Yup, undetected. God I love the senses and perception rules, so simple when learnt.
The target can also move towards where they think you should be, although many should likely seek for you (with no effect
) at least once.
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This is a neat focus spell. It can either be a potentially crippling debuff for an enemy, or a great boon to the right sort of ally. Really anyone who is completely melee oriented and has a special sense, like Scent, but are fighting something you couldn't normally see.
An invisible enemy who isn't constantly sneaking would be immediately detected and observed by hearing alone while your ally is under this spell for instance.
Inflicting it on an enemy makes your ranged characters all Very difficult to attack.
Don't forget that even if the opponent chooses correctly and hits with an attack, they won't know it. They can't perceive anything outside of 20 feet of themselves, so if they tried to strike back with a ranged attack they wouldn't have any clue whether they hit or not. No telltale grunt or any feedback reaches them. Neat all around.
They could ready an action to move toward the source of an attack.
That gives them that much more search area covered by the time their turn rolls around.
Though dang that's strong & reusable. Especially if you can target 4 enemies. Many monsters have the movement speed to likely catch you, but at the cost of how many actions? And NPC types generally won't catch you if you circle around.
I wonder how much encounter/monster design has accounted for spells like this.