She could somehow sense the attention focused on her from the dark knights, the pugilists, the orcs and goblins—and some being with an enormous presence in a place where she could not quite locate. She could hear soft roars from the guards and supply companies behind who had finally left the gorge and turned towards the south, fleeing at full speed.

Alice shouted loud enough to erase the noise they made as they move.

Her voice, amplified by incarnation, resounded vividly throughout all directions.

“—My name is Alice!! I am Integrity Knight Alice Synthesis Thirty!! The one who serves the will of the three goddesses protecting the Human Empire, the «Radiant Medium»!!”

It was a proclamation without any foundation at all, a mere bluff.

(Alicization Exploding, 160)