After this Clefable made its move, the once-noisy cavern fell silent within the span of a single breath.
More than a dozen Pokémon were embedded throughout the cave walls. Some were overhead, some along the sides, and some were piled up in the corners.
The scarlet glow around them had dissipated in the collisions, replaced by the stillness of unconsciousness.
Rubble and dust trickled down from the cave walls, and the Qi was thick with the earthy smell of stone.
Clefable floated in the center of the cavern as the aura of Confusion around it slowly receded.
Its purple eyes swept over the surroundings. Seeing the Pokémon embedded in the walls, it still frowned deeply.
These Pokémon's reactions were far too strange.
It had seen countless Pokémon react to it with fear, reverence, submission, or flight.
But never had Pokémon below Elite level attacked the instant they saw it, much less continued lunging at it without regard for their lives after being cowed by its pressure.
"Clefa..."
Clefable murmured, about to move closer and inspect them—
Just then.
An exceedingly faint sound wave appeared in the Qi.
It was so faint that it was almost nonexistent, like the breeze stirred by a butterfly's wings. Amid the dust-filled cavern and the sounds of falling rubble, it was nearly impossible to catch with ordinary ears.
But Clefable, with its exceptional hearing, heard it.
Its ears—the pair of pointed, pinkish-purple long ears—trembled slightly the instant the sound wave appeared.
Its purple pupils suddenly contracted.
Given its strength, it understood the sound wave's effect the moment it heard it.
It was this sound wave—it made Pokémon violent and confused, drove them to kill one another, and made them attack madly.
Clefable hovered in midair, its eyes narrowing slightly.
It no longer paid attention to