Who taught him to restore his country like this?

“This world is actually an illusion,” he said.

Karina was taken aback.

Is the world... fake?

He opened his mouth, about to ask something.

Just then, the heavy leather curtain was suddenly lifted, and a cold wind carrying the smell of rust rushed in.

A man clad in gilded armor strode in, the royal crest etched on his breastplate gleaming in the firelight—it was Prince William of Orantia, Karina's blood-related elder brother.

"Karina, the demons have launched another attack! Come with me to fight them!"

His voice carried the smoke of battle, and his sword clashed crisply at his waist.

Upon hearing this, Karina's expression turned serious, and she turned and left with the eldest prince.

“Can I come with you to take a look?” Ron asked as he caught up.

Prince William glanced back at Ron and said casually, "If you're not afraid to die, then come along."

He then turned and strode out of the tent.

……

On the front lines of Dawn City, the smoke of gunpowder, mixed with the acrid smell of blood, assaulted our senses.

Ron followed the brother and sister to a low wall on the front line, ravaged by war.

In front of the checkpoint is a moat more than ten meters wide.

The bridge across the river had already been taken down.

Ahead, on the vast plains, a massive, dark army of demons was rapidly approaching.

With the demons entering the firing range, war was imminent.

"Fire arrows!"

William's command pierced the sky, and thousands of arrows instantly blotted out the heavens.

The demons who rushed to the riverbank were torn apart by a rain of arrows, and their severed limbs and broken spears fell into the turbid current, stirring up crimson splashes.

Karina clasped her hands together in front of her chest, closed her eyes, and softly recited a prayer. In an instant, brilliant golden light burst forth from her body, spreading like the dawn's light across a radius of three miles.

Under the shroud of this sacred realm, the aura of the demons froze as if encountering frost, while the warriors and mages of our side shone with dazzling light.

'Oh, area-of-effect damage increase and enemy weakness?'

Ron looked at Karina with a hint of amazement.

Karina was sent too early in the game; he hadn't yet witnessed her abilities.

This is really good stuff.

The weakening of the enemy and the strengthening of oneself can make up for a large gap in strength.

boom!

boom!

The mages on the low wall were like they'd been injected with adrenaline, bombarding the demons in front of them with a barrage of attacks.

The demons were routed and had to retreat.

Upon seeing this, William immediately ordered the checkpoints to be opened and personally led an elite force in pursuit.

They charged forward with a roar, magic and swords intertwining in a dazzling dance of death.

Ron did not participate; he stood by the low wall, his gaze calm, watching the battlefield situation.

Do you think this is real?

He suddenly asked.

Karina, who was maintaining the sacred state, trembled slightly, and her chanting paused for a half-beat. She opened her eyes and glanced to her right, at Ron, who seemed to be talking to her.

"The battle between humans and demons has lasted for countless years. Do you think this kind of crushing battle is real?"

Ron turned around and looked at Karina, asking her a question.

Karina frowned slightly, not understanding what Ron was trying to say.

"Countless sages have given their lives to tell us how dangerous the demon race is. You, who have won more than a dozen battles in the war against the demon race, haven't you realized it yet?"

His voice suddenly rose in pitch.

"The demons are fake, the victory is fake, the world is fake!"

"Wake up, Karina. Your war against the demons has been a failure. Because of the Divine Purification Array you set up, Orantia is now in dire straits."

"This is not the real world, this is the world of the Great Demon Clan, Lilith..."

"Wow—!"

A sharp cry, perfectly timed, interrupted Ron's brainwashing.

"careful!"

Karina exclaimed in surprise.

Less than five meters behind Ron, a huge blood-bat-winged demon appeared out of nowhere, swooping down with its sharp beak seemingly about to pierce through Ron.

That's a high-ranking demon, with at least level 60 strength.

At such close range, she simply didn't have time to save Ron.

Just when she thought Ron was doomed, Ron turned slightly to the side and calmly raised one hand.

Then, something happened that left her speechless.

Ron's outstretched hand easily seized the Bloodbat-Winged Demon's beak, preventing it from moving any further.

"Do you think this kind of beast is very strong?"

Ron grabbed the beak and slammed the Bloodbat Winged Demon heavily against the solid city wall.

"The strength of this false thing lies not in its own existence, but in your perception of it."

"When you consider it weak, it is not worth mentioning."

Ron stomped on the head of the Bloodbat-Winged Demon, and the demon instantly turned into a cloud of blood mist and vanished.

Karina stood frozen in place, her wand slipping from her hand.

The sounds of battle seemed to fade into the distance, and she stared blankly at Ron, his words echoing in her mind.

Is this world... an illusion?

Chapter 80 Breaking the Balance

In the Eternal Illusion, apart from the spiritual beings that have been pulled in, all other life forms are false entities existing only in perception.

Of course, there are also many demonic spirits in the Eternal Illusion, but they have retreated to the demonic territory.

Without the existence of the radical demon Lilith, the war between the demon race and Orantia would not have been so frequent.

After all, the demons aren't fools; they won't make a move easily until they're absolutely certain they can take over the human territory.

What is the purpose of launching one mindless attack after another, repeatedly failing and still trying?

Therefore, after witnessing the one-sided war, Ron was quite certain that the demons before him were illusions.

It was a tactic employed by the Demon Lord Lilith to keep Karina in the City of Dawn.

She doesn't need to expend a lot of mental energy to create a demon army to attack Dawn City; she only needs to expend a little mental energy to make the people of Dawn City aware that there is a demon attack.

In this way, the people of Dawn City will imagine powerful demons in their minds. Since they are spiritual beings, their spiritual beings will be injured as soon as they experience the perception of being hurt.

It's like being under an illusion spell, fighting against a bunch of non-existent phantoms.

Ron's words struck Karina's chaotic mind like a series of heavy blows.

Looking back on what happened during this period, it really seems full of irrationality.

Karina slowly lowered her head, as if something was about to burst out of her throbbing brain.

She realized that she seemed to have really forgotten something.

A very important matter.

Please tell me the truth about the world.

Karina raised her pale face and looked at Ron with pleading eyes, like a drowning person.

"That's exactly why I came here."

Ron slowly began to speak, telling Karina the truth about this world.

"The illusory world we inhabit is called the Eternal Illusion, and it belongs to the Great Demon Clan, Lilith..."

Eternal Illusion... Lilith the Great Demon... Divine Purification Array... Primal Origin Stone...

One word after another, both strange and familiar, came from Ron's mouth, and Karina learned that she had returned to Orantia because she had obtained the Elemental Stone.

She went to each fortress and set up divine purification arrays to deal with the eternal illusion of the Great Demon Lilith.

The purpose of arriving in Dawn City is to lure the demons into the territory, intending to use a chain formation to annihilate them.

However, unbeknownst to him, the Primal Stone within his body bore the mark of the Great Demon Lilith, causing the Divine Purification Array to become a tool for the Demon Clan to invade Orantia...

As the truth was fully revealed, Karina's face grew increasingly pale.

The sense of familiarity in her mind told her that what Ron said was true.

“Orlandia has become a hell because of me…” Karina looked at her hands, her voice trembling.

"Please don't think like that. You set up the Divine Purification Array to protect Orantia. You did nothing to wrong Orantia, and the people of Orantia did not blame you."

Ron offered a few words of token comfort, then said, "Now is not the time to argue about who is right and who is wrong. The most urgent task is to break the eternal illusion."

Kill me!

Karina suddenly raised her head, looking at Ron with intense desire in her eyes, and said, "The Eternal Illusion exists because of the Divine Purification Array. As long as I die, the Divine Purification Array will close, and Orantia will be able to escape from the Eternal Illusion."

As the one who fused the Origin Stone, she could figure out the method on her own even if Ron hadn't told her.