"What flimsy thing is this? You actually dared bring it out... wait, Soul Power?"
A piercing explosion burst into a vivid spark amid a cry of astonishment. The other explorers instantly drew their weapons, grabbed the people who had run out, and fled for their lives.
"Third Astral Detector, locate the Unknown Calamity, report to the observatory, and provide support! Hurry!"
[Unknown Calamity detected. Coordinates transmitted. Providing emergency support based on current circumstances. Activating radar for targeted strikes. Strike intensity: fifty percent. Please evacuate as quickly as possible. I will buy you time.]
As the mechanical voice sounded, a beam of red light descended from the sky. Savage power came howling down, without the slightest regard for the explorers being targeted.
The Soul Electromagnetic Cannon came screaming in, wreathed in scarlet thunderbolts. The tremendous wind pressure left [Delusion] utterly bewildered.
"Artillery? No, that's fucking Soul Power!"
The bombardment engulfed an area dozens of li across. A little mushroom cloud waved happily at the world, while the explorers fled madly beneath several shields. Even with their hair blasted to dust and their clothes blown apart to expose their bare asses, they dared not stop.
"Go, go, go! The Soul Electromagnetic Cannon won't hurt us, but the blast waves are no joke! Get out of this area!"
"That damn thing called itself [Delusion]! We don't have a Calamity like that here. It must have sneaked in from outside!"
"Report it! Report it!"
The shield-bearing humans took to their heels, while [Delusion], bombarded twice, reeled in confusion.
It didn't understand. This wasn't right!
The pitch-black butterfly looked up at the sky, the eyeballs on its wings filled with astonishment and bewilderment. Although these attacks had only inflicted superficial wounds, it felt it had suffered a tremendous blow.
It was... the bewilderment