"Your Majesty, as per your instructions, the navy has already entered the Nali Sea Area, and the army has placed the streets of Saint Nali under martial law."
The deep autumn morning was clear and bright, yet at this moment, because of the army's arrival, the entire Nali City had sunk into silence; all the former clamor was smothered beneath Elizabeth's power, stained with a golden hue of slaughterous austerity.
Beneath the plaza of the Golden Palace, the fully assembled troops were undergoing Elizabeth's inspection, while on the gate tower above, Elizabeth, impeccably dressed in a white military uniform, was leaning on that golden longsword, gazing indifferently at the sky above. Her eyes trembled slightly, as though she were establishing contact with some existence beyond the sky, beyond the Gap, beyond the Spirit Realm...
She pressed her hand to her eyes with a trace of pain, then lowered her head and spoke softly to Dianne at her side,
