hear Daji's laughter, as clear as silver bells.

...Lin Yun's face instantly turned ashen. Orochi and Daji there had been illusions from the very beginning.

Just as Lin Yun had suspected, Orochi's clone had only been there to draw fire. But to rule out every possible scenario, Lin Yun had had no choice but to use that spell.

From beginning to end, perhaps only King of Western Chu had been real. Daji and Orochi had been no more than reflections in water and flowers in a mirror. He should have realized that after breaking the first layer of illusion, there might be a second. Strong Man Bro had