When the world completely disintegrated, Iver and the others fell out of the void.
They returned to the place where they had been before entering the ruins—the Dense Forest.
It felt as though they had suddenly dropped from a height of less than half a meter onto the ground. Everyone still maintained their relative positions, but they felt a slight impact and momentary imbalance.
With no target left to collide with, Iver's Lost Paradise poured its final wave of already-launched firepower into the empty Dense Forest. Even though the Unburning Butterfly had withdrawn its power, the aftershocks of the explosions caused by the light blades that had yet to hit anything still spread outward—
—Boom boom boom boom boom boom! The earth rumbled, and smoke and dust billowed into the air. The trees did not catch fire; they were blasted directly into fragments.
Amid the rolling smoke, the golden magic formation behind Iver also dimmed and faded away.
He retracted the wings behind him, and the white feathers shattered into specks of light.
The Unburning Butterfly also transformed into the form of a Flame Butterfly, fluttering down onto Iver's shoulder.
This time, however, the Flame Butterfly did not send out tiny sparks as it flapped its wings. It was an exceptionally special gray-white Flame Butterfly.
Clearly, the Unburning Butterfly could maintain this form while entering travel mode. She would remain this way until the current summoning ended and she was summoned again as the Paradox Flame Butterfly.
When the smoke and dust dispersed, sunlight filled everyone's vision. After growing accustomed to darkness, they found the glare painfully intense.
The feeling of standing on solid ground, utterly safe, was also incredibly unfamiliar—and filled them with happiness.
"Wah..."
Little Cat could not hold back her tears. "Mom, I survived..."
"You made it