A show
On the one hand, this presented a disadvantage, but at the same time, it meant that he was in the right place.
Elian looked at the grasslands again and tried to touch them, but the plants passed through his fingers as if they were a hologram.
'It's an illusion,' he repeated, intending to disperse the enemy's magic.
Generally, once the victim recognizes that he's inside an illusion, it disappears in seconds. However, time passed and the landscape did not change.
Surprise lit his eyes the moment the plants brushed against his long fingers. Elian frowned and pulled up a handful of grass. The characteristic smell of freshly cut grass reached his nose and the slimy juice of the plants painted his fingers green.
"It's not a normal illusion," the lieutenant concluded when he realized this irregularity, while he cleaned his hand.
Just as it had happened during the mission, this illusionist did not follow the known common patterns of illusionary magic.