After turning my body while cursing, I brandished my sword
with my back leaned onto the wall, which already made me lose
much of my balance. Well, my foothold was only a single, thin
metal rod. I had no experience of fighting in such conditions,
even when considering my old SAO days.

What do we do—I heard the flapping noise of wings without
even given the time to ponder on that thought. I looked up and
there the gargoyle hovering with the dark blue skies as its
backdrop was, glaring at me with the round eyeballs attached to
the sides of its long and narrow head.

(Alicization Dividing, 56)