The Hornbearer's Plan

Alice didn't know what happened to Elliot. She was unconscious when the boy blocked the beam that was meant to kill her, but there was a feeling inside of her that was screaming for her to find him.

"Elliot?" Alice tried to call out, waiting for Elliot to appear. "Elliot, where are you?"

Thinking he was in the battlefield, Alice stood with her remaining energy and sought out for the boy. She had seen him survive from worse situations before, she knew that Elliot was still safe.

Alice walked around the bleachers so she could have better vision of the stadium. There were bodies of bald people littered all across the streets, but barely any Adventurers. She was also wondering why the bald people wore the Son of Heaven cloaks.

This led to Alice thinking that the enemies are too strong for them, and the Son of Heaven followers who tried to help them were all defeated. "What is this?"