Ellie showed around the entire area to Rio; it was like a big garden spread in a massive area, and she was a princess stuck inside this magical garden forever.
There was nothing to eat, no air to breathe, and no water to drink; it was all just a decorated illusion.
Without the illusion, it was just a barren land with nothing in sight.
Rio found it really amazing that Ellie could keep her sanity even after being confined to this cage for a thousand years; her mental fortitude was really quite strong.
'Even I might not have that powerful of a mental fortitude despite boosting myself with sword intent…'
Perhaps this was the reason why Ellie was immediately able to react when Liam's body was seized by his father.
"It's a good thing that summoners and summoned beasts have contracts that bind them with their souls… if it wasn't so, Neo Aldif might have taken control of all of Liam's summoned beasts, including you too…"
